It could be argued that the pop culture that you absorb makes you who you are. That’s certainly true of the hosts of this show. After all, it’s a show about pop culture hosted by pop culture nerds. So obviously we got this way… somehow! But how? On today’s show Mav takes Hannah and Wayne…
Month: January 2024
GGW: Excalibur #124: “Someone”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Dale Eaglesham Inks: Scott Hanna Colours: Kevin Tinsely Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editing: Frank Pittarese & Jason White Original publication date: September 1998 A certain someone called Zack Jenkins, aka the cohost of the Battle of the Atom podcast, aka the former EiC of ComicsXF, aka the Bad Boy of…
e302. So, A.I. George Carlin… WHY?!?!?
We’ve done shows on AI before and our feelings on how it is being used in art and creative endeavors. We’ve tried to not just be reactionary and alarmist about it the way the cultural zeitgeist can tend to be. In fact, we’ve made it clear that there are some really good positive uses for…
GGW: Excalibur #123: “Lost and Found”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Trevor Scott Inks: Scott Hanna Colours: Kevin Tinsley Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editors: Frank Pittaresee Original publication date: August 1998 This week’s guest, writer, critic, and game designer Armaan Babu, helps us find the joy we’ve lost talking Excalibur #123, “Lost and Found,” featuring the extended Calvin Rankin cameo nobody…
Call for Comments: Kaiju A-Go-Go
From Wayne: If you’re a regular listener to our show you know that we talk about monsters. A lot. Somehow we have never done a show about giant monsters, or as they are known in fandom, from the Japanese, Kaiju(怪獣). This was prompted by seeing Godzilla: Minus 1 in the theaters last month. It was…
GGW: Excalibur #122: “The Search, Part 1”
Writer: Ben Raab on writing Pencils: Dale Eaglesham Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsely Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editing: Frank Pittarese Original publication date: July 1998 This week, we can’t do much better than mimic enjoying Excalibur #122, “The Search, Part 1,” but we’re fully focused on enjoying the company as we count down…
e300. The 2024 Box Office Draft
Somehow we’ve been making this show for 300 episodes! We can’t believe it either! And what better way to celebrate that than doing one of our very favorite regular episodes? It’s time for our annual Box Office Draft! But first we have to deal with the results of last year’s box office game. So, on…
GGW: Excalibur #121: “Friends Like These”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Andrew Pepoy Inks: Trevor Scott Colours: Kevin Tinsley Letters: Richard Starkings & Kiff Scholl Editors: Frank Pittaresee & Jason White Original publication date: June 1998 This week, our silly podcast about a seventh-tier X-Men comic from 30 years ago is more deeply embroiled in contemporary geopolitical events than it has any…
e299. Things You Missed in 2023!
Happy New Year! If you listen to podcasts which you must if you’re listening to this, then you probably know by now that they way people end a year in their podcasts is typically to do a “best of the year” in whatever field or genre that they happen to cover. You’ve probably listened to…