Maybe it’s because it’s that time of year, but in my somewhat random web surfing I came across the Astonishing X-Men Motion Comic of *Gifted* on Hulu – I had no idea these were available other than as a paid download on iTunes. I am big fan of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s run on the comic, so much so that I did a set of custom action figures based on them (see X-Men Legends Box Set: Gifted at CustomCon 16.)
Hulu has 4 of 6 issues so far, so I’ll be doing some watching over the holiday break. The next comes out next Tuesday, December 29.
Also, don’t miss out on Hulu’s interview with comics legend Neal Adams, who co-directed the motion comic with John Cassaday.
You’ve been involved with some of the biggest names in comic books — names like Superman, Batman and X-Men. How did you get your start?
I started when people thought that comic books were toilet paper. In America, once we attacked communists, we also then attacked comic books. Comic books, for a long time in America, were considered to be the kind of thing you never wanted to show your kids and you never wanted to read yourself. So there’s been this long climb upward. When I began, everything was pretty much in the doldrums and everyone was telling me, “You don’t want to do comic books because pretty soon — a year or two, maybe three — they’ll be gone.”