Excalibur #73: “Memories Are Made of This”

Excalibur #73 “Memories Are Made of This” Writer: Richard Ashford Pencils: Terry Shoemaker Inks: Randy Elliott Colours: Pat Garrahy & Chris Matthys Letters: Pat Brosseau  Editor: Suzanne Gaffney Original publication date: January 1994 We have always lived in the ‘90s. Or so it seems, when we’re this Ken-and-Barbie-doll-crotch deep in strange and violent and occasionally…

Call For Comments: Do We Need To Talk About Kanye?

From Mav: A few days ago, friend of the show (and host of the Handsome Genius Club Radio Show) Kingdom James texted me asking if I wanted to do a crossover episode where we talk about Kanye West’s recent nonsense. So I sat down to write it, but wasn’t feeling quite inspired, so I figured…

e235. Is Jennifer’s Body a bad movie?

A couple of weeks ago we looked over the film Under the Cherry Moon to prove that it was a good movie. Mav got Monica to watch the film and agree that there’s far more to it than its reputation. Now it’s Monica’s turn to suggest a movie for the same treatment and in the…

Excalibur #72: “Oohhh…Siena!”

Excalibur #72 “Oohhh…Siena!” Writing: Richard Ashford Pencils: Ken Lashley Inks: Randy Elliott and Cam Smith Colours: Pat Garrahy and Chris Matthys Letters: Pat Brousseau Editors: Suzanne Gaffney Original publication date: December 1993 Your regular Upstarts are joined this week by Dr. Hailey “Stone Cold” Austin to talk about good and bad buts/butts in the totally radical…

e234. Games4SocialImpact

On this week’s show we’re doing something a little different. As part of Mav’s new job he was asked if he was asked to volunteer as a faculty advisor and judge for the University of Pittsburgh’s Games4SocialImpact event this last weekend. Games4SocialImpact is a 2-day student game jam design competition based around the idea of…

Excalibur #71: “Crossing Swords”

Excalibur #71 “Crossing Swords” Writer: Scott Lobdell Pencils: Ken Lashley, Darrick Robertson, and Matthew Ryan Inks: Cam Smith, Randy Elliott, Randy Emberlin, and Mark Nelson Colours: Joe Rosas on colours Letters: Bill Oakley, Pat Brosseau, and Dave Sharpe Editors: Suzanne Gaffney and Bob Harras on editing. Original publication date: November 1993 For better or worse…

e233. Is Under the Cherry Moon a bad movie?

Have you ever had a favorite movie, that you’ve loved since childhood and then all of a sudden as an adult you discover that other people don’t like that movie? In fact, it seems MOST people don’t like that movie. And then you question yourself. Is the movie any good? Have you been deluding yourself…

Excalibur #70: “Crime and Punishment”

Excalibur #70 “Crime and Punishment” Writing and pencils: Scott Lobdell and Richard Ashford Pencils: Ken Lashley Inks: Don Hudson, Rick Parker, Agop Gemdjian, and Danny Taverna Colours: Steve Buccellato Letterers: Lois Buhalis Editors: Bob Harras and Suzanne Gaffney Original publication date: October 1993 For the crime of podcasting about Excalibur for 126+ weeks, we’re being punished with reading one more issue about kissing Cerise goodbye……

e232. Paige v. Ariana: The Right to be Sexy on the Internet

A couple weeks ago, a story broke about a young woman named Paige Niemann turning 18 years old and starting an OnlyFans account. By all rights this shouldn’t be notable to our show at all. Sometimes models have OnlyFans accounts. However, Paige is notable because she has made a name for herself the last few…

Excalibur #69: “Blight and Fog”

Excalibur #69 “Blight & Fog” Writer: Evan Skolnik Pencils and colours: Steve Buccellato Inks: Don Hudson Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Editors: Bob Harras and Suzanne Gaffney Original publication date: September 1993 A sexy little number can’t save Excalibur #69, “Blight and Fog,” from living up to its title. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun…