The House of Ideas Has a New Editor-in-Chief

Marvel Entertainment announced today that longtime editor Axel Alonso has been promoted to the position of editor-in-chief, while Joe Quesada—who had held the position for more than 10 years—has become the new chief creative officer for the company.

Alonso’s previous work as an editor at Marvel has included overseeing J. Michael Straczynksi’s Amazing Spider-Man run and X-Men crossovers such as Messiah CompleX and the recent Curse of the Mutants.

“It’s with tremendous pride that I announce Axel Alonso’s promotion to editor-in-chief,” Quesada said in a statement. “For over a decade, Axel’s been instrumental in bringing fresh new voices to Marvel and reinventing our biggest characters like Spider-Man, the X-Men, Wolverine and so many more. He’s fought to create unique imprints like Marvel MAX while also bringing fresh new voices to the Marvel family.”

In his new role, Quesada will oversee Marvel projects in film, television, digital and more. Alonso, meanwhile, will oversee day-to-day publishing operations.

“Time and time again, Axel has proven that he is one of the very best story editors in the history of our medium and one of the finest people I know,” Quesada continued. “And, like everyone here at Marvel, he has one single focus, bringing you the best stories with the best characters in all of comicdom. That’s why I have no doubt that Axel will bring Marvel Comics to greater heights than it’s ever known!"

To read the official announcement, visit Marvel.com

Marvel EIC Says Captain America “Will Have Everyone on Their Feet Cheering”

Now that Chris Evans has been cast as Steve Rogers/Captain America, we can all finally start getting excited about The First Avenger: Captain America in a very real way. That excitement, it seems, is quite palpable in the Marvel offices. In a series of tweets earlier today, Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada described the third day of a “super secret” trip to Los Angeles, during which he walked through the Captain America art department, saw the Captain America costume and met director Joe Johnston for the first time.

Quesada also seemed pretty stoked about a series of story meetings about “secret stuff.” Vague? Absolutely, but at least he admitted that he was giving his frothing-at-the-mouth fanboy followers absolutely nothing of substance. That didn’t stop us from geeking out and speculating.

“I suck, I know,” he wrote. “But think about how hard it is on my end to keep from bursting and telling you all the amazing stuff I’m seeing.”

He continued, “I soooo want to tell you about this thing that happens in the Cap movie that will have everyone on their feet cheering, but I can’t.”

Oh Quesada, you tease.