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The preview features an excerpt of the first five pages from X-MEN #1 from 1963, recolored by Piskor in his distinctive style – originally written by Stan Lee, penciled by Jack Kirby, inked by Paul Reinmen, and lettered by Sam Rosen.<\/p>\n
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The X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN trade paperback collects the recolored X-MEN #1 and the acclaimed first two issues of \u00a0X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN and will be published as a Marvel Treasury Edition, in the same dynamic, oversized format of the best-selling HIP HOP FAMILY TREE. The trade paperback will also include extra recolored classic pinups. The X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN trade paperback is on sale now in bookstores and on sale in comic shops April 4th<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n In addition, the award-winning zine, blog, and directory BOING BOING will publish the first 12 pages of X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN, accompanied by Piskor\u2019s behind-the-scenes commentary on the series. Having previously serialized HIP HOP FAMILY TREE in weekly installments, BOING BOING will post one page of story and commentary by Piskor each week for three months. The first excerpt and accompanying commentary is now live<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n \u201cEd’s the best new cartoonist in forty years and every line and texture he puts to paper proves an unparalleled familiarity with every moment of the discipline’s history,\u201d said BOING BOING\u2019s Managing Editor Rob Beschizza.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cMy work on X-Men would never have been possible without Marvel\u2019s collaboration and the popularity I’ve achieved thanks to Boing Boing\u2019s support on their site for over four and a half years,\u201d said Piskor. \u201cIt’s a pleasure to bring the Marvel mutants to the Happy Mutants of BB for this limited serialization of X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN. I created each page to function as its own unique and complete strip that, when read in total, would tell a bigger story. Over the course of the next few months I’ll be providing a director\u2019s commentary with every strip, to give you, the reader, some insight into where my mind was when putting the whole tale together. There’s a lot that goes into each episode, and this is the exact crowd who would appreciate the deep-dive look under the hood.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Marvel Comics is also announcing that X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN will return late this summer with the two issue comic book series X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN, SECOND GENESIS. Issue 1 of \u00a0X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN, SECOND GENESIS is scheduled for July 25th<\/span><\/span>, followed by Issue 2 on August 29th<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n About X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN<\/p>\n Over six tumultuous decades, the X-Men have carved a singular place in comic book lore and popular culture. From their riotous birth in the ’60s, to their legendary reboot in the ’70s, to their attitude adjustment in the ’90s, to their battle against extinction in the ’00s, the X-Men have remained unquestionably relevant to generations of readers, the ultimate underdogs in an increasingly complicated world. Now, New York Times best-selling author Ed Piskor (Hip-Hop Family Tree, Wizzywig) takes you on a pulse-pounding tour of X-Men history unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before, an intricate labor of love that stitches together hundreds of classic and obscure stories into one seamless masterpiece of X-Men lore.<\/p>\n \n \u201cA massive project condensing 30 years of X-Men comics into one cohesive, linear mega-story.\u201d \u2014 io9<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cPiskor is one of the most vital and exciting writer-artists in the industry today.\u201d \u2014 VULTURE<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cA must-read.\u201d \u2014 NEWSARAMA<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cExciting.\u201d \u2014 POLYGON<\/p>\n \n \u201cThrilling.\u201d \u2014 COMICOSITY<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cEd Piskor is one of the most exciting cartoonists working today and seeing the iconic X-men filtered through his singular vision is the sort of comic book project that you can usually only dream about. But this dream is real, and it is a thing to behold!\u201d \u2014 Jeff Lemire (DESCENDER, MOON KNIGHT)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cEngrossing.\u201d \u2014 IGN<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cUnique and daring.\u201d \u2014 HOUSTON CHRONICLE<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cThe series is a rollicking action-adventure but also a tribute to the work done by past X-Men creators, and Piskor\u2019s appreciation and passion for these characters and their world comes through in every page.\u201d \u00a0\u2014 AV CLUB<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cFrom Stan Lee and Jack Kirby\u2019s first tales of outcast teens uniting to Claremont\u2019s sprawling dramas, Piskor leaves no plot beat neglected.\u201d \u2014 PASTE MAGAZINE<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cI really, truly enjoyed Ed Piskor ‘s X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN, out now. It’s like a remix of your favorite songs, makes it all feel fresh. I dug it a ton.\u201d \u2014 Charles Soule (CURSE WORDS, DAREDEVIL)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cThis is a work of genius \u2014 amazingly paced and jampacked with story.\u201d \u2014 ADVENTURES IN POOR TASTE<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cUnprecedented.\u201d \u2014 PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cFresh and fun.\u201d \u2014 13TH DIMENSION<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cThrilling.\u201d \u2014 GRAPHIC POLICY<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cGrand Design is more than a great X-Men comic, it\u2019s a great comic. Full stop. \u2014 COMICBOOK.COM<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cEssential.\u201d \u2014 PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cSo bold and so fresh that it captures a rare feeling of exhilaration.\u201d \u2014 COMICS BEAT<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cRequired reading for anyone with even a passing interest in the X-Men \u2014 or really, in the history of Marvel Comics.\u201d \u2014 PORTLAND OREGONIAN<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cWonderful.\u201d \u2014 LOUISVILLE ECCENTRIC OBSERVER<\/p>\n \n To find a comic shop near you, visit www.comicshoplocator.com<\/a><\/p>\n or simply chat with some of your favorite heroes with Marvel\u2019s chatbot accessible through<\/p>\n Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n About Marvel Entertainment<\/p>\n Marvel, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy-five years.\u00a0 Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/FormatFactoryX-Men-Grand-Design-tpb-COVER.jpg?fit=208%2C300\")
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