81 – The Kids Are All Right, with Dennis Hopeless

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 11/8/2015 at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which we sit down with one of our favorite writers to talk about his upcoming series; the X-teens take to the road; Season One is kind of Friday Night Lights; good relationships make good stories; and we are really excited for All-New X-Men. X-PLAINED: Genesis (Evan Sabahnur) Dennis Hopeless Secret origins of X-Men: Season One All-New X-Men, vol. 2 How to write Jean Grey Building a team Why Quentin Quire isn’t in All-New X-Men All-New in the larger X-line, and the X-line in the larger Marvel Universe Definitive X-eras Cable & X-Force What makes Cable tick Boom Boom Colossus and Domino The narrative case for solid relationships Favorite villains Mark Bagley Character evolution across multiple creative teams X-teen hobbies Vegas Valley Comic Book Fest NEXT WEEK: The New Mutants meet Bird Boy, with mixed results. There’s no visual companion this week, but you can find a list of links mentioned in this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here! Buy prints of this week’s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne for the original!