guest – Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

303 – No Simple Answers, feat. Laura Hudson

August 2, 2020 Jay 12 comments

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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:
- So Many of Us
- An overview of some of the Lobdell allegations and Jay’s response to 2013 discussion of same.

No visual companion to this one, for obvious reasons; see the links listed above.

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As Mentioned in Episode 274 – The Red Shoe Prophecies

November 24, 2019 Jay Leave a comment

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!

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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)

November 24, 2019 Jay 16 comments

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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

October 20, 2019 Jay 3 comments

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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!

269 – NYCC 2019 Sofa Special: Double Dactyl, feat. Seanan McGuire

October 20, 2019 Jay 16 comments

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In which Seanan and Jay break down their favorite X-Villains; technically everyone is always cosplaying Mystique; Magneto remains the gold standard; and we have some concerns about Eye Boy.

X-PLAINED:

Candy Corn, and our official stance thereon
Halloween candy economy
Which X-Character to dress as for your office Halloween party
X-Villains
What makes Magneto tick
Magneto as a Holocaust survivor
What makes a villain redeemable
Face turns
The last DDR machine in New York, and denizens thereof
An X-Villain musical
Mystique
How to make Daken work
Avengers as antagonists
Sinister’s goals
Bringing back Cameron Hodge
Meggan vs. Brexit
Heel turns

NEXT EPISODE: Stokes + Stokes!

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As Mentioned in Episode 261 – Out of the Subtext

August 25, 2019 Jay 2 comments

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Some real-life couples have waited more than 37 years to safely kiss in public.

Some never got the chance.

Some are still waiting.

Representation matters.

*History of the Marvel Universe* #3, published 37 years after Mystique and Destiny’s first on-panel appearance together.

261 – Out of the Subtext, Live from FlameCon with Vita Ayala!

August 25, 2019 Jay 6 comments

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In which we return to our favorite convention; writer Vita Ayala remains an absolute legend; everything was always already queer; and nobody should ever have to wait 37 years for a kiss.

NEXT EPISODE: Rise of the Phalanx!

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As Mentioned in Episode 250 – Minding the DNA, feat. Fabian Nicieza

June 2, 2019 Jay Leave a comment

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There’s no visual companion to this episode, but here’s some cool stuff we talked about!

Here’s Fabian on Twitter!
You can read Outrage here!
Special thanks to Shatterstarologist Charlie of The Young Ones for lending their X-Pertise to the cold open!

250 – Minding the DNA, feat. Fabian Nicieza

June 2, 2019 Jay 6 comments

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In which writer Fabian Nicieza joins us to talk ‘90s crossovers, narrative legacies, and what Adam X’s word balloons really sound like!

Special thanks to Shatterstarologist Charlie of The Young Ones for lending their X-Pertise to the cold open!

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As Mentioned in Episode 229 – Giant-Size Special #7

December 30, 2018 Jay 2 comments

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!

Surprisingly, not the worst trip either of them has been on. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #1)

Welcome to the future. Hope you survive the… y’know. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #1)

I kind of feel like most parents would be a little irritated if their kids did this. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #1)

Despite the cybernetics, this is definitely the closest li’l Nathan Christopher has ever looked to an actual human baby. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #1)

That is the face of a man who knows he will never, ever get to take a real vacation. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #1)

We see what you did, there. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #2)

Parents, amirite? (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #2)

It takes a certain degree of dedication to throw an orgy this boring. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #2)

That’s our Stryfe! (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #2)

Apocalypse’s future look. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #2)

Gene Ha is so good at weird cyborgs! (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #2)

“Also, where do babies come from?” (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #3)

I love the conceit that everyone in the future gives them shit for PDA. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #3)

OH, HEY, IT’S THE LEGACY VIRUS. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #3)

Quite literally face to face. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #3)

Nobody likes Stryfe. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #3)

And you thought puberty hit you hard. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #4)

Aw, Rachel. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #4)

“Also, I was thinking we could do brunch sometime. No? Too soon?” (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #4)

This dysfunctional fictional family is so damn important to me. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #4)

Clone Problems(TM). (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #4)

I mean, the first time aside from THE ENTIRETY OF THE LAST TWELVE YEARS. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #4)

I’m not crying. You’re crying. We’re both crying. Everyone is crying. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #4)

This comic, man. Right in the feels. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #4)

We don’t usually post pages that we also read, but we couldn’t in good conscience leave this one out. (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #4)

“Time to get a lot of guns and some snappy one-liners.” (The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #4)

NEXT EPISODE: Bring kleenex.

LINKS & FURTHER FESTIVITY:

David Wynne is awesome! Here’s where you can find him on the Internet:
- Tumblr
- Twitter
- David’s Comics:
- Josh & Jamie Do Daredevil
The Apocrypals pretty much do what we do, but for the bible!
The Fantasticast pretty much does what we do, but for the Fantastic Four!

Click through for Corbeau Awards and song lyrics!

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