• All-New Alpha Flight Now?

    This week's Axel-In-Charge column at Comic Book Resources includes a question posted to Marvel's Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso that might be interesting to Alpha Flight fans...








    With the Toronto Raptors in the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2008, this question seems timely -- shellhead85 wants to know, "Any chance we'll see Alpha Flight popping up in the near future? I miss seeing Sasquatch, Guardian, Snowbird, and the rest of the gang…"

    Alonso: Alpha Flight has been the subject of several discussions -- both here at the office and at the editorial retreats, Shellhead. While some very interesting ideas have emerged, nothing concrete has formed. That could change.
    That said, if the Raptors beat the [Brooklyn] Nets, who knows how I'll feel about green-lighting an "Alpha Flight" series? [Laughs]
    There's also a question regarding the change in artist on Amazing X-Men:
    Following up on the July 2014 Marvel solicitations, Icey1999 asks, "Ed McGuinness, who was confirmed to be back on drawing 'Amazing X-Men' starting with #8, is now working on 'Guardians of the Galaxy' #17, and being replaced on the X-book with Carlo Barberi. Does this mean he is no longer working on the book, or is this shift temporary?"

    Alonso: The shift isn't temporary, Icey1999. "Amazing X-Men" is Carlo Barberi's book now.
    Comments 12 Comments
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor -
      Okay, so Raptors to win!
    1. Flightpath07's Avatar
      Flightpath07 -
      Gotta say, this NBA series is AMAZING to watch!

      This, from a long-in-mourning Vancouver Grizzlies fan.
    1. Sypes's Avatar
      Sypes -
      I'll have to start watching basketball now!
    1. Alphan East's Avatar
      Alphan East -
      Quote Originally Posted by Flightpath07 View Post
      This, from a long-in-mourning Vancouver Grizzlies fan.
      I feel your pain... I was a huge Grizzlies fan during their short existence.
    1. Mokole's Avatar
      Mokole -
      Seattle SuperSonics for me.
    1. Flightpath07's Avatar
      Flightpath07 -
      Quote Originally Posted by Mokole View Post
      Seattle SuperSonics for me.
      Oooof! Hearing that name was like a kick to the gut! Gary The Glove Payton!
    1. -K-M-'s Avatar
      -K-M- -
      "Subject of several discussions"? Hmmmm that sounds pretty promising.
    1. Flightpath07's Avatar
      Flightpath07 -
      Couldn't we also take the comment about the Raptors and Nets to mean that Alonso WON'T green-light an Alpha series if the Raptors beat the Nets? I'm guessing he works closer to Brooklyn than to Toronto, so it'd make more sense that he is a Brooklyn fan.

      my apologies if all the rest of you had already realized this, and I am just figuring it out now.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Yup, he's from Brooklyn.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      A good time to re-link http://bit.ly/1uasiqD

      Attachment 3676
    1. Flightpath07's Avatar
      Flightpath07 -
      Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
      A good time to re-link http://bit.ly/1uasiqD

      Attachment 3676
      Lol. That old thread has me as "not much of a basketball fan" - that was my down-phase for basketball, which truthfully lasted about ten years.
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor -
      I never did find that issue. (Then the moment passed, and I stopped caring.)