Back to School with Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir [Archive] - Page 3

Nunzio DeFilippis

04-04-2005, 10:36 PM

What is you favourite season? Me peasonly I like season 5, epscially with the Buffy V.S Dracula. Who is you favroite character? Me perosnly I like Tara. She was really nice, but then they had to go and kill her :(

Favorite season... toss up between Season 5 and Season 2. Hard to beat Spike, Dru and Angelus. But Glory and lovestruck Spike give them a run for their money.

Favorite character... Spike. Can you tell?

I also have a bit of a Willow crush.

As for Christina, she's right here and says her favorite is Season 2. With Season 6 a close second.

And her favorite is Spike, too. She was all swoony for Angel early on, but Spike won her over.

How could you not pick "Once more, with feeling!" as your favorite of all time? Musical genius!

Well, that's favorite episode. That would be impossible for me to pick. I could name a handful of favorites, but there are too many great episodes to choose just one.

Hush, Once More With Feeling, Tabula Rasa, Fool For Love, Passion, Becoming (Both Parts), Lovers Walk, Intervention, Graduation Day...

I could go on and on.

Is new x-men worth picking up?

Yes. ;)

do you have the cover for issue 13 "campfire" I have been looking at the solicits and the monthly previews and nada. Can somebody give me a link?

The cover hasn't been released, but I've seen it. Another Michael Ryan masterpiece.

No secretive reason it wasn't released, as I believe Northstar's death had occurred before the solicits went out.

It just wasn't colored in time.

I have a question on him power wise. Is he Omega level mutant or is he just extremly powerful? I mean when Jean became Phoenix she was doing what he is doing now at the same level (kinda) and I think he is Omega level but I dunno for sure and I thought why not ask the writer.

Julian is not an Omega Level mutant. As DavidQ explained (very well) below, that classification is about potential. An Omega like Josh has no limits on his possible development. But he's not all that powerful right now.

We have not classified Julian officially yet, so we may change our mind on this, but as of now, we don't see him Omega level. What he is, however, is very powerful and quite skilled with that power.

He's so good with his power that, if not for maturity issues, he'd probably already be X-Men ready.

If editorial asked you to change the main cast to only four student characters, who would you guys choose?

That's a tough question, and not an altogether fair one. No other team book has to limit themselves to 4 characters. Cutting any of the current books to 4 characters would be hard, and we start with a vastly larger cast than all of them.

It'd be way more likely that they'd ask us to cut it to four per squad (which I still doubt they'd ever do).

If that's the hypothetical, let's see...

New Mutants - Sofia, David, Laurie and probably Josh but only because of my Hellions selections below.
Hellions - Julian and Dust would be the easy ones. Then Cessily, and to round it out, I'd ship over Nori, who I can't live without (her being down here is why I picked Josh above).

Now, if you mean only four kids, then I dunno. My head might pop trying to figure that out. Sofia and Julian would be guaranteed. Though without the rival squads (which come from the larger cast) they might lose some of the best storylines. The last two would have to be picked from the 6 others mentioned above. Not sure who I'd pick, honestly.

And all of this is easier because you said students. Because if you meant the whole cast trimmed down, then Dani would have a lock on one spot and make everything way tougher.

I cant wait for the Blob to show up. I just have a question. Why Blob? Im not saying that thats a bad choice (im up for it), but Im just curious what made you choose Blob? Also, this seems kinda like their final for the year. Their test: To defeat one of the X-men's oldest enemies.

It may thematically be a test, but it's not a literal one. No way do the X-Men let the kids fight a real villain.

Why Blob? Well, our original idea was to use Avalanche in the role we're building for Blob. That's why he made a brief appearance in New Mutants 9. But he wound up in Xorn's head (how's that for an odd sentence), so we had to pick someone else.

A friend suggested Blob, and I'm a sucker for old Brotherhood foes.

When's X-23 showing up in this book then? Is it true she's leaving Uncanny to become a full member here?

We'll be dealing with X-23 as a student after House Of M.

Will she be leaving Uncanny? I think she might, but I'm hardly the expert on that. That's a question for Chris Claremont or Mike Marts. We're still writing our House Of M issues, so we haven't started writing her yet. Once we start, we'll know more about her status.

Brian Cronin

04-05-2005, 12:34 AM

Not for nothing, but I love (and that's a sarcastic love there) how writing for big companies is sorta like writing for movies during the days of the Hays Code.

"So yeah, I know you have subplots and all, but you need to tie everything to House of M, okay?" :D

I mean, I understand that you make the best of it and try to write as good of a story as you can, hopefully doing something really good, but it's still a funny situation.

-Brian

fishtaco

04-05-2005, 01:57 PM

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Legato

04-05-2005, 03:00 PM

When Laurie finds out about Josh and Wolfsbane will the relationship with her and Josh end or will there be a love triangle down the road?

Atomic Mongoose

04-05-2005, 04:24 PM

Are you sure? I mean I know he is good with his powers and all, and he might just be ready for the X-men for that, but what about his attitude? I mean, the kid believes in mutant superiority! I doubt that Cyclops would sponsor him admission after his attempt to bring Wither back after he was arrested. But then again, with Emma (possibly) manipulating Scott, youd never know. His Magneto speech also kind of seemed to catch some of the X-men's attention, Dani Moonstar to be specific.

To quote Nunzio, "He's so good with his power that, IF NOT FOR MATURITY ISSUES, he'd probably already be X-Men ready." I think what you just described, Fishtaco, fall under Julian's maturity issues. :)

The_15th_Sven

04-05-2005, 04:54 PM

This is one of those questions that if you choose not to answer I won't be offended and I will drop the subject entirely but where do you guys do all your writing? Obviosly I wouldn't want a specific address but I was just wondering what city you hailed from.

fishtaco

04-05-2005, 05:23 PM

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Orion101

04-05-2005, 06:08 PM

Believing in mutant superiority doesnt make someone immature. It's a political belief. Is Magneto?

Even if he believed in Xaviers dream AND if his powers were used well, I doubt he would be an X-man already. Despite whats going on in Astonishing, the X-men seem to be very, very secure over the students after the events of Grant Morrison's run, and they wouldnt let minors be on the team (with the exception of X-23). If any student(s) were to become X-men, the X-men would most logicaly pick the Stepford Cuckoos. The Stepford Cuckoos always seemed to represent what is right. They disliked Emma after her affair was discovered. In fact, they did the right thing by alerting Jean to what was going on. They are also the most intelligent students at the school (maybe besides Prodigy). They are the most ready. The next most ready would probably be Prodigy, because of his excellent leadership talents and sense of what is the right thing to do. Unfortunately, David does not wish to become an X-man.

I am going to have to disagre with you there fishtaco, the Cuckoo's most definately do not represent what is right, first of all them not liking Emma had nothing to do with her affair. They turned on her becuase they blamed her for the death of Sophie, which wasn't even her fault by the way, the only squeeled to Jean becuase they wanted payback not becuase it was right, plus they already knew about the affair for some time and didn't even attempt to tell anyone until they got mad at Emma . In what way does that show morality to you, as a matter of fact out of all the students they are the ones most like Emma only withought the conviction to any particular cause to inspire loyalty. I can't argue with intelligence and power wise but they have maturity issues of their own, plus they never seemed interested in fighting for mutant rights anyway. They always seemed content to sit on the sidelines and not get involved unless their own necks were on the line. If any student represented what was right it would be beak if only he were a little more powerful I would rank him among prime candidates for future X-Men.

fishtaco

04-05-2005, 06:18 PM

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HellFrost

04-05-2005, 07:55 PM

I am going to have to disagre with you there fishtaco, the Cuckoo's most definately do not represent what is right, first of all them not liking Emma had nothing to do with her affair. They turned on her becuase they blamed her for the death of Sophie, which wasn't even her fault by the way, the only squeeled to Jean becuase they wanted payback not becuase it was right, plus they already knew about the affair for some time and didn't even attempt to tell anyone until they got mad at Emma . In what way does that show morality to you, as a matter of fact out of all the students they are the ones most like Emma only withought the conviction to any particular cause to inspire loyalty. I can't argue with intelligence and power wise but they have maturity issues of their own, plus they never seemed interested in fighting for mutant rights anyway. They always seemed content to sit on the sidelines and not get involved unless their own necks were on the line. If any student represented what was right it would be beak if only he were a little more powerful I would rank him among prime candidates for future X-Men.
Thank you to all of this but ESPECIALLY this:
They turned on her becuase they blamed her for the death of Sophie, which wasn't even her fault by the way, the only squeeled to Jean becuase they wanted payback not becuase it was right
You know, I'm not a very big fan of Morrison, but a big Emma fan so this may sound a little biased(by a little I mean totally) but the whole ordeal with turning Emma Frost into such a hated character was totally #@%$ed up. He made her try a dangerous drug, sleep with my other most favoritest character in marvels husband, and then had the Cuckoos blame her for something she didn't even do. She basically said to them that they were the future and that they were very talented and powerful... that did not by any means say "Hey, use kick AND cerebra at the same time... that'll help"...... GOD, even I hated Emma in Morrisons run sometimes...

And all this also adds to every writers constant want(not nessecarily meaning EVERY writer... hehe) to constantly remind us how she was evil and tried to kill them many times... WE GET IT ALREADY!!!!! IF SHE WERE STILL EVIL I WOULD HOPE THE WOMAN HAD ENOUGH SENSE TO PUT THEM ALL OUT OF THEIR MISERABLE, DRAMATIC LIVES BY NOW!!!!!!!!

*breathing*...ok... I'm back... so anyway... Yay, this book RAUXERZ!!!!!!!

Master Darque

04-12-2005, 03:01 PM

An alternate dimension Illyana is, yeah. Magik herself, though, is still alive. Unless she died of the Legacy Virus. But since she's in Limbo, where her will is absolute, she could cure it in about half a second.

-D

Ok ...I have read from page 1-20 of this thread for the last hour ( my eyeballs are gonna bleed if I read anymore for awhile ...) hoping someone would've commented on this post . From what I remember , Illyana reverted to child form toward the end of the New Muties 1st run . Later she contracted the Legacy Virus and died . Since then , Amanda Sefton took on the name of Magik and rules over Limbo . Has Illyana showed up in Academy X in any way ? From all I've read it doesn't seem to be so ....I'm missing the last issue or two of your NM run and only have the 1st 2 or 3 issues of the new book .

Otherwise ..can someone maybe point me in the right direction of an alternate dimension Illyana ?

