What's the Word on Astonishing X-Men?

[GoodKingJayIII]

I've read the first volume (with six or seven issues?) a bunch of times. I absolutely love the writing and the artwork, haven't really been able to find much else on these. Are there more out there? Is Whedon still working on them, or has he stopped because of Serenity? Anyone that could hook me up with some information would be a big help.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

I've read the first volume (with six or seven issues?) a bunch of times. I absolutely love the writing and the artwork, haven't really been able to find much else on these. Are there more out there? Is Whedon still working on them, or has he stopped because of Serenity? Anyone that could hook me up with some information would be a big help.

Astonishing is currently on issue #10, and there will be two more issues to finish out this story arc. Whedon and Cassaday are signed on with Marvel to do at least another 12 issues of Astonishing, though there will likely be a gap between #12 and #13, as Whedon is about to enter into his Serenity promotion circuit during the next few months. I don't think Marvel has announced a definite date when #13 will ship, but the creative team has definitely been signed on. They first announced this at Wizard World Long Beach (I was at the Marvel panel there), and then again at the Wizard World panel in Philadelphia last weekend.

For more news on what precisely was said, check out the recent news at Newsarama. The Philly stuff is still on the front page, and you should be able to find the Long Beach stuff without too much trouble (it was in March).

As for Serenity, there is actually a Serenity comic book coming out soon from Dark Horse comics. Full details can be found here, but the bottome line is that Joss is directly involved in the creative process on the book. It ships in July, so you can preorder it now or look for it on the shelves of your local comic shop if they've ordered it.

 

[Viking Bastard]

There will be a gap between #12 and #13 of at least six months, perhaps even longer,
depending on Whedon. Cassady will work on finishing pencilling Warren Ellis's Planetary
scripts meanwhile (so that's good).

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Wow, I thought fore sure it was going to end with issue 12...

Which would have stunk, as the books are pretty much in demand right now... It will be curious to see how this affects their value, and how much they'll plunge when it does end.

Cassady will work on finishing penciling Warren Ellis's Planetary scripts meanwhile (so that's good).

Wow, more good news. Though I pretty much gave up on Planetary some time ago.