Fall may be the weirdest season for pop culture. Think about it, we have celebrations based around the winter holidays… not just Christmas… but the whole season is just full of movies and media celebrating the very concept of winter. Summer is much the same. We have summer blockbusters and beach reads. We have the…
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Excalibur #114: “For the One I Love”
Writer: Ben Raab Penciler: Pete Woods Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsley Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft & Kiff Scholl Editors: Kelly Corvese & Jason White Original publication date: November 1997 Pete Wisdom is a right bastard in Excalibur #114, “For the One I Love.” But that’s good news for returning guest Dr. Keith Friedlander,…
e289. Superman in Cleveland
Did you know it’s Superman’s 85th Anniversary? You might have. Did you know that he was created in Cleveland? Maybe. And if you didn’t know these things, well, it is and he was. And in celebration, the city of Cleveland has been running a series of events for the last several weeks which led up…
Excalibur #113: “Faith”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Pete Woods Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsley Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft & Kiff Scholl Editors: Matt Idelson, Kelly Corvese & Jason White Original publication date: October 1997 This week, we’re definitely not making Bove/Bova puns as returning guest, comics scholar Bryan Bove, joins us to wonder why we’re in…
Excalibur #112: “Survival”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Pete Woods Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsely Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original Publication date: August 1997 This week, Pete and Kurt get clubby and Colossus and Meggan get chilly as we all try to survive Excalibur #112, “Survival,” in which Meggan forgets she…
e287. We Made This! Why We Love DIY!
Do you like to knit? Paint? Build stuff? Sew? Bake? Garden? Work on your own car? Maybe you don’t do any of those things, but chances are you have some kind of craft type thing that you enjoy which frankly, you could probably pay someone to do, but really you just enjoy doing it yourself.…
Excalibur #111: “Broken Vows”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Rob Stotz Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsely Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original Publication date: August 1997 This week, we’re still in Hong Kong, doing dinner and drinking in between crying in the rain and throwing emotional and physical knives at our friends in Excalibur…
e286. The Legend of Harley Quinn
On last week’s episode, we delved into the world of classic literary character Hercule Poirot and his cultural significance across multiple iterations. This week, we go in the exact opposite direction. Recorded at the exact same time as last week’s show, Wayne and Mav are joined by returning guest Andrew Deman and first time guest,…
Excalibur #110: “Hearts Bled Crimson”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Salvador Larocca Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsely & Graphic Color Works Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original Publication date: June 1997 We’re back spending probably too much time and effort unpacking Salvador Larocca’s choices which are sometimes weird but definitely choices in Excalibur #110,…