PhoenixBoyX

04-12-2005, 03:04 PM

Hey guys! I just want to say I have The New Mutants (Vol 2) in its entirity and I have all of New X-Men: Academy X so far. I'm really digging the title and loving what you guys have done with it. You've also come up with a bunch of great, original characters. My question is were there any rejected characters? If so, could we know about 'em? Or were there any characters you'd wanted to use from another book but the idea got vetoed? Any original plans that got scratched and just wound up being not useable for whatever reason? Forgive my questioniness. Lol. Thanks!
-Nick

PhoenixBoyX

04-12-2005, 03:06 PM

Ok ...I have read from page 1-20 of this thread for the last hour ( my eyeballs are gonna bleed if I read anymore for awhile ...) hoping someone would've commented on this post . From what I remember , Illyana reverted to child form toward the end of the New Muties 1st run . Later she contracted the Legacy Virus and died . Since then , Amanda Sefton took on the name of Magik and rules over Limbo . Has Illyana showed up in Academy X in any way ? From all I've read it doesn't seem to be so ....I'm missing the last issue or two of your NM run and only have the 1st 2 or 3 issues of the new book .

Otherwise ..can someone maybe point me in the right direction of an alternate dimension Illyana ?
No, she hasn't yet. One alt version of Illyana showed up in X-Force Annual #1 and another was in Exiles. The belief is that Illyana didn't actually sacrifice herself, but that she merely took her childself from the past and put in in the future and transformed her current self into a full demon, explaining why she didn't just "revert" to child form but didn't speak much English and didn't have any of her New Mutant memories.
-Nick

Master Darque

04-12-2005, 03:44 PM

PhoenixBoyX

04-12-2005, 04:10 PM

X-Force Annual 1 .... ok ...gotta see if I have that . But wouldn't that have been before Uncanny 303 0r 304 ? Senility ...kicking in . Gonna check this out tonight . I'm not familiar with Exiles stories at all ...just some of the characters and the premise .
As far as I know it did take place before she died (and she died in 303). It was an alternate future Illyana though. Good guy not demony and everything. As far as Exiles goes, she was around from issue 22-44. She was an evil psycho bitch. But fun!
-Nick

mattpsy2k

04-12-2005, 06:33 PM

Kingrambo912

04-13-2005, 09:28 AM

The_15th_Sven

04-13-2005, 11:28 AM

That would be cool, just so long as you portray us Christians in a good light. I am so tired of the 'Christians think they're beter then everyone else' steriotype.

HellFrost

04-13-2005, 05:11 PM

Is it possible that Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman enroll their son Franklin in the institute? I think the is not doing something in the FF issues. So, maybe he could just fit in the school with his friends Artie and Leech if they are added. Also, there is Penance who is stuck in limbo.
Well... I'm not sure Nunzio and Christina much enjoy being told who to add or even getting suggestions. They are already working on future issues and I have a feeling that if they wanted Franklin, Penance(who, I feel, wouldn't be a very good addition because of her deadly personality... even though I love her), and Artie and Leech( I thought one of them died... or both) they would have asked for them or we would have heard some kind of mention of them(whether it be in an interview or even in an issue). :)

Also, it's not like they can simply take a character just because they aren't doing anything. They need permission to take or even kill characters that aren't theirs. And also, in Astonishing, they didn't much like assiciating themselves with the FF because it was bad for their reputation... so enrolling their son probably wouldn't do wonders for them either... although I do have to wonder why it isn't the other way around sometimes. :confused:

HellFrost

04-13-2005, 05:27 PM

Will we ever seen the issue of religion dealt with? Having Dust on the team seems like it would be a good oppurtunity to explore faith issues between members on the squads. Maybe Kurt could lead some type of interfaith discussion.
I myself have mixed feelings about this... maybe if they did something like this it would be suttle and not an entire issue based on it... it seems a little too controversial(yes, more so then homophobia in my opinion) because no matter how hard anyone tries... someone somewhere would be offended.

That would be cool, just so long as you portray us Christians in a good light. I am so tired of the 'Christians think they're beter then everyone else' steriotype.
Well, there is that whole "gays are going to hell thing." Lol. jk/jk :)

The_15th_Sven

04-13-2005, 05:53 PM

I myself have mixed feelings about this... maybe if they did something like this it would be suttle and not an entire issue based on it... it seems a little too controversial(yes, more so then homophobia in my opinion) because no mater how hard anyone tries... someone somewhere would be offended.

Well, there is that whole "gays are going to hell thing." Lol. jk/jk :)
We only believe that because thats what our Lord told us. However, alot of Christians get it wrong and think gays are to be hated and exiled. I don't believe this. I feel everyone, wreather christian or not, strait or not, should be loved. And a few instances in our ideology is not a reason to say all Christians hate gays (I realize thats not what you said, but I'm saying this to all people who think so) and that were all stuck up 'holier then thou' people. This is not what we're supposed to be. Some people are, and all we can do is let them know our point of view in a non-jugemental kind of way.

Also, I just realized you tagged an 'lol' on to the end of your post but I'm not going to erase mine because I feel that it is something that needs to be said.

Also, pls don't read my post in an angry way. I am not trying to be angry. I will stop on this subject because Nunzio and Christina probably don't want to have this turn into a religon discussion.

And also, I think its fine if someone wants to suggest a charicter to be brought into the book. Acording to them people doing just that is what got Kevin back. :D

Huzzah!

04-13-2005, 09:43 PM

Bah i say to muslims

Bah i say to christians

I want to see an x scientologist

:D

Corey Dreher

04-14-2005, 05:30 PM

Wow I LOVE RAHNE'S TEAM COLORS!!!!!!!!! And I'm telling you I have this friend named Jesse, and he just like your character Jesse minus the Mutant Power. And I LOVE the powers too. They are cool. But here my question, does Jesse know what is going to happen with the whole school about Josh and Rahne? And also, I forsee Hope being the new Dani. But also in the first panel you see the first shot of the group at first I thought Jesse was Dani because I thought I saw little pigtails (I guess you would call them, I dont know) in front of his head. So is Jesse a boy or a girl? I know Ryan is a good artist but I really cant tell. And also Laurie is becoming what I always for saw her as, a powerful mutant. I LOVE how you showed Laurie could take down the Hulk by herself, she could do it with Sofia and make it quicker but she can take him down in seconds. Then I read the couple of pages of #13 and wow Laurie becoming hardcore? I mean I understand her being hurt but I really dont like her hardcore. Too me she was the one that would try to keep the stuff togethere no matter what happened. And I also like Wither's new blow out hair style. Thats looks more "Witherish" to me. But I love your work and especially the first couple of pages of #13 made me feel so bad (but in a good way :p ) It made me realzie North Stars Death more in this issue then in the Wolverine issue.

DavidQ!

04-14-2005, 07:35 PM

okay a few questions.

1.So Josh really cant resurrect the dead? or maybe he did Northstar might be coming back or is that really him?

2. love the showing of Rahne's team, there are two guys Ben, and is the black haired kid the same one whom they show on team corsairs summers with the black jacket.

The_15th_Sven

04-14-2005, 08:12 PM

Had a post, deleated it. :D

The_15th_Sven

04-14-2005, 08:57 PM

Shadow Crawler

04-14-2005, 10:51 PM

okay a few questions.

1.So Josh really cant resurrect the dead? or maybe he did Northstar might be coming back or is that really him?
Well, it looks like from how he died in Academy X is how he died right before this The Hand crap. I could be wrong though, since uhh I haven't read that issue of Wolverine. =/

Stagier

04-20-2005, 12:24 PM

sweet ish. laurie gets nuts with the phermones rebels against her moms, hate on rahne and she leaves! gah? right before prom!
laurie's dad coming to school next year and def. seems like a freak. can't wait for the death (again) of northstar!

Yusaku Jon III

04-20-2005, 07:19 PM

I can now say that these kids are starting to grow on me a little. I'm not guaranteeing that every issue is going to be picked up by me, but there are some that definitely hit a sweet spot with me. Perhaps that's just because it's not all spandex and supervillains at this point.

So, after browsing through the latest issue, I get to see a little more depth to the characters, which is something that I'd want to see. They can't always be buddy-buddy, especially when you've got situations like they've been through. Still, there's the little fanboy in me that really wants to see things go right in the end.

In the end...

Looks like Laurie's dad is turning out to be a villain in this subplot. As long as he doesn't show up in spandex and cackling wildly ("I-AM-THE-MASTER-OF...oh, wait! Laurie? Baby, don't leave your father here like this! Laurie...?"), I'm satisfied with him just being a weasel with super-pheromone powers.

Of course, I'd love to see Kevin and Julian getting their come-uppance. But, that's something we readers can only daydream about.

fishtaco

04-20-2005, 07:37 PM

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The_15th_Sven

04-20-2005, 08:37 PM

7) Demon Bear? Reverand Craig? Beyonder? Please???

The Demon Bear was taken care of in NM Vol. 1 around issue 21. It turrned out to be Danni's parents only transformed.

Shadow Crawler

04-20-2005, 08:57 PM

4) What will become of the Paragon team?

I read over at Comixfan that Karma will be watching over them while Rahne is gone.

Dunno how correct it is, but that's just what I read. =/

Ant-Man

04-20-2005, 09:23 PM

Nunzio and Christina,

If I sent you guys some teenage Mutant characters that I have created and drawn, would you consider using them(no charge on my part of course) in Academy X? Or are there too many legal issues with this?

Thanks

darkerthanscarlet

04-21-2005, 07:14 AM

There's a great interview on a rahne sinclair fan website which has quite a few hints for the future - are we allow to post link?

fishtaco

04-21-2005, 09:33 AM

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The_15th_Sven

04-21-2005, 12:42 PM

And this just is another example of me running my mouth about which I don't fully know what I'm talking about. :p

Orion101

04-21-2005, 10:51 PM

Another batch of questions

1. I was reviewing some of the original issues of X-Men and I noticed that alot of Julian's personality is similar to Calvin Rankin's when he first joined the institute. Was that intentional or just a coincidence.

2. In the last issue how did Julian know about the relationship anyway, I can't imagine Emma telling him about it before she confronted Rhane.

3. Some telekinetics can use their powers to make a cuncussive blast could Hellion do that some time in the future.

4. If the Hellfire club strted up it's own school again and started taking in students, who would legally own the Hellion's name them or Emma. If neither mabeye both could use, any chance we could see the Club's Hellion's fight the Institutes becuase hey don't like the idea of anyone but them having the name they feel rightfully belongs to the Hellfire Club.

5. Does Hellion now think that Mr Summers has it in for him, after what happened in haunted, I know alot of troublemakers who think that of their teachers. And frankly after seeing the way Cyclops exclusivly singled him out completly ignoring all other possiblities I can't say I would blame him. Especially after what you told me about everything he uses his powers on possesing an aura, the fact that their was none should have let him know off the bat Julian didn't do it.

