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quote: NEW X-MEN/MORRISON
The Shi-'ar Empire will show up in New X-Men soon and cause some real destruction.
He also wants to do something with Phoenix soon, describing it as almost the reverse of what Chris Claremont did…exploring what would happen if Jean really was a goddess.
"Scott is headed towards the most majestic nervous breakdown ever," said the writer.
On the White Queen, he said, "She' like a shark in a minnow tank. She's going to make a move on every male character for her own sick reasons, including Scott."
Her new power is she can turn to organic diamond, but when she does she loses all her compassion and empathy. She's terrified of Jean but acts tough around her because Jean's the only person who can really beat her.
The school will become the focus of everything in New X-Men.
"The concept of school was made by humans for human based on the 9 to 5 schedule that the industrial revolution put us in," said Morrison. "Mutants aren't humans, so why do they need to have a school in the human manner? Essentially the students are going to be allowed to run the school and we're going to see how they'll do it.
"This is the next wave, these are the people who will be making the next civilization. So Prof. X sees that as well, so the students are allowed to do what they want. Why limit them to humans laws and rules?"
Speaking of new characters, he said the new Angel is trailer trash who will be trouble… someone who goes into the surrounding towns and gets in trouble with boys.
"Prof X. will find himself having to deal with issues he's only seen on Jerry Springer," he said
A very powerful Chinese mutant who appears in the 2001 Annual will be in the school and perhaps on the team later.
And a Muslim character will be introduced and Morrison said she'll be very sexy because being a devote Muslim, all you'll be able to see is her eyes. Her power is that she's a like a human bomb.
Addressing the new costumes' "florescent-ness" Morrison said he dressed them to look like municipal workers. He reasoned everyone would ignore them because people would figure they're there to collect the garbage or dig a ditch, and that's why they have the big yellow florescent X's.
Morrison is halfway through the next Marvel Knights Marvel Boy series and he said his upcoming project with Chris Weston The Filth is coming in January, and he called it, "kind of a team book, but the most diseased book you've ever read"
Another new project, LeSexy will be out in the middle of next year. It's described as six issues of very black comedy. No artist has been assigned yet and he didn't name the publisher of that or The Filth.
Finally, asked if he'd ever get back to doing any artwork himself, Morrison said in jest to a big response, "Probably if Frank Quitely keeps this shit up".
He said he might do something next year if he gets time.
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