Ryan and Daniel Quantz, along with then-newcomer artist David Marquez In a 2010 interview on Broken Frontier, six years before the murder, Ryan described the creative process:
With Syndrome, Blake Leibel, who created the concept, just sort of posed a couple of provocative questions to us—especially about how one would actually treat, as opposed to simply[...]
It’s still sweet, but the other payoff hasn’t been built up as well—that is if you’ve only been reading X-Men: Gold and not, say, an X-Men-starring miniseries.[caption id="attachment_871247" align="aligncenter" width="600"] X-Men: Gold #30 art by David Marquez and Matthew Wilson[/caption]David Marquez and Matthew Wilson make this book gorgeous[...]
Kitty and Piotr have some cute moments, Iceman gets to be a badass, Storm is Storm and awesome, and Gambit garners a couple of laughs.[caption id="attachment_863072" align="aligncenter" width="600"] X-Men: Gold #29 art by Geraldo Borges and Arif Prianto[/caption]Artist Geraldo Borges and color artist Arif Prianto handle the bulk of the art in the book, with[...]
David Marquez and Matthew Wilson make for a stunning flashback sequence with Kitty and Colossus which leads into Bandini and Prianto organically.X-Men Gold #28 is an issue that doesn’t get a lot done for the plot, but it gets by on charm, solid dialogue, and great artwork from the team Despite showing the stretchmarks of[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] We learn what Iron Man has been doing in his self-imposed exile and the great risks he has been taking. Elsewhere, Tony's mother copes with the discovery that Tony's biological father is still alive. Riri Williams and Toni Ho discover the extent of Da Vinci's new organization and why he has built it. […]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Colossus has been taken by Alpha and Nance. Iceman, Pyro, and Nightcrawler warn the rest of the team of the threat to Piotr Rasputin's life. The X-Men assemble to track down Colossus with the help of Rachel Summers. The grand plan? Nance and Alpha plan to use the Legacy Virus still in Piotr's […]
This descendent may just have to protect that dream.[caption id="attachment_839730" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost #1 cover by Greg Land[/caption]Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost #1Hunt for Wolverine rolls onward when Daredevil, Misty Knight, Frank McGee, and Cypher unite under Charles Soule and Matteo Buffagni. This group believes they have tracked down Logan, but have they? Or will this[...]
It does feel like a last desperate stand for the Reavers, and that adds a little something to it.[caption id="attachment_836902" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Hunt for Wolverine #1 art by David Marquez and Rachelle Rosenberg[/caption]David Marquez is a reliably great artist at this point, and this comic shows why that is He works well in the realm[...]
Unfortunately, Soule was not able to give away more on that one.According to Soule, one of the main themes for this is "death changes a person." He assures us that people will have a LOT to talk about.David Marquez will be joining Charles Soule as the artist, as we already knew Marquez is coming off fresh[...]
Black Cat appears to be turning over a new leaf as she tries to help Misty Knight and the Defenders catch the Hood.[caption id="attachment_799776" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Defenders #10 cover by David Marquez and Justin Ponsor[/caption]While he still has more Marvel comics yet to be published, Defenders #10 still feels like the big finale for Brian[...]
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't personally hyped.[caption id="attachment_797336" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Defenders #10 cover by David Marquez and Justin Ponsor[/caption]Defenders #10Because comics that Josh likes must always have short lifespans, this issue will bring about the finale to Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez's incredible take on Defenders With the Kingpin War reaching its finale, it will be[...]
From here, it becomes a super-powered rumble between the Defenders and Diamondback’s crew.Oh, also Brian Michael Bendis himself makes a cameo, and it’s pretty great.[caption id="attachment_785839" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Defenders #9 cover by David Marquez and Justin Ponsor[/caption]Defenders #9 brings wall-to-wall entertainment and kick-ass action David Marquez and Justin Ponsor make this a visually stunning “hell[...]
The Hunt for Wolverine is on, everyone gets a Venom 30th variant, and Josh must face the world without a currently running Luke Cage title.INFINITY COUNTDOWN #2 (OF 5)
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • AAARON KUDER & MIKE HAWTHORNE (A)
Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM
VENOM 30TH VARIANT COVER BY TBA
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY AARON KUDER (2 OF 5)
SUPER SKRULL[...]
This is it, the big one for Marvel this year: Defenders #7 by Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez This is the most engaging, exciting, entertaining, and artistically brilliant comic to come out of the House of Ideas this year.[caption id="attachment_745785" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The Defenders #7 cover by David Marquez and Justin Ponsor[/caption]While the inception of this book was all-but[...]
For real, it is frigging intense.Elsewhere, Diamondback begins making bold moves on Hammerhead’s territory.[caption id="attachment_747090" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Defenders #7 cover by David Marquez and Justin Ponsor[/caption]First off, yeah, I was pretty exasperated when I saw that Deadpool’s recap was three pages of text To its credit, it actually acknowledged something I feared while reading it[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"]Defenders #7 from Marvel Comics by Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez, Justin Ponsor, Paul Mounts, and Cory Petit, continues the run on the street-level gang of New York heroes They struggle against the rising gang war for New York as hands left and right fight to fill the void left by the Kingpin.[caption id="attachment_745785"[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"][caption id="attachment_731497" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Defenders #6 cover by David Marquez and Justin Ponsor[/caption]Firstly, fellow Bleeding Cool writer and awesome person Joe Glass reviewed Defenders #6 a while back, so check that out too!Diamondback is out on the streets again, and Black Cat is half-dead because of him The Defenders have returned to meet him[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"]Marvel Legacy #1 from Marvel Comics, written by Jason Aaron and featuring art by Esad Ribic, Steve McNiven, Chris Samnee, Russell Dauterman, Alex Maleev, Ed McGuiness, Stuart Immonen, Wade Von Grawbadger, Pepe Larraz, Jim Cheung, Daniel Acuna, Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Mike Deodato Jr., David Marquez and Matthew Wilson (damn, that's a lotta dudes),[...]
Ryan and Daniel Quantz, who did the actual work of creating a comic along with artist David Marquez, reveal that Leibel had seemingly little to do with the creative process In fact, Leibel's name is only brought up once in the entire interview, when Ryan explains how little he had to do with the story:
"With Syndrome,[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] The Defenders #6 from Marvel Comics by Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez and Justin Ponsor is a bit of the exception that proves the rule to much of what we can expect with Marvel Legacy While many of the other series will be starting brand new arcs, even if they go back to classic[...]
