Soule: Astonishing X-Men is big and overarching. Builds and builds. Think like a season of Game of Thrones.
Soule: You may have to look elsewhere for that particular pairing - but the villains here are great.
Soule: Nope re: Weapon Plus. I'm enjoying Psylocke a lot.
Soule: Not so far, but not impossible.
Soule: Nope.
Soule: Astonishing is extremely forward-looking. Not much dwelling on past stories. The idea is to take this cast to new places.
Soule: Yes. A big part of the story involves the X-Men interacting with the non-X world.
Soule: I'm not sure if it's "innovative," but I'm working a lot on pace. Intense, intense, intense.
Soule: The book is designed to be picked up cold.
Soule: Shadow King is a significant presence.
Soule: All of the above.
Soule: Wait and see!
Soule: She keeps busy.
Soule: There's a thing. I just haven't decided if I'm going to pull the trigger on it here or not.
Soule: Identity.
Soule:The accessibility of the story. Grabber from page 1, and all you need is to enjoy reading good comics.
Soule: Specifically from Messiah Complex, etc? Nada. Sam Humphries' Uncanny X-Force handled that masterfully. Bishop, in Astonishing, is a hero.
Soule: It's not a team, it's a cast, and it's largely consistent throughout. I suggest you start with Astonishing X-Men #1 and never, ever stop.
Soule: Great question. Like sand through the hourglass. Lotta days, lotta lives.
Soule: Nope.