Joss Whedon to write NEW X MEN series!

POSTED BY: Succatash
UPDATED: Monday, January 5, 2004 22:36
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DOIGOTTAREGISTER

Friday, January 2, 2004 9:41 PM

I was excited too but...

According to Ethan Van Scivner (Who drew New X Men for at bit) posted at barbelith.com He (Ethan) started the rumor and apologized for goofing around.

"The Joss Whedon rumor isn't true. I started it on Millarworld to be a dick, and for that, I'm sorry. "

In a later post...
It isn't genius, but it is stupid. And no, Mark Millar did NOT start the rumor. The rumor, which I was helping to spread, was that it was Gaiman. When Gaiman did his press release about 'no way, no how was he writing X-men", on the very same thread, I said that Neil could be lying...or it could be Joss Whedon. Perhaps I even used a winky face.

The whole myth started at that point. People thought I was still connected, and that I was spilling the beans. None of that was true. I was just being a dope.

T'would be funny however, if the rumor caused the idea to go after Whedon, which led to his becoming the new writer.

It would be a quiet kind of funny though, because this book is over without Grant Morrison. He was the battery. "

here is the link:
http://www.barbelith.com/underground/topic.php?id=14799&start=80

LENNIER

Friday, January 2, 2004 11:24 PM

To clear up some people's confusion---
the delays on Fray were mostly the artist's fault,
and a result of the fact that the artist got a deal with someone else while he was doing Fray.
Joss did have some contribution to the delays, but mostly it was the artist; also, you'll recall that he was working on Buffy, Angel, Firefly AND trying to set up the animated series at the time (as well as Tales of the Slayers), and needless to say he has less on his plate right now.

Anyhow, the rumour is totally ridiculous of course, but the potential for delays is not one of the reasons why it's ridiculous.

say, has anyone read joss's 'Stacy' story in tales of the vampires? so subtly disturbing, I love it!
It felt like joss was chanelling himself a lot, which made it even weirder.

BROWNCOAT1

Monday, January 5, 2004 2:14 PM

So it is a hoax/rumor gone amok.

I was starting to worry for a minute about the movie if Joss was off busy writing for the X Men.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

MRGREEN

Monday, January 5, 2004 10:36 PM

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How about a Firefly comic series? I'd buy it.

amen. I want a firefly comic almost as much as I want a new TV series. I think I would even take a comic over a movie... at least it's a monthly fix, not a one shot deal...

Good thing I don't have to choose!

BTW, if you haven't been over to Dark Horses website, there was a thread from last year about getting a FireFly comic made... it died months ago, but I just bumped it up... had dozens and dozens of replies. It's in the 'shop talk' forum, if you want to add your name to the list of ppl who would like a FF comic :)

Rob

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