X-Men Writer Reveals Behind-The-Scenes Secrets Of Epic Cyclops Battle
WARNING: Spoilers for X-Men #7 ahead!
The author of the latest run of X-Men, Gerry Duggan, revealed the behind-the-scenes process that him and his creative team go through to create and finalize their comics, specifically showing the collaborative communication done to develop Cyclops' epic battle with Doctor Stasis' Ani-Men in X-Men #7.
The team behind Marvel's X-Men titles is affectionally called the «X-Office,» and it is an incredibly impressive group of creatives who are passionate about the mutant's stories, and have been wildly intentional about the messaging they are sending out to fans and their preparation for long-term plans and plots. Other X-Men writers such as Tini Howard, author of the newest run of Excalibur as well as the upcoming Knights of X, have spoken about how unique the collaborative spirit of the X-Office is. Duggan's behind-the-scenes documentation is a much more specific glimpse at how the vision of an X-Men comic goes from idea, to script, to art, to publishing.
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The relaunchedX-Men series follows the newest incarnation of the mutant superhero team as they work out of their NYC Treehouse base to protect the mutant nation of Krakoa as well as the rest of the world. X-Men #7 centers on Cyclops, Synch, Wolverine (Laura Kinney), and Sunfire battling the chimeric Ani-Men monsters created by the villainous Doctor Stasis. Working in tandem with the talented artist Pepe Larraz, the artist who collaborated with Jonathan Hickman to develop the architecture and design of Krakoa in House of X, Duggan coordinated an innovative and beautiful battle scene between Cyclops and the monstrous animal creatures. Specifically, <a
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