6. Given the status of your book being one for the teenagers of the X-Boks are you regularly kept up to speed on the happening in other X-titles concerning the teens in their book like with X-23 in Uncanny or Beak in Exiles.

7. Did the inclusion of her in the book by editorials choice hurt any of your
future plans for the characters.

8. I got into a dissagreement with my friend about David's powers he said that David would be able to copy Forge's mutant ability to invent anything he can think of. He also said he could copy Cyphers ability tu understand any language I tried to tell him those are all their powers and David can't copy powers but he said they wer mental powers so he could copy those. can you please tell me does david only copy skills and learned information, becuase if he can copy superhuman mental abilities too I would think he could copy telepathy.

9. In Too much Information Julian and Sophie were involved for a time why was that wouldn't you think that David wouldn't want that to happen it was mind after all.

10. Could Mercury use her powers to impersonate other mettalic superbiengs like Collossus, Silver Surfer, Ironclad ...ect.

Corey Dreher

04-22-2005, 04:35 AM

fishtaco

04-22-2005, 06:07 AM

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HellFrost

04-22-2005, 09:01 AM

3. Some telekinetics can use their powers to make a cuncussive blast could Hellion do that some time in the future.
He already as. In issue 2.

4. If the Hellfire club strted up it's own school again and started taking in students, who would legally own the Hellion's name them or Emma. If neither mabeye both could use, any chance we could see the Club's Hellion's fight the Institutes becuase hey don't like the idea of anyone but them having the name they feel rightfully belongs to the Hellfire Club.
Technically... it's not exactly something either of them can claim as their own. And I don't think their would be a fight between them a Hellions force from the club because technically that would make 3 groups of Hellions walking around. The one with Tarot, Feral, King B., etc... is supposed to be on like hiatus if I remember correctly.

Oh, and fishtacos right about Sage and Sunspot, so if there was going to be a fight against another group of Hellions, it would most likely be the group I stated above... if I'm right about them being in hiding for awhile anyway...

Stagier

04-22-2005, 09:08 AM

i just noticed something on a second read, sophia is going to steve hunter's to dance, any chance that we will actually see the lady?
when was the last time? shadow king saga?! bring back stevie!

DavidQ!

04-22-2005, 01:04 PM

Question:

1. Are the new new mutants going to be involved with the house of M tie-in, I see noriko on the cover, but its seems like its referring to the old new mutants.

Orion101

04-22-2005, 02:42 PM

Being a high school student (yes, it completely sucks. I go to that school with the hazing incident 2 years ago), rumors, etc travel quite quick. I would imagine that the whole Institute learned what happened within an hour.

With Sunspot and Sage running the club, that will not be happening. Read Uncanny X-men 452-454 for that.

I never said the Hellfire Club themselves would be the one's to tell the students to fight. i'm just saying that if they ever founded another mutant school that the kids their may resent another Hellion group having their legacy and set out to mix it up with Julian and his buddies of their own accord. You know sort of a pride and rivalry thing. That would be something I could see happening if written right.

fishtaco

04-23-2005, 11:58 AM

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darkerthanscarlet

04-26-2005, 07:11 AM

Question:

1. Are the new new mutants going to be involved with the house of M tie-in, I see noriko on the cover, but its seems like its referring to the old new mutants.

I think the team on the cover may be SHIELDs Hellions, whereas there is another team of new mutants who may be made up of the 'new mutant' squad from New X-men and some other old New Mutants e.g. Karma, Cannonball, Magma - only guessing though!

The_15th_Sven

04-26-2005, 11:22 AM

Was it just me, or did I see Illiyana(sp?) there on the cover?

HellFrost

04-26-2005, 12:48 PM

Was it just me, or did I see Illiyana(sp?) there on the cover?
Illyana was on the cover, atleast we are supposed to assume. I'd say it's Julian, Danial, Rahne, Illyana, Sophia, Noriko, and I can't seem to figure out the visor person. I personally think it's Northstar but I can totally be wrong(as I'm sure I am).

All I know is it looks majorly awesome.

Corey Dreher

04-26-2005, 12:49 PM

And North Star possible spoiler?

xmanson

04-26-2005, 12:54 PM

So, when does X-23 begins her run in this book? Really don't see how she will fit, though it make smore sense for her to be here than Uncanny.

Corey Dreher

04-26-2005, 12:56 PM

So, when does X-23 begins her run in this book? Really don't see how she will fit, though it make smore sense for her to be here than Uncanny.

She will fit in as Lauire and Sofia's new friend..........or Josh's new girlfriend....because he seems to like the mysterous wolfy type :p just playin!

Corey Dreher

04-26-2005, 12:57 PM

Illyana was on the cover, atleast we are supposed to assume. I'd say it's Julian, Danial, Rahne, Illyana, Sophia, Noriko, and I can't seem to figure out the visor person. I personally think it's Northstar but I can totally be wrong(as I'm sure I am).

All I know is it looks majorly awesome.

Sorry didnt see you post.

Corey Dreher

04-26-2005, 01:31 PM

And I never got this....why did you give Laurie the codename "Wallflower"? I mean I love the name but I dont understan the reason for it.

HellFrost

04-26-2005, 02:51 PM

And I never got this....why did you give Laurie the codename "Wallflower"? I mean I love the name but I dont understan the reason for it.
Well, think about it. She emits pheremones(like a flowers pollen) and a Wallflower is someone who stands out in the background while everyone else is doing something together... or something like that. So, Laurie stands by emitting her pheremones as Sophia is attacking from the air(and sometimes controlling the pheremones), Nori is attacking with lightning speed, David is shouting orders, Icarus is most likely saving pple or doing some kind of attack himself, and Josh is probably not with her but on the opposite side healing pple(just incase the pheremones effect the innocents).

I personally think her code name is going to change along with her new found attitude. But I think the change is going to occur when her father first arrives at the school(and convinces her to change it or something during a session together) or when she finds out it is her father and all her anger is yet again unleashed. Poor Laurie, I love her.

HellFrost

04-26-2005, 02:55 PM

I have a question that has been bothering me.

In Grant's first arc (I forgot the issue) you see Emma in Genosha teaching a class of telepathic. In the background you see Dust in there. Do she have telepathic powers as a side or something?
understandably, it looks like her, but it isn't her. She had to be rescued by Wolverine didn't she in the desert.

Although, if it is her, she was probably learning to see if she can communicate telepathically in her dust for. Or she was probably even learning how to put up psychic defenses, after all, there has to be a class for that.

HellFrost

04-26-2005, 03:01 PM

7. Did the inclusion of her in the book by editorials choice hurt any of your future plans for the characters.
She isn't going to have much of a role in the book as I am to understand. It was stated that she would make an appearence or to, I believe. It's a shame she isn't staying in Uncanny though, I love her relationship with Psylocke. And I doubt that X is going to be Josh's girlfriend, although if she is, and Josh cheated on her... I don't think he'd be able to heal from what she'd do to him.

But making her Sophia and Lauries new best friend seems like a really good idea. Especially with Laurie's new attitude change and X's growing personality. :D

HellFrost

04-26-2005, 03:44 PM

I do have a quick question though, who is going to take over Northstars squad? Just curious :)

The Fury

04-26-2005, 03:59 PM

I do have a quick question though, who is going to take over Northstars squad? Just curious :)
Northstar when he returns. :)

Man do I have some concerns about that situation. I'll ask those after the next issue though.

Also this may seem like an odd and pointless question but do the X-men have a special Tailor(sp?) or a costume making machine that makes all their costumes for them? Every Team member I've seen has had a different one so far.

StarsAndGarters

04-26-2005, 04:03 PM

Northstar when he returns. :)

Man do I have some concerns about that situation. I'll ask those after the next issue though.Yeah, shouldn't be a problem. They just need an interim teacher for a few weeks while Wolverine takes care of business.Also this may seem like an odd and pointless question but do the X-men have a special Tailor(sp?) or a costume making machine that makes all their costumes for them? Every Team member I've seen has had a different one so far.They might have a deal with Leo Zelinsky (http://www.spiderfan.org/characters/leo_zelinsky.html).

HellFrost

04-26-2005, 04:04 PM

Northstar when he returns. :)

Man do I have some concerns about that situation. I'll ask those after the next issue though.

Also this may seem like an odd and pointless question but do the X-men have a special Tailor(sp?) or a costume making machine that makes all their costumes for them? Every Team member I've seen has had a different one so far.
Good point Lol.

They make it themselves, with the help of their teachers of course.

The Fury

04-26-2005, 04:10 PM

They make it themselves, with the help of their teachers of course.
Man if I made my own Superhero costume it would never look as good as theirs. And Help from their teacher, how nice. Are they made of Unstable Molecules like all the X-men costumes?

Are you sure they haven't got a special machine, that maybe Forge built?

The Fury

04-26-2005, 04:13 PM

They might have a deal with Leo Zelinsky (http://www.spiderfan.org/characters/leo_zelinsky.html).
Wicked, a superhero costume maker/fixer. Just like the Night Nurse (the one that looked after superheroes).

StarsAndGarters

04-26-2005, 04:16 PM

Wicked, a superhero costume maker/fixer. Just like the Night Nurse (the one that looked after superheroes).Totally! That issue (ASM #502) was my favorite issue of Spider-Man bar-none until he showed up playing poker with the Fantastic Four and Angel in Spectacular #21. **Gets geek off**

I digress, the kids costumes are pretty damn professional, I agree.

The_15th_Sven

04-26-2005, 04:17 PM

Man if I made my own Superhero costume it would never look as good as theirs. And Help from their teacher, how nice. Are they made of Unstable Molecules like all the X-men costumes?

Are you sure they haven't got a special machine, that maybe Forge built?
Certain costumes would have to be out of special materials. Mainly for changelings: Mercury, Rhane(which in a few issues of NM vol. 1 she would end up getting tangled up in her normal clothes or having them riped into shreads).

Stagier

04-26-2005, 11:59 PM

hellfrost is answering those questions like they write the book, secret identity anybody?..

as for teh costumes, they do have a special machine, it was shown in x-force when capullo was drawing, and boomer designed new duds for everyone. and rahne wouldn't need special material since the unstable molecule would adapt for her.

Fede

04-27-2005, 06:36 AM

i read in uncannyxmen.net that one of the members of the paragon squad is Nicholas Gleason. who is him? "torch-head"?? :D

fishtaco

04-27-2005, 07:56 AM

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Fede

04-27-2005, 11:45 AM

No, the torch head dudes name is Ben. Nick Gleason is AKA Wolf Cub. Dont know too much about him.

