An X-Men conversation with writer Alex Paknadel: From Sentinels to Infinity Comics

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Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Amazing Spider-Man #56 (Zeb Wells, John Romita Jr., and more)
2. Aliens vs. Avengers #1 (Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic)

CJ:

1. Phases of the Moon Knight #1 (Erica Schultz, Manuel Garcia, Benjamin Percy & Rod Reis)
2. BRZRKR: The Lost Book of B #1 (Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, Ron Garney)

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CJ - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Black, White & Green #4 (Patrick Gleason)

Dave - Marvel 85th Anniversary Special (Iman Vellani & Sabir Pirzada, Stephen Byrne) 

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: Exceptional X-Men #1 (Eve Ewing, Carmen Carnero)
2. CJ: The Boy Wonder #5 (Juni Ba, Chris O’Halloran)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: Scarlet Witch #4 (Russell Dauterman)
2. CJ: Plastic Man No More! #1 (Alex Lins)

Interview: Alex Paknadel talks Sentinels #1 (Oct 9th, 2024) - (art by Justin Mason) FOC Sept 9 

1. Alex, thanks for being a guest on the AIPT comics podcast! To start, I’ve loved your X-Men: From the Ashes Infinity Comics, how does the process of writing this differ from conventional comics?
2. You’ve tackled Omega Red, Phoenix, Cyclops, and Polaris to name a few, with 11 issues under your belt how many more adventures can we expect?
3. Can fans expect to see any connections from your infinity comics to Sentinels?
4. Sentinels was a surprise for me, what’s the elevator pitch for the fans out there?
5. If fans wanted to, should they brush up on Sentinel lore or past stories?
6. Favorite cyborg soldier of all time?
7. We just had Hannah Rose May on and Justin Mason came up--they were actually working on Rogues Gallery before he got the Spider-Punk gig--what’s something about his art that really makes Sentinels shine?
8. Solicits tease a “new” enemy, how do you craft a villain that’s new with so many great ones in the X-Men line, did you go overboard with research, or did it just come to you?
9. If Sentinels’ first story arc was a song, what would it be and why?
   1. Paranoid Android Radiohead
10. The November 2023 solicits just came out and it appears Onslaught is on the cover, care to comment, SIR?!
11. You’re a busy guy, Alex, do you have any other projects you’d like to plug today?