Joss Whedon

Q: “spike” - Joe, it’s fairly obvious that Astonishing X-Men has endured a lot of delays in its run with Whedon and Cassaday. However, Whedon has said that he’s only delivered two late scripts early on in the piece and he was confused by Marvel’s choice to go bi-monthly. Cassaday has said he can keep up with the pace for a monthly. With the latest delay, Whedon says he delivered the script in months ago, and Cassaday is working away steadily. So, what’s the real reason behind the Astonishing X-Men delays?

JQ: Hey, Spike, Nick Lowe from the X-office wanted to field this question.

Nick Lowe: Joss hates fans...

Okay, the real answer is that a lot of little things (an editorial shake-up, among them) led to the current delay and that current delay is causing us to re-plan our overly-optimistic scheduling of the “Unstoppable” arc. I promise that we are getting Astonishing to you as fast as humanly possible.

Q: “aries_insaneus” - When Joss Whedon is done writing Astonishing X-Men who is going to pick his successor - you or him? Also is John Cassaday going to still be drawing Astonishing X-Men when Joss leaves?

JQ: Aries insaneus, that’s most likely a decision that we’ll make when the time comes. And, as far as I know, John will be off the book with Joss.