Thanks!

quote from uncannyxmen.net:

Nicholas Gleason first appeared in Chamber #1. He joined the Xavier Institute, but hadn’t been seen since Exiles #30. This issue finally reveals in which Squad he is in.

Powers and Abilities:
heightened strength, speed, agility, and reflexes, hyper-keen senses, razor sharp claws

fishtaco

04-27-2005, 08:32 PM

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The_15th_Sven

04-28-2005, 11:15 AM

I think its time for an X-men tradition of Mutantball. I would love seeing the NM go up against the Helions in Base Ball.

Corey Dreher

05-01-2005, 07:36 PM

Corey Dreher

05-02-2005, 02:25 AM

Wow.....Laurie is going to go to become her father....I think. She feels so heart broken and I feel for her. If I was her Josh would be in his way in a coma. Really I like how you pit a control on Laurie's anger.

Me personal I think something is going to happen when people dont beleive her and she is going to go crazy. See through this heart break I tihnk she might lose Sofia as a friend. And I also think the whole team will be broken up. David is still freaked (which is totally natural.) about his future (but I tihnk it was more because of the Norkio thing.) I tihnk Norkio feels left out because she is getting blown off by David like all the time. Jay well for some reason I think something is going to happen to him but i cant put my finger on it. Sofia will knida leave the team, and be with Julian. See what I got out of that issue of the future was things is going to change big time. But my question is would it still be possible for Sofia and Julian or would it be a fear of David's? And Laurie well she feels so hurt right now that i think soon she will go alot further in her powers. And well Josh.......after this I think its no going back. He did this and I dont think they will let him back in. Well maybe Jay (Hes a forgiving type of guy). But I love your writing and Im happy with the covers of the House of M issues. But those characters on the cover. Are they there to have us ponder or is it for real? If it is then Marvel will be doing the right thing......

The_15th_Sven

05-02-2005, 12:11 PM

The_15th_Sven

05-02-2005, 12:15 PM

Also I asked about this a few months ago, but I think it just got forgoten:

What is this that I found on amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0785113789/qid=1109996132/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-0458097-8576036?v=glance&s=books

Corey Dreher

05-02-2005, 02:28 PM

It may take a while, but I feel they will let Josh back into their circle of friends and try to forget about what happened (save maybe Louri). And I think you need to give the NM more credit. For one, they are the fabric of this book and if they all left, the book would have to take a few issues to bring in and explain new charicters. Also I think that the NM are beter friends then that. I have my predictions, but I'll keep them to myself.

Oh i do......i totally beleive in this book. But I think before they will become a great team they will have to fall down and rebulid. I mean i think this will strength there relationship as a team. Since they will know each other better then anyone else. I dont mean they are going to leave, but I mean they will have to rebulid their temple. Like Julian but the major blow to them, cuasing them to start to have their temple crash. David is afraid about his future and hes blwoing Noriko away. (by the way Nunizo and Christina is this hard for both of you to write your favourtie characters go through this pain? I couldnt do it....but then again i guess thats why im not writing this comic :p ) and I think when they find out about Sofia's attraction to Julian the temple will blow. I mean out of all this Jay is the calm one (atleast i think. I didnt see his reaction) I think he will be the one to bring them back together. But like i said. I dont think they will leave but they will have to rebulid their temple of friendship again.

Corey Dreher

05-02-2005, 02:49 PM

and also you hafta remember. Even if they have a powerful friendship...they are still kids.....kids who are hated....kids with problemns about themselves. So you have to remember this.

The_15th_Sven

05-03-2005, 11:16 AM

I'm pretty sure that all the NM know about Sofia and Julian (as expressed in NXM:AX #12). I don't think they are that mad about it.

Also, will we be seeing Deric (I don't know his last name) in this series at all. We last saw him on parents day in issue 8 and he was the only person who cared about Sofia for around a year, and we haven't heard from him at all in almost 20 issues.

fishtaco

05-05-2005, 08:13 AM

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DavidQ!

05-05-2005, 07:36 PM

I personally thought issue 13 was very good. A little sequence rushed, but hey what can you expect from a single issue. Greatest story ever told? To be honest, I love Ryans art, but I would love to see Josh without the gold skin. Changing from gold on and off. Especially through the pencils of Michael Ryan.

Question: any possibility of that happening?

Fun to see The alpha squadron, but I thought the Stepford cuckoos where in it. Strange, but that wasnt confirmed.

Question: Also will you reveal who will be taking over as advisor to the paragons? and will rahnes departure, be temporary?

A very good story can't wait for 13 and 14 (Even if it is medina.) the covers are good.

DavidQ!

05-05-2005, 07:40 PM

The lighter side of Julian, thought that was muy excellente!

The_15th_Sven

05-05-2005, 07:59 PM

I'm prety sure the coocoos are on Scott's 'Corsairs' squad. I think thats what I heard.

DavidQ!

05-05-2005, 08:53 PM

Seems like I am the only Josh Fan around here. I mean poster wise. :( :( :( :(

The_15th_Sven

05-06-2005, 11:13 AM

Josh is cool. He just needs to learn how to control himself. He's so easily affected by (for lack of a beter term) peer pressure, he doesn't seem to have enough self control, and he doesn't seem to pickup on other peoples' emotions that well.

Corey Dreher

05-06-2005, 08:19 PM

I made a card for Laurie. This is what I think. The dark side is because I think she is going to stray on that side for a little.

fishtaco

05-07-2005, 07:15 AM

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Nunzio DeFilippis

05-09-2005, 10:17 PM

Sorry all...

Travel, work, illness and bad news all conspired to keep us from posting for a while. But we'll be answering everything in time. It may take more than a few posts to do so.

Are you sure? I mean I know he is good with his powers and all, and he might just be ready for the X-men for that, but what about his attitude? I mean, the kid believes in mutant superiority!

When I referred to his maturity, I was specifically talking about his attitude, and how 'hot-heated, arrogant TEEN' he is. So, yeah, I'd already covered that.

Also, would you consider Dani, Shan, and Rahne to be X-men? Its your call, I guess, but since they teach young mutants the ethics and responsibilities of their powers, which is, after all one of the most fundamental goals of Xavier's dream, would you say that they are considered X-men even if they arent on one of the three teams? Nowadays, its a bit difficult to say who is an X-man and who isnt, since there are so many different groups who fight for Xavier dream, like X-Corps, X-Force, Genoshan Republic, etc. Even the new Hellfire Club. I was wondering what your opinion is on it.

Dani and Shan are X-Men, but not ones on active duty rosters. The others would depend on how affiliated their activities are with the actual X-Men. Most of what you list are not X-Men, because their activities are not coordinated with or sponsored by the X-Men.

When Laurie finds out about Josh and Wolfsbane will the relationship with her and Josh end or will there be a love triangle down the road?

By now you've seen how that played out. Josh and Rahne are done.

This is one of those questions that if you choose not to answer I won't be offended and I will drop the subject entirely but where do you guys do all your writing? Obviosly I wouldn't want a specific address but I was just wondering what city you hailed from.

We live in Los Angeles. Christina is from Boston, I'm from New York, but we both moved to LA over a decade ago.

If any student(s) were to become X-men, the X-men would most logicaly pick the Stepford Cuckoos. The Stepford Cuckoos always seemed to represent what is right. They disliked Emma after her affair was discovered. In fact, they did the right thing by alerting Jean to what was going on. They are also the most intelligent students at the school (maybe besides Prodigy). They are the most ready

As others have pointed out - the Cuckoos are hardly always right. In fact, they're angry at Emma for having taught Sophie to be a hero, which got her killed.

If any student represented what was right it would be beak if only he were a little more powerful I would rank him among prime candidates for future X-Men.

Well, Beak did side with Magneto/Xorn before realizing his mistake. So he's hardly perfect, with regards to heroic impulses.

And all this also adds to every writers constant want(not nessecarily meaning EVERY writer... hehe) to constantly remind us how she was evil and tried to kill them many times... WE GET IT ALREADY!!!!! IF SHE WERE STILL EVIL I WOULD HOPE THE WOMAN HAD ENOUGH SENSE TO PUT THEM ALL OUT OF THEIR MISERABLE, DRAMATIC LIVES BY NOW!!!!!!!!

Well, to be fair, to many of the characters (including Dani), most of their experience with Emma was with a villain, and her "take me as I am" attitude doesn't always come off as too contrite about that fact.

My question is were there any rejected characters? If so, could we know about 'em? Or were there any characters you'd wanted to use from another book but the idea got vetoed? Any original plans that got scratched and just wound up being not useable for whatever reason?

All our creations were used, eventually. It's often harder to get the right to use existing characters.

We asked for, and were denied, at various times: Kitty, Illyana, Cypher, Colossus, the Hellfire Club and Avalanche.

Some of those, we eventually got to use - or got to use but didn't get to re-use.

As for ours, the trickier part was bringing some characters back. When we made the transition from New Mutants to New X-Men, some of our minor characters had to take a back seat. Walter Barrett (Sofia's father), Derek Newton (her driver/butler), Duncan (Josh's Reaver buddy). We asked to bring them all back, and Marvel wanted us to wait, to avoid overloading the book with backstory from a different title.

As for scrapped stories, I'm reluctant to talk about those because I don't want to sound like I'm bitching about anything.

Is it possible that Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman enroll their son Franklin in the institute? I think the is not doing something in the FF issues. So, maybe he could just fit in the school with his friends Artie and Leech if they are added. Also, there is Penance who is stuck in limbo.

No plans for Franklin, Artie, Leech or Pennance at this time.

Will we ever seen the issue of religion dealt with? Having Dust on the team seems like it would be a good oppurtunity to explore faith issues between members on the squads. Maybe Kurt could lead some type of interfaith discussion.

Not likely to happen, as a scene about comparative religion might run the risk of offending if done poorly, and therefore needs a good dramatic impetus before we'd take that chance.

But Dust's faith, because it comes organically out of her story, is likely to be explored further.

We only believe that because thats what our Lord told us.

I was raised a Christian and can find nowhere in the Bible where Jesus says any such thing.

However, I am not looking to provoke a major debate. I merely point it out so as to say that being Christian does not mean you have to think homosexuals are going to hell.

My interpretation of being a good Christian is to love and respect everyone, which means I love and respect heterosexuals and homosexuals equally.

Bah i say to muslims

Bah i say to christians

I want to see an x scientologist

Heh. Not a story we have planned.

does Jesse know what is going to happen with the whole school about Josh and Rahne?

The answer to that is in Issue 14.

So is Jesse a boy or a girl?

