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“Without a doubt, Cecilia Reyes. She’s a very expressive character, and, as she’s new, you have the feeling that you’re really living the situations she gets involved in as something new and exciting”

Germán García on which character from his run was more rewarding for him to draw.

Notice Black Panther on the first picture, an unreleased promo picture for the Psi War arc, was he supposed to co-star in that African adventure?

“I could clearly see his intentions with respect to what he wanted to deliver in every scene, so I’d look for the best way possible to do that […]. I.E., in issue #75, Cecilia Reyes smashes with her force field the villain’s power source, but she smashes it because she falls down while trying to reach for it, so what I did was that when falling, she flips and ends up smashing the thing with her ass. It’s not an important change, but powers the joke up.”

Germán García on his and writer Joe Kelly synergy.

“He writes the kind of stories I’d like to write, understanding the adventure as a light reading and giving importance to the feelings of the characters, but treating them with humor, with that kind of touch on the characters that allows you to see their feelings in a funny way”

Germán García on Joe Kelly’s writing.

Inspired by this

 ASTONISHINGBRETTWHITE ANSWERED: CANNONBALL STANDING UP TO STORM OVER THE WAY SHE WAS TREATING MARROW, AND REALIZING HE MAY NOT WANT TO BE AN X-MAN.

Why I think Joe Kelly’s (and Steven Seagle’s) run on X-Men (1991) is the most underrated run by any author on that title is easily explained just by numbering some of his (or their) greatest moments:

1. Cecilia Reyes stops whining about everything and starts being the BAMF we all know and appreciate
2. The Marrow vs. Wolverine issue (#72) was beautifully done with nods to the old BWS Wolverine vs. Lady Deathstrike issue, and set the stage for the amazingness that is X-Men (1991) #74
3. Storms reclaims her tiara (although this was a suggestion from artists Carlos Pacheco (#71)
4. Psi-War was the kind of event that Marvel wish they could do now, a two-part story that put Psylocke on the map again and had ripples through all the MU. Obviously if Marvel did this story now it would be in the form of a seven parts mini-series with tons of tie-ins.
5. Amazing artists almost every issue; Carlos Pacheco, German García, Adam Kubert, …
6. Kitty, Peter and Kurt rejoin the X-Men

These to name just a few, which was yours? Tell me and I’ll make a post with it, deal?