A year and a half into reading comics and already I was fascinated and intimidated by the world and history of Marvel Comics’ X-Men. One day in 7th grade I finished a science quiz early and drew several X-Men spoof characters on graph paper. I had a notion that Marvel was already doing its own satires in the monthly “What The--?!,” but decided a few days later to create my own X-Men satire. It would be never-ending, meandering and melodramatic, just like the real X-Men!