It’s been a while since we devoted a whole episode to one TV show. We’ve done it with a couple of the Marvel shows as well as stuff like Game of Thrones and Watchmen. We did a show on the Queen’s Gambit, and we loved Bridgerton enough to do TWO episodes on it. We talked…
Month: August 2021
Excalibur #26: “The Times They Are A-Changin’”
Excalibur #26 “The Times They Are A-Changin’” Writer: Michael Higgins Pencils: Ron Lim Inks: Joe Rubenstein Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Agustin Mas Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: August 1990 In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew recruit author Darby Harn to help them make sense of some less-than-stellar storytelling in Excalibur #26, “The Times They Are A-Changin’.” It’s…
Excalibur #25: “Guess Who’s Coming for Phoenix?”
Excalibur #25 “Guess Who’s Coming for Phoenix?” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Chris Wozniak Inks: Al Milgrom Colours: Paty Cockrum Letters: Rick Parker Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: August 1990 The Cross-Time Caper is still over… or is it? Resolution careens into crisis into conversations about both as Anna, Mav, and Andrew welcome author and critic Steve Sellers of Omen…
e175. Game Studies: Ludology vs. Narratology
We don’t talk about games as much as we should on this show, but arguably they’re one of the most enduring mediums of popular culture. They’re certainly one of the most popular. There’s much comparison of modern video games to movies. This makes sense… if we want people to consider games to be a legitimate…
Excalibur #24: “Tempting Fates”
Excalibur #24 “Tempting Fates” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Paul Neary Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: July 1990 Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by professor, poet, literary and cultural critic, and friend-to-all-mutants Dr. Stephanie Burt to celebrate the not-so-epic conclusion of the Cross-Time Caper, plus Kitty…
CFC: Pop vs. Public History — Why Do We Love Nonfiction?
From Monica: I want to talk about Seabiscuit. Being an archetypal precocious horse girl, at age 9 Laura Hillenbrand’s Seabiscuit (1999) was the first nonfiction book I remember reading. It was the first time I was conscious of the popular weight attributed to the New York Times bestseller list, and for once my childhood interests…
e174. The Arthurian Roundtable Roundtable
We live in an era of constant reboots and updates to well known IP franchises. People (including us) like to complain about it, but honestly, well known franchises do very well at the box office… otherwise people wouldn’t keep doing it. But of all the superheroes, transformers, terminators and star wars that keep coming back…
Excalibur #23: “Here Comes the Judge”
Excalibur #23 “Here Comes the Judge” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Alan Davis Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Tom Orzechowski and Kevin Cunningham Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: June 1990 Here comes the Judge Dredd homage you’ve been waiting for, with Scott Weatherly, editor of the recent anthology Judging Dredd, joining Anna, Mav, and Andrew to talk all…