Somethings are inevitable and predictable. Water is wet, gravity pulls us down, and this show was going to have to talk about WandaVision. That was clear even before the series premiered. However, we didn’t know just how big a cultural phenomenon it would become. Who could have expected while reading the 1982 Bill Mantlo comic…
Year: 2021
Excalibur #2: “A Warwolf Possessed”
Excalibur #2 “A Warwolf Possessed” Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Alan Davis Inker: Paul Neary Colourist: Glynis Oliver Letterer: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Terry Kavanagh Publication date: November 1988 In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew discuss Excalibur #2, “A Warwolf Possessed.” Topics include how comics communicate agency within sexualization, the politics of retributive justice within fantasy…
Call for Comments: Gaming in the time of COVID
From Hannah: Fairly early into the pandemic last year, it felt like almost everyone was playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons. (We actually did an entire episode on the relationship between cozy games and what was going on it the world.) In fact, the Nintendo Switch felt impossible to find for most of 2020. And the…
Call for Comments: Just WTF is Ergodic Literature?
From Wayne: So there’s this idea I’ve been trying to wrap my head around, both as a writer and a scholar. A while back a friend of my posted about his reactions to the Netflix series The OA, and referred to it as an example of ‟ergodic storytelling.” If you’re like me, your reaction right…
e151. Yet More Bridgerton! and other good things
A few weeks ago when we did our Bridgerton recap show we found ourselves with way more to talk about than we could possibly fit in a single episode. That happens a lot, really. And as we often do, we said back then that we’d have to do another episode and discuss more Bridgerton. Well,…
Excalibur #1: “Warwolves of London”
Excalibur #1 “Warwolves of London” Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Alan Davis Inker: Paul Neary Colourist: Glynis Oliver Letterer: Tom Orzechowski Editors: Ann Nocenti and Terry Kavanagh Publication date: October 1988 In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew discuss Excalibur #1, “Warwolves of London.” Topics include Excalibur’s sophisticated (maybe even postmodern!) pacing, its revolutionary genre-bending, its playfully mature sexuality,…
Call For Comments: So what should we say about WandaVision?
From Mav: So obviously, we’re going to talk about WandaVision on Disney+ after the finale next week. We’ve mentioned it in passing a couple times, but not really deep dove into it. If you’ve heard our previous recap shows on movies like Avengers: Endgame, Star Wars and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as TV shows…
e150. Sexy Cartoons: You Know… for the Kids!
Have you ever noticed how sexy cartoons are? On last week’s Valentines Day show we talked about sexuality in superhero comics and other media. In that case we were largely talking about the kinds of media that really is targeted at adults or at least teens. Comics that are clearly trying to tackle sexual issues,…
Introducing the GoshGollyWow Podcast
On recent episodes of our show, Mav has mentioned that he would soon be starting a new podcast with friends of the show Andrew Deman and Anna Peppard. Well, soon is today! And so we happily present The Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, Oh Wow! Podcast! (or GoshGollyWow for short)! GoshGollyWow is an extension of both…
Episode 0: Origins & “The Sword is Drawn”
Excalibur Special Edition #1 “The Sword is Drawn” Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Alan Davis Inker: Paul Neary and Mark Farmer Colourist: Glynis Oliver Letterer: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Ann Nocenti Original publication date: April 1988 In this mega-sized debut, the regular team—Anna, Mav, and Andrew—explore the origins of Excalibur in Marvel UK, the X-Men franchise, and Excalibur:…