> MIKE
> Michael Turner can do your UNCANNY X-MEN cover.
> But since you've solicited your first issue with Marko, and
> you're trying to get Suydam for the variant on #500, where
> do you want to use it?
It's a WOLVERINE cover, not an UNCANNY X-MEN cover. And it's for Ben, for the Wizard issue featuring the Brubaker on WOLVERINE interview.
> Robert Weinberg isn't opposed to the storyline you discussed.
> He's just not confident that he can make it all work to maximum
> effectiveness if he's writing issues out of sequence--especially if
> he also now has to factor in a tie-in to the FANTASTIC FOUR
> crossover. Robert offhandedly mentions that he remembers a time
> when the other books would follow what happened in X-MEN, not
> the other way around.You should be able to get a variant cover to
> UNCANNY X-MEN #500, but the sales department doesn't think
> that 90/10 is necessarily the best split in this instance. They'd prefer
> to do a straight-up 50/50 split.Brubaker and Perkins have started
> work on WOLVERINE.David Lapham and Michael Gaydos are both
> down with doing an evergreen WOLVERINE story to hold for use
> as a stopgap.
Step 1:
I politely tell Robert that this crossover isn't just centered around the FANTASTIC FOUR. This crossover shows the complete Marvel universe, and I think it's a nice opportunity to put the spotlight on UNCANNY X-MEN. Besides, it lets us use Dr. Doom later on in the run.
Step 2:
I go with the 50/50 split. I tell Arthur that I'd love to have a three-fingered skeleton with fangs in a Nightcrawler costume, burning in Effigy. With his Marvel Zombies covers in mind, he should be the best fit for this.
Step 3:
I prefer to get Ed started as soon as possible. We will shuffle the Lapham issue in when necessary, but probably between Ed's single issues and his first longer running storyline.
Step 4:
I refer Ed to Ben Morse for the interview. And I'd like to include a couple of pages and sketches by Mike Perkins to go alongside the interview.
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Thanks for sticking up for the Defenders, both to Robert and on Tom's boards.
Do you think you've got the time to be brought in as a coordinator of some sort on Defenders/Balance to assuage the fears of the VP-Ops? I'd edit the miniseries and you'd handle tie-in coordination, help with shipping dates?
I understand you'll be busy with your own stuff, of course. Just trying to think about how we can satisfy the VP Ops that we can get this done without having to do a few filler arcs between Rise and Balance.
I'll see what I can do. And I'm off now. See you later.
Oh, and one other thing. I can't edit my original post here, so I'll change it to this:
Step 1:
I politely tell Robert that this crossover isn't just centered around the FANTASTIC FOUR. This crossover shows the complete Marvel universe, and I think it's a nice opportunity to put the spotlight on UNCANNY X-MEN. It was either two tie-in issues before the event or at up to four tie-in issues during the event. I think this solution gives Robert more space.
Besides, it lets us use Dr. Doom later on in the run.
Mike/Phil -- I like the idea of you guys tag-teaming on Balance of Power. Not that you aren't already working together, but it could be a very tricky slope management-wise, so make sure you're both tight on what the other is doing. I'm sure Tom will think of SOME way to throw you guys a curve!
Mike -- Steps you've outline here are good.
Mike,
With Michael Turner onboard, the cover of the next issue of Wizard is yours, with an interview with Ed Brubaker as well as an exclusive first look at the new X-Men roster with commentary by Robert Weinberg on the inside.
Great doing business with you.
-Ben
Great. But with our schedule (the first issues are out already? What the--), the Weinberg/Alphona/Djurdjevic article with the sketches should have run at this time, leaving the Wolverine First Look and Turner Cover for the next issue of Wizard.
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