Girl. It should have been clearer in the actual issue than it was in the preview (poorly scanned) pages.

Her name is Jessie (with an ie instead of just an e) which is more often used for girls.

So Josh really cant resurrect the dead?

Josh cannot heal the dead. He can manipulate the body on a genetic level, but we take a very spiritual/metaphysical approach and assume bringing back the dead must involve something more mystical than pure science.

love the showing of Rahne's team, there are two guys Ben, and is the black haired kid the same one whom they show on team corsairs summers with the black jacket.

Not two Bens, just one. Ben is the boy with the flamehead, seen in previous issues.

The kid with the black hair is not the same kid from Cyclops' team. At least, not that we've decided as of now. Since neither is well defined, maybe he should be.

When that scene was written, we had worked with Michael Ryan to pick five of the Paragons.

Nicholas Gleason and Ben were two we chose to add.

Hope, Megan and Jessie were based on Michael Ryan background character designs.

The sixth was going to be Specter, but then we changed plans for him. So we left it up to Michael.

He picked his "DJ" design, which we had discussed using as a redesign of the last Corsair. But since Michael used the design as a Paragon, we figured he was a different kid.

But since he's based off a redesign of the last Corsair, maybe we should make him the same kid after a squad swap.

sweet ish. laurie gets nuts with the phermones rebels against her moms, hate on rahne and she leaves! gah? right before prom!

Laurie didn't leave the school - she just stormed out of her mom's house.

Does the word "Paragon" have any significance in Rahne's history? Im just wondering, because I havent read any of the New Mutants, and only a little bit of her X-Factor and Excalibur.

The word wasn't drawn directly from her history. It was chosen because the concept fit her personality.

We asked the biggest Rahne fan we knew to suggest squad names. He gave us a couple of suggestions, and we liked Paragons.

Is there really going to be an X-Factor series?!?!?!?

Marvel gets mad at us if we answer questions about other writers' plans.

Will we ever see Rahne again in this title?

Yes.

What will become of the Paragon team?

Read on, and you'll find out.

Will we see Jeffrey next issue?

Jeffrey makes a brief appearance in Issue 14.

Is Sean Garrison (Laurie's father) going to become one of the main New New Mutant villains?

That was our plan when we introduced him all the way back in NM #4. But Marvel kept asking us to push him back. We finally got to bring him into the main story.

Demon Bear? Reverand Craig? Beyonder? Please???

No plans for any of the the three at this time. Beyonder is the least enticing prospect for us. The other two have dramatic value, but we have no plans right now.

When will we see Kitty's squad?

Marvel doesn't want us defining Kitty's squad, and we were always reluctant to do so anyway. Let Joss make those decisions.

Anyway, onto the next post's worth of answers...

Nunzio DeFilippis

05-09-2005, 10:19 PM

More answers!

If I sent you guys some teenage Mutant characters that I have created and drawn, would you consider using them(no charge on my part of course) in Academy X? Or are there too many legal issues with this?

Too many legal issues.

Sorry, but it's just not possible.

However, I really feel that if you're creating characters, the best path is to try to break into the business so you can write them yourselves. Don't give us your creations - ride them to success.

I was reviewing some of the original issues of X-Men and I noticed that alot of Julian's personality is similar to Calvin Rankin's when he first joined the institute. Was that intentional or just a coincidence.

Certainly not something we did on purpose.

In the last issue how did Julian know about the relationship anyway, I can't imagine Emma telling him about it before she confronted Rhane.

Julian and Kevin are friends. They talk.

Some telekinetics can use their powers to make a cuncussive blast could Hellion do that some time in the future.

Julian can do so, and has already done so.

If the Hellfire club strted up it's own school again and started taking in students, who would legally own the Hellion's name them or Emma. If neither mabeye both could use, any chance we could see the Club's Hellion's fight the Institutes becuase hey don't like the idea of anyone but them having the name they feel rightfully belongs to the Hellfire Club.

Not a storyline we foresee happening. The Hellions are a squad at Xavier's right now. For a while, we wanted the Hellfire Club to be the villains of the Hellions mini, but Marvel asked us to create someone new.

Does Hellion now think that Mr Summers has it in for him, after what happened in haunted, I know alot of troublemakers who think that of their teachers. And frankly after seeing the way Cyclops exclusivly singled him out completly ignoring all other possiblities I can't say I would blame him. Especially after what you told me about everything he uses his powers on possesing an aura, the fact that their was none should have let him know off the bat Julian didn't do it.

Well, no one was looking at the table when it happened, only at the table as it fell (which could have been after he let it go).

But, yeah, Julian does feel like he gets blamed for stuff he doesn't do. He does think Cyclops has it in for him.

Given the status of your book being one for the teenagers of the X-Boks are you regularly kept up to speed on the happening in other X-titles concerning the teens in their book like with X-23 in Uncanny or Beak in Exiles.

Nope. I wish we were, but communication isn't always the best. Marvel tends to inform us what's up when we opt to use a character - then they bring us up to speed.

Did the inclusion of her in the book by editorials choice hurt any of your future plans for the characters.

Everything after House Of M is up in the air right now, so no... we have no specific plans altered by X-23. Now, we may have a lot of plans altered by whatever happens after House Of M, but X-23 won't be the problem there.

I got into a dissagreement with my friend about David's powers he said that David would be able to copy Forge's mutant ability to invent anything he can think of. He also said he could copy Cyphers ability tu understand any language I tried to tell him those are all their powers and David can't copy powers but he said they wer mental powers so he could copy those. can you please tell me does david only copy skills and learned information, becuase if he can copy superhuman mental abilities too I would think he could copy telepathy.

David cannot copy their mental abilities. Only their skills and knowledge, anything learned over time.

However, his power already includes Cypher's. Because speech and reading are both learned abilities, in your native tongue and in any foreign tongue. So he's always gaining whatever languages he's near.

So, in effect, he has Cypher's powers, and then some.

In Too much Information Julian and Sophie were involved for a time why was that wouldn't you think that David wouldn't want that to happen it was mind after all.

David's mind created a history that would serve as a backdrop against which his fear could occur. His mind extrapolated the likely outcomes as he saw them.

That means he believes Jay will become a rock star.
He believes Sofia will go back to her father and inherit the company.
He believes Sofia and Julian will wind up together.
He worries that the Hellions will become criminals (and end Julian and Sofia's romance).
He worries that Julian will get Sooraya killed.
And he thinks he'll wind up married to Nori, despite having a crush on Dani.

Could Mercury use her powers to impersonate other mettalic superbiengs like Collossus, Silver Surfer, Ironclad ...ect.

Not really, as she can't change her appearance, just her shape. Cessily's mercury forms always look like Cessily's shimmery metal skin, so she wouldn't be able to mimic Peter's hair or costume.

In Grant's first arc (I forgot the issue) you see Emma in Genosha teaching a class of telepathic. In the background you see Dust in there. Do she have telepathic powers as a side or something?

We didn't write that issue, so I can't say for sure, but given that it was before Dust's debut, I'm betting that was a completely different character.

i just noticed something on a second read, sophia is going to steve hunter's to dance, any chance that we will actually see the lady?

Back when "Into The Light" was "Campfire," Stevie was set to appear in the issue. But that was a start of summer issue, and Marvel wanted more focus on Northstar, so we moved it from Issue 15 to Issue 13 (pushing back "Year's End"s 2 issues) and made it all about Northstar. That took out the Stevie parts.

Now, as I said, everything after House Of M is up in the air, but we hope to show Stevie soon.

Are the new new mutants going to be involved with the house of M tie-in, I see noriko on the cover, but its seems like its referring to the old new mutants.

Noriko is on the cover, as are Sofia and Julian.

Not going to explain the solicit or the cover. Can't without blowing some of the House Of M secrets.

Was it just me, or did I see Illiyana(sp?) there on the cover?

It's not just you. Many have seen Illyana on the cover.

Now is she in the issue itself? That's the bigger question.

Illyana was on the cover, atleast we are supposed to assume. I'd say it's Julian, Danial, Rahne, Illyana, Sophia, Noriko, and I can't seem to figure out the visor person. I personally think it's Northstar but I can totally be wrong(as I'm sure I am).

Clockwise from Dani...

Dani, Northstar, Illyana, Julian, Noriko, Sofia, Rahne

That's what's on the cover. But as I said, there's no way I tell you if it's in any way reflective of what's inside.

So, when does X-23 begins her run in this book? Really don't see how she will fit, though it make smore sense for her to be here than Uncanny.

X-23 is a post House Of M addition, and I can't really say what's going down after House Of M. Too much is up in the air right now, and we're busy writing the actual House Of M story.

So, I can't say how she'll fit in. All I can say is that we were asked to put her in the book. We asked to use her in House Of M, and they said to wait until afterwards.

And I never got this....why did you give Laurie the codename "Wallflower"? I mean I love the name but I dont understan the reason for it.

The wallflower has several connotations. The first, most famous one, is based on the real flower's penchant for clinging to walls. Like the flower, a girl described as a wallflower is known for hiding against the wall at a social function - an apt description of Laurie.

But the Wallflower is also a beautiful yellow flower, and one with a powerful fragrance that is associated with romance.

So, Dani chose the nickname because Laurie, like the flower, may hide from sight, but is beautiful and compelling once you notice her.

Also, the powerful aroma is also symbolic of Laurie's pheromones, which are generally scent-based (pheromones are based on smells, even if the conscious mind doesn't register the smell, like an ultrasonic whistle).

Also this may seem like an odd and pointless question but do the X-men have a special Tailor(sp?) or a costume making machine that makes all their costumes for them? Every Team member I've seen has had a different one so far.

This prompted some discussion, so I'll answer all these posts at once.

The school makes the costumes. The kids' costumes are all based on a basic template, with each team having a different color scheme.

The kids then pick personalizing touches (Nori's cargo pants, Julian's leather jacket, Josh's sleeveless look, Sofia's sash, Laurie's non-revealing closed jacket, Victor having parts of his feet exposed so he can stick to walls, etc).

And they are all made of unstable molecules.

They make it themselves, with the help of their teachers of course.

Hey, I think the question was aimed at us, not you. ;)

hellfrost is answering those questions like they write the book, secret identity anybody?

No secret identity. I think he (she?) just got overeager.

One more post worth of answers to come.

Nunzio DeFilippis

05-09-2005, 10:21 PM

i read in uncannyxmen.net that one of the members of the paragon squad is Nicholas Gleason. who is him? "torch-head"?? :D

Nicholas Gleason is the wolf-like boy. He was seen in Exiles. We placed him on a squad because he was much requested and a good match for Rahne.

