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varo
08-29-2010, 03:07 PM
pint of cb panel:


While the main action occurs in the main title, there will be a number of spinoffs, including Dead Avengers (with appearances from dead characters like the Wasp and Captain Marvel) and Alpha Flight. The series and its spin-offs play in that interstitial space between the living and the dead and looks to be awesome! In other Alpha Flight news, the panel reported that there’s a strong likelihood that we’ll be seeing a return of the team (and its original characters) in its own series over the next 12 months.
Mokole
08-29-2010, 04:25 PM
Woo hoo! That's more positive!
DIGGER
08-29-2010, 05:26 PM
Does sound possible.

DIGGER
suzene
08-29-2010, 05:33 PM
Here's hoping. Northstar's pretty much wasted over in X-Men, and anything that kicks sand over how Bendis treated AF by bringing the team back into the land of the living is going to be welcome.
Le Messor
08-29-2010, 08:36 PM
Hmm... So does that mean a new series?

I'm not as optomistic about that as the one-shot. I don't think Marvel do series very well at the mo'.

I'll circle it warily.

- Le Messor
"He who slings mud loses ground."
Mokole
08-29-2010, 08:39 PM
Notes from twitter and Pint o' CB:

http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.13704.fan_expo_2010~colon~_pint_o~apo s~_cb_panel_liveblog

"Wacker says the editors had an hour-long Alpha Flight discussion last week, trying to figure out what if anything can be done with the team."

"Canadian creators want to work on Alpha Flight. CB would love to develop something along those lines."

"The living and dead members of Alpha Flight will be teaming up! The future of Alpha Flight? Wait and see!"

"CB says: Alpha Flight is in our hearts and minds, and thank you for your patience."

"Question: Thanks for bringing Alpha Flight back -- what are the chances of an ongoing with the original cast? Answer CB: chances in the next 12 months are good, if they are still alive."

"Question: If we do see AF come back to regular series with a Canadian creative team, like McNiven, Immonen, etc? Answer CB: I think that would be great - I think a lot of creators would jump at the chance. I would like to see the Canadian creators do a bunch of single stories with their favourite characters."

"Question: Guardian is a favourite, as James McDonald Hudson, if Alpha Flight is successful, do you see him as a potential for a solo book? Answer CB: I think it would be difficult, never say never, but he as a lot of development to do in the minds of people who aren't AF fans."
-K-M-
08-29-2010, 10:29 PM
a Guardian solo book? Yeah that would be a hard sell.
Ben
08-30-2010, 12:14 AM
Nice to see some positive futures announced. We at AF.net will dig for more information. I promise more time from myself in the next couple months when my summer work winds up.
Mokole
08-30-2010, 12:39 AM
No problem Ben, but you sure are good at getting the goods with authors and pencilers, even editors! Good luck with summer work and the 'digging'.

I finished eaves troughs, a 10' x 10' shed, 8 shelves, a driveway, railings, and.....;) Brought my new daughter home.
Le Messor
08-30-2010, 01:36 AM
I finished eaves troughs, a 10' x 10' shed, 8 shelves, a driveway, railings, and.....;) Brought my new daughter home.

Ooh, eaves and babies... two things that should never be dropped.
cmdrkoenig67
08-30-2010, 12:24 PM
John Byrne wanted to do a Northstar and Aurora series back in the day (after he had left Alpha Flight). They would probably be a better option for a series (or a mini), especially now that their ties are closer to the X-titles.

Dana
Flightpath07
08-30-2010, 04:21 PM
I'd buy a Guardian series. (insert witty comment like, "Duh!", here)


the panel reported

So, who was on the panel, exactly?
DaVeO
08-30-2010, 05:02 PM
Most positive news we've had for a long time. Hopefully they don't kill anybody and screw it all up.
Mokole
08-30-2010, 05:23 PM
I think it was Arune, Cebulski, and Wacker, but if anyone else was there, I don't know.

OK then:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=28082
Flightpath07
08-30-2010, 06:15 PM
I think it was Arune, Cebulski, and Wacker, but if anyone else was there, I don't know.

OK then:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=28082

Makes it sound like they still are not sure about an AF series. They still do not know how to make it sell, or something that sounds like that, anyways.
-K-M-
08-30-2010, 06:43 PM
I thought it was confirmed Deadpool was Canadian.
Sasquatch17
08-30-2010, 10:42 PM
This is great news.

Hopefully it will be the original team.
Phil
11-25-2010, 12:28 PM
Here's hoping. Northstar's pretty much wasted over in X-Men

If Wolverine can be on 2 Avengers teams and 1 X-Men team then JP's certainly fast enough to cover the country and be on both Alpha Flight and the X-Men....
suzene
11-25-2010, 12:58 PM
If Wolverine can be on 2 Avengers teams and 1 X-Men team then JP's certainly fast enough to cover the country and be on both Alpha Flight and the X-Men....

Oh, I'm not casting doubt on Jean-Paul's abilities, only a certain writer's. Maybe his having a partner will help with some of the characterization issues, but I'm not holding my breath.
Phil
11-25-2010, 01:04 PM
Yeah I get that, I just don't think Fraction'll give him up.
Ahab
11-25-2010, 01:25 PM
Yeah I get that, I just don't think Fraction'll give him up.

Which is ridiculous given the amount of time he has had to use the character and had barely done anything with him until the current storyline...
Phil
11-25-2010, 01:27 PM
In his defence he gave him a serious boyfriend.
A lot of writers still wouldn't have done that, and that's something that wouldn't have happened had he just stayed in comic limbo.
Ahab
11-25-2010, 01:50 PM
In his defence he gave him a serious boyfriend.
A lot of writers still wouldn't have done that, and that's something that wouldn't have happened had he just stayed in comic limbo.

True, but it is frustrating to see him use him so little except to play up the homosexual angle. Even in the current arc, they bring in Storm to "assist" the current team. WHAT? Just because Northstar hasn't been an official member of the X-Men for long, that makes him less experienced? And Dazzler was part of the core X-men team for a good stint during the Australia years. This plot point was aggravating to me.
Phil
11-25-2010, 04:20 PM
I think it's more as there isn't anyone there with leadership experience. Neither Warren nor JP have ever wanted that burden.
Then there's the safety in numbers aspect and the political advantage of having Storm too.
I wouldn't take it as a slight.
suzene
11-25-2010, 05:45 PM
In his defence he gave him a serious boyfriend.
A lot of writers still wouldn't have done that, and that's something that wouldn't have happened had he just stayed in comic limbo.

I get what you're saying, but IMO, Tim Fish gave Northstar a serious boyfriend. Fraction gave us an unnamed guy who was involved with Northstar and hasn't appeared under his pen since, not even as mention. So partial credit there, and very little for the characterization of JP himself. (I still think that page of Wolverine recruiting Northstar into the X-Men again should have ended with the runt getting a Mach 2 knee to the junk.)