If not, he is now. The new Astonishing X-Men artist did an interview for a little sketchbook thing that got released this week, and one of the questions was:
I knew there had to be a reason I liked him so much. Aside from his art, I mean."What other characters at Marvel do you want a crack at?"
My dream projects include working on the original Alpha Flight team, the original New Mutants team, and - I know this sounds crazy, but I have a whole miniseries idea based on them - the original Hellions (I loved the Hellions).