Also I asked about this a few months ago, but I think it just got forgoten:

What is this that I found on amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0785113789/qid=1109996132/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-0458097-8576036?v=glance&s=books

It wasn't forgotten. Look back to the vicinity of your old post - you'll see we answered it then. But I'll answer again - it's just an old solicit for the first trade of New Mutants from back when it was Tsunami and therefore being marketed as manga-like.

Also, will we be seeing Deric (I don't know his last name) in this series at all. We last saw him on parents day in issue 8 and he was the only person who cared about Sofia for around a year, and we haven't heard from him at all in almost 20 issues.

We'd like to show Derek again, but honestly, we don't know when or if that'll happen.

Wasnt Magma supposed to be in this issue? I'm itching to know whats going on with her.

Magma will be showing up soon. When we mentioned her, it was when Year's End was Issues 13 & 14, and Campfire was Issue 15. But then Campfire became Into The Light and was moved to 13, pushing everything back an issue. It works out much better this way, but it means you have to wait a little longer for Magma.

Victor is usually a backround character. Just a face we see in the backround, except hat we know his name and squad. This issue, he had some spotlight. Will he be featured more in the future?

Not a great deal, not as of yet, anyway.

Does Shan really have time for the younger kids,the Paragons, and Alpha Squadron?

She would have the time if she were Madrox. But she's not, so something's gonna have to give.

When did Dani loose her psionic arrows?

Sometime between the last time she was seen using them and now. :)

Seriously, when she was split into 4 entities and reconstructed, it started a period of flux for her as who she was (and what she could do) was restructured. Couple with the severing of her ties to Asgard (the death of Darkwind/Brightwind), she returned to the basics. While there were a few variations between now and then, she was on a regressive path that took her back to the basics, which is where we picked her up.

Will Laurie get together with someone else in the near future? Will Jay?

Wait and see.

When will we see Sean Garrison?

Next issue. But he's not supposed to start working at the school until the following semester.

That girl in Alpha Squadron's name was Andrea. Is she supposed to be the same Andrea that was friends with Jefferey in Schism? If so, then why is she on a squad but not him?

Andrea is the same girl (Rubbermaid).

But who's to say she wasn't a bit older than Jeffrey in Schism? Plus, he died a half year before his ghost was put to rest. Which means she kept aging and he regressed emotionally, throwing tantrums and going after students.

She is now at the very youngest edge of the squad-eligible kids. He is at the very oldest edge of the young kids.

DEMON BEAR!! PLEASE BRING BACK THE DEMON BEAR! I beg you, please! Maybe around issues 18-20 would be interesting. This book must have a demon bear story along the road, as well as a Nova Roma story (which you mentioned), and maybe a trip to Asgard. Reverand Craig? Please?

No Demon Bear, Rev. Craig or Asgard plans at this time. Maybe Nova Roma, but that's something we're beginning to push for, and is in no way guaranteed to happen.

The precog in the Paragons. Will we see more of that character? I have an interest in her because of her mutant power. The only precog weve really seen was Destiny, and I was wondering how good of a precog this student is compared to Destiny, who obviously has a lot of experience. Also, you'll never know what plots one can come up with using Fate vs Free Will as a theme

Not a lot of Jessie coming up, but a little. We'd love to explore her further, but as I keep saying, the post HOM stuff is up in the air.

If and/or when you introduce Rogue's squad, are you going to use the thing that Chris Claremont kinda set up in Uncanny X-men 444 (cameo in 446)?

Not having my issues with me on the road (I'm in Boston), I'm sure what you're referring to. Rogue was shown taking some kids to the Danger Room. In our heads, that's her squad. Is that what you mean?

Solicitations and hints from editors indicate that Mystique will be joining Havok's team soon. I was wondering if you knew about this, and if you were planning any cameos, or short scenes where she's annoying the students. Kinda like the stuff that Raven did to piss off Forge and Val Cooper in X-Factor.

No idea what the plan is there, and therefore it's not a factor in New X-Men just yet.

Are any of the students (specifically the New Mutants or Hellions) come from rich families? In the original New Mutants series, the Hellfire Club played a big role. Just a thought.

Sofia's from a rich family.

Also, see the Hellions mini.

I personally thought issue 13 was very good. A little sequence rushed, but hey what can you expect from a single issue. Greatest story ever told? To be honest, I love Ryans art, but I would love to see Josh without the gold skin. Changing from gold on and off. Especially through the pencils of Michael Ryan.

Question: any possibility of that happening?

No. Marvel likes him Gold.

What does "a little sequence rushed" mean?

Fun to see The alpha squadron, but I thought the Stepford cuckoos where in it. Strange, but that wasnt confirmed.

Not only wasn't that confirmed, it was never even mentioned. We've always said the Cuckoos are on the Corsairs.

Also will you reveal who will be taking over as advisor to the paragons? and will rahnes departure, be temporary?

It was already revealed (in Issue 13) that Shan took over the Paragons.

As for Rahne, read on.

And that's what we have. Sorry we were away so long.

Glad everyone seemed to like Issue 13. That's probably the one, when our run is over and done, that we'll be proudest of. It was sad to write, but we loved writing it. Good to see it had resonance.

StarsAndGarters

05-09-2005, 10:32 PM

Sorry all...

Travel, work, illness and bad news all conspired to keep us from posting for a while.Welcome back!

fishtaco

05-10-2005, 06:45 AM

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DavidQ!

05-10-2005, 06:48 PM

OOps my apologies reading it again I had made a mistake. "Sequence rushed" (Pacing) bah!

Thanks.

Shadow Crawler

05-10-2005, 06:52 PM

We asked for, and were denied, at various times: Kitty, Illyana, Cypher, Colossus, the Hellfire Club and Avalanche.

Do you mean denied the use of them as regular characters, or the use of them as both regular and guest appearances? I ask this because I think you and Christina would write a really good Kitty. Heh, I'd really like to see her appear sometime in New X-Men.

Dr. Killbydeath

05-10-2005, 08:26 PM

Is HoM really that big a pain in the butt?

It seems like most titles are giving up some aspect of their storyline for the crossover. Did Marvel just drop a bombshell on you guys (like say the "decrease in mutants" rumour that's going around, or any such thing) or was there more of a discussion/understanding between creators?

The_15th_Sven

05-10-2005, 08:29 PM

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sound like someone who hated homosexuals. I also feel that all people should be respected and loved. I do still hold to my beliefs that homosexuals don't get into heaven but I won't go any further as this is not the community board and you and Christina don't want this to get into a theological discussion.

Stagier

05-10-2005, 10:02 PM

sweet another bostonian, hope you got to enjoy the weather today.
and as for the comment, i meant that rahne left, not laurie. sorry for the confusion, looking foward to reading what you have planned, hopefully you guys aren't too frustrated with HOM and are planning on a LONG run?

Atomic Mongoose

05-12-2005, 02:32 AM

I do still hold to my beliefs that homosexuals don't get into heaven

That's right bitch, we go to the big, fabulous White Party in the sky, mm'kay... Heaven is so two millenia ago, so don't even go thinkin' you'd ever catch our cute asses hangin' around your tacky-ass pearly gates anyway... she-iiiiiiiiiiiit.................

*cough*

But anyway, thanks for answering all the questions you receive, Nunzio & Christina. Love your work, especially since you've managed to make me enjoy the characters (and have a strong sense of the ins and outs of each) in such a short amount of time.

I just have a few questions in regards to your character writing process...

1) Do either of you ever use a particular character as your "mouthpiece" in your stories?

2) Do you take outside influences like family members, friends, celebrities, etc. as inspiration for creating a character; or are you more formulaic, using archtypes as a mold for each character, and then flesh them out from there? (I've always noticed that Josh reminds me of "Zack", from "Saved By The Bell"; Laurie reminds me of "Willow" from "BtVS"; and Sofia reminds me of "Areola", the naked foreign exchange student in "Not Another Teen Movie"... all in a good way, though! :) )

3) Which is more challenging to write/make the reader care about: A pre-existing character with a long history and established fanbase, that needs to be taken in a new direction; or a brand new, clean-slate character who has NO fanbase whatsoever, and can go in just about any direction?

fishtaco

05-12-2005, 06:30 AM

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Jesse Newcomb

05-14-2005, 03:01 PM

Ok, I bought another issue of New X-Men and I really liked it. To Nunzio and Christina, I'm sorry that I dissed your dialogue in the New X-Men#13 thread. I also have to say that I don't think you're bad writers, New Mutants wasn't the first comic I read that written by you, it was Skinwalker or something like that. That was a good comic.

The art by Micheal Ryan was sweet. I'm a fan now of his stuff. I like the students too. But there's only one thing I wished you'd include and that would be Generation X. I know that you said that you didn't want to do anything with them. But Gen X is the comic I grew up with, and I think it'd be really cool if they came back. Not as students but as villains? I mean Emma and Banshee weren't very attentive teachers. Their lax teaching style is what got Synch and Skin killed because they didn't get to train enough.

Anyway, I really like the comic and I'm gonna pick it up when I get the chance to do so. So thanks for a great comic.

chemicalx

05-14-2005, 04:54 PM

Sometime between the last time she was seen using them and now. :)

Seriously, when she was split into 4 entities and reconstructed, it started a period of flux for her as who she was (and what she could do) was restructured. Couple with the severing of her ties to Asgard (the death of Darkwind/Brightwind), she returned to the basics. While there were a few variations between now and then, she was on a regressive path that took her back to the basics, which is where we picked her up.

so does this leave room for her to relearn how to use psi arrows? I think at the very least she should be able to do that. even xavior said she could make her illusions real if she gained more control but there is no need to go that far with i suppose...

Mr. Jip

05-15-2005, 04:03 AM

I do still hold to my beliefs that homosexuals don't get into heaven

Did you check with God or is it just your "belief"..?...
That's right. It's just your BELIEF.
And i believe that bigots are going to hell, if they're not living it already.
Oh and Britney Spears also goes to Hell according to my BELIEF, but i really can't say for sure she's heading down there, since i can't check with the Original Creator.

That said,
NOVA ROMA~!!!!~~~~~~

We want more OLD New Mutants!!!~

The_15th_Sven

05-15-2005, 10:56 AM

No I did not talk with God directly, but that’s what my bible says. And I believe that the works in The Bible had divine inspiration. So maybe yes. The Bible says that homosexuals don’t enter the kingdom of heaven. Including 1 Corinthians 6:9-11. I do want to point out to those who are attacking me for my beliefs that in everyone of my posts that I have said how I am willing to let the discussion go, for that is not what this thread is for.

A lot of you seem to think that I hate homosexuals. I do not. I do not feel that they should be exiled from society. The Bible says to love all, not some. And I try to.

