Marvel Comics arrived at New York Comic Con 2022 to host a panel with Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski along with several other Marvel names. CBR reported LIVE and was on-site for the panel.

"Hello everyone! Welcome back to New York Comic Con!" Cebulski exclaimed to kick things off.

Changes to the panel schedule occurred beforehand, with artist Humberto Ramos and executive editor Nick Lowe being the new guests joining Cebulski. Jonathan Hickman was not in attendance as originally listed.

While getting the crowd ready for what will be discussed, Cebulski reminded everyone in attendance with a chuckle that they work for Marvel Comics, not Marvel Studios, so they cannot answer questions about Disney+ or the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Attendees were then promised that they will be getting exclusive variants of Miracleman #0, which was released just days prior to the panel.

Before beginning the discussion, Cebulski eulogized the late artist Kim Jung Gi, who passed away earlier in the month.

The first set of artwork to show up onscreen was for Strange Academy, a series about a magic school in the Marvel Universe for young magic users. The school was founded by Doctor Strange. Lowe began to discuss how in Strange Academy #18, a schism happens between the students of Strange Academy and some travel to the Dark Dimension. It was said that the title is going to get darker and go bigger for the book's next volume.

Ramos spoke on working with Strange Academy writer Skottie Young, sharing his enthusiasm about joining the series after being unsure what he would do after working on characters like Spider-Man. Lowe said that in one of the first discussions about who the students of Strange Academy would be, Ramos was drawing the characters right then and there as they were being brainstormed.

"I was a little nervous," Ramos said of working on the series. "I like the way we work at Marvel because we are like little families... we are all friends," he continued, explaining that his worries quickly subsided.

When talking about his inspirations, Ramos first brought up the Punisher and his design with the white gloves, boots and accents. After noting that the look may not be the best idea for an assassin, he went on to say how these are the aspects he thinks about with his own work. He also brought up that artists have to draw complicated characters at times, with Lowe chiming in to say Jack of Hearts is a character that many were not fans of drawing.

Lowe labeled Ramos as one of the greatest comic book and Spider-Man artists of all time. He continued to praise the artist for his "professionalism and perfectionism," talking about how detailed Ramos can be with illustrations and inks. Large art pages appeared on-screen that were drawn by Ramos, which he labeled as the "easy ones" to make for Strange Academy.

Cebulski asked Ramos about how long it takes Ramos to make a cover, which the editor said Ramos draws at a quicker rate. Part of Ramos' explanation was that his deadlines can come up very quickly, and sometimes he has to make a cover in one or two days.

"Speaking of Spider-Man," artwork was shown by Ramos for writer Dan Slott and artist Mark Bagely's new Spider-Man series. A cover of Spider-Woman for Spider-Man #2 was revealed, who is teased to play a bigger role in the story (as some may gather after Spider-Man #1's release days earlier). Another cover was shown as well with tens of Spider-heroes as a part of the series' first arc, the "End of the Spider-Verse."

"Google is now our reference," Ramos said of drawing, discussing his Spider-Woman variant in detail and how he used to go out and buy multiple purchases to have references.

Cebulski then decided to ask the audience a multiple-choice question: "Where did you first come in contact with Marvel?" wanting to know how they found the company, either through comics themselves, television series, video games and/or movies. Someone called out from the audience, "Trading cards," as another option. "People get exposed to Marvel in so many different ways, shapes and forms," Cebulski added afterward.

The conversation then shifted to how the panelists really got into comic books. For Lowe, he received two X-Men comics from his brother after he broke his arm. He fell in love with the art and wanted to "know more" about the characters and their powers, getting subscriptions to two X-Men series the next month. For Ramos, "I remember for myself always having a comic book with me," he recalled. One book he brought up specifically was Spider-Man's "Crisis on Campus" storyline, mentioning how he would get his comic books from the newsstand while growing up in Mexico.

