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LINKS & FURTHER READING:
- Follow Connor on Twitter
- Cerebro
- The essay Connor referenced, which introduces the idea of reading like a prosecutor.
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367 – Jay and Connor X-Plain X-Casting
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In which Jay and guest X-Pert Connor Goldsmith explore approaches to podcasting about X-Men; difficult characters; costume preferences; our mutual mistrust of horses; owning our perspectives; and good on-ramps.
X-PLAINED:
- The ghost of Madelyne Pryor
- Cerebro (podcast)
- Good Selene stories
- Potential vs. payoff
- Costume opinions
- Fashion in comics
- Horse problems
- The Maple Hill Farm books
- Science vs. magic
- Learning to love X-Force
- Speaking ~as~ vs. speaking ~for~
- The (fairly uncomplicated) ethics of liking things
- Reading as a prosecutor
- Catching up to the modern X-Men
- Critical perspective
NEXT EPISODE: Generation X
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BONUS: Jay, Miles, and Jonathan Hickman Spoil the Hell out of Inferno
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Inferno #4 is out; and, as promised, we’ve got a bonus interview with Jonathan Hickman–unedited this time, so please forgive the audio–going into the gory details of the miniseries and its finale! (Again, spoiler warning–we can’t emphasize this enough–we spoil Inferno, including its ending, real hard. Listen at your own risk.)
As Mentioned in Episode 358 – Giant-Size Special #10
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I’d have picked this off the rack for its title treatment alone. (Daydreamers #1)
Skrull or Green Goblin? You be the judge! (Daydreamers #1)
(No fingernails were used in the construction of this possibly-imaginary boat.) (Daydreamers #1)
Damnit. (Daydreamers #1)
The first sign (heh) of the direction this universe is headed… (Daydreamers #2)
A passel of unlicensed guest stars. (Daydreamers #2)
WHAT THE DUCK?! (Daydreamers #2)
Howard’s idyllic not-actually family. (Daydreamers #3)
It’s weird, right? (Daydreamers #3)
Ouch. (Daydreamers #3)
This whole sequence is both very creepy and very sad. (Daydreamers #3)
Franklin deals with grief. (Daydreamers #3)
LINKS & FURTHER DUCKERY
358 – Giant-Size Special #10
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In which Hub & Lisa X-Plain Howard the Duck; Jay & Miles X-Plain Daydreamers; and Jonathan Hickman X-Plains his tenure on the X-line!
X-PLAINED:
- The many lives of Moira MacTaggert
- Feral moppets
- Man-Thing and several characters who closely resemble Man-Thing
- Howard the Duck
- At least one Nexus of All Reality
- Duck sex
- Daydreamers #1-3
- Never-Never Narnozbia
- Tana Nile
- A shadowy hunter and his ship of empty souls
- A reasonably good Dr. Seuss riff
- Duckworld, or an appealing facsimile thereof
- H.E.R.B.I.E.
- Jonathan Hickman on X-Men
- The 7th Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence
(Note: Our interview with Jonathan Hickman contains spoilers for September 2021’s Inferno #1!)
NEXT EPISODE: Excalibur!
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345 – All of the Marvels (feat. Douglas Wolk)
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In which author and friend of the podcast Douglas Wolk joins us to discuss his upcoming book All of the Marvels; his epic quest to read all Marvel Comics, ever; and what he learned along the way.
LINKS!
- Preorder All of the Marvels from Books With Pictures via this form!
- Listen to Voice of Latveria!
- Follow Douglas on Twitter!
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303 – No Simple Answers, feat. Laura Hudson
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In which writer and editor Laura Hudson joins us as we take a break from X-Men comics to discuss the complicated ethics of consuming and covering comics by creators we’re not comfortable promoting.
LINKS:
- Read more of Laura’s work!
- We were going to discuss this very germane Orwell essay but ran out of time.
- CW: Description and discussion of abuse and harassment:
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As Mentioned in Episode 274 – The Red Shoe Prophecies
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LINKS & FURTHER RECORDINGS:
- Read Chris Eddleman and Robert Secundus’s X-Annotations at Xavier Files and Polygon!
- Follow Chris on Twitter here!
- Listen to Chrises on Infinite Earths…
- …and follow them on Twitter!
274 – The Red Shoe Prophecies (feat. Chris Eddleman)
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In which Chris Eddleman joins us for a close look at House of X and Powers of X; Doug Ramsey is highly relevant; resurrection is problematic in a universe with a documented afterlife; there is no reasonable in-continuity justification for the lack of trans Marvel characters; and your OT3 is canon.
X-PLAINED:
- The Phalanx (more) (again) (retconned)
- House of X
- Powers of X
- Krakoa (more) (again) (retconned)
- Moira MacTaggert (retconned)
- Bar Sinister
- Sinister Secrets
- Portentous red shoes
- The Man-Machine Ascendancy
- Chimeras
- North
- Cardinal
- Rasputin
- Homo Novissima
- Transhumanism in the Marvel Universe
- The metaphysics of Krakoan resurrection
- The Five
- The true nature of Goldballs’ powers
- Trans representation and its absence
- Retroactive foreshadowing
NEXT EPISODE: Still not quite Generation X
CORRECTION: The story Jay referred to as “Everything Burns” is in fact titled “Time Runs Out,” although a good many things do burn over its course.
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As Mentioned in Episode 269 – Double Dactyl
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LINKS & FURTHER VILLAINY
- See Jay’s Halloween 2013 Quentin Quire costume.
- We never miss an opportunity to link to Sigrid Ellis’s excellent essay, “Kitty Queer”!
- Support the Bish & Jubez Kickstarter for a collected edition of one of our favorite fanworks!
SEANAN MCGUIRE IS COOL AS HELL
- Hear her talk Emma Frost in last year’s NYCC Sofa Special, and story and legacy in our ECCC 2019 live episode!
- Here’s her website!
- You can also follow her on Twitter and Tumblr!