The truth is I probably have thousands of words about my favorite memories working with Jon, but I can’t narrow it down to the perfect thing to say here in this context. Leah Williams ( X-Factor, X-Men: The Trial of Magneto)Īll of it. “Okay Jon,” we said gently, as it was the early days of the pandemic. “It means sword-the-sword,” he insisted to us. I’m so glad you guys like that character because it was clearly very special to him. Also, he was so amused when he thought of Pogg-ur-Pogg. I entered this room a huge fan of Hickman’s and now we’re collaborators, and even weirder, friends. He’s the best at recommending books, though his taste in music is bizarre. He asked me to write an event with him, and I had a BLAST doing it. The real, genuine, mushy version is that he’s always there for us X-Writers. We’ve all been able to build off the brilliant foundation of HOX/POX and build our own 40 acres, thanks to his collaborative leadership. When we get together for summits, he’s there to generate discussion and ask smart and tough questions, but never to dominate. But in all seriousness, from the first time he called - in October of 2018 - to say, “I think you’d kill on X-Force,” (I took him literally), he’s been a delight to work with. Or maybe it was the time that he made us all get giant tattoos of his face on our backs as a test of loyalty. Maybe it was the time that he cut off my ear and made me eat it as punishment for handing in a lousy script. Maybe you’ve heard of them…īenjamin Percy ( X-Force, Wolverine, the upcoming X Lives of Wolverine/ X Deaths of Wolverine)

Either way, Jonathan deserves a proper X-Men Monday sendoff - so I asked a few of his friends to share their favorite Hickman memories.

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