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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THE X-MEN BOOK: We Need Testimonials
The book is NEARLY DONE! Our publisher will get the manuscript from me in a couple of weeks, editing will begin, and we plan to have it out this summer. …
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 …
We’re Back: It Started with “Pryde”
Happy New Year! 2017 is the 25th anniversary of the premiere preview of X-MEN:TAS (10/31/92). It’s going to be quite a year. In February we’re going to be at San …
X-MEN vs. Street Fighter
There is an endless fascination of “who would beat who” in the immense, ever-expanding world of superheroes. I can’t imagine a more classic (and over-used) comic-book cover than the pairing …
@XMENTAS hits 3000 followers on Twitter!
Thanks again! It took a couple of months for our Twitter site (@xmentas) to get to 1000 followers on August 3rd. Then it took another 44 days to get to …
A TRUE WOLVERINE WEDNESDAY
Today, I am told, is Hugh Jackman’s birthday. When his next movie soon comes out — said to be his last as X-MEN character Wolverine — he will have been …
1992 SIBLING RIVALRY
This blog exists to celebrate an animated super-hero television series that we, with struggling humility and extreme prejudice, believe is among the best ever made; none better. Were there others …
X-MEN: TAS — THE BOOK!!
Yes, there’s going to be a book! We’ve resisted for two decades telling the story of how X-MEN:TAS struggled to get made and survive on the air. The 25th Anniversary of our …
STRANGE DOCTORS, GODS, & ALIENS: THE MARVEL UNIVERSE
When we all signed on to do X-MEN:TAS in February, 1992, new colleagues Larry Houston and Will Meugniot introduced me to “The Marvel Universe.” At first I believed it simply …
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STORM IS EXCITED — WE’RE UP TO 2000 TWITTER FOLLOWERS!
Thanks yet again. We really didn’t know how to do this. We slapped together @xmentas and this website a couple of months ago, and now they both have lives of their …
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SERVICING CHARACTERS: JUBILEE, CHEKOV, AND ROLE PLAYERS
When running TV series, a tough job and major responsibility of the showrunner is “servicing the characters.” If you are plotting out 26 stories, where do you use each of …
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