YOUNG AMBITION
We all dream when we’re young. Some of us dream bigger than others. The man who designed X-MEN: The Animated Series and directed its course for its crucial first season …
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LOGAN FADES TO BLACK
The Logan blu-ray that we got today has a black-and-white version of the film along with the theatrical release. How appropriate. Two of the characters that have meant the most …
Celebrate NATIONAL SUPERHERO DAY!
Who knew that there was such an X-MEN:TAS-friendly day? Not me. Whose heroes are more super than ours? You can go back to Homer and the Bible, and our team …
“Dark Phoenix” Next X-Feature
We were pleased to see this morning that the web was buzzing with the news that “The Dark Phoenix Saga” is to become Fox’s tenth X-MEN movie. Among the 76 …
LOGAN: Two Farewells
We just saw “Logan,” and I left it with mixed emotions. My main feelings were those of gratitude and loss. When the first X-MEN movie came out 17 years ago, …
ANOTHER X-MEN:TAS Milestone: 5000 Twitter Followers!
What’s going on today? Our Twitter site just registered our 5001st follower, and more of you have visited this site than on any other day since we started last July. …
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THE DANGER ROOM: Use it Carefully
According to Stan Lee, the Danger Room was created for the very first X-MEN comics issue by Jack Kirby (see Beast working out in it below), then given its official name …
GETTING THE OPENING RIGHT
People love the opening titles of X-MEN:TAS. I even have a short chapter in the upcoming book about their creation. In the short time given Larry Houston and Will Meugniot …
Happy Holidays!
We started this site in July, so this is our first holiday season. Our family always takes a holiday picture. This year we celebrate X-MEN, a larger family that has …
“ROGUE ONE?” Yes, She Is.
I heard there was a movie coming out today with the name of one of our X-MEN:TAS team in the title. And since there is only one Rogue, I can’t …
X-MEN TOGETHER, NOT APART
Last night on a podcast, some nice folks from upstate New York asked us all sorts of questions about X-MEN:TAS. I had answers to most of them, but one eluded …
Proteus: Villains vs. Threats
Stan Lee liked his villains straight and simple: evil characters to be defeated by heroes. Mark Edens and I once got in trouble during a “Thor” development meeting (the series …