This shouldn't be a surprise, given the over-use of this little X-Girl in the pages of Uncanny X-Men lately. Pixie is getting her first mini series! I honestly have mixed feelings about this. I like a lot of the New X-Men characters that will be in this, but I can't shake the feeling that it will either have nothing ground breaking... or it will be groundbreaking but completely over-looked by the rest of the X-Titles just as X-Men: Worlds Apart was.
Kathryn Immonen will be writing, and Sarah Pichelli is on art; that's the team from Runaways. Here's what Marvel.Com's article has to say:
In December's X-MEN: PIXIE STRIKES BACK limited series-brought to you by the critically-acclaimed RUNAWAYS team of writer Kathryn Immonen and Sara Pichelli-that aforementioned scenario becomes reality for Pixie and her friends, Mercury, Blindfold, X-23, and Armor. Except, this being the X-Men, things will likely be much more complicated than lost wallets and flat tires, and the writer could not be happier to put them through it.
"I love all these girls together," Immonen says. "Even though they're all full-fledged X-Men, they're still kids, some of them more than others. They are also sisters of a sort."
Describing the series in broad strokes, Immonen notes, "It's a story about friendship and lies and betrayal and deception. About how you can make the wrong decision for the right reason and about how difficult it can ultimately be to forgive that. And if that's not enough, it's also about stabbing and brawling and torture and Cessily in a cheerleader uniform. And girls' bathrooms."
In the midst of this whirling chaos, Pixie stands on the precipice of some life-changing discoveries, including the possibility that her father, unknown to her, might be well-known in the Marvel Universe as a villain.
"Honestly 'villain' is such a black and white kind of word, don't you think," teases Immomen. "Even the Red Skull is somebody's little boy."
Pixie has been fairly well-battered since she first arrived on the scene, but has so far managed to survive with her cheery personality largely intact. Immonen points to this resilience as a large part of why the character has quickly caught on with fans.
"Despite missing a chunk of her soul and having been dragged to hell and back, she's still fundamentally upbeat and resilient," the writer explains. "I think it may be a bit of a relief for readers, frankly. She's also cute and funny. She tends to run her mouth, when she hasn't got her foot stuck in it. It makes for good reading."
Of course, Immonen did not always feel that way"
"Initially it was exactly those things that I found to be the least interesting about her. So it was more interesting to think about those qualities, which have up until now been responsible for her success as an X-Man, as the potential basis for her undoing, at least in this story. I started to consider the possibility that her adaptability, her inclination to go with whatever is thrown at her, that these things could actually be liabilities. That she could be too willing to accept a situation with disastrous consequences."
Every good comic needs a strong artist and PIXIE comes as no exception as Immonen once again collaborates with her RUNAWAYS partner Sara Pichelli and knows that she, the character, and fans will be in good hands.
"I know that we're both anxious to stretch a little on this project and I can't wait to get going," she insists. "'Fortunate' doesn't begin to describe how I feel about being paired up with Sara again. Pixie doesn't know how lucky she is."
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