Cebulski asked Ramos about a possible urban legend about non-Marvel-affiliated Spider-Man books being published in Mexico at one point. Ramos confirmed this for Cebulski, saying how when Marvel killed Gwen Stacy, since the decision wasn't liked in Mexico, an unapproved book was published where the two instead got married.

Cebulski then asked the panelists about the first creators they became accustomed to, bringing up the likes of Stan Lee. For Lowe, he shouted out DC Comics' Jim Lee and how he used to work as an artist on X-Men, giving X-Men praise to Greg Capullo, Adam Kubert and other artists as well. Ramos said he grew up reading the classic Spider-Man run, but said that one Fantastic Four book about the "New Fantastic Four" drew his eye because it looked more cartoony, discussing how Spider-Man, Ghost Rider and the team's other members were illustrated.

Cebulski then brought up working for Ralph Macchio at Marvel, clarifying that he was not the same Macchio as The Karate Kid, saying that he used to get weekly fan mail for The Karate Kid over the confusion.

After an art and lettering discussion, Cebulski pointed out how Ramos does not work digitally unlike a lot of modern artists. Ramos labeled digital art as difficult, but he trying to learn.

Cebulski brought up loving Star Wars and first learning about George Lucas and how people worked behind the scenes, saying that Chris Claremont and John Byrne are the two creators that really stood out for him. He also shouted out Bill Sienkiewicz for his artwork.

Not only did he shout out creators, but Cebulski promoted Marvel Unlimited, the app that allows fans to read thousands of comics and in-continuity digital webcomics, Infinity Comics. Bringing up Jeff the Landshark was met with some cheers from the audience.

After saying how Loki brought in Alligator Loki, Cebulski touched on how Alyssa Wong and artist Bob Quinn are now creating an Alligator Loki Infinity Comic after asking Marvel Studios to do something with the character.

"We want people to be able to read a comic, put it down, and feel like Spider-Man is about to swing by," Cebulski said with Marvel's stories and use of locales like New York City, stressing that Marvel's series always try to incorporate some type of fun for readers to enjoy.

The conversation turned to music and iconic songs affiliated with Marvel, with Cebulski bringing up how Joe Quesada used to have the staff of Marvel Comics put together a yearly song together. According to Lowe and Cebulski, Lowe was able to bring music into Marvel with Edge of Spider-Verse #4 with the new character Spinstress, who is made to behave like a Disney princess. While discussing the character, Lowe continued to sing the title, "Edge of Spider-VERSE!"

With that, the panel opened up to fan questions.

The first question asked Ramos about incorporating his Mexican culture into his work, which he responded he doesn't do as much to make his comics feel more organic. With new creations, however, Ramos tries to develop Mexican characters.

The second was asked by a young fan: "Do you have any advice for people who want to become an artist at Marvel?" Lowe responded, "Draw every day," before Ramos added, "Draw for fun," and not only because someone wants to become a comic book artist. "We first started drawing and having fun with the pencil and paper," Ramos said.

The third question, directed at Cebulski and his tenure, asked about cultivating new creators and characters as well as classic ones. Cebulski responded with how one of his main goals is to focus on stories made "for fans and from fans." Cebulski talked about how in the past and "extremely important" to Marvel is making characters as in-depth as possible. "It's making comics for everyone," the editor affirmed.

The fourth question asked if there was any pressure to work with the MCU to coincide with their projects. Lowe responded that for comics, the company always tries to stay "10 years ahead" outside the movies. "We always look at Marvel as a body and Marvel Comics as the heart pumping blood to everywhere else," Cebulski added.

The fifth question was directed at Ramos and his character designs, with a sign showing onscreen at the same time with the caption, "What happens when the powers that be meet the natural order of things?" teasing a new Hickman-written project for 2023. New character designs were briefly shown.

Cebulski responded to another fan about how the editor loved Secret Wars from the '80s, describing his experiences reading comics at the time.

Then, fan questions wrapped and the panel ended.