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

Christina Weir

11-07-2004, 11:18 AM

Hey all! Thanks for making this thread, Brian.

I just want to know if there will be issues spotlighting the other teams at the school. Cyclops's StarJammers for example.

Cyclops' team is the Corsairs. And our hope is to show lots of other squads at the school. Cyclops' squad is near the top of the list of squads to show since he also plays a fairly large role in the book. But we want to show Northstar's squad as well as some others. Look for Rahne's squad to be introduced in Issue 12.

Well, here's a question:

Any chance of another Skinwalker series, or at least another story featuring the main characters?

That would be fun. We like Adakai and Haworth a lot. Nothing on our agenda at the moment, but we had talked about The Tomb being a sort of follow up to the events in Skinwalker. You'd have to read it to see how the two could be related. :)

Also, Three Strikes and The Tomb share a character. So we've had fun connecting the books in small ways.

Have Sofia put the smackdown on Mindee Cuckoo~!!!!

But why? Sofia likes everyone!

Wow, you gusy get around. There are three comic sites I regularly visit, UXN, Comixfan, and CBR. You guys have done interviews at UXN, and Nunzio comes in every once in a while to the New X-men and New Mutants threads. You guys have done some interviews at Comixfan, and now you guys are going to be doing this? Way to keep in touch with the fans. That's dedication, not only do you guys have time to regularly put out the second best x-title out there (Whedon's barely got you guys, sorry), but you can still do all this stuff with the fans of your works. Yeah... ...I'm rambling now...

What can I say? We're easy. As for Joss Whedon, second place to him is still high praise. I can live with that.

Anyway, please feel free to ask whatever questions you like. Our general rules are, be polite and we'll answer almost anything. ;) And please try to avoid bashing other creators as we really can't comment on that.

Flight

11-07-2004, 11:27 AM

But why? Sofia likes everyone! If Sofia is not careful, Mindee Cuckoo will make a play for Jay Guthrie thus leaving Sofia out in the cold

Sofia + Out in the cold = Hurricane Moonstar!

Ryan K

11-07-2004, 11:35 AM

I know this is a longshot, but I have to ask . . .

Any chance of ever seeing or mentioning Artie or Leech (or both) in the page of Academy X. Leech is still strung up in Neverland. It's so sad that none of the teachers know or even wonder where he is. :(

Love the book BTW. :)

The Fury

11-07-2004, 11:38 AM

Hey, cool thread.

Cyclops' team is the Corsairs. And our hope is to show lots of other squads at the school. Cyclops' squad is near the top of the list of squads to show since he also plays a fairly large role in the book. But we want to show Northstar's squad as well as some others. Look for Rahne's squad to be introduced in Issue 12.
I pressume we will also see more of Iceman's and Beast's teams as well then. As they were mentioned (if they were their teams) on the Score sheet.

Also, how many teams are planned, for now anyway?

Flight

11-07-2004, 11:42 AM

Ooh, if you have the chance to give Havok a team can you name one of the members Flight?
I will die a happy man then

atoningunifex

11-07-2004, 11:45 AM

Ooh, if you have the chance to give Havok a team can you name one of the members Flight?
I will die a happy man then

And then they can do that teenage gay stalker story........

Tre Styles

11-07-2004, 01:18 PM

Question:
I know this may seem far-fetched at this point, but with Wildstorm's new title "The Intimates" do you forsee a possible crossover with New X? They both essentially are dealing with kids with superpowers in school. I think it would be neat....it could be out of continuity like the ol' GENX/GEN13 crossovers from back in the day, or you could tie them together somehow. Or not. Just a thought that ran across my brain today. ;)

Sentinel Boy

11-07-2004, 01:23 PM

Are you guys allowed to confirm at this point wether or not the Cuckoos are one Scott's squad? There has been a lot of speculation about one of the girls we see when we get a glimpse of four of the members of his squad being one of the Cuckoos making to two unseen members be the other Cuckoos. Also, are there any plans to throw Specter on a squad, or will he just remain forgotten?

fishtaco

11-07-2004, 02:11 PM

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Brandon Hanvey

11-07-2004, 02:16 PM

Here's a fun thread for all of you guys to interact with the writers of New X-Men: Academy X, Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, be it about New X-Men, or really any questions you guys want to ask them (like maybe about their excellent Oni series Skinwalker or Three Strikes...hint hint...buy them, they're good ;)).

You know, we have an Indie/Small Press forum too? ;)
I would be honored to have Nunzio and Christina answer questions about their Oni Press work on the I/SP.

Jack Flash

11-07-2004, 05:11 PM

Christina and Nunzio,

Thanks for doing this! anychance that we'll see more of the original new mutants? I'd love for Sam, Roberto, Amara, and *Illyana* to return!!!

oh and any plans to have a gay student?

roguestorm

11-07-2004, 05:39 PM

nunzino is there any chance the cuckoos will be apart of your cast? i've always liked them and they are receiving poor development lately.

fishtaco

11-07-2004, 05:46 PM

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Beast

11-07-2004, 06:09 PM

the cuckoos will be there soon in the spotlight. They are on Cyclops's squad.

By the way guys, shouldnt they be on Emma's team? It jsut seems kind of odd to me
The Cuckoos don't really like Emma, after what she did to Scott and Jean's relationship. As well as finding out some of her past. They had issues with her in New X-Men after they found out she was seducing Scott and making her cheat on Jean. Their distaste for Emma hasn't been mentioned since Reloaded, the last issue to feature it is the 'Bright New Mournings' issues of X-Men right after Morrison left.

Deathstroke

11-07-2004, 08:41 PM

Christina and Nunzio,

Thanks for doing this! anychance that we'll see more of the original new mutants? I'd love for Sam, Roberto, Amara, and *Illyana* to return!!!

Isn't Illyana dead?

Ryan K

11-07-2004, 08:47 PM

Isn't Illyana dead?

Well . . . yeah . . . if you want to be technical about it. ;)

Though she would probably be one of the easiest characters to bring back to life. With her time powers and Limbo, she's easy as hell to resurect. (hint hint hint)

Nocturne

11-08-2004, 04:12 AM

Well the next arc Haunted is about a ghost that's haunting the institue.
Magik's dead. which is generally a good starting point for a ghost. so maybe...

Jack Flash

11-08-2004, 06:52 AM

and her ghost's been spotted at the mansion b4 too.

fishtaco

11-08-2004, 12:34 PM

and her ghost's been spotted at the mansion b4 too.
WHAT??!?! whoa. When?

The Lucky One

11-08-2004, 01:47 PM

Isn't Illyana dead?

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

Nunzio DeFilippis

11-08-2004, 03:19 PM

If Sofia is not careful, Mindee Cuckoo will make a play for Jay Guthrie thus leaving Sofia out in the cold

Sofia hasn't really shown an interest in Jay. We've heard people vaguely mention Sofia and David (the co-leader thing, and an arm he had around her on the couch in Issue 7 of New Mutants, I think), and there's definitely a Sofia-Julian vibe that we're actively putting into the book.

But Sofia-Jay...? Haven't really touched on that pairing.

Yet.

Any chance of ever seeing or mentioning Artie or Leech (or both) in the page of Academy X. Leech is still strung up in Neverland. It's so sad that none of the teachers know or even wonder where he is.

I'd like to use Artie and Leech - two of my favorites when I was a kid.

But unless we get the go-ahead to do the story right - have our kids actually rescue Leech - it's not worth it to just drop a reference. It'd throw the newer readers and make the older ones resent the fact that we touch on it but don't follow up on it.

I pressume we will also see more of Iceman's and Beast's teams as well then. As they were mentioned (if they were their teams) on the Score sheet.

We haven't fleshed them out in full yet, and we've written all the way to #12, so don't expect them right away. But we were recently asked which squads and teachers we were going to focus on the most, and here was our answer, in order of prominence...

Dani/The New Mutants
Emma/The Hellions
Scott/The Corsairs
Rahne/(we're not telling yet)
Northstar/Alpha Squadron
Beast/The Exemplars
Iceman/The Excelsiors
plus Shan, whose squad situation you'll see in a couple of weeks.

Also, how many teams are planned, for now anyway?

Every kid at the school old enough to be in a training squad will eventually get a squad.

Figure that's between 75-100 kids who are eligible, which means 12-17 squads.

Every X-Man may be required to take a squad when this is done (except Wolverine, unless he seriously lightens his workload).

Ooh, if you have the chance to give Havok a team can you name one of the members Flight?

Um... maybe?

And then they can do that teenage gay stalker story........

Or... maybe not?

I know this may seem far-fetched at this point, but with Wildstorm's new title "The Intimates" do you forsee a possible crossover with New X?

I don't see that happening. Wildstorm is a DC company, and there was a much higher profile crossover that Bendis was shilling for, and we know how THAT turned out.

I'm thinking no crossovers for a while.

I'd love it if Geoff Johns' Teen Titans could kick our kids' butts, but I don't see that happeneing either.

Are you guys allowed to confirm at this point wether or not the Cuckoos are one Scott's squad? There has been a lot of speculation about one of the girls we see when we get a glimpse of four of the members of his squad being one of the Cuckoos making to two unseen members be the other Cuckoos.

Um... well... that speculation came from us, actually.

We mentioned on another site that the Cuckoos are on Scott's squad. So consider that confirmed.

As we see it, they still have Emma issues, but she still cares about them a lot, so she asked Scott to put them on his squad.

They're not happy with Scott, but he's not so bad that they'd leave the school (which they'd do if they were put under Emma's care).

With them on the Corsairs, Emma knows Scott will take care of them and she'll be very well informed of their progress.

Also, are there any plans to throw Specter on a squad, or will he just remain forgotten?

We've placed Specter on a squad. Expect to see him in Issue 12 (though he may be referred to as Dallas, his real name).

when will you bring in the remaining Special class characters? (like Angel Salvadore, Ernst, No-girl, and I think thats about it). Beak is in Exiles, Basilisk was killed, and Dust is already with the Hellions, right? Are they going to be on Wolfsbane's team? And are we going to see more of Karma soon? She's a great character.

Let's see...

No definite plans for Angel right now, but she's on our radar, so we'll see. Ernst and No-Girl aren't really on that radar. If we had a story for them, we'd use them, but otherwise, not really much chance of them in the book.

Wolfsbane's team... in the near future. We've named them, picked the kids, and written them into the book.

Shan will be in the next issue, and throughout the "Haunted" story. She's not central, but we got a chance to bring her back into the cast.

Also, besides Wolverine, are there any members of the X.S.E. that are teachers at the Institute, or did Cyclops want them kept away from the students?

To my knowledge, the XSE members are teachers. Chris may say otherwise, but we've already made use of one of them as a teacher in a classroom setting (haven't shown any of them with squads yet).

Years from now, are you planning to make any of the students X-men when they graduate?

I hope so. I'd like our kids to make it into the X-Men mainstream and become some of the regulars, and (wishful thinking) even become big draws for the books.

One more question. In X-men, if Austen keeps Annie around, will you bring Carter into one of the squads?

We had plans for Carter's placement and were told to scrub those for the time being, to let Chuck wrap up his story his way. So, we're assuming he's gone. But if he came back, we still have an idea of where to put him.

You know, we have an Indie/Small Press forum too? ;)
I would be honored to have Nunzio and Christina answer questions about their Oni Press work on the I/SP.

Go ahead and set it up. We'd love a chance to answer questions about our Oni (and eventually Seven Seas and hopefully other I/SP) work.

anychance that we'll see more of the original new mutants? I'd love for Sam, Roberto, Amara, and *Illyana* to return!!!

We had our reunion in NM #13. We had fun writing the old gang back together and even got praise from Chris Claremont on it. So we're hopeful we'll get to do it again and have even pushed Marvel to give us a mini to focus on that group. So far, they haven't bitten.

As for Illyana, we asked. Trust me, we asked.

oh and any plans to have a gay student?

Who's to say you haven't seen one already?

nunzino is there any chance the cuckoos will be apart of your cast? i've always liked them and they are receiving poor development lately.

Well, I won't comment on their current treatment, but Christina and I once had a couple of ideas on Cuckoos stories, but had to put them aside because they were going to be used elsewhere. We may ask again.

That's what I've got for now. Keep them coming and we'll keep answering.

For the Good of X

11-08-2004, 03:29 PM

You know, normally when creators reveal so much I'm of the mind that it spoils the anticipation...but Nunzio's post just makes me want to read NXM:AX all the more!

(Although I confess to waiting for the trade on this one....)

Flight

11-08-2004, 03:32 PM

Rahne's team must be something big...

The Fury

11-08-2004, 03:41 PM

Rahne's team must be something big...
Or have a member that is bigger than we thought, remember people, some X-men are still only youngsters (Jubalee). Or am I just speak crap?

But Sofia-Jay...? Haven't really touched on that pairing.
OK, what about a Laurie-Jay thing, although I maybe seeing things butwere there references in that direction early on?

Also, thank you Nunzio for all your responses, they were very much appreciated.

Ryan K

11-08-2004, 03:46 PM

I'd like to use Artie and Leech - two of my favorites when I was a kid.

But unless we get the go-ahead to do the story right - have our kids actually rescue Leech - it's not worth it to just drop a reference. It'd throw the newer readers and make the older ones resent the fact that we touch on it but don't follow up on it.

Very nice to hear.

Thank for answering all the questions.

This is the greatest thread ever!

Nocturne

11-08-2004, 05:05 PM

No definite plans for Angel right now, but she's on our radar, so we'll see.
Any chance you could kill her off? please. She's bugged me since she first arrived. I feel sorry for Laurie having too share a room with her.
Who's to say you haven't seen one already?
Is that Victor then? Most of his advisors have been gay.
Also, is there any chance of Hisako turning up at any point. She was really cool in AXM.

Deathstroke

11-08-2004, 05:38 PM

Wolfsbane's team... in the near future. We've named them, picked the kids, and written them into the book.

Shan will be in the next issue, and throughout the "Haunted" story. She's not central, but we got a chance to bring her back into the cast.

Yaay on Rahne's team getting set up. It's about time we have X'ian back in sight. She could be a kickass addition to the regular cast.

Go ahead and set it up. We'd love a chance to answer questions about our Oni (and eventually Seven Seas and hopefully other I/SP) work.

Keep this up and this time next year your Q & A threads may be up for Corrie Awards.

We had our reunion in NM #13. We had fun writing the old gang back together and even got praise from Chris Claremont on it. So we're hopeful we'll get to do it again and have even pushed Marvel to give us a mini to focus on that group. So far, they haven't bitten.

As for Illyana, we asked. Trust me, we asked.

Keep pushing and keep asking. Squeaky wheel gets the grease!

Who's to say you haven't seen one already?

I'm thinking Surge and her roommate. Too far opposite each other to not attract!

And here's my questions, will Elixir and Rahne's relationship be found out sooner or later? Do you plan for it to be a bad thing or a shoulder shrug thing when and if it gets found out?

Beast

11-08-2004, 05:53 PM

Any chance you could kill her off? please. She's bugged me since she first arrived. I feel sorry for Laurie having too share a room with her.
Angel doesn't share a room with Laurie.... :confused:

Angel lives in one of the guest houses by the mansion, with her and Beak's children. Beak was living there also, until he was snatched away to be a member of the Exiles. And I still think that there should be at least a passing refrence to Beak being missing. :mad:

Ryan K

11-08-2004, 05:58 PM

Ok I just have to ask.

Assuming the opportunity presents itself, is there any chance of seeing Jubilee in the book ever. You know, she's getting all sorts of experience counseling teenagers in her own book. It seems like her counseling teenage mutants (some of whom probably hope to one day follow her footsteps into the X-men) would be natural.

What about seeing any of the surviving members of the other former group of young mutants Generation X (Chamber, M, Penance, Husk).

Tag06

11-08-2004, 06:22 PM

I to hope to see more of the Cuckoos, I can't wait to see the Corsairs.

My Stepford Cuckoos website needs to be updated.

Brandon Hanvey

11-08-2004, 06:36 PM

Go ahead and set it up. We'd love a chance to answer questions about our Oni (and eventually Seven Seas and hopefully other I/SP) work.
Thanks. Here is the I/SP Q&A thread
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=28217

fishtaco

11-08-2004, 07:36 PM

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Sentinel Boy

11-08-2004, 08:09 PM

yay, answered questions! First off, I want to thank you guys for being so kind as to visit this thread every day and answer the questions we've thrown your way.

Now, I was wondering where you got the name for the Excelsior and Exemplar squads from? I'm especially wondering about the Exemplars becuase to me that name strongly implies Juggernaut, and I was wondering why Beast has that squad? Just curious, as I like how well the names connect to the advisors. Also, I was wondering if you guys will be digging deep with some of these students or if they are mostly original designs. For example, any chance of the teleporting kid from X-treme, or Wolf Cub from the Exiles/Uncanny crossover? I'd love to see them, that really shows how continuity does exist in the MU.

Jack Flash

11-08-2004, 08:10 PM

thanks so much for answering my questions Nunzio. Are there plans for a trade of New Mutants or AX? I'd love to buy some for some of my nephews.

Tag06

11-08-2004, 08:22 PM

you have a Stepford Cuckoos website???!

Throw me a link, dude.

It's not the best but here's the site, enjoy!: http://www.stepford-cuckoos.co.nr/

Beast

11-08-2004, 09:10 PM

Now, I was wondering where you got the name for the Excelsior and Exemplar squads from? I'm especially wondering about the Exemplars becuase to me that name strongly implies Juggernaut, and I was wondering why Beast has that squad? Just curious, as I like how well the names connect to the advisors.
I'm not Nunzio or Christina, but they commented on this before. They wanted one of the original five to have a squad named 'Excelsior', as that's Stan Lee's catch phrase. And he did create the X-Men, and so many more.

As for Beast, I don't get where you seem to think it implies Juggernaut. The very definition of the word just screams Beast's quirkyness. Just check out the definition entry from Merriam-Webster.
Main Entry: ex·em·plar
Pronunciation: ig-'zem-"plär, -pl&r, eg-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from exemplum example
: one that serves as a model or example: as a : an ideal model b : a typical or standard specimen c : a copy of a book or writing d : IDEA 1a
synonym see MODEL

Quarterwolf

11-08-2004, 10:16 PM

Beast

11-08-2004, 10:23 PM

Ok. Now I am going to get pushy.

Is there any chance of having a Yearbook with the team/squads shown in full costume and names and powers and such? A Handbook type thing once you get things going?

I think it would be really great to see that happen.

Also there was a charcter called Primal introduced in X-Men Unlimited 16 (I believe) any chance of seeing him on a squad?
Great idea Quarterwolf. Marvel's been a huge fan of those Handbooks lately. So a 'Academy X' handbook would be great to see. Since most of them are pretty new characters, so wouldn't need a ton of room in book. Which means they could fit the 'Primary' members from the series in one easily. :)

PerfectBrak

11-08-2004, 10:57 PM

Rahne/(we're not telling yet)

The squads sounds very cool. I'd be pretty neat if Rhane's was X-Factor...

Shan's back! Very underutilized outside of Claremont, she deserves more time on panel. I'd love to see Artie and Leech too, gotta love 'em.

thanks so much for answering my questions Nunzio. Are there plans for a trade of New Mutants or AX? I'd love to buy some for some of my nephews.

Academy X Vol. 1 comes out soon, Amazon says Jan. 5th. I saw the New Mutants TPB scheduled for release next year, do you know if volume two will be released to complete the issues released before Academy X/New X-Men?

Any plans for a crossover with the core titles, or perhaps with next summers "The House of M"?

Nocturne

11-09-2004, 01:20 AM

Angel doesn't share a room with Laurie.... :confused:

When the book was still New Mutants, in issue 11 we're shown some of Lauries ex-roommates. Cessilly and Angel. Obviously she's now living with Sofia, but she had to put up with Angel for a while.

Actually, something i missed from that issue the first time round. Is Cessily immune to Laurie's powers?

Sentinel Boy

11-09-2004, 06:38 AM

Well, Beast, I guess if you want to be all literal about it that is what the word means, but in the X-Universe Juggernaut is powered by Cyoortak(sp?), one of the mighty Exemplars. Juggernaut has come into contact with the other avatars of these Exemplars in the past, so he does have knowledge of them. But, thank you for teachin me what the word means so I understand. I was just hopeful that one of my favorite X-men had a squad already even though most speculators had counted him out due to his temper...

Ryan K

11-11-2004, 04:05 PM

Nevermind.

Nunzio DeFilippis

11-11-2004, 04:07 PM

(Although I confess to waiting for the trade on this one....)

Well, the trades are coming, so that's cool by me. So long as people read it in some form, and Marvel notes the sales in some form, I'm happy.

Rahne's team must be something big...

Honestly? It's not a big deal. There's no surprise member or big reveal.

It's just that we want people to see Rahne as teacher and not just Rahne as teacher-fooling-around-with-student.

A lot of the kids on that squad are new creations, based on sketches Michael Ryan showed us at Comicon.

Or have a member that is bigger than we thought, remember people, some X-men are still only youngsters (Jubalee). Or am I just speak crap?

Jubilee has her own book now, so we can't use her. I'd love to put her in the book if she became available, but the cast is huge as is, so I'm glad that option hasn't opened itself up.

Plus, I like Kirkman and want his book to succeed.

But for now, no Jubilee.

Not sure we'd put her on a squad if she were around. She has field training that these kids do not.

Since she's in High School in her book, she clearly can't teach at Xavier's, so if she were back at the school she'd be in an odd limbo. She'd need to be on a field team.

OK, what about a Laurie-Jay thing, although I maybe seeing things butwere there references in that direction early on?

Jay and Laurie got along well early on, but the same could be said of Jay and Noriko and Jay and Sooraya.

Jay's quite the playa, isn't he?

Can't believe I just used "playa" in a sentence.

I feel old.

Any chance you could kill her off? please. She's bugged me since she first arrived. I feel sorry for Laurie having too share a room with her.

I think Angel was always supposed to rub some people the wrong way. The brash ones usually do.

We find, for example, that some people really dislike Josh and Noriko, our two brashest characters.

Of course, the difference is, if you dislike Josh, he'd be crushed and try really hard to make you see how cool he is. But if you dislike Noriko, she couldn't care less.

Is that Victor then? Most of his advisors have been gay.

They have, haven't they...?

Also, is there any chance of Hisako turning up at any point. She was really cool in AXM.

If Joss stops using those kids, or if they disappear after his stint on Astonishing is done, then yeah, expect us to have Hisako pop up from time to time.

But for now, we won't do anything of consequence with her because we don't want to contradict anything he's doing.

As we see it, Kitty has a squad, and that squad includes Hisako and Wing (though maybe not Wing anymore) and their friends.

But until Joss confirms that, I can't say anything for sure.

Yaay on Rahne's team getting set up. It's about time we have X'ian back in sight. She could be a kickass addition to the regular cast.

Shan won't be a full regular, honestly. There's just not room in the book for everyone we want to show.

The only true regulars are the New Mutants and Dani.

The rest are supporting players of varying importance.

And even that may not be forever, as we may do arcs that center on other squads someday (and if so, then that squad and their advisor would be the "regulars").

We hope to make Shan one of the more important supporting players, but space considerations have left her short-changed (again!) once "Haunted" is done.

Expect her to pop up some more after Issue 12.

I'm thinking Surge and her roommate. Too far opposite each other to not attract!

That would generate some drama, wouldn't it?

And here's my questions, will Elixir and Rahne's relationship be found out sooner or later? Do you plan for it to be a bad thing or a shoulder shrug thing when and if it gets found out?

You know I can't give away what's coming up, right?

But, rest assured... If it is found out, there's no way it can be a shoulder shrug thing. She's faculty and he's a student. That's big and that's bad.

Angel doesn't share a room with Laurie.... :confused:

Angel lives in one of the guest houses by the mansion, with her and Beak's children.

That's true now, but before the kids she lived with the other students in the dorms.

In New Mutants #11, we established via flashback that Angel was once Laurie's roommate, one of the several failed attempts by the school to get Laurie settled with a roommate. Another was Cessily, of the Hellions.

Beak was living there also, until he was snatched away to be a member of the Exiles. And I still think that there should be at least a passing refrence to Beak being missing. :mad:

Beak being missing is kind of like Leech. If we can't tell the whole story, it'd be hard to tell just part of it. We'd be setting up a "the kids' father is missing" story and never following up on the search for that father.

For the readers who don't know Angel and Beak, it'd be confusing, and for those who do, it'd feel half-done.

When we do show Angel, we may make reference to her having to raise her kids alone.

Assuming the opportunity presents itself, is there any chance of seeing Jubilee in the book ever. You know, she's getting all sorts of experience counseling teenagers in her own book. It seems like her counseling teenage mutants (some of whom probably hope to one day follow her footsteps into the X-men) would be natural.

I answered this above. I like Jubilee and would be happy to use her. But she's got her own book and would fall between the teacher and student role in ours. So it may be a while before she shows up.

What about seeing any of the surviving members of the other former group of young mutants Generation X (Chamber, M, Penance, Husk).

Husk is the most likely, as her brother is on our main squad.

But no plans for her just yet. I'm not even sure what's going on with her, continuity-wise.

Now, I was wondering where you got the name for the Excelsior and Exemplar squads from? I'm especially wondering about the Exemplars becuase to me that name strongly implies Juggernaut, and I was wondering why Beast has that squad? Just curious, as I like how well the names connect to the advisors.

Well, we picked Exemplars for Beast because, if you look at the definition, it seems the kind of name he'd give his kids. He's exactly the sort who'd want his kids to be the role models. Plus, he may be one of the only X-Men who knew what the word meant without looking it up.

As for Juggernaut, there is a continuity connection to the word/name Exemplar, but he's not getting a squad right now. And he's also not a big word kind of guy. He'd go for something simpler and more iconic, in my opinion.

Also, I was wondering if you guys will be digging deep with some of these students or if they are mostly original designs. For example, any chance of the teleporting kid from X-treme, or Wolf Cub from the Exiles/Uncanny crossover? I'd love to see them, that really shows how continuity does exist in the MU.

Both Nicholas Gleason and Jeffrey Garrett will be turning up eventually, I promise. We've already written them both into the book, but then again, we've written a ways in advance, so you may not see them for a while.

As a general rule, we try to use some of what's around us to tie into continuity, but keep enough new creations to satisfy our creative urges and to let our artists cut loose with character designs.

thanks so much for answering my questions Nunzio. Are there plans for a trade of New Mutants or AX? I'd love to buy some for some of my nephews.

Academy X's first trade (covering 1-6) is coming out in December, I think.

And New Mutants was just mentioned as coming out in February, though I'll know more when Feb's solicits are out (they're not, are they). New Mutants is the first 6 issues, don't know when or if they'll collect 7-13.

Is there any chance of having a Yearbook with the team/squads shown in full costume and names and powers and such? A Handbook type thing once you get things going?

God, I hope so. It'd be a great place to set up the school, the squads, who teaches what.

We've talked about it with Eric Moreels, who worked on some of the other X-related source books for Marvel. But I've never heard anything from Marvel, so I have to assume no plans are in place right now.

More to come in a moment...

Nunzio DeFilippis

11-11-2004, 04:08 PM

Hey, here's the rest. Sorry to double post, but I ran into a post size limit.

Also there was a charcter called Primal introduced in X-Men Unlimited 16 (I believe) any chance of seeing him on a squad?

Anything's possible. But unlike Nicholas or Jeffrey, we haven't made any plans for him at the moment, so I don't know when or if we'll do so.

The squads sounds very cool. I'd be pretty neat if Rhane's was X-Factor...

We asked about using X-Factor. In fact, we were told okay, then had to cut it at the lettering stage. They decided to reserve the name in case there was going to be a new book with that name. This is not to say a new one is coming, just that they wanted to keep their options open.

So X-Factor became the Corsairs.

As a result, we're reluctant to use existing team names, for fear the same would happen.

Any plans for a crossover with the core titles, or perhaps with next summers "The House of M"?

Um... don't know when I can talk about "House of M" and how/if it will affect our book.

But rest assured, we've been discussing that subject with Mike Marts, our editor.

I was just hopeful that one of my favorite X-men had a squad already even though most speculators had counted him out due to his temper...

Well, I think the Unlimited Issue made it clear that they were going to let Cain teach. But I think they were holding off on giving a squad until they saw how things went on that front. After all, organizing the squads was an ongoing process, as we established in Issue 2 of NXM:AX.

As you can guess, events in (adjectiveless) X-Men may shape Cain's standing with the team. Once that storyline is done, we'll see if setting him up with a squad is possible, and proceed from there.

The Fury

11-11-2004, 04:24 PM

Thanks Nunzio for answering all the questions.

And just out of personal interest, are there/are there going to be any British characters at the school? Doesn't have to be a main character.

I'm British and have a liking for all British characters. :)

Ryan K

11-11-2004, 04:28 PM

Thanks a lot Nunzio. All those little tidbits just make me want to read the book more.

Two questions.

1) There have been a number of comparisons made about Prodigy and Synch from Generation X (slight similarity in powers, race, attitude) on this and various other forums.

Was this on purpose in any way? A nod to the character of Synch (who is no longer with us) or anything like that?

Just curious.

2) You mention that you folks have all sorts of stuff planned out. Do you know about how far along you have the book planned out/written?

PerfectBrak

11-11-2004, 06:07 PM

Thanks for answering my questions, this thread has really got me pumped for upcoming issues :D

Deathstroke

11-11-2004, 06:18 PM

Thanks Nunzio for answering my questions, but damn the man!

X'ian only a supporting character! BOOOO!!!

zonzorp

11-12-2004, 11:02 AM

Every kid at the school old enough to be in a training squad will eventually get a squad.

Figure that's between 75-100 kids who are eligible, which means 12-17 squads.

Every X-Man may be required to take a squad when this is done (except Wolverine, unless he seriously lightens his workload).

To my knowledge, the XSE members are teachers. Chris may say otherwise, but we've already made use of one of them as a teacher in a classroom setting (haven't shown any of them with squads yet).

What about those X-Men who are not well suited to lead a training squad? Lorna and her mental health issues, or Rachel, who as currently written in UXM is more immature than most of the NXM: AX students.

Christina Weir

11-13-2004, 01:37 PM

And just out of personal interest, are there/are there going to be any British characters at the school? Doesn't have to be a main character.

I'm British and have a liking for all British characters. :)

We created a character based on a Michael Ryan sketch. She's from Wales. You may have noticed her in the background before - she's got butterfly/moth wings and two circles on her face. But she'll be introduced in an upcoming issue.

Don't know if that counts. Were you asking about England specifically or the British Isles?

There have been a number of comparisons made about Prodigy and Synch from Generation X (slight similarity in powers, race, attitude) on this and various other forums.

Was this on purpose in any way? A nod to the character of Synch (who is no longer with us) or anything like that?

We've heard this before. I don't personally think they're that alike. But yes, there are a few similarities. What Synch represented is something we wanted back with David. An African American teen who wasn't "street", who was level-headed and not trying to put on an aattitude.

So perhaps there was a slight nod, but David was meant to be a wholly original character, not mimic (pun intended) another one.

You mention that you folks have all sorts of stuff planned out. Do you know about how far along you have the book planned out/written?

We've written through Issue 12. But we're already planning through #18.

What about those X-Men who are not well suited to lead a training squad? Lorna and her mental health issues, or Rachel, who as currently written in UXM is more immature than most of the NXM: AX students.

Squads will be formed and filled out based on appropriate mentors. The people who have fallen into mentor roles will get squads first. Then the people who seem most suited for it willget squads next. Then those who aren't ill-suited will follow. The ones who need to be evaluated will be absolutely last and only if absolutely necessary. Right now Lorna is not fit for a squad.

mgs

11-13-2004, 01:51 PM

wow! I just found this too! :eek:

thanks Brian, and Nunzio and Christina for making one of the coolest q&a threads ever! :)

The Fury

11-13-2004, 02:07 PM

We created a character based on a Michael Ryan sketch. She's from Wales. You may have noticed her in the background before - she's got butterfly/moth wings and two circles on her face. But she'll be introduced in an upcoming issue.

Don't know if that counts. Were you asking about England specifically or the British Isles?

That's good enough for me, and I have seen her. The more, the better. :D

If you want to add some more feel free.

You could name one after me if you want (not my user name , my real name)......no, OK then.

Ryan K

11-13-2004, 03:14 PM

Thanks a lot Christina!!!

:)

DarkBlade

11-13-2004, 05:06 PM

Well, the trades are coming, so that's cool by me. So long as people read it in some form, and Marvel notes the sales in some form, I'm happy.

Academy X's first trade (covering 1-6) is coming out in December, I think.

And New Mutants was just mentioned as coming out in February, though I'll know more when Feb's solicits are out (they're not, are they). New Mutants is the first 6 issues, don't know when or if they'll collect 7-13.
Thank gods, I've been ready to scream over the NM trade, or lack thereof. No, we're not. Okay, yes we are. No... no we're not. Okay, we'll give you a digest with lower print quality. No... nevermind.

*throws Nerf balls at whoever keeps doing that.* Hopefully the NM trade will indeed come out, and Vol 2 will soon follow. I very much prefer to get things in trades, boxes of comics are very difficult for me to manage.

Sketches at Comic Con
AGH. How did I miss that you were there? *sigh* Thank you SO much for writing this. ^_^ Dani Moonstar is my favorite character, and she seemed to have been pretty much abandoned until your books.

Which reminds me, I need to try to track down Rebecca Woods again and see if she's got my Dani comission from Con...

Deathstroke

11-13-2004, 09:24 PM

AGH. How did I miss that you were there? *sigh* Thank you SO much for writing this. ^_^ Dani Moonstar is my favorite character, and she seemed to have been pretty much abandoned until your books.

Something we have sort of in common. Danielle Moonstar is my favorite X-character (particularly with Illyana being dead.)

Tre Styles

11-14-2004, 05:07 PM

Nunzio or Christina,

I've been wondering....is Xavier's the only mutant school in the country, or are there others? (You know like Emma used to have the Massachussett's Academy and the Hellions)If so, could we maybe see a mutant highschool football or basketball game, or even referred to? That would be cool.... :cool:

PhoenixBoyX

11-15-2004, 01:12 AM

I just want to thank you two for giving us the feel good book! It's the fun book for me, lot'sa smiles and kids about my age. One of my all time fav book is the original New Mutants and I wanna thank you guys for doing it as much justice in this new incarnation as possible. Illyana and Sam and Dani and Doug and Warlock...they were just all so special, and now we've got Sofia and Laurie (WHO I SO LOVE) and Josh (My future husband) and Jay. You guys are just making such a damn good book. I do though have a question:
I was wondering how much more actual field time these guys are gonna get? I love their personal lives and don't wanna see that aspect suffer, I was just wondering if we were gonna see some outside of the school stuff going on, against villians. Thanks in advance! And hey- props to the open mindedness of having a gay character. As a gay teen, I've had Northstar. Sometimes. It's been tough. You guys are neat.
-Phoenixboy

Jack Flash

11-18-2004, 07:13 AM

Couple of Questions...

Do you know if the Trades are going to be full sized or Digest?
How long is Michael Ryan going to be with you guys on the book? *Crossed fingers for a long run!!
Do you enjoy the marvel work as much as the creator owned stuff like Skin Walkers?(Great Read, what got me hooked on your work!)
Any plans to hook up Dani with anyone? She needs a love life already! :p

The Runaway

11-18-2004, 04:17 PM

I love nunzio and christina work and im just wondering if magma will come back. i was reading nm and all i remember was magma leaving the school. i would enjoy seeing her back again. and also out of all of the characters i think Laurie is the best. I just love how you make her character feel more alive then the others

The Runaway

11-18-2004, 04:50 PM

also is there any chance that molly from the runaway will be in the mix

Nunzio DeFilippis

11-18-2004, 07:35 PM

How did I miss that you were there?

We do Comic-con every year, so expect us there again this year. We also do Wizard World LA, and were possibly going to the Mighty Mini-Con in Syracuse before our schedule went crazy and then the con's schedule also (seperately, I assure you) went crazy.

Thank you SO much for writing this. ^_^ Dani Moonstar is my favorite character, and she seemed to have been pretty much abandoned until your books.

Dani's my favorite from the original New Mutants, too.

Which reminds me, I need to try to track down Rebecca Woods again and see if she's got my Dani comission from Con...

If you could scan that and post it, I'd be in heaven. Rebecca's a friend, and very talented, and I'd love to see that.

I've been wondering....is Xavier's the only mutant school in the country, or are there others? (You know like Emma used to have the Massachussett's Academy and the Hellions)If so, could we maybe see a mutant highschool football or basketball game, or even referred to? That would be cool.... :cool:

Xavier's is, to my knowledge, the only currently operating mutant school. And no non-mutant school would want to compete against kids with an "un-natural" advantage.

If another writer introduces another school, we'll deal with it accordingly in our book. But we like it that our school is unique.

I was wondering how much more actual field time these guys are gonna get? I love their personal lives and don't wanna see that aspect suffer, I was just wondering if we were gonna see some outside of the school stuff going on, against villians.

Not a lot of direct battle with villains. The school would never let it happen. And now that it's a full school, it would close down if our kids snuck out to do it and the faculty let them get away with that more than once.

However, we try to raise the stakes when we can in ways that stay true to the school angle.

We've got a very angry ghost in the next story, and then some REALLY surprising plot advancements in "Too Much Information." Stuff I can honestly say I don't think anyone will see coming.

So it won't just be the character and relationship beats, I promise.

And hey- props to the open mindedness of having a gay character. As a gay teen, I've had Northstar. Sometimes. It's been tough. You guys are neat.

My brother read comics as a teen, and had no real gay characters to identify with. I'd like to make sure that today's teen readers don't have that problem.

So we will try to feature a gay character, even if we don't make the fact that he or she is gay the actual central part of any story.

Plus, we intend to develop Shan's love life somewhere down the line. We started to work on that in New Mutants, and hope to get back to that.

Do you know if the Trades are going to be full sized or Digest?

Digest, I think. But honestly, I'm not sure.

How long is Michael Ryan going to be with you guys on the book? *Crossed fingers for a long run!!

If you've seen the solicits, you've noticed that we have a fill-in already.

This is to free up Michael's schedule and get him working on issues down the line.

It is not a reflection on his job status. We love him, Marvel loves him, and he seems very happy on the book.

Unfortunately, we'll have to spell him for a bit with fill in artists, but we've got some genuine talent lined up, so that's good.

Do you enjoy the marvel work as much as the creator owned stuff like Skin Walkers?(Great Read, what got me hooked on your work!)

Different joys.

Skinwalker - and our other Oni work (Three Strikes, Maria's Wedding, Once In A Blue Moon, and The Tomb - just trying to plug our stuff like the shameless whore I am!) - is 100% us. That's a great feeling.

Along with the artist, we create a story, create a world, create characters. And we own it, we control it, and we are connected to it very strongly. We also don't have anyone setting boundaries for us.

But there's a joy in adding your mark to an ongoing saga, one as popular and important to the comics industry as the X-Men.

I love that we get to make up the rules of Xavier's as a school.

That's a thrill unique to playing with someone else's toys, so I'm glad we can do both.

Any plans to hook up Dani with anyone? She needs a love life already!

You've read number 6, right? We have romantic plans for Dani. But since it's a book about the kids, they will develop slowly.

im just wondering if magma will come back.

No plans right now, but only because the book is pretty full character-wise. We like her and wish we could have told a Nova Roma story with her like we originally intended.

out of all of the characters i think Laurie is the best. I just love how you make her character feel more alive then the others

That's good to hear. Since she's the quiet one, we always worry she makes the lightest impression.

also is there any chance that molly from the runaway will be in the mix

She's gonna be in Runaways Season 2, so don't expect to see her in our book in the near future.

If Brian Vaughn decides to send her to our school, we'd be happy to show her in our book as appropriate to story and space considerations.

But we'd never want to change her status quo without his blessing. Right now, she's on the run, and she'll probably stay that way for a while.

roguestorm

11-18-2004, 09:37 PM

We created a character based on a Michael Ryan sketch. She's from Wales. You may have noticed her in the background before - she's got butterfly/moth wings and two circles on her face. But she'll be introduced in an upcoming issue.
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great, like we didn't have enough winged mutants. :rolleyes: atleast tell me she has a unique ability added to her. i honestly think your backround characters would be more appealing if they all didn't look like mutants with powers we've seen bilions of times. the only mutant who remotely looks intresting/cool in the backround is the one that rides on clouds, will he be appearing in any issues where we learn about his character?

Jack Flash

11-19-2004, 10:12 AM

Thanks for the responses Nunzio! I appreciate that loads. I personally hope it's a digest sized trade. I am liking those better and better. As far as Dani's love life goes, I assumed the FBI agent was exiting after this arc, I am glad he'll be developed, even if slowly! I like the idea of her with a normal joe.

North

11-19-2004, 11:51 PM

Nunzio and Christina thanks for the awesome job you guys are doing.

The only thing I wanted to ask was how much will you be showing the teacher xmen like Iceman, Beast and Northstar in the book?

fishtaco

11-20-2004, 10:23 AM

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Tre Styles

11-21-2004, 11:31 AM

I'm loving this cover for Feb's issue!!! :cool:
http://www.popcultureshock.com/view.php?type=features&id=863&p=NEWXAX010er.jpg

Fede

11-21-2004, 11:47 AM

i'd be really happy with syrin joining the team :D

fishtaco

11-22-2004, 04:27 PM

Now that X-23 is a student at the Institute, will you be putting her in a squad? Like Rahne's maybe? That would be fun/

Nunzio DeFilippis

11-22-2004, 06:40 PM

great, like we didn't have enough winged mutants. :rolleyes:

As in, two?

We have how many clawed characters?

Wings are way cooler than claws. I don't think it's a big deal.

i honestly think your backround characters would be more appealing if they all didn't look like mutants with powers we've seen bilions of times. the only mutant who remotely looks intresting/cool in the backround is the one that rides on clouds, will he be appearing in any issues where we learn about his character?

No plans to develop that kid at this time. He was a Carlo Barberi creation, if I remember correctly. With Carlo not on the book, we're more inclined to focus on Michael Ryan's creations.

This girl is different in that she has a very pixie look to her, and her wings are more like butterfly wings. We developed her accordingly. Her powers will be revealed down the line.

Sorry to hear you think the characters in the background don't "remotely look interesting." I think they do, honestly. I think many of them seem very intriguing.

I personally hope it's a digest sized trade. I am liking those better and better.

I think they may be standard TPB size. That seems to be the latest impression I get (I had thought otherwise before).

As far as Dani's love life goes, I assumed the FBI agent was exiting after this arc, I am glad he'll be developed, even if slowly! I like the idea of her with a normal joe.

He won't be back for a while, but he will be back.

The only thing I wanted to ask was how much will you be showing the teacher xmen like Iceman, Beast and Northstar in the book?

Cameos for most of them. Our hope is to do something more substantial with Northstar, but that hasn't happened yet.

Unfortunately, Siryn is not appearing in the new X-Force series. So, is there any chance that you can bring her back as a teacher? She seems like she would be a good teacher and shes just a great character that I think she should be appearing in at least one book.

No plans right now. The cast is pretty big.

If she were to ever appear, it'd likely be in an aside, establishing her as teaching there and quickly moving on. I'd rather find room to use Karma well, and then maybe room for Northstar. Adding to the cast in any large way would make it even harder.

And if that cant happen, then can ya bring back Banshee? That would be perfect because he was the GenerationX guy, and I would like to see a reunion between him and Emma and how that would affect her and Scott. He is another great character that shouldnt go to waste. And he has been in the hospital in Paris since Uncanny X-men #406 when Mystique slit his throat. Thats long enough.

No plans for Banshee either. Sorry.

Now that X-23 is a student at the Institute, will you be putting her in a squad? Like Rahne's maybe? That would be fun/

Nope. If ever a character were primed for over-exposure, it'd be her.

If Marvel asked us to use her, we'd find a way to do so and tell fun stories with her.

But they haven't and we prefer it that way. Like I said, big cast already, and I suspect people will be complaining about oversaturation of X-23 like they do with her "dad."

Joey

11-22-2004, 07:10 PM

Nope. If ever a character were primed for over-exposure, it'd be her.

If Marvel asked us to use her, we'd find a way to do so and tell fun stories with her.

But they haven't and we prefer it that way. Like I said, big cast already, and I suspect people will be complaining about oversaturation of X-23 like they do with her "dad."

THANK YOU :D :D

fishtaco

11-23-2004, 06:09 AM

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Lady Obie

11-23-2004, 03:00 PM

Hey Nunzio & Christina

Glad to see you posting here. New X-Men is one of my fave comics :)

But one thing I'm wondering is when we'll see more focus on Laurie.

For such a shy bird, she seems to be becoming quite a catch even without using her pheromone powers to lure guys :D

As I wrote in a review of an earlier issue of this series, I've noticed she's interested in Josh, Kevin's interested in her & I too have noticed a slight rapport between her & Jay.

I especially like the way you made her personality the exact opposite of her wayward father, who had used (or perhaps I should say abused) his powers regularly to get the attention of the fairer sex.

LoneWolf21

11-24-2004, 04:23 PM

Hi Nunzio and Christina,

I jut had a simple question, Marvel just releaed a 2004 oliday comic, and among it's short stories was one centered on Kevin Ford. I noticed that neither of you were listed in the credits, and I was just wondering how much input you had dealing with the story.

roguestorm

11-24-2004, 10:58 PM

As in, two?

We have how many clawed characters?

Wings are way cooler than claws. I don't think it's a big deal.."

let us count shall we? josh, warren, angel, angels kids,the winged butterfly mutants in morrisons run. there is more but its 1am now and i'm tired, and having many mutants with claws is hardly an excuse for laziness in creating unique powers for characters.

This girl is different in that she has a very pixie look to her, and her wings are more like butterfly wings. We developed her accordingly. Her powers will be revealed down the line..."

well for powers may i offer the suggestion of perhaps. the ability to see the kindness or evil in others? it would go along very well with her pixie look.

Nunzio DeFilippis

11-25-2004, 08:32 AM

let us count shall we? josh, warren, angel, angels kids,the winged butterfly mutants in morrisons run.

Well, of the ones you mentioned, the only one that has weight is Angel. I should have said 3, not 2. 3 significant winged characters. The others have not had any real speaking parts and likely never will.

How many telepaths in the X-verse? How many energy projection specialists?

Flight is quite possibly the most popular superpower. Certainly, any poll of the general public asking "what power would you most want to have?" would put flight at or near the top.

If humans did evolve (and this is X-men, so evolving is a factor) to flight, it would undoubtedly involve wings. Northstar's wingless flight has little precendent in nature and evolution. Naturally speaking, from insects to birds to dinosaurs, if you're going to fly, you need wings.

So, in the X-books, most fliers should have wings.

If this is some "Chuck Austen ruined Josh Guthrie by making him just like Warren" complaint, then call it for what it is.

But 3 winged mutants with a significant role in the X-verse is hardly the end of the world. And us picking Michael Ryan's cute design of a butterfly girl to get a codename and speaking lines isn't really a problem either.

there is more but its 1am now and i'm tired, and having many mutants with claws is hardly an excuse for laziness in creating unique powers for characters

well for powers may i offer the suggestion of perhaps. the ability to see the kindness or evil in others? it would go along very well with her pixie look.

Oh by all means... call us lazy and say our characters aren't remotely interesting and then expect us to take your suggestions.

Where I come from, if you want people to interact with you, you generally AVOID being rude.

It's your opinion, so you're entitled to it. It's a message board, so you have every right to express those opinions.

But I'm not under any obligation to respond or (even less likely) take suggestions. I've got questions from people who are far more polite. Those are the questions and suggestions that I choose to deal with.

But one thing I'm wondering is when we'll see more focus on Laurie.

For such a shy bird, she seems to be becoming quite a catch even without using her pheromone powers to lure guys :D

As I wrote in a review of an earlier issue of this series, I've noticed she's interested in Josh, Kevin's interested in her & I too have noticed a slight rapport between her & Jay.

I especially like the way you made her personality the exact opposite of her wayward father, who had used (or perhaps I should say abused) his powers regularly to get the attention of the fairer sex.

We'll see more on Laurie as the next few stories progress. The tangled romantic mess involving her, Josh, Rahne, Kevin and Cessily will get some more attention over the next couple of arcs.

Jay does not play a role in that, however.

Then, there will be even more Laurie focus when that ne'er-do-well father you mentioned starts casting a long shadow on the book. He becomes a factor in her relationship with her mom.

I jut had a simple question, Marvel just releaed a 2004 oliday comic, and among it's short stories was one centered on Kevin Ford. I noticed that neither of you were listed in the credits, and I was just wondering how much input you had dealing with the story.

Honestly? We just found out about that yesterday - your post and a post on Comix-Fan tipped us off.

Not something we're upset about - they're Marvel's characters to do with as they please, and we're always happy when characters we create get use from other creators - it makes them bigger parts of the X-verse.

But in the past we'd known about such things. Our editor told us that Elixir was appearing in Astonishing and Chris Claremont himself told us Prodigy was going to be in The End.

So it was odd that no-one passed the good news to us before it came out.

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving to all the posters in the U.S.

Tag06

11-25-2004, 10:01 AM

Happy Thanks Giving to you Nunzio and Christina!

roguestorm

11-25-2004, 06:06 PM

Well, of the ones you mentioned, the only one that has weight is Angel. I should have said 3, not 2. 3 significant winged characters. The others have not had any real speaking parts and likely never will.

How many telepaths in the X-verse? How many energy projection specialists?

Flight is quite possibly the most popular superpower. Certainly, any poll of the general public asking "what power would you most want to have?" would put flight at or near the top.

If humans did evolve (and this is X-men, so evolving is a factor) to flight, it would undoubtedly involve wings. Northstar's wingless flight has little precendent in nature and evolution. Naturally speaking, from insects to birds to dinosaurs, if you're going to fly, you need wings.

So, in the X-books, most fliers should have wings.

If this is some "Chuck Austen ruined Josh Guthrie by making him just like Warren" complaint, then call it for what it is.

But 3 winged mutants with a significant role in the X-verse is hardly the end of the world. And us picking Michael Ryan's cute design of a butterfly girl to get a codename and speaking lines isn't really a problem either..

so just because there were millions of winged mutants on morrisons run that had no lines, that makes it exceptable for you to add more? all i am telling you, is that a character with wings is over done, even austen created two in the draco, jill and that other warren wannabe.

Oh by all means... call us lazy and say our characters aren't remotely interesting and then expect us to take your suggestions.

Where I come from, if you want people to interact with you, you generally AVOID being rude.

It's your opinion, so you're entitled to it. It's a message board, so you have every right to express those opinions.

But I'm not under any obligation to respond or (even less likely) take suggestions. I've got questions from people who are far more polite. Those are the questions and suggestions that I choose to deal with.

i didn't say you were lazy, i was refering to other writers who purposely create characters with un unique powers because they could careless. you don't have to take my suggestion, all i was trying to do was to help make a bland mutation into a unique one.

Beast

11-25-2004, 06:37 PM

Roguestorm, you're coming off as really kind of rude to Nunzio and Christina. Especially when they're taking time out to actually answer peoples questions about the book. You've come off as nothing but critical about the book since the first review threads, we get the fact you're not a fan. Why stress so much over something you clearly don't enjoy. Especially when it bugs you so much that you start more or less insulting the writers.

Cayman

11-25-2004, 10:01 PM

Personally, I like wings. I find it kind of disappointing that Hawkman and Hawkgirl have wings that are just props. Jay is a good-looking character.

Cay

The_15th_Sven

11-25-2004, 10:27 PM

Hey, first off this book, is my #1 favorite. Not ONE of my favorite, my favorite. Even Astonishing comes in #2 for me (and i was very excited to see Josh in Astonishing, and i know you don't have any control over astonishing, but if he gave rhane back her powers, couldn't he give wing back his powers?) but i'm geting of subject. What i wanted to say, nay plead with you is that I hope that Julian NEVER wins over Sofia. Everyone knows that he likes her (I appologize for suddenly transfering to JH mode there for a second) and i can see that she will flirt back, but please don't let her go any further with it. I just don't like Julian that much.

And BTW on the subject of wings, yes alot of mutants can fly, but not neccesarly w/ wings. I think wings are cool. If i could fly under my own power, I would want wings not just something like rogue, jean, or northstar.

Thanks for the book
God Bless

Fede

11-26-2004, 05:04 AM

dunno if someone cares, but this is my opinion bout the characters:

i really like julian, i hope he gets involved with something big soon..
i like sofia, she has pretty cool powers and attitude
i like laurie, but her powers dont seem that interesting for me, i hope she dont uses them twice, just like stacy-x
noriko...i'm not quite sure bout her...why did you call her surge?? reminds me of someone..
josh is not my favourite, but i'm sure he will develope soon
david, cess and dust...i really enjoy them, they're very misterious. i loved the scene in wich cess looks like the robot from terminator, i got scared :p
i like jay, he's just a normal guy, although i think we'll get surprised in "haunted"..
there's kevin, wich i dont like, i think hes not a very good person
tag and santo...well, i think they're supporting characters, so its normal i havent seen much of them. anyway, i dont like santo very much, hes a copy from that one from ff.

the teachers...i'm enjoying very much danielle, although i didnt like her before appearing in academy x. emma has always been one of my favourites, although she's not gettin too much attention here, and that's good, lately she's everywhere!

btw, i always look to those characters who appear at the back, and i'm very glad that all of them appear once and once again, cause in new x-men (morrison run) it looked like when there was a new artist, we would have new background mutants.

so far i've seen the butterfly-winged girl, wich looks great, dallas, the "elf" girl, the boy that has thorns, the astronaut (i dont like him very much), the blue guy with big ears (i'm wondering wich might be his power...: D ), the transparent one (btw, wasnt he at jail?he should've stayed |o|), victor (the lizard-like guy), one that looks like a manthis, i think he looks great. or maybe is a she, then it would be way cooler (they like devouring the male when they're finished), ben, and a red-guy
is there any way to see the sketches you had to make this characters? it would be really interesting

another question. will you give an explanation about rahnne's attitude with storm when they last saw each other?, i dont remember the issue, sorry

and that's all, thanks for creating this thread, i think u guys are really talented. i love the art too, i hope you dont change the artist! :D

The_15th_Sven

11-26-2004, 09:16 AM

noriko...i'm not quite sure bout her...why did you call her surge?? reminds me of someone..
Are you talking about Mistique (sp?), I remember hearing that once she had posed someone with the name surge. but i think norico is just a runaway japanise girl. From what i can remember, Mistique cant mimic powers like that, just looks. I may be wrong.[/QUOTE]

there's kevin, wich i dont like, i think hes not a very good person
What do you mean he's not a very good person? Is it because of how he treats Dani? He only does that because she mentally scarred him and then didn't follow up on it, and her stance on him being arrested by the feds. I do think that he could have acted beter in both situations, but I feel he is a kind, carring person that has death touch. Anyone with death touch is going to be screwd up at least allitle
btw, i always look to those characters who appear at the back, and i'm very glad that all of them appear once and once again, cause in new x-men (morrison run) it looked like when there was a new artist, we would have new background mutants.

[QUOTE=fede_bc]so far i've seen the butterfly-winged girl, wich looks great, dallas, victor, the "elf" girl, the boy that has thorns, the astronaut (i dont like him very much), the blue guy with big ears (i'm wondering wich might be his power...: D ), the transparent one (btw, wasnt he at jail?he should've stayed |o|), victor (the lizard-like guy), one that looks like a manthis, i think he looks great. or maybe is a she, then it would be way cooler (they like devouring the male when they're finished), ben, and a red-guy
is there any way to see the sketches you had to make this characters? it would be really interesting

I would also like to learn more about these background mutants. like the "elf" girl. Are her looks the only mutation she has?

God Bless
Love the thread

Fede

11-26-2004, 11:13 AM

What do you mean he's not a very good person? Is it because of how he treats Dani?

maybe, i dunno, i'm just suspicious about him. i'm not saying he's a traitor or smth like that. just questioning his ethics. remember that issue (#3) when dani and emma ask him to come back. the lines "kevin, what happened here? ..."lumber. i was practising on lumber"...at least he's a liar (he can touch lumber as it's organic)

roguestorm

11-26-2004, 12:23 PM

The_15th_Sven

11-26-2004, 08:15 PM

remember that issue (#3) when dani and emma ask him to come back. the lines "kevin, what happened here? ..."lumber. i was practising on lumber"...at least he's a liar (he can touch lumber as it's organic)
Yeah i remember that, and i realize he can't (I assume when you wrote 'can' you ment 'can't' and it was just a typo) touch wood, and emma had suggested that he practiced on wood he said that he hadn't thought about it, so obviously he's lieing. But a few mistakes doen't make him a bad person. Oh well, it's your oppion and your intitled to not like him. I do think that had he stayed on dani's team, he could have worked out some of his issues that he had, better then he could have on emma's team.

God bless

Sentinel Boy

11-28-2004, 05:29 AM

I had a few questions regarding the preview pages for issue 7 i've seen.

Was it you guys' choice to have Gambit not blind? If so, is this supposed to take place before his injury?

Can you give any hints as to what classes any of the other X-men teach? Other than those you have revealed of course.

Archer

11-29-2004, 12:47 AM

Hey, just came across this thread, it's a great read. I've only recently started reading New Mutants/New X-Men, still looking for a few New Mutants back issues, and I'm loving it so far.

We've placed Specter on a squad. Expect to see him in Issue 12 (though he may be referred to as Dallas, his real name).

I was actually going to ask that myself :D I love the idea of a mutant with the power to turn into some kind of shadow-creature, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of Dallas/Specter.

On British students at the school - there have been English mutants, Scottish mutants, there's going to be a Welsh pupil, and Banshee of course is Irish - how about adding to that set with a Northern Irish pupil? Even just as a walk-on, it would really give me a kick.

Vegetarian Goat

11-29-2004, 01:34 PM

i can't really remember.. who is laurie's father?

Gaveedra 6

11-29-2004, 02:29 PM

Hi Nunzio and Christina-
Thanks again for participating in this thread. I've really been enjoying your X-book. It keeps getting better and better. It really does feel like you're shaping a new generation of X-Men. Esp with characters like Josh and David already showing up in other books. The addition of Icarus is a big plus too. He's bound to be a big hearthrob. And I'd really like to see more of his relationship with Dust.

My one critique is that the kids look too normal. The only outward physical mutations among the 6 of them are Josh's skin (which is very cool) and Jay's wings, which although they look great, they are sort of standard. And Nori has her gauntlets, which make her really the only one who looks at all "freaky".

In the background there are all these characters- the spiky kid, the butterfly girl, the vaporous guy... Even the Hellions are alot more diverse in terms of ther physical appearances. I's a weird statement to focus on the "normal-looking" kids in a mutant school. That's why I originally shied away from the book. When Josh turned gold I came back for a second look and have been onboard since.

I know looks aren't everything, but think of the lineup original X-Men: They were all pretty weird-looking for the times. Only Jean was completely normal looking (and Bobby when he wasn't using his powers). The second generation too. Storm was so exotic, Nightcrawler, Colossus, even Wolverine... Their mutations had physical aspects. If you saw the X-Men coming at you, you knew they weren't just a bunch of kids in spandex.

I don't want to suggest anything specific happen. David doesn't need to grow a grotesque giant brain like Dr. Boiffard... I'm sure you already have lots of great ideas. Just in my opinion, having an unpredictable physiology would be a big part of the craziness of being a mutant kid.

Keep up the good work!

For the Good of X

11-29-2004, 05:05 PM

Quick question: Is Michael Ryan on for the long haul?

I avoided buying the monthlies on the relaunch of this because I don't like Randy Green's art AT ALL. Ryan I like.

Nunzio DeFilippis

11-29-2004, 05:49 PM

Hey all,

More answers! And again, two posts' worth...

Roguestorm, you're coming off as really kind of rude to Nunzio and Christina. Especially when they're taking time out to actually answer peoples questions about the book.

Thanks for stepping in, but it's honestly not neccessary. People are free to be as negative as they like. If they like the book or if they don't, they can say so. And if they want to constantly phrase things in ways that are insulting to me, they shouldn't expect me to respond.

But that's the internet. My experience has been that 9 out of 10 posters on a well-run site like this are a pleasure to deal with. If every so often, the other 1 out of 10 rubs me the the wrong way, well, that's hardly crisis-worthy.

I can respond with equal snarkiness (and have done so in the past) or I can ignore (as I have also done). Either way, I can deal.

Hey, first off this book, is my #1 favorite. Not ONE of my favorite, my favorite. Even Astonishing comes in #2 for me

That's very cool to hear. Joss Whedon is my idol. Even I prefer his book to ours. So your comment makes me very happy.

i know you don't have any control over astonishing, but if he gave rhane back her powers, couldn't he give wing back his powers?

Well, it depends on what the "Cure" really did. Josh healed Rahne because Forge's gun effectively cuts off access to the powers while the powers still remain in the genetic code. So it damages your body's ability to use the powers. Damage, Josh can fix.

But if the Cure rewrites the DNA and wipes the mutation out... well, Josh would then have to re-write the DNA back.

And Josh is nowhere near that powerful.

Yet.

As an Omega Class mutant, that may be within his potential. But it is definitely not within his current ability.

What i wanted to say, nay plead with you is that I hope that Julian NEVER wins over Sofia. Everyone knows that he likes her (I appologize for suddenly transfering to JH mode there for a second) and i can see that she will flirt back, but please don't let her go any further with it. I just don't like Julian that much.

Shame you don't like Julian. He's one of my favorites to write. We try to keep it so that just when you hate him, you see something good. And just when you think he might be not so bad, he acts like a schmuck.

Julian's never gonna be easy to like, but we try to keep him interesting.

As for Julian and Sofia, well... he may not stay interested forever. He is a popular guy, and he does have other options.

But we make no promises about that cross-squad couple one way or another.

And BTW on the subject of wings, yes alot of mutants can fly, but not neccesarly w/ wings. I think wings are cool. If i could fly under my own power, I would want wings not just something like rogue, jean, or northstar.

Yeah, more flying mutants are wingless than winged. But I was merely saying that in nature, flight tends to come with wings, so it seems all right by me to have a few winged mutants. The fact that some have birdlike wings (Warren, Jay) some have fly wings (Angel) and some have butterfly wings (the new kid we've put on a squad from Michael's designs) only serves to point out the diversity of wings in nature.

I'm with you. I think if I could fly I'd want the whole wing package.

Though it'd make getting a new suit a real bitch.

i really like julian, i hope he gets involved with something big soon..

Marvel likes Julian, so expect us to keep using him. And we hope to put him in some big things down the line.

noriko...i'm not quite sure bout her...why did you call her surge?? reminds me of someone..

Surge is a play on both parts of her power. Electric blasts are a form of power surge. And when she channels the electricity to give her super-speed, she surges forward.

Mystique once used that guise, but it was very brief and she's not using it now. So there's no sense letting a good codename go to waste.

there's kevin, wich i dont like, i think hes not a very good person

Kevin has tried to be a good person. But his very nature compels him to kill. That's tough to fight. That's part of why he pulled off the glove and thought about killing the agents in the restroom in Issue 6. But his better instincts won out and he put the glove back on and went with them.

i dont like santo very much, hes a copy from that one from ff.

By mixing up Santo's powers a bit and making him projetc parts of his rocky body, we tried to move him away from being Thing Jr. Hopefully that'll help. Plus, Michael Ryan is drawing him without the eyebrow ridge of rocks and less stocky and more plain old tall. These changes should help too.

so far i've seen the butterfly-winged girl, wich looks great, dallas, the "elf" girl, the boy that has thorns, the astronaut (i dont like him very much), the blue guy with big ears (i'm wondering wich might be his power...: D ), the transparent one (btw, wasnt he at jail?he should've stayed |o|), victor (the lizard-like guy), one that looks like a manthis, i think he looks great. or maybe is a she, then it would be way cooler (they like devouring the male when they're finished), ben, and a red-guy

So far, we have placed Dallas, elf-girl, Victor, and the kid with the quills on squads. They all have names now, too.

The others we may or may not get around to.

We had a big Pink Blob Guy in our New Mutants series backgrounds. We asked for Randy Green to draw him. Randy instead drew a guy with a visible skeleton, who looked like a fatter version of Glob from the Omega Gang. We don't expect that design to return, but hope we'll get Michael to add Pink Blob Guy (who we sometimes call "Squishy") to the backgrounds.

is there any way to see the sketches you had to make this characters? it would be really interesting

Michael Ryan keeps a sketchbook of background kids. He sent us a couple of scans. But we wouldn't want to publicize those without his permission.

The best bet is to ask him at a convention. Though we'll see what he (and Marvel) think of those designs hitting the internet.

another question. will you give an explanation about rahnne's attitude with storm when they last saw each other?, i dont remember the issue, sorry

That was X-Treme 46, I believe - the last issue of that book. Chris Claremont wrote the scene, not us. But Chris did tell us about it before he wrote it.

That scene was more about Storm and how she'd changed recently than it was about Rahne. It worked with our version of Rahne in that Rahne responded almost instinctively as a beast. But what it was really about was the fact that Storm is so wild and primal now, that she scares the animals much in the way a hurricane or an eathquake would.

I would also like to learn more about these background mutants. like the "elf" girl. Are her looks the only mutation she has?

You will, if you pay careful attention, learn the elf-girl's name between 2 scenes in Issues 7 & 8. But it's hidden in there, and you'll need to connect the dots.

As to her powers, she will have abilities beyond the elfen appearance. But we ain't saying what just yet.

Yeah i remember that, and i realize he can't (I assume when you wrote 'can' you ment 'can't' and it was just a typo) touch wood,

Actually, he _can_ wither wood, and Emma suggested he use it to practice turning off his powers. He told her he hadn't thought of it, then told Dani the ashes she saw were from wood. Clearly he lied there, meaning he practiced on something else (since he'd thought he could only practice on animals, one has to assume that was a rat's ashes).

Emma hasn't forgotten that incident. Expect it to be referenced in the next issue or two.

Kevin is troubled. This will remain a factor for a while.

Was it you guys' choice to have Gambit not blind? If so, is this supposed to take place before his injury?

Well, the issue has been rewritten to reference events in recent X-Men issues. So, it takes place after Gambit's blindness. But the rewrite didn't include keeping Gambit blind because when we made the changes, the art was already done.

We didn't call for him to be blind or not blind. We called for Gambit to teach the class, way back when we first wrote the issue, before we knew he'd be blind.

You can just assume he's teaching that class without his blindfold but still blind.

After all, who says blind people have to wear blindfolds all the time?

Can you give any hints as to what classes any of the other X-men teach? Other than those you have revealed of course.

We save some of that for other writers to establish. So we never want to commit to anything we haven't set down in a specific script.

Also, we like the idea of you guys piecing together a list as we go.

Maybe someday we'll put together a list, though.

I love the idea of a mutant with the power to turn into some kind of shadow-creature, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of Dallas/Specter.

Dallas' power doesn't get a lot of play when we show him down the line, sorry to say. But we do show what squad he's on.

We figure he's got a shadow form that has powers far greater than his normal form, but the longer he's in that form, the greater the chance he'll go completely dark - as in crazy and evil. So he doesn't stay in the form very long.

More too come. My post was too big again.

Nunzio DeFilippis

11-29-2004, 05:50 PM

And here's the second batch...

how about adding to that set with a Northern Irish pupil? Even just as a walk-on, it would really give me a kick.

No plans at this time, but we'll certainly keep it in mind.

i can't really remember.. who is laurie's father?

In New Mutants #11, we reference Laurie's father and how he used his powers to make Gail Collins (Laurie's mom) love him. We never revealed his name.

Laurie explains this to Josh in Issue 5 of New X-Men, and we'll be going into more detail about it in later issues. But Laurie's mom never told Laurie her father's name, either. Not so far, anyway.

The addition of Icarus is a big plus too. He's bound to be a big hearthrob. And I'd really like to see more of his relationship with Dust.

It won't be for a while (no Sooraya for a few issues, I'm afraid), but enough people have asked for more Jay/Sooraya scenes that we know we have a solid dynamic on our hands. Expect us to put those two in some scenes together down the line.

My one critique is that the kids look too normal.

We've heard that one before. Remember, this book was in some ways trying to counterpoint what Grant did on his book. His kids were outcasts because they were so freakish.

We wanted normal looking kids who were set apart because they were mutants, not because being mutants made them visually stand apart.

But people wanted more obvious mutations, so we changed Josh's skin tone and added Jay.

The only outward physical mutations among the 6 of them are Josh's skin (which is very cool) and Jay's wings, which although they look great, they are sort of standard. And Nori has her gauntlets, which make her really the only one who looks at all "freaky".

Well, that's 2 obvious mutations and one physical awkwardness required by mutation out of 6 kids. That's a better ratio than some of the teams you cite below.

I know looks aren't everything, but think of the lineup original X-Men: They were all pretty weird-looking for the times. Only Jean was completely normal looking (and Bobby when he wasn't using his powers).

You lost me there. The original 5 were very normal looking. Only Beast looked odd and only in that he was stumpy with big feet. Warren had wings, but like Jay, he was quite a handsome guy. So Warren and Jay balance out.

Even Cyclops looked like a normal guy with funny headgear. He could also take off the headgear and pass for a normal guy with either really cool or really lame sunglasses.

I really don't see the Fab Five as being 'freaky' by comparison to our kids. It basically comes down to Josh being freaky as was Beast, Jay and Warren being similar, and Noriko and Scott both having odd accesories to control their power. Pretty much even, to me.

The second generation too. Storm was so exotic, Nightcrawler, Colossus, even Wolverine... Their mutations had physical aspects. If you saw the X-Men coming at you, you knew they weren't just a bunch of kids in spandex.

Also, I think, not 100% accurate.

Storm was exotic primarily by virtue of skin tone, hair color and a skimpy costume. None of that is mutant power related. Noriko's got odd hair color and is non-white, is she exotic as well?

Wolverine was just short, really, and Colossus tall. Sure Colossus could turn to metal, but in everyday life, he was just a really big guy.

Nightcrawler was the only real "freak" among them.

Also remember, this crew was established for the new New Mutants. They were successors to the New Mutants - and that group had no "freaky" mutants at all (not the initial batch, nor even the classic group - which only had Warlock). Just racial diversity, which we tried to bring to our book.

I only counter your arguments because I really don't think the X-verse has a long history of freaky mutants that our book is working against. It wasn't until recently that freaky mutants were so common. That's part of what Grant brought to the book.

And we know that a lot of readers liked that. But to us, it undercut part of the mutant fear. They could be anyone. But if they looked so different, knowing them on sight would be easy and the fear would be a little less pervasive.

So we wanted to restore some balance to the student body.

Quick question: Is Michael Ryan on for the long haul?

I avoided buying the monthlies on the relaunch of this because I don't like Randy Green's art AT ALL. Ryan I like.

Yes, Michael Ryan is on for the long haul. But there will be a few issues with fill in artists to buy him some extra lead time.

That's a temporary thing. Marvel's happy with Michael, we love him, and he seems happy on the book.

Anyway, that's what I've got for now. Keep the questions coming!

For the Good of X

11-29-2004, 06:41 PM

Yes, Michael Ryan is on for the long haul. But there will be a few issues with fill in artists to buy him some extra lead time.

Yeeeeeehaw!

Now pass the grits!

Fede

11-30-2004, 03:54 AM

hi! thanks for answering! :)

The others we may or may not get around to..
:( i loved the manthis :p

We don't expect that design to return, but hope we'll get Michael to add Pink Blob Guy (who we sometimes call "Squishy") to the backgrounds
thats a funny codename, u could call him that way hahaha

The best bet is to ask him at a convention. Though we'll see what he (and Marvel) think of those designs hitting the internet.

Thanks!!

Emma hasn't forgotten that incident. Expect it to be referenced in the next issue or two.

good to hear, i thought about it, emma should've read his mind when dani asked kevin, but "apparently" she didn't

btw, i'm so glad that michael ryan has signed a contract with marvel for 3 years, he's a great artist, i'm loving so much his work in this tittle

fishtaco

11-30-2004, 08:06 AM

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Lady Obie

12-01-2004, 07:09 AM

Dallas' power doesn't get a lot of play when we show him down the line, sorry to say. But we do show what squad he's on.

We figure he's got a shadow form that has powers far greater than his normal form, but the longer he's in that form, the greater the chance he'll go completely dark - as in crazy and evil. So he doesn't stay in the form very long.

That reminds me more than a little of my fave DC character Obsidian, who's pictured in my avatar.

DC frequently stumbled with Obie (after his creator Roy Thomas left them in the early 90's) because they could never strike the right balance of darkness & light for his personality or enable him to grow into a strong competent person & hero in any other way :mad:.

I hope you & Christina will be careful with Dallas to make sure he does not become a victim of his life & powers like Todd (Obie's real first name) did.

I still have some hope DC will something cool with Obie but I've been following the character for 14 years & have seen very little that has impressed me.

Don't worry! I'm not asking you to slam DC or anything like that.

I just wanted to relate this story to you so you could understand how easy it is for mistakes to be made with this kind of character should not enough care & consistency be put into him.

Sadly heroes with this kind of power tend to be easy marks for corruption & villiany which is the last thing I like seeing :eek:.

Vegetarian Goat

12-01-2004, 08:14 AM

I found myself wondering today if any of the New kids have any musical or artisitc abilities? Maybe Colossus or... (dare i ask? :D) Dazzler... might show up to teach a class?

LoneWolf21

12-01-2004, 11:57 AM

Sadly heroes with this kind of power tend to be easy marks for corruption & villiany which is the last thing I like seeing :eek:.

Yea, I'm kind of worred the same thing might happen to one of my favorites on the book, Kevin. It would just be too easy to give him one look and say "Oh, he has a villian's power, so let's make him eeeeviiil", you know what I mean?

Lady Obie

12-01-2004, 07:19 PM

Yea, I'm kind of worred the same thing might happen to one of my favorites on the book, Kevin. It would just be too easy to give him one look and say "Oh, he has a villian's power, so let's make him eeeeviiil", you know what I mean?

Absolutely! As it is, Kev's probably going to have quite a challenge learning how to control his powers. He still has the potential to develop into a cool heroic character or even an intriguing gray character. It's all up to what writers do with him.

But it's tough that sometimes comic companies will take the more realistic characters they have (the ones who aren't always happy or sad) & try to stuff them in one box, saying they're good or evil, ecstatic or miserable, but not both, despite the fact the real human condition often has those of us on this side of the 4th wall going thru various extremes.

fishtaco

12-01-2004, 08:04 PM

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roguestorm

12-01-2004, 08:42 PM

wat i've always wondered is that with all the fallen x-men does the xavier institute have a grave yard? and willl the kids be visiting it? and if i came off as rude nunzino i do apologise that was not my intention i was up late at night and get quite cranky sometimes.

Lady Obie

12-02-2004, 06:46 AM

It wouldn't surprise me if some of the kids have performing & fine arts related talents.

Dull normal humans like us do & if they truly are the next step in human evolution I can't imagine them not having the same thing ;). I don't believe these gifts will ever evolve out of humanity because they're so important to our very being.

As for the graveyard, a visit to that would be a good idea for any students who are getting a little too cocky & need a reminder of the true price of heroism :cool:.

Vegetarian Goat

12-02-2004, 11:29 AM

well, weve got Icarus. He plays guitar and his singing voice has the same chorus effect on an amplifier that reroutes the signal and makes duplicates of it to make it sound like there are multiple people singing at the same time. I dont know about anything with art. I dont think that Colossus should teach for awhile. He needs to first get used to living life again.

It'd be cool if Icarus & Dazzler had a team up...not anything permanent, and not romantic in any way, but i bet they'd work well together. Maybe even have some interesting chemistry...

LoneWolf21

12-02-2004, 11:58 AM

It'd be cool if Icarus & Dazzler had a team up...not anything permanent, and not romantic in any way, but i bet they'd work well together. Maybe even have some interesting chemistry...

Well they sort of had one waaay back whenJosh/Jay first showed up in the first New Mutants series. He used his singing to power up Dazzler so she could use her powers. I think she was helping Sam rescu some people.

jeangreydp

12-02-2004, 03:20 PM

Well they sort of had one waaay back whenJosh/Jay first showed up in the first New Mutants series. He used his singing to power up Dazzler so she could use her powers. I think she was helping Sam rescu some people.

Power up? As in sing for her while she used her light effects? Because if he sat by and sang so she could lay the groove on some bad guys I will laugh for at least two hours. And that's a promise!

fishtaco

12-02-2004, 04:35 PM

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The Runaway

12-02-2004, 07:09 PM

people say that pocy might be coming back. if he does will the new mutants be in the mix?

Jack Flash

12-03-2004, 12:30 PM

any plans to have an overweight kid join the mix? It just seems like that segment of our population doesn't exist in the comics world.

fishtaco

12-03-2004, 02:29 PM

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Christina Weir

12-06-2004, 02:38 PM

The students all seem ignorant towards the X-men's history. Will they ever learn about some of the things that the X-men went through? Apcalypse and all that stuff, Cable and Stryfe, Legion and the AOA, X-Force, Onslaught, GenerationX, Krakoa, Psylcoke, Operation:Zero Tolerance, etc.

They're not all ignorant. In fact, in Issue 1, Josh of all people makes reference to having studied some of the X-Men's exploits when he comments on the Fastball Special.

And in New Mutants, Julian picked the name Hellion to try to connect with Emma Frost because he knew their history.

But also, remember that just because they're not shown discussing the events from continuity that you mentioned that doesn't mean they don't know about them.

In New X-men, the students all seemed to believe in Magneto's ideals. Is it still like that now? I see that Hellion is like that, but what about the New Mutants?

In the issue where Julian gave his speech, there was a major screw-up in the lettering. It was supposed to be Sofia who said that Julian was making a lot of sense. So she has at least and understanding and tolerance for Magneto's point of view. But in Issues 5 & 6, we see most of the New Mutants (however reluctantly) agreeing that Kevin needs to be arrested. That's hardly Magneto-esque. It varies from student to student.

That reminds me more than a little of my fave DC character Obsidian, who's pictured in my avatar.

DC frequently stumbled with Obie (after his creator Roy Thomas left them in the early 90's) because they could never strike the right balance of darkness & light for his personality or enable him to grow into a strong competent person & hero in any other way :mad:.

I hope you & Christina will be careful with Dallas to make sure he does not become a victim of his life & powers like Todd (Obie's real first name) did.

Nunzio was a fan of Infinity Inc and liked Obsidian. I was not familar with that book, but know a little about that character through Nunzio.

Rest assured that neither of us believe that just because your powers are dark in nature, your path is unchangeable. Or that you as a character should somehow be one-dimensional. As you can see with Kevin, we do like to explore the way dark power will pull at an otherwise good person. But if it was a forgone conclusion that Kevin or Dallas would go dark, they'd be no fun to write.

I found myself wondering today if any of the New kids have any musical or artisitc abilities? Maybe Colossus or... (dare i ask? :D) Dazzler... might show up to teach a class?

Jay clearly has musical ability.
Kevin does industrial art and is quite accomplished at it.
Sofia is a skilled dancer, though we've only begun to hint at that.

wat i've always wondered is that with all the fallen x-men does the xavier institute have a grave yard? and willl the kids be visiting it?

Yes and yes.

#7 was great, Nunzio. I thought that the ghost was Emplate. Will we ever see Emplate and DOA, or is that someone the X-men should deal with. ?

No plans for Emplate.

people say that pocy might be coming back. if he does will the new mutants be in the mix?

We know of no plans involving Apocalypse and we haven't been asked to take part in anything like that.

any plans to have an overweight kid join the mix? It just seems like that segment of our population doesn't exist in the comics world.

It's hard to picture with all the Danger Room training sessions that any kid could get too overweight at Xavier's unless it's a glandular thing.

are there any plans to throw Hisako in the mix? or Wing, if he somehow gets his powers back?

Not as long as Joss is writing them. We don't want to step on his toes.

madelynesboytoy

12-07-2004, 01:59 PM

It's hard to picture with all the Danger Room training sessions that any kid could get too overweight at Xavier's unless it's a glandular thing.

But what about the fat kids in New X-Men?! (The one by Morrison)

fishtaco

12-07-2004, 02:35 PM

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LoneWolf21

12-07-2004, 05:20 PM

what kids were fat in New X-men?

Well off hand Angel Salvadore was always drawn as a very chunky girl.

fishtaco

12-07-2004, 05:27 PM

I didnt think so

Vegetarian Goat

12-07-2004, 05:28 PM

On a side note- i just re-read the whole New Mutants series (until it changed over to New X-Men... which is still fresh in my mnd) and i remembered why this book is one of my favorites. Great great book. :)

YoGo

12-07-2004, 09:04 PM

It's hard to picture with all the Danger Room training sessions that any kid could get too overweight at Xavier's unless it's a glandular thing.

How about kids who enter the school and are already overweight? I mean they arent being born and raised in the school so i'd expect not evreyone is in tip top shape.

Might be interesting to see whether an overweight kid still gets ostracized about his weight in a Mutant school.

CaptainCarrot

12-09-2004, 02:01 PM

Nunzio & Christina,

Any plans to bring in any of the characters from John's 2002 Morlocks mini-series? That story ended with those mutants in not so optimistic circumstances. It would be interesting to get an update on how that group is doing.

Brian Cronin

12-09-2004, 04:28 PM

Fede

12-12-2004, 09:55 AM

already read your interview in uncannyxmen.net, and really enjoyed it
for those who havent, its here:

http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/article/showquestion.asp?faq=11&fldAuto=176

roguestorm

12-17-2004, 11:02 AM

[QUOTE=Christina Weir]

Jay clearly has musical ability.
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i really think you guys should play up jays musical powers more then his healing since josh already has those abilities and many fans might think jay can heal others aswell.as for the students visiting the x-men's graveyards, please don't forget my dear maddie! although she was nvr truly an x-man she helped them many times during there escapades etc, i would think that out of respect for that they would have buried her at the mansion.

fishtaco

12-17-2004, 12:46 PM

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Mr. Jip

12-18-2004, 12:00 AM

Mr. Jip

12-18-2004, 12:16 AM

Angel Salvatore WAS depicted as a chunky girl, with a big round African A-S.
That's why i LOVED her so much.
Not that i'm a chubby-chaser who loves chunky girls... um, but it was cool to see a NON-MODEL body size at Xavier's.

And i LOVE Julian. :evilsmile :cool:
He's such a bad boy, & oh so HAWT~!
We need some more nasty telekinetics around!
MMhh, yum! :p

LoneWolf21

12-18-2004, 01:40 AM

Hi Nunzio and Christina,

Hope you two have a pleasant holiday, I just had a few questions.

Have you ever considered bringing in the only other surviving original Hellion, Tarot, in some advisor/support capacity for Emma? Empath would be right out, given his history and how he was last we saw him (Kick-addicted and under the control of a Bogan controlled Rachel) but Jeanne might be interesting to see interact with both Emma and her students.

This may be asking too much (and if it is, I'm sorry in advance) but do you two have any original characters you had planned for the series but got left on the cutting room floor?

Thanks in advance.

fishtaco

12-18-2004, 11:58 AM

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fishtaco

12-18-2004, 12:00 PM

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LoneWolf21

12-18-2004, 12:21 PM

The original hellions would be too old for AcademyX. The original Hellions are the same age as the original New Mutants, obviously. Some of the original new mutants are TEACHERS. So if Empath were to be a student, then so should Rahne, Dani, or Shan. :)

Uh, I didn't suggest Manuel or Jeanne be students, I was suggesting using them as supprt staff/advisors under Emma.

fishtaco

12-18-2004, 12:32 PM

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roguestorm

12-18-2004, 01:18 PM

Yeah, Maddy...
first wife of Scott Summers.
She was strong, independent, & helped the X-Men in various adventures.
Then Scott DUMPED HER FOR JEAN, she turned bitter, got corrupted by a demon, slept with Havok, pitted X-Factor against the X-Men, tried to kill her own son Cable, turned New York City into a demon-infested Inferno... & YOU THINK they'd bury her around Xavier's..?~?~?~...
:eek: :confused: :evilangry ;)

but it wasn't her fault. she was influenced by the powers of a demon. the whole incident started because scot basicly abandoned her. also maddie IS DEAD, the woman who appeared in x-man was maddies psionic ghost and was killed by an alternate reality jean grey.

fishtaco

12-21-2004, 03:12 PM

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Corey Dreher

12-26-2004, 03:02 PM

a quick question. what are Prodigy powers. I don't really understand his powers.

Beast

12-26-2004, 03:15 PM

a quick question. what are Prodigy powers. I don't really understand his powers.
Basically his powers revolve around skills/knowledge mimicry. When in the proximity of another person, he can aquire their mental or physical abilities. Such as knowledge over a subject, a foreign language, or mastery of a fighting style. But they fade shortly after the subject he's mimicing leaves the immediate area. :)

The_15th_Sven

12-26-2004, 05:30 PM

Basically his powers revolve around skills/knowledge mimicry. When in the proximity of another person, he can aquire their mental or physical abilities. Such as knowledge over a subject, a foreign language, or mastery of a fighting style. But they fade shortly after the subject he's mimicing leaves the immediate area. :)
Spoiler:Of course that might change when #10 rolls around.End Spoiler

Corey Dreher

12-26-2004, 06:04 PM

Thats a sucky power. Also dont you think some of the new new mutants are like the old new mutants? And thankz.

Beast

12-26-2004, 06:18 PM

I don't really think it's a sucky power, depends how it's used. Such as how he used his powers on obsessive compulsive Cyclops to discover the location of his Danger Room passcard. There's been other intrestng ways his powers have been used so far. :)

Nunzio DeFilippis

12-26-2004, 10:59 PM

Well off hand Angel Salvadore was always drawn as a very chunky girl.

Not exceptionally so, I thought. I figured that was just Frank Quitely's style - everyone looked kinda chunky. If you look at Phil Jiminez' Angel, she didn't look chunky at all.

How about kids who enter the school and are already overweight? I mean they arent being born and raised in the school so i'd expect not evreyone is in tip top shape.

Might be interesting to see whether an overweight kid still gets ostracized about his weight in a Mutant school.

It might be interesting, but the school's programs and routines would get a lot of out of shape kids into shape quickly enough.

Still, it certainly is possible. No plans for a story like that at this time, however.

Any plans to bring in any of the characters from John's 2002 Morlocks mini-series? That story ended with those mutants in not so optimistic circumstances. It would be interesting to get an update on how that group is doing.

No plans for them in our book, and none that I'm aware of elsewhere. We're not likely to add a group of characters at any one time, as our cast is fairly large right now.

It'd be more likely that we'd use one of those characters in a story, and maybe use that to comment on the status of those Morlocks.

But still, nothing like that in the works right now.

I would like to see a collection of Psylocke, Revanche, Changeling, Jean of course, Longshot (they think he is dead), Moira, Skin, Synch, Cypher, Esme, Joseph, Sophie, Sammy, Cain Marko, maybe Nocturne, SharonFreidlander, Piotr (its not like they are going to get rid of thee stone now that they know he is alive), John Proudstar, Illyana, and thats all I can think of right now.

Also, when will the kids visit the graveyard? Is it in the near future? I'm really interested in this, and what the kids learn about the X-men's history.

The graveyard visit is in the very near future.

However, the kids are not going there for a history lesson. They have a reason to go and we'll be focusing the scene on that agenda. Which means no real tour of the headstones - sorry.

And i LOVE Julian. :evilsmile :cool:
He's such a bad boy, & oh so HAWT~!
We need some more nasty telekinetics around!
MMhh, yum! :p

Christina thinks he's pretty hot, too. Hell, I'm straight and I think he's hot.

Even with the many artists we've had, they've usually done that character justice, let me tell you.

Have you ever considered bringing in the only other surviving original Hellion, Tarot, in some advisor/support capacity for Emma? Empath would be right out, given his history and how he was last we saw him (Kick-addicted and under the control of a Bogan controlled Rachel) but Jeanne might be interesting to see interact with both Emma and her students.

Tarot has always remained a possibility, but we don't have plans for her right now. We probably would have no trouble adding her, but until we could do that character justice with actual storylines, we'd probably not bring her in.

If ever we get to do our Nova Roma story, we'd use Empath, though.

This may be asking too much (and if it is, I'm sorry in advance) but do you two have any original characters you had planned for the series but got left on the cutting room floor?

Certainly not asking too much, but I wish I had a cooler answer for you.

Truth is, Marvel has let us introduce all the characters we created. Our original ideas for the kids were David, Sofia, Josh, and Laurie. All were approved.

Noriko was a story idea - the homeless mutant on drugs. They liked her enough that they asked she be made a regular.

Kevin was a throwaway character for the first arc, who grew when Marvel asked we take our first arc and move it back, because they wanted the entire first arc of New Mutants to be character intros (one issue at a time). Kevin was designed to leave the school after hurting Laurie, and really wasn't going to be much more than proof that some mutants can be dangerous to be around. But because we were now taking an issue to introduce each kid, we took the time to flesh him out, and decided to keep him. We still sent him off, but always planned for his return.

The closest we have to an editing room floor character is Magma. She was designed to have a major role in the book, but after the first arc, Marvel asked us to cut back on the old New Mutants, and focus on the new kids. They had already asked us to push back Rahne's arrival and Amara's awakening, so they suggested we never use them. We fought to keep the characters, but ended up only getting them to sign off on using one of the two.

We had to make a choice between Rahne and Amara, and we chose Rahne. So we wrote Amara out of the book in Issue 7, and Chris picked her up, and then she unfortunately fell back into limbo.

We're working on that. We had such fun plans for her.

Nunzio/Christina, when will we see Jeff Garret again? Being a big fan of Elias Bogan, I am interested in how Jeff feels now. I would imagine that a lot of the school would be afraid of him, after Schism. Im suprised that he didnt end up becoming a Hellion, because Emma seemed very fond of him.

Jeffrey Garrett? Yep. You'll see him. Just be patient.

Do the New Mutants have any idea that their mentor was a secret agent that joined a mutant terrorist organization that worked for one of the X-men's most dangerous adversaries, or became an immortal warrior in Asgardian mythology? It just seems kind of interesting.

The kids know some of Dani's history, but not all.

One of the aspects you just mentioned will be revealed to them soon.

Basically his powers revolve around skills/knowledge mimicry. When in the proximity of another person, he can aquire their mental or physical abilities. Such as knowledge over a subject, a foreign language, or mastery of a fighting style. But they fade shortly after the subject he's mimicing leaves the immediate area. :)

You put it as well as I could so I'll leave it at that.

Thats a sucky power.

David certainly thinks so at times. As do others, like Julian. That plays a role in the choices he'll make in "Too Much Information," the story starting with Issue 10.

Also dont you think some of the new new mutants are like the old new mutants?

How so?

That's all we have for now, folks.

YoGo

12-26-2004, 11:12 PM

Hey thanks for answering my question Nunzio!

So Dani's Valkyrie heritage will be coming into play during the Haunted arc i guess along with a visit to the graveyard?

Corey Dreher

12-27-2004, 09:28 AM

The Lucky One

12-27-2004, 09:42 AM

with powers and how they act, like prodigy and cypher, prodigy can mimic stuff and decode, like cypher. Sofia and Dani, I think they have the same personailty, Laurie and Rahne when she first joined the new mutants, there both shy but if they use there powers right they can be dangerous. josh and Robert, both are like the big shot of the group. I think jay is more like cannoball (not only because their related) but how they act.

Yeah... I don't remember exactly when it was, but a while back in one of the issue threads, I mentioned that I thought the 5 newbies actually were a pretty good analog for the original 5 New Mutants. Sofia and David don't have the skills to lead individually (yet) but make great co-leaders, just like Sam and Dani, Josh is the arrogant jerk that thinks he's a ladies' man, exactly like Sunspot, and Laurie is the shy one who is afraid to admit her feelings for a teammate or really let herself go, same as Rahne back in the day. Don't remember how I tied Wither in with Karma, but since he's out and Jay and Surge are in, it's pretty moot now. I don't know if the similarities were intentional or not (doubt it), but it's pretty cool nonetheless.

-D

The_15th_Sven

12-27-2004, 01:41 PM

Hey, I know that you guys didn't know that Kevin would be used in Marvel's Holiday Special, but did you know that your kids would have a strong supoting role in Adj-less X-Men 165 or that Josh would be instrumental in giving Gambit his powers back?

Also, when your doing things like story boarding do you refer to the kids by their Codenames or their real names?

YoGo

12-28-2004, 08:33 PM

Is the subject of sex going to be dealt with in this book at all or will it be kept relatively 'all ages'? This is one of the most frustrating things about reading Archie comics as u get older. :P

Corey Dreher

12-29-2004, 02:22 PM

Yeah... I don't remember exactly when it was, but a while back in one of the issue threads, I mentioned that I thought the 5 newbies actually were a pretty good analog for the original 5 New Mutants. Sofia and David don't have the skills to lead individually (yet) but make great co-leaders, just like Sam and Dani, Josh is the arrogant jerk that thinks he's a ladies' man, exactly like Sunspot, and Laurie is the shy one who is afraid to admit her feelings for a teammate or really let herself go, same as Rahne back in the day. Don't remember how I tied Wither in with Karma, but since he's out and Jay and Surge are in, it's pretty moot now. I don't know if the similarities were intentional or not (doubt it), but it's pretty cool nonetheless.

-D

yeah excatly what I think!

"Is the subject of sex going to be dealt with in this book at all or will it be kept relatively 'all ages'? This is one of the most frustrating things about reading Archie comics as u get older. :P"

I would like that to be delt with, (josh and rahne)
also wouldn't emma or dani sense that josh and rahne are being a little bit 'too' friendly? just a question.

Corey Dreher

12-30-2004, 09:26 AM

and also will you explore with josh and rahne hooking up or are you just doing that just to be a tease?

Corey Dreher

12-30-2004, 03:13 PM

and will you get dani and cannonball togethere? Dani is to good of a character to be with out some one who will love her. (plus you gave em a lover :evilsmile )

Deathstroke

12-30-2004, 10:08 PM

and will you get dani and cannonball togethere? Dani is to good of a character to be with out some one who will love her. (plus you gave em a lover :evilsmile )

That would be strange for me.

With the two of them being the past co-leaders of the original New Mutants, it would seem brother and sisterish of them getting together in a romantic way.

To me anyway.

Dani has enough to handle at the moment with her six little mischief makers, the last thing she needs is the problems of a relationship as well.

LoneWolf21

12-30-2004, 10:17 PM

I dunno. This is just me personally, but I've been hoping they'd get together for awhile now (I don't mind Lila too much, but Tabs has always been kinda 'meh' to me), but all I've really gotten was that peck on the cheek she gave him in the final issue of Xtreme X-Men. Although I have noticed a lot of long time NM fans have wanted to see Rahne finally get the farmboy of her dreams.

Of course I also have the theory that Dani is responsible for Sam surviving that run-in with Sauron awhile back since that whole External things been swept away, which would lead into why exactly she got booted out of Asgard. Heh, maybe if I ever got work at Marvel or something I'd actually get to use it or something, otherwise it'd just be fic fodder.

fishtaco

12-31-2004, 08:40 AM

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Corey Dreher

12-31-2004, 10:39 PM

I like this series. I hope it last. But what i wanna know is after the new mutants gradute will they be an x-men or live their own lifes?

fishtaco

01-01-2005, 11:51 AM

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Corey Dreher

01-01-2005, 12:00 PM

some might join the X-men, some might not. Some might even die. Maybe they will join X-Corps. Who knows? Maybe Mercury, Tag, and Rockslide will all get killed by Fitzroy.

X-men students I would like to see join an X-team: Prodigy, X-23, Surge, Icarus, Wither, Wallflower, Windancer, Dust, Elixir, Stepford Cuckoos, Hisako

I would like to see prodicy, surge, icarus, wither(who did join a x-men team in x-men the end:6) Wallflower, windancer, dust, elixir, Jay, Stepford Cuckoos, and Hisako. ( but i really wanted to see wing in the future :mad: :( )

Corey Dreher

01-01-2005, 03:06 PM

Beast

01-01-2005, 03:13 PM

I know I'm asking alot of question but this is the last question (for now atleast). But since wing died have you thought of puting in Seth from the NightCrawler sereis? I know that I would love to see another 'Magik' in the cast.
Wing was never a part of Academy X, he was an Astonishing X-Men character. So there's no need to 'replace' him, if that's what you're getting at. :)

fishtaco

01-01-2005, 05:45 PM

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Corey Dreher

01-01-2005, 06:44 PM

sorry another question, im writing a story about a kid who finds this ring that takes his soul to different universe. One of them are Marvel. Every time i go into a new universe I take control of a body. I was planning to use New X-men's Prodigy as my 'host' for the time I'm there. I don't know if this story will get published but if it does do I have permision to use New X-men and there characters?

Hi-Fi

01-03-2005, 09:42 AM

Hi, Nunzio. Christina.
When will we see Stevie Hunter and Tom Corsi in the mansion? And i would really like to see a conversation between Whiter and Rogue. Any chance this may happen?
Thanks.

Kingrambo912

01-03-2005, 09:53 AM

I don't know if you already answered this or not, but now that Claremont is not using Magma is there a chance that you will be able to use her? And if not, could you find a way to sneek Empath in anyways?

The_15th_Sven

01-03-2005, 08:12 PM

Hi, Nunzio. Christina...
...i would really like to see a conversation between Whiter and Rogue. Any chance this may happen?
Thanks.
That is a really good idea. I would love to see that.

Christina Weir

01-03-2005, 10:05 PM

Hey, I know that you guys didn't know that Kevin would be used in Marvel's Holiday Special, but did you know that your kids would have a strong supoting role in Adj-less X-Men 165 or that Josh would be instrumental in giving Gambit his powers back?

Actually, we didn't know. But we had a great time reading the issue and thought that Chris did a great job with all our kids. It was nice of him to include them and help establish them in the X-verse.

Also, when your doing things like story boarding do you refer to the kids by their Codenames or their real names?

In our scripts, we always refer to the kids by their real names. It's just what comes naturally as they're still just kids. The codenames are new to them and they aren't defined by them quite yet. But give it time...

Is the subject of sex going to be dealt with in this book at all or will it be kept relatively 'all ages'? This is one of the most frustrating things about reading Archie comics as u get older. :P

It can be very frustrating. But Marvel is trying to keep the book fairly 'kid friendly.' Sex will probably not be dealt with per se. We have to be delicate and very subtle when approaching the subject. But there will be plenty of relationships being dealt with.

also wouldn't emma or dani sense that josh and rahne are being a little bit 'too' friendly? just a question.

Well, Emma made it clear in Issue 1 that she doesn't go prying into the students' heads for no reason. So she's not going to pick it up that way. As for Dani sensing anything... Josh and Rahne are trying to be discreet and Rahne is doing everything possible to make sure Dani doesn't catch on. She knows that would be disastrous! Also, their telepathic link is not on all the time and certainly doesn't allow Dani to spy on Rahne. However, in Issue 8 Dani makes a comment that is unclear whether she suspects anything. Sometimes we just don't see what we don't want to see.

and also will you explore with josh and rahne hooking up or are you just doing that just to be a tease?

By hooking up, do you mean having sex? That question will be answered.

(Just as an aside, over the holidays I had a long conversation with Nunzio's 19 year old cousin on what the definition of 'hooking up' is. He said his friends all had different answers and it makes answering the question "did you hook up?" a tricky one. :) )

and will you get dani and cannonball togethere? Dani is to good of a character to be with out some one who will love her. (plus you gave em a lover :evilsmile )

No plans for Dani and Sam. Dani's got an admirer right now anyway...

but in issue 6 when Josh asked Rahne for help, I just laughed. Do you realize that if the New Mutants had Wolfsbane with them that the Hellions would get annihilated. she can probably take them all by herself.

Well, Rahne's got experience on her side. But really? Take out the Hellions by herself? Six against one? The Hellions have some fairly big firepower. And while Rahne could give them a good fight, I'm not sure she could defeat them alone.

I like this series. I hope it last. But what i wanna know is after the new mutants gradute will they be an x-men or live their own lifes?

That is the question. Some of them are definitely interested in being X-Men. Others, like David, are not. Who knows what the future holds?

I know I'm asking alot of question but this is the last question (for now atleast). But since wing died have you thought of puting in Seth from the NightCrawler sereis? I know that I would love to see another 'Magik' in the cast.

No plans to use Seth right now.

sorry another question, im writing a story about a kid who finds this ring that takes his soul to different universe. One of them are Marvel. Every time i go into a new universe I take control of a body. I was planning to use New X-men's Prodigy as my 'host' for the time I'm there. I don't know if this story will get published but if it does do I have permision to use New X-men and there characters?

If you're writing stories for yourself, you should use whatever material sparks your interest. If you're writing stories to publish, Marvel (as does DC and the other comic book comapnies) has copyright laws and you can't use material published by them.

Hi, Nunzio. Christina.
When will we see Stevie Hunter and Tom Corsi in the mansion? And i would really like to see a conversation between Whiter and Rogue. Any chance this may happen?
Thanks.

Well, we mentioned Tom Corsi's name in New Mutants #7 so he's assumed to be at the school. Stevie Hunter's whereabouts will be established in Issue 12.

A conversation between Wither and Rogue would be interesting. We haven't written one yet, but it may occur in the future.

I don't know if you already answered this or not, but now that Claremont is not using Magma is there a chance that you will be able to use her? And if not, could you find a way to sneek Empath in anyways?

Funny you should ask. Look for Magma to show up in Issue 13. You'll find out her status then. We haven't planned for Empath yet, but you never know what can happen.

By the way, not to single anyone out, but please don't PM either me or Nunzio to ask us when we'll answer questions here on this thread. We enjoy it, we try to do it often, but we'd hate it if it became something that adds yet another deadline to our deadline filled existence. :)

Hope you all had a good new year. Happy 2005!

mattbib

01-03-2005, 10:18 PM

By the way, not to single anyone out, but please don't PM either me or Nunzio to ask us when we'll answer questions here on this thread.
Christina, if it continues I suggest disabling E-Mails and PMs in your Options (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/profile.php?do=editoptions). :)

fishtaco

01-04-2005, 06:18 AM

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Lady Obie

01-04-2005, 08:18 AM

Corey Dreher

01-04-2005, 09:53 AM

I'm betting David will end up in a teacher/mentor role whether he chooses to live a "normal" life (that is, if someone with powers & a growing rep as a mutant can ever have one) or be a superhero.

If he gets over his reluctance & decides to go the superhero route, I have no doubt he'd end up a leader of any team he's involved.

He just has that knowledgable mature rock nature that makes it impossible for me to believe he'll be anyone's subordinate for long, once he grows up that is ;).

I don't believe he ever will or should lose his modesty (it would be too easy to make a character with his powers reckless & cocky) but his leadership potential is undeniable.

That will probley happen unless he gets killed. (Which SHOULDN'T HAPPEN!!!!)

"By hooking up, do you mean having sex? That question will be answered.

(Just as an aside, over the holidays I had a long conversation with Nunzio's 19 year old cousin on what the definition of 'hooking up' is. He said his friends all had different answers and it makes answering the question "did you hook up?" a tricky one. )"

I mean by not just having sex, but i mean them going on dates, you know going steady. And if they find out that this is happening will Rahne take the fall or will both of them get punshied?

"No plans for Dani and Sam. Dani's got an admirer right now anyway..."
My guess is that guy Dani was working with to help get Wither out of trouble (forget his name)
Or the girl at the coffe shop Noriko works at.

Flight

01-04-2005, 12:12 PM

Are you still bringing in that character Flight who is on Alex's team?
You could squash your Rahne/Goldenboy plot and make Alex fall in love with Flight

Mr. Jip

01-04-2005, 12:16 PM

...Unrequited student & teacher gay love turns into bitter obsession.
Leading to...
Flight vs. Polaris
and the destruction of the school, yet again!~~
i can just see it...

fishtaco

01-04-2005, 02:18 PM

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Flight

01-04-2005, 02:23 PM

Flight? I didnt read the New Mutants series, so did Flight appear in this? lol You silly boy

fishtaco

01-04-2005, 04:06 PM

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Flight

01-05-2005, 12:58 PM

Is this guy serious...?

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01-05-2005, 02:03 PM

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Corey Dreher

01-06-2005, 04:37 PM

Since Wing is out of the picture, will you still use Hisako (I love her powers!!!) And Kitty as a Teacher?

roguestorm

01-08-2005, 01:07 PM

i'm kind of getting annoyed at how dani keeps labelling her powers as illusions , when there so much more then simple illusions. it takes away the uniqueness from her, and wat happened to her using her psionic arrows? i remember awhile back you writers said you guys would have her using them?

Corey Dreher

01-08-2005, 02:00 PM

also will you develop their powers more? I mean I know they have tons of poentinal and I would like to see them using it in a very good way.

Corey Dreher

01-08-2005, 06:27 PM

also will u use X-23?

The_15th_Sven

01-09-2005, 01:07 PM

Hey, are you hoping that Nori will someday be freed from her guantlets (in your series or another) or are you trying to set her up so that she will be forced to wear them the rest of her life like Scott wears his visor? Also, I noticed that Nori's guantlets were much smaller in the NM series, only covering her hands to her wrists, why was this changed in the Academy X series?

fishtaco

01-09-2005, 02:38 PM

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01-13-2005, 06:36 AM

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The_15th_Sven

01-13-2005, 04:34 PM

Beast

01-13-2005, 04:42 PM

On the page just after kim sees the ghost for the second time in the grave yard, the pannel in the middle on the bottom, it shows kim (I think). I think its a flashback. When/where is that, i can't figure it out.
That's appears to be Dani evacuating the mansion during the 'Xorneto' attack upon it. She told the boy during the attack exactly what he told Kim: "Leave now while you can." It's basically explained in the two panels that surround the flashback, with Dani and Shan's dialogue.

fishtaco

01-13-2005, 04:59 PM

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Nunzio DeFilippis

01-13-2005, 05:06 PM

thats the thing. Where was Dani, Shan, and Rahne when Xorn blew up New York City? Where were the other X-men, and X-Corps? Heck, where was ANNIE GHAZIKHANIAN!!!

callie from the Corsairs?... hmm

Dani, Shan and Rahne's whereabouts were explained in New Mutants #13. They not only evacuated the kids, they then stayed with them to keep them safe, which kept them out of the fight. This did not sit well with Dani at the time.

As for Callie... you can see the cafeteria troubles David is referring to in the background of a scene in Issue 7. We were just giving a name to another of the mystery kids in the book.

streator

01-13-2005, 10:32 PM

hello nunzio and christina. i collected new mutants 1-13 and academy x through issue 4. i stopped picking up the book because it was not was i was looking for (i still see it as worthwhile and beneficial in that it is a place to generate a new audience and such). i have a question, however. as writers of the title, when were you informed that the artist could not meet the deadline and/or another artist would step in? was it unexpected in general or did you have some input in the process? no offense to artists that worked on the book, as i know some of them post here, but the artwork to me seemed rushed at times and for me took away from the overall experience i had in enjoying the title. i was just wondering what both of you thought about your titles' (new mutants and academy x) problematic artistic scheduling.

Stagier

01-14-2005, 05:45 AM

so this is where you all are hiding.. i was wondering why there wasn't a thread..

right, are we to assume that the kids buried at school are the freaky lookin' mutants whose parents abandoned them? cause otherwise wouldn't they have tombstones elsewhere?

does it makes sense to have the x-men as teachers when they are there only part time? esp logan. i mean what's that like?
"oh it's time for computer science. oh wait isn't ms pryde battling the beyonder today? sweet no class!"

and does icarus and elixer share not only the same name but costume?

love this book btw

fishtaco

01-14-2005, 06:23 AM

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Stagier

01-14-2005, 07:40 AM

icarus's real name is josh, jay is his nickname.

roguestorm

01-15-2005, 08:38 PM

did we really need another telepath. yes he's dead i know but i think they should have used jerffry garette in his place instead. oh, and will we be seeing more joshs mutant signing ability? i skipped last issue cause they kept on talking about his damn healing factor which i've been trying to ignore, only to later buy this issue and have him mention it to surge!!! :mad:

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01-16-2005, 08:35 AM

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Stagier

01-16-2005, 10:25 AM

I noticed that Nori's guantlets were much smaller in the NM series, only covering her hands to her wrists, why was this changed in the Academy X series?

i just re-read the entire series from the beginning, and there are a few discrepencies when it comes to the characters looks; but i think when it became academy x, randy just redesigned the gauntlets since they are pretty consistent.

i noticed in the beginning of new mutants, sofia was having trouble finding the correct english word sometimes, but then later when noriko arrives, she comments on how sofia speaks english well. was that something that was meant to be ongoing but then dropped (the trouble with english)?

Also, it dawned on my that Julian must be a crazy powerful TK, 'cause he was seen carrying all the hellions (minus jay). I remember when the x-men were fighting proteus and scott thought to himself how powerful jean was as phoenix 'cause she was carrying loads of x-men.

Corey Dreher

01-18-2005, 07:59 AM

Also I was read reading X-men the End issue #5 when I saw Prodigy scanning Sage's mind when Val/Skrull killed him. I'm glad I'm seeing the New Mutants in the comic but first will we see all of them and second will they all die a crappy death just like Prodigy?

fishtaco

01-18-2005, 02:05 PM

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milhouse123321

01-18-2005, 06:38 PM

What? I don't get-
OH! Right. Son from future.

The Fury

01-19-2005, 06:48 AM

Quick question, After reading uncanny #444 again, I realised that Icarus' sister Melody is also meant to be attending the school. Is there any plans to use her?

fishtaco

01-19-2005, 10:29 AM

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Corey Dreher

01-19-2005, 02:50 PM

I can't wait to see her powers!!!

Beast

01-19-2005, 02:55 PM

I can't wait to see her powers!!!
Who, Melody Guthrie? According to Uncanny #444 and UXN.Net, she projects an energy aura around her that enables her to fly. Whether she has powers beyond that, who knows. :)

Corey Dreher

01-19-2005, 04:14 PM

And maybe she can use it to shoot enegry beams!!

Fede

01-19-2005, 04:51 PM

As for Callie... you can see the cafeteria troubles David is referring to in the background of a scene in Issue 7. We were just giving a name to another of the mystery kids in the book.

the elf girl :) cant wait to see her powers

btw, loved this issue, specially emma/kevin conversation

HellFrost

01-19-2005, 05:21 PM

hey, this is my first time posting mostly cuz i've been too shy, but i jus wanted to say that this book is amazing and i was wondering what ur plan for Julian are... he's like one of my fav. characters :o

fishtaco

01-19-2005, 06:12 PM

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Stagier

01-19-2005, 08:19 PM

eh.. too much like Cannonball in a way.

Just read the solicitation for #12. Apparently, the whole school is going to know about Josh and Rahne's relationship. Rahne probably would lose her job for that too. Please dont get rid of Wolfsbane!! She is one of my favorites and if you drop her out of the book, then chances are she is going into character limbo, and that would be a shame.

OOH
where did you get advanced solicits? do you know about anything else that happens?

fishtaco

01-19-2005, 08:23 PM

see the advanced solits thread

Corey Dreher

01-23-2005, 10:16 AM

I can't wait untill that issue!!!!! Not only will this effect Rahne's job at the school, but Josh and Laurie's realtionship will be ruined so she will go to either Kevin or Jay. Then if you do this right it will slowly brake up the team and it will end up as somebody leaving team (Hope its Laurie, if she has the right people she can become even stronger(Hellions).Thats what I think).

Corey Dreher

01-23-2005, 10:25 AM

I can't wait untill that issue!!!!! Not only will this effect Rahne's job at the school, but Josh and Laurie's realtionship (not to metion she will be super pissed)will be ruined so she will go to either Kevin or Jay. Then if you do this right it will slowly brake up the team and it will end up as somebody leaving team (Hope its Laurie, if she has the right people she can become even stronger(Hellions).Thats what I think).

This just proves my point.

(Edit: By the way Nunizo and Christina, the cover is great, please pass it on to Michael!!

Orion101

01-24-2005, 11:40 AM

Hi I'm new to the board and this is my first post, I have to say I love your series and it is one of the best X books out their possibly becuase it is the one kids can to.

1. My question is about the characters the Hellions they seem to me like an interesting group within the book and i like how you show their relationship with the New Mutants. Alot of people seem to like them more than David and his group, in alot of ways they remind me of the relationship between the Exiles and Weapon X. My question is it possible that you might do a story arc that stars the Hellions as the main characters for a change. I'm not saying I want them to take over the book or anything I just think it would be interesting to do a story where the New Mutants rivals take center stage, for the main story. The group already seems popular in fandom and their leader Julian ia already one of the most popular charcters in the book, plus now that the title is called New X-Men instead of New Mutants it would seem like an okay thing to do.

2. What does Dust think of the other Hellions does she dislike them like Jay seemed to or is she just indifferent.

3. What did Julian do to Jay to make him dislike him so much, I mean I read Choosing Sides and while I can see why he Julians' abbrasive nature might rub him the wrong way I didn't really notice him doing anything that would warrent the hostility Jay seemed to have for him. From what I saw all Julian did was try to be his friend. His switching to the New Mutants side at the end really seemed forced to me. Especially when he found out what the Hellions were planning why didn't he go to the teachers with what he learned instead of going to a group of students he didn't even know only that they had a rivalry with Hellions.

4. In one of the first interviews you gave about the title being changed to New X-Men you mentioned that the character Beak wouldn't be in the book becuase their were plans for him elswhere. Did that mean you had thought about using him and asked for permission. if so how would you have used him if you were given the chance.

Corey Dreher

01-24-2005, 01:28 PM

4. In one of the first interviews you gave about the title being changed to New X-Men you mentioned that the character Beak wouldn't be in the book becuase their were plans for him elswhere. Did that mean you had thought about using him and asked for permission. if so how would you have used him if you were given the chance.

When is this suppose to happen? And if it does happened will you use the people from the "Special Class"?

Nunzio DeFilippis

01-24-2005, 03:12 PM

Hey all,

Lots of answers so this will be three posts. Sorry about the multi-posting.

wow. it looks like a lot of stuff that im looking for is somewhere around issue 12! Rahne's squad, Magma's status, Stevie Hunter.

Well, don't get too excited. Stevie's mentioned, not shown, in 12. And Magma's status will be explored in 13, actually, not 12.

But yeah, good stuff ahead (at least I hope you all think so).

I'm betting David will end up in a teacher/mentor role whether he chooses to live a "normal" life (that is, if someone with powers & a growing rep as a mutant can ever have one) or be a superhero.

If he gets over his reluctance & decides to go the superhero route, I have no doubt he'd end up a leader of any team he's involved.

He just has that knowledgable mature rock nature that makes it impossible for me to believe he'll be anyone's subordinate for long, once he grows up that is ;).

I don't believe he ever will or should lose his modesty (it would be too easy to make a character with his powers reckless & cocky) but his leadership potential is undeniable.

"Too Much Information" will give us a lot of insight into David - his fears, his ego (or lack thereof). It was a fun thing to write. Hope you like it.

That will probley happen unless he gets killed. (Which SHOULDN'T HAPPEN!!!!)

Well, killing him was never on our agenda - and we intend to be with the book awhile (we can't control what happens if and when we leave or the book ends).

But wait until Too Much Information and then tell me what you think of David again.

I mean by not just having sex, but i mean them going on dates, you know going steady. And if they find out that this is happening will Rahne take the fall or will both of them get punshied?

Well, I think "wait and see" is the appropriate answer. I think recent solicits let you know that certain secrets can't stay hidden forever. But how we get to that point is not likely to be a route anyone expects.

Talk to me again after Issue 10. That ought to shake up the storyline a bit, I think...

As for the dates part - well, they can't go out on public dates. The students go into Salem Center all the time, someone might see what's going on. And that would be bad. So the relationship is secret, which is why it's a lot of kissing behind closed doors. Not healthy, I know. But who said relationships for 16 year olds (or 19 year olds for that matter) were always conducted in a healthy way?

My guess is that guy Dani was working with to help get Wither out of trouble (forget his name)
Or the girl at the coffe shop Noriko works at.

The girl, Luna, tried to catch Dani's eye, but that didn't pan out. But Luna will return to the book someday, we promise.

As for the FBI Agent - his name was Justin Pierce.

Are you still bringing in that character Flight who is on Alex's team?
You could squash your Rahne/Goldenboy plot and make Alex fall in love with Flight

Our Flight storyline has yet to take off, sorry.

(Bad pun, I know)

Nunzio DeFilippis

01-24-2005, 03:13 PM

Since Wing is out of the picture, will you still use Hisako (I love her powers!!!) And Kitty as a Teacher?

'Still' use Hisako? We never said we would use Hisako. Joss' kids are his kids, and while we may very well stick them in the background of scenes, we're not likely to give them stories, for fear we might contradict something going on in his book.

Kitty has been mentioned as a teacher recently (last issue: #8)

i'm kind of getting annoyed at how dani keeps labelling her powers as illusions , when there so much more then simple illusions. it takes away the uniqueness from her, and wat happened to her using her psionic arrows? i remember awhile back you writers said you guys would have her using them?

I'm sorry you're annoyed, but that's what her powers are these days. In my opinion it brings back her uniqueness. Rather than just making her yet another energy projector (albeit one who projects psionic energy) and having the native american use a bow and arrow (hardly the most unique image in the world), this gives her powers that I think are unique in and of themselves.

Remember, Dani's powers changed a lot, and then she was taken apart and put back together.

There are reasons why she may have reverted to basics.

We never said we'd use the bow & arrows, we said they could be explained as illusions if we were to ever use them.

Also, please note that her Valkyrie heritage got a mention in the latest issue. We're not trying to wipe out her past. We're just trying to condense one of the most radically changing sets of powers in the X-Verse into something fun and, most importantly, focusing on the core of who Dani was when she was created.

also will you develop their powers more? I mean I know they have tons of poentinal and I would like to see them using it in a very good way.

Their powers are being developed every issue. We don't always label the growth as such, and leave it to readers to spot the improvements. Sofia, for example, can use the wind to fly pretty effectively now, which she could not do in New Mutants. Laurie hasn't accidentally released her pheromones in a long time. And in New Mutants #11, she generated an emotion that was different from the one she was feeling. David's power will be explored very shortly. And Jay is doing new things with his voice all the time.

also will u use X-23?

If asked to, yes. Right now, she's got a miniseries, appearances in Uncanny and the end of NYX (whenever that is due out) to appear in. If her schedule lightens up and Marvel asks us to show her, we will.

Hey, are you hoping that Nori will someday be freed from her guantlets (in your series or another) or are you trying to set her up so that she will be forced to wear them the rest of her life like Scott wears his visor? Also, I noticed that Nori's guantlets were much smaller in the NM series, only covering her hands to her wrists, why was this changed in the Academy X series?

Nori's gauntlets were smaller in some ways as designed by Carlo Barbieri, but larger in other ways. His only covered the hands, but were huge and bulbous with rods sticking out that would have made it impossible to put her hand in a standard pocket.

The current design is much longer, going all the way up to the elbow, but are more condensed and don't widen her arms very much at all.

So, it's a trade-off.

Randy Green re-designed the gauntlets with the reload of the book as Academy X. We like his new design.

As for whether or not Nori will outgrow the need for the gauntlets, we honestly don't know which way we'll take her on that.

When Cyke was yelling at Julian, there was a picture on the wall that showed cyke and a few other X-men. The only one i could figure out was Havok, because of that headpiece was that him?

That picture was put in there by the artists, so I can't say for sure who was intended to be in it.

Also, I'm wondering who Emma will hire to talk to kevin. As much as I despise Emma and her relationship with Scott(and the death of Jean), I actually like Emma in this book. She seems like a nice caring person (atleast in this issue).

Emma is a caring person. Is she nice? Sometimes, if you treat her with the respect she's earned, yes. But nice or no, she cares about the kids. Hell, she cares about Dani, even if Dani dislikes her.

As for who she's taking Kevin to see, that'll be shown in Issue 9, due out Wednesday.

wow, the graveyard was fast. I wish Michael Ryan would have just in the backround shown some other names on tomb stones.

Well, the point of the scene was the story at hand, and delving too much into the history of the school would have slowed it down. Still, maybe we should have asked for specific headstones.

It's so hard with the revolving door of death to know who we'd be okay to show a headstone for, though.

Remind me to tell you about the ghost-selection process for this story once it's done.

On the page just after kim sees the ghost for the second time in the grave yard, the pannel in the middle on the bottom, it shows kim (I think). I think its a flashback. When/where is that, i can't figure it out.

That's appears to be Dani evacuating the mansion during the 'Xorneto' attack upon it. She told the boy during the attack exactly what he told Kim: "Leave now while you can." It's basically explained in the two panels that surround the flashback, with Dani and Shan's dialogue.

What he said.

hello nunzio and christina. i collected new mutants 1-13 and academy x through issue 4. i stopped picking up the book because it was not was i was looking for (i still see it as worthwhile and beneficial in that it is a place to generate a new audience and such).

An interesting (and honest) assesment that I hope you reconsider at some point.

as writers of the title, when were you informed that the artist could not meet the deadline and/or another artist would step in? was it unexpected in general or did you have some input in the process? no offense to artists that worked on the book, as i know some of them post here, but the artwork to me seemed rushed at times and for me took away from the overall experience i had in enjoying the title. i was just wondering what both of you thought about your titles' (new mutants and academy x) problematic artistic scheduling.

When did we find out about the need for a fill-in? Depends on which incident you're asking about.

And what we thought? Same answer.

When an artist is late, obviously, it creates problems for a book, so I wish it wouldn't happen. But when an artist who loves the work he or she is doing is late, it's much easier for us to deal.

We had at least one artist who hated working on the book, and I feel that this attitude may have helped generate the lateness issue.

I won't name names, but the artist who started phoning it in, and phoning it in late (while badmouthing the book at comic-cons), him I resent for messing with our schedules.

The others, not so much.

right, are we to assume that the kids buried at school are the freaky lookin' mutants whose parents abandoned them? cause otherwise wouldn't they have tombstones elsewhere?

Well, who's to say that every headstone at Xavier's is actually marking the spot where the body is buried? Some kids may be buried at home, but have markers at Xavier to commemorate them and allow for the other students to mourn.

does it makes sense to have the x-men as teachers when they are there only part time? esp logan.

I've discussed this elsewhere, but here goes.

The teachers wouldn't be gone very often, honestly. If you look at most comic stories, they are 3-6 issues, usually covering less than a few days' worth of activity, but being published over the course of 3-6 months. Even assuming a compressed time ratio where characters age 1 year every 5 years, that still means that 18-36 days of Marvel time contain the heroes being heroes for about 2 or 3 days. That's still 90% of the days where X-Men do nothing and can be at the school to teach.

A lot of math, I know. But seriously, look at most comic stories, and you see that in 6 months, we watch the X-Men do about a week's worth of stuff at most. That leaves plenty of time to teach.

Wolverine is trickier because you have to multiply that by however many titles he appears in each month.

Nunzio DeFilippis

01-24-2005, 03:15 PM

and does icarus and elixer share not only the same name but costume?

The costumes may look similar, but I don't think they are the same.

And Icarus' name is Jay. You should probably get used to it because the name Josh is not going to be mentioned in our book in reference to him. We insisted upon that when we added him to the book. Two Joshes in one book would not have worked.

did we really need another telepath. yes he's dead i know but i think they should have used jerffry garette in his place instead. oh, and will we be seeing more joshs mutant signing ability? i skipped last issue cause they kept on talking about his damn healing factor which i've been trying to ignore, only to later buy this issue and have him mention it to surge!!! :mad:

What telepath? I don't even know what you're talking about. Honestly, your little rants are pretty consistently the least pleasant aspect of answering posts here, but I had to reply because this one makes no sense. The story isn't over yet, and you're complaining about who we're using as a character without a) knowing who we actually used and b) knowing what power you're talking about.

As for Icarus, I have to say, if you're gonna skip issues because he mentions a power that he was shown to have in another book less than a year ago, but then gripe to me about powers Dani had six years ago, I think it's safe to say, do yourself the favor and drop the book.

i noticed in the beginning of new mutants, sofia was having trouble finding the correct english word sometimes, but then later when noriko arrives, she comments on how sofia speaks english well. was that something that was meant to be ongoing but then dropped (the trouble with english)?

One of our ongoing hiccups during production is that editors would "correct" Sofia's speech by adding contractions and making phrasing less stiff. But we were going for that on purpose to show she's still learning the language.

So the scene in Issue 1 was there to let the readers know to read Sofia's speech with an accent. We don't write phonetic accents - it looks silly to us, honestly, and inevitably seems insulting (having Sofia say "chu" instead of "you" or something equally offensive to latino readers, for example).

Once we put that scene in, the editors stopped "fixing" her dialogue, so it worked on that end at least.

But look over Sofia's speech again. While she rarely searches for the right word or says "how do you say..." anymore, she doesn't speak in contractions and her phrasing is often a little stiff.

Also, it dawned on my that Julian must be a crazy powerful TK, 'cause he was seen carrying all the hellions (minus jay). I remember when the x-men were fighting proteus and scott thought to himself how powerful jean was as phoenix 'cause she was carrying loads of x-men.

Julian IS a crazy powerful telekinetic.

That boy is the future. As he'll gladly tell anyone within range.

Quick question, After reading uncanny #444 again, I realised that Icarus' sister Melody is also meant to be attending the school. Is there any plans to use her?

Well, we left her alone because we didn't want to step on Chris Claremont's toes if he was developing her.

Do we have any plans for her? Not unless someone at Marvel asks us to use her. We'd rather let Chris define her powers and personality.

hey, this is my first time posting mostly cuz i've been too shy, but i jus wanted to say that this book is amazing and i was wondering what ur plan for Julian are... he's like one of my fav. characters :o

Don't be shy. I rarely bite - though some posters (see above) provoke slightly negative reactions from me, I try to keep it civil and most posters here do the same.

As for Julian - big plans. That's all I can say.

Just read the solicitation for #12. Apparently, the whole school is going to know about Josh and Rahne's relationship. Rahne probably would lose her job for that too. Please dont get rid of Wolfsbane!! She is one of my favorites and if you drop her out of the book, then chances are she is going into character limbo, and that would be a shame.

Limbo? It's a bit early to worry about limbo for Rahne. She's in two books. I know Madrox is done, but I'd put good money on it coming back in some form or another. That was a very good book.

I can't wait untill that issue!!!!! Not only will this effect Rahne's job at the school, but Josh and Laurie's realtionship will be ruined so she will go to either Kevin or Jay. Then if you do this right it will slowly brake up the team and it will end up as somebody leaving team (Hope its Laurie, if she has the right people she can become even stronger(Hellions).Thats what I think).

You've mapped this all out, haven't you?

Well, you're right on one thing. Upcoming events will shake up the team a great deal. But not in the way you think.

They'll be in bad shape before Issue 12.

You'll see. Heh heh.

My question is about the characters the Hellions they seem to me like an interesting group within the book and i like how you show their relationship with the New Mutants. Alot of people seem to like them more than David and his group, in alot of ways they remind me of the relationship between the Exiles and Weapon X. My question is it possible that you might do a story arc that stars the Hellions as the main characters for a change. I'm not saying I want them to take over the book or anything I just think it would be interesting to do a story where the New Mutants rivals take center stage, for the main story. The group already seems popular in fandom and their leader Julian ia already one of the most popular charcters in the book, plus now that the title is called New X-Men instead of New Mutants it would seem like an okay thing to do.

There are plans for the Hellions. But the New Mutants will remain the focus of New X-Men for the forseeable future.

What does Dust think of the other Hellions does she dislike them like Jay seemed to or is she just indifferent.

You will see Dust interact with the Hellions during the aforementioned "plans."

What did Julian do to Jay to make him dislike him so much, I mean I read Choosing Sides and while I can see why he Julians' abbrasive nature might rub him the wrong way I didn't really notice him doing anything that would warrent the hostility Jay seemed to have for him. From what I saw all Julian did was try to be his friend. His switching to the New Mutants side at the end really seemed forced to me. Especially when he found out what the Hellions were planning why didn't he go to the teachers with what he learned instead of going to a group of students he didn't even know only that they had a rivalry with Hellions.

Why did Jay not like Julian? Well, let's see...

Julian mocked Jay's choice of codename. And Jay chose it out of a sense of the pain he'd been through.

Julian tried to rope Jay into a basketball game without asking him, as a way of showing up students Jay had no problem with.

Julian withheld Cessily's clothing in a juvenile attempt to see her naked. Cessily may have let it go as just 'Julian being Julian' but Jay's a bit more of a gentleman.

Julian codenamed himself Hellion, making Jay a member of "Hellion and the Hellions."

Julian tried to pick a fight with the New Mutants and got angry when Jay decided not to take part in the fight.

And then the whole attacking the FBI thing.

As for why Jay went to the New Mutants... well, he went to Noriko, not to the whole squad. He knew her from the tour of the school in Issue 1, remember? Plus she's Sooraya's roomate, and he was worried about Sooraya. Plus, he had seen Sofia sign on to join the attack and thought Noriko might want to tell her teammates so they could keep her out of trouble.

Jay didn't want Sooraya to get in any trouble - that's why he didn't tell the teachers. And he figured the New Mutants would want the same for Sofia.

In one of the first interviews you gave about the title being changed to New X-Men you mentioned that the character Beak wouldn't be in the book becuase their were plans for him elswhere. Did that mean you had thought about using him and asked for permission. if so how would you have used him if you were given the chance.

No, we didn't ask about Beak. No offense to Beak fans, but I had no desire to write him. Honestly... he talked funny and I was afraid we could never do him justice and he wouldn't read like the same guy Morrison wrote about.

We were asked to work one of Grant's kids in, and we told them we wanted Dust and that we'd happily use the Cuckoos. We didn't want Beak or Angel. And that's when they said 'not to worry, Beak's in another book' which turned out to be Exiles.

When is this suppose to happen? And if it does happened will you use the people from the "Special Class"?

See above. Not supposed to happen. He was just extraploating from an answer we gave a ways back about Beak not being in the book.

Anyway, that's what I've got.

Beast

01-24-2005, 03:56 PM

No, we didn't ask about Beak. No offense to Beak fans, but I had no desire to write him. Honestly... he talked funny and I was afraid we could never do him justice and he wouldn't read like the same guy Morrison wrote about.
Poor Beak, so unloved. *Sheds a tear*

Even though you don't really like Beak, I do enjoy the book. It's one of my top books every month, and I look forward to what you have planned. :)

Nunzio DeFilippis

01-24-2005, 04:05 PM

Poor Beak, so unloved. *Sheds a tear*

Even though you don't really like Beak, I do enjoy the book. It's one of my top books every month, and I look forward to what you have planned. :)

It's not about disliking him, it's about not knowing how to write him well, and not wanting to so obviously not fill Grant's shoes by failing to capture a very 'Grant' character.

Beast

01-24-2005, 04:11 PM

It's not about disliking him, it's about not knowing how to write him well, and not wanting to so obviously not fill Grant's shoes by failing to capture a very 'Grant' character.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm just commenting because a lot of people don't seem to like the character all that much. And it's a darn shame, because I felt he was one of the few 'good' things to come out of Morrison's run. I'm just glad he's not fallen into limbo like Angel IV, Ernst, and Martha. And that Tony Bedard liked him well enough to actually use him in Exiles. Now if he'd actually do something with him, but that's not your problem.

Again, I wish continued success with 'New X-Men: Academy X' for both you and Christina. It's nice to see more books that don't follow the standard 'Superhero' formula. Which is why I like NX:AX and Excalibur so much. Just because they're so different than the other books out there on the market. :)

Lady Obie

01-24-2005, 04:59 PM

"Too Much Information" will give us a lot of insight into David - his fears, his ego (or lack thereof). It was a fun thing to write. Hope you like it.

I have a feeling I'm going to really like it :D

It was cool that you replied to that post. I figured with it just being some off-the-cuff comments it wouldn't require any kind of response on your or Christina's part so seeing that you did toss in a little reply was a very nice surprise :).

Corey Dreher

01-24-2005, 07:42 PM

I truly do love this sereis!!!!!!! I wasn't alive to go up with the X-men. But I was with the New Mutants.This book brings me back to the old days and makes me feel happy to read this book.

Will you use other teams to be the star of the book? I would love to see the Hellions. And I know me personly like other people want to see more of Jullian.

Keep up the great work!!!!!!

Flight

01-25-2005, 12:27 PM

Our Flight storyline has yet to take off, sorry. I love it you fiend!!!!!!

The Fury

01-25-2005, 12:50 PM

Well, we left her alone because we didn't want to step on Chris Claremont's toes if he was developing her.

Do we have any plans for her? Not unless someone at Marvel asks us to use her. We'd rather let Chris define her powers and personality.

Well, at least you thought about it, thanks for asnwering.

fishtaco

01-25-2005, 02:19 PM

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Corey Dreher

01-25-2005, 05:09 PM

stupid post

Corey Dreher

01-25-2005, 05:10 PM

Personally, I dont think that Claremont will do any work on Melody Guthrie for a long time. He's got his Hellfire Club story, and then a story in the Savage Land, and then a huge story about (spoiler): the return of Psylocke, Vargas, and probably Bogan/Shadow King.
Also, I found out who the ghost is. Im not going to say, but, ahhh!!! He/she was such a great character I hope he/she sticks around as a ghost, because I think he has a lot of potential.

Well if you didn't realize it you just wasted time putting "He/She' when at the end you say "He". So since you already gave us one hint, give us simple minded ones another one.

Corey Dreher

01-25-2005, 06:58 PM

You've mapped this all out, haven't you?

Well, you're right on one thing. Upcoming events will shake up the team a great deal. But not in the way you think.

They'll be in bad shape before Issue 12.

You'll see. Heh heh.

Too Much Infomation (excuss the pun) (And I was talking about what Nunizo told us in the Quote)

Stagier

01-25-2005, 09:59 PM

not only do i love this book, i love how the writers actually WRITE BACK. I appreciate people who give back to our snarky and sometimes bitter community.

fishtaco

01-26-2005, 06:25 AM

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Fede

01-26-2005, 01:19 PM

i already saw the preview for #10...i cant wait to get this!
for those who havent, heres the link:

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0501/26/marvelfirsts.htm

i love dani/emma conversation, specially the part in wich emma says that "knowledge that is not earned, that comes to easily, is far more likely to corrupt"

for all the people that dislike emma, because of her bitchy attitude, i can say that, at least shes the best at what she does: being teacher. :)

Hi-Fi

01-26-2005, 05:09 PM

Will the X-Men be in the prom in 13 or just the kids? I know that this is the new mutants book but i'd like to see the teachers interact more with each other.

Corey Dreher

01-26-2005, 06:04 PM

Will the X-Men be in the prom in 13 or just the kids? I know that this is the new mutants book but i'd like to see the teachers interact more with each other.

Where did you find the previews?

fishtaco

01-26-2005, 07:39 PM

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Stagier

01-26-2005, 09:09 PM

yeah i thought jeffrey was older too, can't believe he's a ghost, wonder what claremont thinks.
also now that kevin's overheard about rahne and josh, wonder who he's gonna rat them out too. is laurie's dad his councelor? 'cause that's messed up.

fishtaco

01-27-2005, 06:18 AM

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Lady Obie

01-27-2005, 07:05 AM

I agree! Based on those pages 10 does look like a real good read :).

And now we finally know what Laurie's father's name is ;).

Corey Dreher

01-27-2005, 03:49 PM

But I can't wait untill issue 10. I get to see my hopes be fullfilled by Emma (not the person I thought would do this but I love how the writers are making her!). And I can't wait till David shows off his real powers!

The_15th_Sven

01-27-2005, 04:13 PM

I also greatly enjoyed #9 and the #10 preview. I didn't realize it at the time, but i see how Kevin's shrink could be Lori's dad. I did realize that he didn't neccesarly have Kevin's best intrestes at heart.
Will the Jeffory(that's the ghost's name right?) become a regular charicter like Worlock(sp.?) did in NM Vol. 1?

DavidQ!

01-27-2005, 06:57 PM

jeffrey garrett from schism hmm not a bad idea.

Too bad ryan decided to take a brake seems more like a Mike ryan peice than anything else. But Garrett seems like 10 or 11, wasnt he like 13 in schism shouldnt he be like 14 or 15?

DavidQ!

01-27-2005, 07:03 PM

Question to nunzio or christina: Are you going to do something that would touch on what Joss Whedon did with Gifted in astonishing with regards to the cure? Seems like a interesting theme for a title.

fishtaco

01-28-2005, 08:55 AM

do the kids in Karma's class of code-names? Also, will Kitty's squad appear soon?

PaxHouse

01-28-2005, 02:09 PM

To either Mr. DeFilippis and/or Ms. Weir

I'm certain that you already know the latest info in regards to both the Excelsior Team within RUNAWAYS & the new POWER PACK Mini; therefore, here's the question that I'm asking.....

Is there a chance that any members of the NEW MUTANTS Team or the former ones {now teachers/advisors} will encounter some of the Power Pack {except Julie, of course..!! :p }...???

The reason that I ask is because of the numerous appearances of the original NEW MUTANTS made within POWER PACK's own series....

PaxHouse.

Corey Dreher

01-29-2005, 02:50 PM

Corey Dreher

01-31-2005, 01:36 PM

Corey Dreher

01-31-2005, 01:36 PM

Quick question, I love the characters, but I wanted to know if possible too like make more love conections. Too me this story is good in all but its missing this tension. Like in New X-men with Frank Quietly they had like alot of love going around. Same thing with Uncanny, and X-men. But like in the old New Mutants they had alot of love conections. So I was just wondering.
Quick question, I love the characters, but I wanted to know if possible too like make more love conections. Too me this story is good in all but its missing this tension. Like in New X-men with Frank Quietly they had like alot of love going around. Same thing with Uncanny, and X-men. But like in the old New Mutants they had alot of love conections. So I was just wondering.

I take that back. I dont want this to become like the mutant O.C or 90210 or something.

Nunzio DeFilippis

02-02-2005, 11:05 PM

Will you use other teams to be the star of the book? I would love to see the Hellions. And I know me personly like other people want to see more of Jullian.

The New Mutants will stay the focus of the book for the forseeable future, but the Hellions get plenty of story-time themselves. Plus, we hope to do a story about them specifically in the near future. Stay tuned.

i love dani/emma conversation, specially the part in wich emma says that "knowledge that is not earned, that comes to easily, is far more likely to corrupt"

for all the people that dislike emma, because of her bitchy attitude, i can say that, at least shes the best at what she does: being teacher. :)

Our take on Emma is that she's a very good teacher. And she also cares about the kids a lot. She just demands respect and has little patience for those who don't give it to her.

Will the X-Men be in the prom in 13 or just the kids? I know that this is the new mutants book but i'd like to see the teachers interact more with each other.

The school dance has been pushed back from 13 to 14. But it will focus mostly on the students (it is their dance, after all). Still, expect to see who at least one teacher brings as a date, and get an update on the whereabouts of another former New Mutant (former member of the team, not the squad).

just bought and read #9. I liked it a lot. Will Jeffrey Garret be featured reguarly? Also, I thought he was much older. 16, maybe.

Nah, he was drawn in Schism to be pretty young - at least as we saw it. We stuck with that.

Expect Jeffrey to play a role in Too Much Information, and make appearances down the line.

Will you be developing Jay's vocal power at all? I think it's pretty cool. Maybe it can develop into Banshee or Siryn's ability, or maybe Mystique's ability to mimic any voice.

We already are developing it. Before he came to our book, it was said his voice sounded like a chorus. We've given it the mimicry angle already (with the lock in the Danger Room sequence) and expect it to continue to grow in usefulness.

Another question. If there are six members to a squad, and there are three stepford cuckoos, then are there only three other members of the Corsairs, or are there 5 more?

The Cuckoos count as 3 members, not 1. So there they have 3 squadmates - the Porcupine Boy and Elf Girl who took the tour with Noriko and Jay in Issue 1, and a sixth (not-yet-developed) character.

yeah i thought jeffrey was older too, can't believe he's a ghost, wonder what claremont thinks.

We asked our editor to make sure Chris was cool with it before we did the story, and he told us Chris gave his blessing. We probably wouldn't have done it otherwise.

There was some back and forth when deciding on a ghost. We decided to do a Haunted House story first, then went a few rounds with editorial over who the ghost was.

Our first suggestion was Magik. We had a plot that would explain why she came back as a ghost now, after all this time, and proposed it two ways - one in which she was put to rest and the teachers got to say goodbye, the other in which she (like Jeffrey) got to hang around as a permanent ghost cast member.

This was shot down. Dead means dead, and they felt she had a good send-off.

We asked about Colossus, not being aware of what Joss was doing in Astonishing. That got a very quick "no" and another repeat of "dead means dead." Which is ironic, really.

Then we asked for Doug Ramsey. At which point they said "make it someone new."

We wanted to use the house's history a little, so we suggested a compromise. A character with very little backstory that new readers would need to catch up on. We proposed Jeffrey, because his teleportation power could explain why he was caught between life and death - he literally died when he was not all there.

Mike Marts asked Chris' permission to have Jeffrey be "killed" retroactively during Planet X, he gave it, and we were good to go.

We then set out to write it with him being put to rest, but came back to the idea we floated with Magik (of him sticking around) as we wrote the Noriko stuff. We liked having a 'kid brother' character for Nori, so we changed the ending.

also now that kevin's overheard about rahne and josh, wonder who he's gonna rat them out too. is laurie's dad his councelor? 'cause that's messed up.

I really can't answer either part of that. Kevin's heard the truth. You'll have to see how it plays from there.

As for Sean Garrison being Laurie's dad, that seems to be a popular theory. All I can say is that the answer to that will be revealed soon enough, as we are planning to use Laurie's family history as a story.

Question to nunzio or christina: Are you going to do something that would touch on what Joss Whedon did with Gifted in astonishing with regards to the cure? Seems like a interesting theme for a title.

It is an interesting theme for a title. But it was the theme for Astonishing's first arc, so we're reluctant to re-tell (or tell our take on) Joss' story.

We may explore some fallout from it in time. But we're not planning to make a major plotline out of it.

do the kids in Karma's class of code-names? Also, will Kitty's squad appear soon?

No codenames for the lower school. As Cyclops explained in Issue 2, only kids on training squads get codenames. These kids are too young for the squads.

As for Kitty's squad, we may use them in the background, because people seem to like Hisako and Blindfold (no Wing, it seems our chance to use him has passed). But we wouldn't use them in any real capacity, because they're in use in Joss' book, and we wouldn't want to contradict anything he does there or change his characters in any way.

I'm certain that you already know the latest info in regards to both the Excelsior Team within RUNAWAYS & the new POWER PACK Mini; therefore, here's the question that I'm asking.....

Is there a chance that any members of the NEW MUTANTS Team or the former ones {now teachers/advisors} will encounter some of the Power Pack {except Julie, of course..!! :p }...???

The reason that I ask is because of the numerous appearances of the original NEW MUTANTS made within POWER PACK's own series....

No planned appearances of Power Pack or any individual members in our book.

We had wanted to revive Power Pack ourselves, but Marvel went with someone else. We have no idea what his take on the book is, and would need to read more before we'd know if the books would be in a place (story-wise) to cross over.

That notwithstanding, we have quite a few stories mapped out already, and that's not one of them, unfortunately. Sorry.

Quick question, I love the characters, but I wanted to know if possible too like make more love conections. Too me this story is good in all but its missing this tension. Like in New X-men with Frank Quietly they had like alot of love going around. Same thing with Uncanny, and X-men. But like in the old New Mutants they had alot of love conections. So I was just wondering.

More love connections?

So this isn't enough: Cessily likes Kevin, who likes Laurie, who is dating Josh, who was having an affair with Rahne.

Sofia and Julian flirt all the time.

David has a crush on Dani, who was asked out by an FBI agent.

And people seem to have picked up hints of a Jay-Noriko vibe, of a Jay-Sooraya vibe, of a Sofia-David vibe, of a Jay-Laurie vibe, of a Noriko-David vibe, and even a Noriko-Sooraya vibe.

Are you sure you want more?

I take that back. I dont want this to become like the mutant O.C or 90210 or something.

Oops. I guess you weren't sure you wanted more. Never mind, then.

It's funny, but the people who dislike our book already accuse us of being 90210. And Wizard Magazine compared us to the OC a ways back.

Go figure.

Anyway, that's what I've got for you folks.