Some fandoms just claw their way into pop culture and steadily grow. Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot may have never been the largest pop culture figure, but he’s been in the zeitgeist for more than 100 years. While not as well known as Sherlock Holmes, he’s arguably just as important to the mystery genre and arguably…
Year: 2023
Excalibur -1: “A True and Terrible Sacrifice”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Casey Jones and Rob Haynes Inks: Nathan Massengill, Rob Haynes and Casey Jones Colours: Kevin Tinsely Letters: Richard Starkings and Comicraft Editor: Paul Tutrone Original publication date: July 1997 Welcome, to the “Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, Oh Wow! Podcast,” the podcast where we talk about the Marvel comics series Excalibur, and…
e284. Making the Band of Theseus
How many members of a musical band need to present to make the band the band. Is it different if a member dies than it is if a member simply quits or is kicked out? If a band splits exactly in two, are both halfs still the band or does one half become the band…
Call For Comments: So How About That Harley Quinn?
From Mav: So I want to talk about Harley Quinn. Why? Because I think she has a very interesting and near unique (maybe along with Deadpool) place in current superhero fandom. I’ve had this ongoing conversation with Wayne about the difficulty in creating major new comic characters for the Big Two (Marvel and DC) in…
e283. Is Josie and the Pussycats a Bad Movie?
A few weeks ago when we did our episode saying goodbye to Riverdale, Monica made Mav promise that we could do an episode watching and analyzing one of her favorite nostalgic films, Josie and the Pussycats, a 2001 movie drawn from the same IP as Riverdale was. Mav agreed and so here we are. Was…
Excalibur #109: “Dragon Moon Rising”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Salvador Larroca Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsely & Graphic Color Works Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft & Kiff Scholl Editors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original Publication date: May 1997 In the beginning, there were no scholarly books about superhero comics. And then there was Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology,…
e282. Misunderstood Pop Music Politics
A couple weeks ago the RNC presidential primary debates opened with a segment where each candidate got to explain why they best epitomized the conservative values for the real american laid out by Oliver Anthony’s country folk song “Rich Men North of Richmond”. They sounded like idiots, and even more so when Anthony himself released…
Excalibur #108: “The Old Ways”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Salvador LaroccaInks: Scott KoblishColours: Kevin Tinsely & Graphic Color WorksLetters: Richard Starkings & ComicraftEditors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original Publication date: April 1997 The streets are getting punchy and Kitty and Rahne are getting pretty in Excalibur #108, “The Old Ways,” co-starring Spiral and the Dragons of the Crimson Dawn and also Shamrock is…
Call For Comments: Politicians and Protest Songs
From Mav: If you know me at all, you probably know that I’m kind of a politics junkie. So, that means that among other things I tortured myself by watching the Republican Presidential Primary debate last week. It was… kind of a train wreck. And for the most part it wasn’t even really a very…
e281. Saying Goodbye to Riverdale, the Best Show on Television
Riverdale has been a constant for this podcast since almost the very beginning. We devoted our sixth episode to talking about it. Calling it “the best show on television” has become a long running joke in the DNA of our show. However, last week, the CW aired the final episode of Riverdale, closing the door…