Clipped from Brian Michael Bendis's interview at Silver Bullet Comics discussing plans for the Ultimate clone saga - http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/news/108237204927872.htm...
SBC: On your Image message board you said that you have plotted up to Ultimate Spider-Man #87. What villains do you have planned to ‘ultimize’ in those issues? For that matter, are there Ultimate versions of any villain you plan on doing?
BMB: Villains coming up - Dr Strange (as in Ultimate Team-Up), Hobgoblin, Carnage, Wolverine gets a cameo (heh, I'm ashamed of that), Morbius. Cast-wise there will be more of the high school cast.
SBC: You revolutionized the Spider-Man franchise back in 2000 with Ultimate Spider-Man, now, nearly five years later, it continues to be in the top-five-selling books, how has that experience been for you? Any different than you imagined it would have been?
BMB: Thanks for the grand way that was put… The experience hasn’t stopped yet - it’s all a process that we [the creators] are finding satisfying and the stories feel like they have a purpose. I'm surprised that other people appreciate so much the stories I'm telling. I never expected "hit" status. And we want to keep it that way. I've learned that the characters belong to the readers. I'm aware that I can’t please everyone but at the same time I appreciate that “with great powers come great responsibility.”
SBC: You’ve said before that you plan on ‘ultimizing’ the Clone Saga in your own way, what else can you say about how it’s going to get laid down?
BMB: Yes, the clone saga is going to be ‘ultimized’, I have the framework set out and some seeds for the saga have already appeared.
SBC: Any plans for the Death Of Ultimate Gwen Stacy?
BMB: Gwen has a high arc in front of her.
SBC: A lot of people have been curious as to where the Ultimate Marvel Team Up issues fit into Ultimate continuity, mostly the Fantastic Four one, what can you say about those?
BMB: Most of it fits in except for a few of the out there stories such as the Fantastic Four issue that was intended to be “nonsense...”
SBC: On your Image message board you said that you have plotted up to Ultimate Spider-Man #87. What villains do you have planned to ‘ultimize’ in those issues? For that matter, are there Ultimate versions of any villain you plan on doing?
BMB: Villains coming up - Dr Strange (as in Ultimate Team-Up), Hobgoblin, Carnage, Wolverine gets a cameo (heh, I'm ashamed of that), Morbius. Cast-wise there will be more of the high school cast.
SBC: You revolutionized the Spider-Man franchise back in 2000 with Ultimate Spider-Man, now, nearly five years later, it continues to be in the top-five-selling books, how has that experience been for you? Any different than you imagined it would have been?
BMB: Thanks for the grand way that was put… The experience hasn’t stopped yet - it’s all a process that we [the creators] are finding satisfying and the stories feel like they have a purpose. I'm surprised that other people appreciate so much the stories I'm telling. I never expected "hit" status. And we want to keep it that way. I've learned that the characters belong to the readers. I'm aware that I can’t please everyone but at the same time I appreciate that “with great powers come great responsibility.”
SBC: You’ve said before that you plan on ‘ultimizing’ the Clone Saga in your own way, what else can you say about how it’s going to get laid down?
BMB: Yes, the clone saga is going to be ‘ultimized’, I have the framework set out and some seeds for the saga have already appeared.
SBC: Any plans for the Death Of Ultimate Gwen Stacy?
BMB: Gwen has a high arc in front of her.
SBC: A lot of people have been curious as to where the Ultimate Marvel Team Up issues fit into Ultimate continuity, mostly the Fantastic Four one, what can you say about those?
BMB: Most of it fits in except for a few of the out there stories such as the Fantastic Four issue that was intended to be “nonsense...”