StarsAndGarters

05-15-2005, 04:35 PM

No 'fense to all involved, but could we get back to New X-Men? I think we've gotten a bit off topic.

#14 is out on Wednesday, right?

Brian M.

05-15-2005, 05:09 PM

Now that we've seen Quinten Quire in Endsong and know he's alive or atleast can comeback whenever he wants is there any hope of maybe seeing him in New X-Men?

StarsAndGarters

05-15-2005, 06:36 PM

Now that we've seen Quinten Quire in Endsong and know he's alive or atleast can comeback whenever he wants is there any hope of maybe seeing him in New X-Men?I would love that. Probably wouldn't happen though. I think he's really going to be a grey sort of character. Now that he's off the kick, he's probably not having those delusions of grandeur he had with the Omegas, but he's one of those troubled force of nature kind of things, I doubt he'd be able to handle school. I think he might follow in the tradition of Magneto.

Short answer IMO, I doubt he'd join NXM, but if he did, it wouldn't be for long.

Stagier

05-16-2005, 09:50 PM

I mean Emma and Banshee weren't very attentive teachers. Their lax teaching style is what got Synch and Skin killed because they didn't get to train enough.

.

WHAT!? synch died saving a school, so i think he learnt his heroics pretty well, and jubes and amara were up there with angelo, and they were taught by the PROF himself, hating on gen x staff isn't really appropriate.

Tre Styles

05-16-2005, 11:05 PM

Question: Does Storm have a squad? And if so, do they have a name yet? And if they don't...may I suggest "Windriders"? because that would rock. ;)

Oh and Synch was totally a hero. He should have a statue somewheres on the grounds. Yeah, the GenX team weren't no slouches....well except maybe Mondo, and the Pooka...lol...promise me Nunzio and Christina, NO POOKAS...ever.....:cool:

fishtaco

05-17-2005, 06:08 AM

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Dr. Killbydeath

05-17-2005, 07:35 PM

Umm... Wasn't Gen X baed in a different school, and weren't they not affiliated with the Xmen?

There are much bigger dead heroes (or Xmen) out there than Synch. Xman for one.

Stagier

05-17-2005, 09:52 PM

uh they were taught in the xavier school for gifted youngsters, with xmen teaching specialized courses, so if that doesn't count as being affiliated i don't know what is.

and i'm not arguing the size of their heroics, just that there were/are heroes.

Dr. Killbydeath

05-18-2005, 07:43 PM

But again, there are others more deserving of statues.

The_15th_Sven

05-18-2005, 08:26 PM

Will E3 be showing your new game?

The Fury

05-19-2005, 11:07 AM

Nunzio and Christina,

I have finally read issue 13 followed straight away by 14.
Now I'm guessing many have already talked about this, and I'm probably just repeatinf what people have already said, but since the Wolverine 'Enemy of the State' story took place, I have been concerned about the after effects of it, mainly about how Wolverine should be no where near the school and students. No matter how many time the X-men say that he was controlled, the Student will not understand this, they are only children after all and in their eyes a teacher went mad and killed another teacher.

But I am thkning you for answering many of the concerns I had about the story that I feared were going to go unanswered and ingnored by all the main titles. Your book being about the students being the prime place to raise these issues and you did it well. You did well using the story that Millar told in Wovlerine. And having an Alpha Flight member at the memorial was good also, I was hoping that they wouldn't go ignored in this.

Now I'm hoping that due to his own Book, Wolverine, that he would not be living at the School as well, not many studetns would feel safe around him. I feel that he should be put off campus at least, but although this may be a desition that you can make (I also feel he should not be in AXM as this team is based at the school most the time).

But then I read #14. Why was he (Wolverine) at the school and, even worse, at the dance?

I'm would have guessed that this issue had to be changed due to the EofS story and issue #13 added to tell the students side of the story. But you changed much of it, inculding many pages with the people mentioning that Northstar is no longer at the there.

I'm guessing you did have to change it, but none the less, it annoyed me.

Thanks.

Jesse Newcomb

05-19-2005, 11:34 AM

WHAT!? synch died saving a school, so i think he learnt his heroics pretty well, and jubes and amara were up there with angelo, and they were taught by the PROF himself, hating on gen x staff isn't really appropriate.

Yes, he did a heroic thing. But Synch was a student and he was training to become a X-Man someday but he was still inexperienced. He didn't have very good hand-to-hand combat skills, that's why he got killled. He was supposed disarm a bomb but he sidetracked by the bullies, and got roughed up pretty badly. The bullies left him and he tried to disarm the bomb in his state. M didn't reach to him in time for him to synch with her invunerability. A chunk of the school was blown up. So yeah, I did read the story, and the ENTIRE series.

You'll also notice in Gen X#52, that Tristan Brawn watched Synch and Chamber trained in the woods when the school was open to the public. They said they trained there because it was the only place they thought would be safe and private since they couldn't use the Danger Room .........

Because Emma and Banshee were sooo busy with the entire school that they neglected the Gen X students' needs. They weren't trained very well at all. In that same aforementioned issue, we saw Paige finally doing something different with her powers and it took 52 issues to get there. Look at the first New Mutants' series at number 52, they were still training but they were far ahead in development of their powers. Their teachers were more attentive.

You can argue that the New Mutants didn't have go to mainstream school, so I'll use the Hellions as an example. Yes, they died but they lasted a lot longer and they were far more developed.

Amara was trained by Professor and Magneto but she didn't stay there long and she didn't stay at the Massachusetts Academy very long either when she defected to the Hellions.

Jubilee was trained a little bit by the X-Men. She was there mostly for academics. If she was trained so well by Professor X, then why did she go the Gen X academy? She did it of out of her own choice. None of the X-Men wanted her to go, they thought she really didn't need it.

And the Astonishing Team did get captured by a team of evil scientists in their first arc, right? They were trained by Xaiver.

I'm just saying that Emma and Banshee could have done a lot better with the kids and I think there is potential for a good fallout on this.

The_15th_Sven

05-19-2005, 11:45 AM

#14 (the most recent is 14 right?) was pretty good. Please don't make louri a villan.

And also, I saw the cover for #17(i think) and it looks pretty cool.
here it is for thouse who haven't seen:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/MasterSplinter/August/NewX-Men17.jpg

fishtaco

05-19-2005, 02:10 PM

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Tre Styles

05-20-2005, 02:11 PM

But again, there are others more deserving of statues.

Well,I disagree there. Everett died saving a whole school of mostly humans and a few mutants by throwing himself on the bomb even though he was only partly invulernable. WIth his partial invulernability, he prevented the bomb from killing hundreds of teenagers and adults too(there were parents there trying to get their kids out of Xavier's because they found out from Adrianne Frost that there were mutants there). He did it without thought or care for himself, and first and foremost others. He acted with very heroic tendancies, and I think that the school that he attended, led by one of his very own teachers/headmistress, should at the very least have something to honor him by. He truly did give his life for those who "feared and hated" him. Not sure how X-Man died or what he died for, but I do know that Synch deserves a statue on the grounds of Xavier's for his actions. It's the very least they could do for "one of thier own". X-Man never wanted anything to do with the X-Men initially, and he had very little interaction with them overall. He might deserve a statue, and he might not, again, I don't know the details surrounding his death. But I do know that Everett does deserve one. :cool:

Ryan K

05-20-2005, 03:14 PM

Well,I disagree there. Everett died saving a whole school of mostly humans and a few mutants by throwing himself on the bomb even though he was only partly invulernable. WIth his partial invulernability, he prevented the bomb from killing hundreds of teenagers and adults too(there were parents there trying to get their kids out of Xavier's because they found out from Adrianne Frost that there were mutants there). He did it without thought or care for himself, and first and foremost others. He acted with very heroic tendancies, and I think that the school that he attended, led by one of his very own teachers/headmistress, should at the very least have something to honor him by. He truly did give his life for those who "feared and hated" him. Not sure how X-Man died or what he died for, but I do know that Synch deserves a statue on the grounds of Xavier's for his actions. It's the very least they could do for "one of thier own". X-Man never wanted anything to do with the X-Men initially, and he had very little interaction with them overall. He might deserve a statue, and he might not, again, I don't know the details surrounding his death. But I do know that Everett does deserve one. :cool:

Preach on Tre!

SOBO

05-22-2005, 09:00 PM

Nunzio or Christinia,

First of all, I tried catching up in this thread (which is unbelievably hard), and if my question has been answered; I apologize beforehand.

Anyway, the one thing that has bothered me the most with all the X-books since Morrison made the X-men a full blown institute has been the complete disregard of background characters sloppily thrown in; and no definative student body ever put in place.

Since you guys are the keepers of all the student characters per se, is there any way we could get a more definative student body? Like how many students attended the school in a given year? Can the background characters be catalogued in any way?

I know this may sound like a monumental task, and a pain in the ass for artists, but to me it would really add to the books as a whole. I understand you can't speak for other creative teams; but is there any way this can be achieved at any level?

Because honestly, I loved your idea of all the student body to be split up into groups to train just in case. And when a guy like me who really digs the book and sits back and tries to figure out who could be other teams (that you haven't divulged yet); it makes it more fun.

Oh and two other things, more ideas really. While someone earlier suggested students most likely to be X-men, have there been any thoughts on a possible ADVANCED class who the teachers feel are the closest and have the best chances to be X-men?

Guess that's been enough questions. Thanks again for your answers.

And please oh please don't treat the Blob like a stooge. For some reason he's always been one of my favorite characters. Always wondered what would have happened if he ever took Xavier up on his offer WAY back in the day. Maybe he'll be a good teacher. (hint hint ;) )

Faded

05-24-2005, 02:23 PM

I hope that you guys continue to add in racially diverse characters. It's something I'm glad is happening and I hope it continues to grow.

With that said, I'm interested that you planned on using the Hellfire Club. What are the chances that we get a character who has ties to the HFC as a student at Xaviers?

Deathstroke

05-24-2005, 04:32 PM

After reading the last three issues at work today, please tell me Michael Ryan is coming back ASAP.

I'm sorry, but if the art isn't as good as the story, the story is generally dragged down.

This is the case for The Big Dance Issue.

SOBO

05-25-2005, 07:19 PM

Wow. First I have to say this is my favorite book on the racks right now. And as such I've spent the better part of today looking through all the back issues of the series to try and figure out all the background characters and the actual squad rosters; not to mention finally reading this entire thread :eek: . I'm pathetic aren't I? :o

The_15th_Sven

05-26-2005, 08:03 AM

I read Helions #1 last night. It was really good. My lil' bro' read it and he brought up something interesting. Cesily's last name is Kincade(sp?) right? Well is there any relationship between her and General Kincade? I don't know if he was an actual X charicter or not but we remembered him from the legends game.

