Mutants Are "Natural Resources" In Wood's "Ultimate Comics X-Men"

[CBR News]

"Ultimate Comics X-Men" writer Brian Wood discusses his and artist Mahmud Asrar's upcoming "Natural Resources" arc where shadowy forces in the U.S. government target the new mutant homeland of Utopia.


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[Balfro]

Brian Wood on writing Ultimate X-Men:

[santino27]

Wood missed the chance to reprise my favorite interview answer...

Artist Olivier Coipel is drawing Sublime and the other characters in your story. What do you feel be brings to the book as an artist?

Shitloads of talent?

(source: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=43317)

Really loving Wood's work on this title. I feel like the Ultimate U is finally fulfilling its promise as being different from 616.

[Drz]

In March, you kick off a new arc titled "Natural Resources." What exactly is it about?

The mutants are privatized by the government. Literally, they are declared a resource and property and are denied their human rights. An attempt is made to round them up and, presumably, create things like the sentient seed as a government program. Very similar to the way a government may privatize an oil company. They figure, we made mutants, so we own them. The US needs to rebuild itself, and fast, following "Divided We Fall." They need to regain their world superpower status. That's about all I can tease up-front. We'll also see some progress on the Mach Two storyline, and some answers to the questions readers have about Psylocke.

I'm in love.

[Maestro]

I liked the art. It looks a lot like Coipel's style. He should fill-in for Coipel on the upcoming X-Men book by Brian Wood

[sage6paths]

Am I the only one see this whole storyline shaping up to show that Kitty will become a villian? Maybe she doesn't even know that she is a villian.

[LJ-90]

Well, I've dealt with Johnny as much as I plan on dealing with him, so that's set.

That makes me sad, I miss him. Everything else sounds great though, and the art looks fenomenal. Can't wait to read it.

[sage6paths]

That makes me sad, I miss him. Everything else sounds great though, and the art looks fenomenal. Can't wait to read it.

Yah I was sad about that too. I just hope that he goes into a new Ultimate fantastic four book.

[Balfro]

Yah I was sad about that too. I just hope that he goes into a new Ultimate fantastic four book.

Or at least makes appearances here and there. I'd like to see him interact with Miles since he and Peter were such good friends.

[Imraith Nimphais]

DC fired him? (I did not know he was slated to work at DC) Oh well, that was so very stupid of them.
But so very lucky and wonderful for me. (Because: 1. I do not read anything in the Super-family, *blech* 2: Storm is my absolute favourite Marvel character).

[harashkupo]

The mutants are privatized by the government. Literally, they are declared a resource and property and are denied their human rights.

That sounds like an awesome story line but where's capt. america in all this? I really can't see him agreeing to something like that.

[DevilMayhem666]

That image of Mach 2 screams PMSing.

[Froggy]

Am I the only one see this whole storyline shaping up to show that Kitty will become a villian? Maybe she doesn't even know that she is a villian.

naw, kitty is going to go in HERO MODE

i'm worried about Nomi's crew and what Jean/Karen is gonna do

[wyokid]

Brian Wood on writing Ultimate X-Men:

Is that Robert Kirkman? O_o

[Balfro]

Is that Robert Kirkman? O_o

OMG IT IS!!!