Excalibur #107 “Focus” 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: March 1997 This week, we’re focusing on the formal techniques of our new regular penciler, the artist formally known…
Year: 2023
e280. The VoxPopcast Protagonist Movie Calendar Playlist Game
We watch a lot of movies. Like really a lot of movies. Similarly, our friends over at the Protagonist Podcast watch a lot of movies. How many? Really a lot! Maybe more than anyone should ever watch in a year? But what if you DID want to watch all of them in a year? in…
Excalibur #106: “A Portrait of the Artist”
Excalibur #106 “A Portrait of the Artist” Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Casey Jones, Randy Green, Rob Haynes & Aaron Lopresti Inks: Jason Martin, Rob Haynes, Rick Ketcham, Rachel Pinnock, Aaron Lopresti, Tom Simmons & Casey Jones Colours: Ariane Lenshoek & Malibu Color on colours Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original…
Call For Comments: The End of The Greatest Show on Television
From Mav: In a way, the CW’s Riverdale is sort of ingrained in the DNA of this podcast. We talked about it at length on the sixth episode and it has been a constant refrain that I have returned to ever since. I say “I”… not we… because the truth is, everyone else has bailed…
e279. Is Sucker Punch a Bad Movie?
So the truth is, when we do our “is ____ a bad movie?” episodes, we expect that the listeners are going to be predisposed to say “yes, obviously it sucks. No one cares about that garbage movie” and we are attempting to do kind of a reparative reading of it. That’s what we were expecting…
Call for Comments: Is Sucker Punch really a bad movie?
“To be frank, the people I’ve run across who’ve come to me and said ‘Sucker Punch is my favorite movie’ are normally angsty teenage girls.” -Zack Snyder, 2023 From Monica: In 2011, I was a deeply depressed femme goth who was assaulted by a man, subsequently realized I was gay, tried coming out, and was…
e278. Hollywood is on Strike! (But, what does that mean?)
If you’re a fan of current American popular culture it’s pretty much impossible to not know that Hollywood is on strike right now. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been on strike since May 2, 2023 with the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) joining them on July…
Excalibur #105: “Hard Truths”
Excalibur #105 “Hard Truths” Writers: Keith Giffen & John Arcudi Pencils: Bryan Hitch Inks: Paul Neary, Robin Riggs & Bryan Hitch Colours: Ariane Lenshoek & Malibu Color Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editing: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original publication date: January 1997 This week, Douglock’s sure he doesn’t love sausage but Kitty’s sure Doug…