StarsAndGarters

05-26-2005, 01:23 PM

I also enjoyed Hellions #1. I liked seeing their characterizations when they're not at school. Interesting to know that they fall into the same roles whether it's against the New Mutants or airport security.

Crimson

05-27-2005, 04:01 AM

Have you guys decided on what issue X-23 first shows up in? I want to know when to start picking it up monthly (I am getting all the House of M stuff though, don't let me down heh)

Fede

05-27-2005, 11:08 AM

i have already read #14 and Hellions #1, what a nice work u did! i really enjoyed both, great writing and very nice art from both artists

i loved to see so many "guests" in academy, such as amara or jubilee, even if she didnt say anything. wolverine chatting with that alien looked fun, i wish i knew what they were talking about Lol
also, i liked quill, jeffrey, the cuckoos, and both paragons and alpha squadron squad appearances
the interaction with sooraya and jay was nice, are u going to develop something between them?

i loved both issues, but there's a complain i have to make about the art in academy. the girls breasts look VERY big. not that i really care, but it looks very strange, all of the girls are xtremely hot. cess for example, doesnt look like a teenager, neither do sofia, the cuckoos or laurie ;)

fishtaco

05-27-2005, 01:13 PM

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madelynesboytoy

05-28-2005, 03:30 AM

Nunzio, earlier you made a big deal of pointing out that X-23's name was not "Laurie". It's since been revealed that her name is "Laura". Did you do that to mislead readers for the sake of the X-23 series, or do you consider "Laura" and "Laurie" to be distinctive enough from each other?

Tre Styles

05-28-2005, 06:09 AM

Here's something else I've been wondering, I know that the New Mutants and the Hellions are rivals, but how do the other squads interact with the NM and the Hellions, as well as with each other? How do they view each other? I know that some of the members such as Quill, Victor, and the Cuckoos have been shown to have interactions with both sides, and it is usually cordial. But what's the general group view? Do the Hellions and the Paragons get along or not? How about the Alpha Squadron and the New Mutants? Etc...Thanks for answering. :cool:

fishtaco

05-28-2005, 08:00 AM

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Jack

05-28-2005, 11:26 AM

All I can say at the moment is that I LOVE these series, from New Mutants to Academy X to Hellions.

Hell, I now want minis starring the Alpha Squadron and the Paragons and the Excelsiors and... everyone!

Yusaku Jon III

05-29-2005, 05:14 AM

In Hellions # 1, Emma Frost told Julian that he alienated most of the students against the Hellions.That's what I'd like to see. With an attitude like that, and after the previous attack by Xorn-Magneto on the campus, the kids just can't take Julian's pro-Magneto speeches very well. That being said, I recall not being so happy with the "cool kids" in my high school years myself, so there has to be a line where the Hellions don't jive.

Nunzio DeFilippis

05-31-2005, 12:09 PM

Do you mean denied the use of them as regular characters, or the use of them as both regular and guest appearances?

With Kitty, we wanted to use her in New Mutants 13. While the reunion of the NMs was going to be the focus, we wanted to show Shan and Kitty deal with each other after their near-miss in Mekanix and the stuff we added to that dynamic.

They shot that down on the basis that "Kitty is straight" and nowhere has it been implied she might be attracted to women. We referred them back to Mekanix, and to our own book several issues earlier, but it was still no go. I think they were circling the wagons on Kitty because Joss was coming, and he wanted to use her and was planning to bring back Peter and the Kitty/Colossus romance.

Illyana, Doug and Colossus were all names we mentioned when trying to pick a ghost for Haunted. Denied on all three counts. They didn't even tell us that in Colossus' case it was because he was coming back.

Avalanche was supposed to be a villain at the end of his rope, looking for guidance, and getting it from Sean Garrison, who would tranform Dominic into a real force to be reckoned with (and Garrison's right hand). But the Garrison story kept getting pushed back (by editorial) so Avalanche did too. And by the time we got to do the Garrison story, Avalanche had been shipped off to Xorn's black hole head.

And lastly, the Hellfire Club was the villain we proposed for the Hellions mini.

So, none were for regulars, though Avalanche was designed to be a semi-regular.

Is HoM really that big a pain in the butt?

It's going to be a very fun miniseries, and our four issues should be their own, very fun, ride.

But is it hard to coordinate on a crossover? Sure. Were there things specific to this crossover that made it 'a pain in the butt'?

...

It seems like most titles are giving up some aspect of their storyline for the crossover. Did Marvel just drop a bombshell on you guys (like say the "decrease in mutants" rumour that's going around, or any such thing) or was there more of a discussion/understanding between creators?

Things have been changing, and on none of it were we given a say in the changes. And, yeah, that's a bit frustrating.

But it's the nature of work for hire. They're the bosses and we work for them. We give them the stories they want, and try to do it in the best way possible, using our voices to make it ours.

hopefully you guys aren't too frustrated with HOM and are planning on a LONG run?

Well, we've always planned to be with the book for a long time. If we had our say, we'd ride this book into the 100+ range. But that is rarely a writer's decision to make, unless the book sells a lot better than ours has, you know?

Do either of you ever use a particular character as your "mouthpiece" in your stories?

Not really. We haven't done too many 'issue' stories. Those tend to be the ones where you need a 'mouthpiece.' Our scrapped suicide story from New Mutants was an issue story, with both suicide and homosexuality at the core of the story. Northstar was our mouthpiece there and the contempt we gave him for the homophobes matched my own pretty well.

On non-issue stories, we tend to just think of how the various characters would react and write them accordingly. There are times that character matches my POV. For example, Noriko's reaction to the Josh-Rahne scandal most closely matches my own.

But we're more concerned with making sure the character's voice works for them than making sure our opinion is heard.

Do you take outside influences like family members, friends, celebrities, etc. as inspiration for creating a character; or are you more formulaic, using archtypes as a mold for each character, and then flesh them out from there? (I've always noticed that Josh reminds me of "Zack", from "Saved By The Bell"; Laurie reminds me of "Willow" from "BtVS"; and Sofia reminds me of "Areola", the naked foreign exchange student in "Not Another Teen Movie"... all in a good way, though!

I've never seen Saved By The Bell or Not Another Teen Movie. But Willow is a favorite character of mine, and Buffy is one of my all time favorite TV shows.

We didn't draw Laurie directly from Willow, but there are certain teen archetypes that Joss touched on so well with that show, and we drew from the same sources. So there is a bit of a connection between Laurie and Willow. In both cases, we went to the shy girl with inner beauty for a template. But the causes of their shyness are very different.

As for family members and friends... sometimes. More often, we draw from the characters created in role-playing games with our friends. Christina and I play role-playing games a lot, with Greg Rucka and Jen Van Meter. Characters and stories from those games have wound up in our writing, and in Greg's.

There are more personal stories, like Maria's Wedding - those are definitely drawn from our real life and from real people. But even then, we fictionalize and put our own spin on things.

Which is more challenging to write/make the reader care about: A pre-existing character with a long history and established fanbase, that needs to be taken in a new direction; or a brand new, clean-slate character who has NO fanbase whatsoever, and can go in just about any direction?

It is far more difficult to make readers care about new characters. There are still people who don't give a rat's ass about any of our new kids and only care about what we're doing with Dani, Shan, Amara and Rahne.

These people often wonder why we focus on our kids when we could focus on the Cuckoos or Dust or the Gen X kids or... well, whichever is their favorite.

However, it is MUCH harder to convince people you're doing well by an existing character. Once we've got you interested in, say, David or Noriko, then you go along with the character's growth and plot turns. Because we created them, readers are less likely to say 'that character would never do that.'

When you're dealing with established characters with long histories, everyone knows them super-well, sometimes better than we do or our editors do.

So they can spot the errors (which is embarassing) or dismiss dramatically valid stories that work for the character because it isnt the way they wanted the character to go (which drives me nuts).

Much harder to write a character with a long history. On some occasions (the Rahne story), the reaction is so impassioned and stubborn, it makes you wish you'd never decided to use the character. But if you do it well (people tend to like what we've done with Dani, for example) it's pretty rewarding.

there's only one thing I wished you'd include and that would be Generation X. I know that you said that you didn't want to do anything with them. But Gen X is the comic I grew up with, and I think it'd be really cool if they came back.

I don't believe I ever said I didn't want to do anything with them. In fact, we asked if we could add Jubilee to our cast, but were turned down.

The fact is, this book is much more directly linked to New Mutants. That's its predecessor, spiritually. This is for 2 reasons. The first is that Marvel wanted to revive the New Mutants concept. The second is because that was the book I grew up with.

But Gen X has an important role in X-history, and one that should not be forgotten. On some level, every time we see Emma as a good guy with an attitude, that is the lasting legacy of Gen X. But to many fans, that's not enough, and I get that.

As I said, we wanted Jubilee for our book. Of the Gen X characters, she's the one with the real star potential, because she pre-dated that book and had a bigger role in the larger X-verse.

No I did not talk with God directly, but that’s what my bible says. And I believe that the works in The Bible had divine inspiration. So maybe yes. The Bible says that homosexuals don’t enter the kingdom of heaven. Including 1 Corinthians 6:9-11.

I know this discussion has faded, and I tempt fate by bringing this back up, but I can only say this: not every word in the Bible should be taken at face value.

Otherwise, we need to kill adulterers, and kill people who curse at their parents. We also would be forbidden to marry any divorced women or any woman who is not a virgin. Additionally, the injured or disfigured would be barred from places of worship (all the above are from Leviticus).

Leviticus also codifies the places one can buy slaves, and even indicates that a priest's slaves can eat the priest's holy food. This very much codifies slavery into biblical law. Yet we rightly ban slavery.

Corinthians, by the way, says that a woman praying with her head uncovered has 'dishonored her head.' We hardly enforce that one anymore.

If we can dismiss these beliefs as being the products of the thinking of the men who put God's word down on paper, we can do the same for some of the passages about homosexuality.

God didn't write the Bible - people did, interpreting his word. Isn't it time we accepted that people might have made a few translation errors, fueled by their own beliefs at the time?

I sincerely hope that when you say you believe the bible is true, you are not calling for the death penalty in cases of adultery or for the restoration of slavery. And if you aren't calling for that, then I ask you to reconsider the parts about homosexuality.

Now that we've seen Quinten Quire in Endsong and know he's alive or atleast can comeback whenever he wants is there any hope of maybe seeing him in New X-Men?

Quentin will be seen in an upcoming issue. Sort of.