Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 11/8/2015 at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.

In which we sit down with one of our favorite writers to talk about his upcoming series; the X-teens take to the road; Season One is kind of Friday Night Lights; good relationships make good stories; and we are really excited for All-New X-Men.

X-PLAINED:

Genesis (Evan Sabahnur)

Dennis Hopeless

Secret origins of X-Men: Season One

All-New X-Men, vol. 2

How to write Jean Grey

Building a team

Why Quentin Quire isn't in All-New X-Men

All-New in the larger X-line, and the X-line in the larger Marvel Universe

Definitive X-eras

Cable & X-Force

What makes Cable tick

Boom Boom

Colossus and Domino

The narrative case for solid relationships

Favorite villains

Mark Bagley

Character evolution across multiple creative teams

X-teen hobbies

Vegas Valley Comic Book Fest

NEXT WEEK: The New Mutants meet Bird Boy, with mixed results.

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