Three weeks ago, Kanye West decided to premiere a line of White Lives Matter t-shirts at Paris Fashion Week… and somehow with that at the starting point pretty much every day since he has somehow managed to become MORE racist and problematic. And so, in the last few weeks, Kanye has continued a persistent stream…
Author: Christopher "Mav" Maverick
A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. Chris Maverick, drifter searching to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have…
Excalibur #74: “In the Name of Love”
Excalibur #74 “In the Name of Love” Writer: Richard Ashford Pencils: Ian Churchill Inks: Cam Smith, Harry Candelario & Randy Elliott, Colours: Pat Garrahy & Chris Matthys Letters: Pat Brousseau Editors: Suzanne Gaffney & Bob Harras Original publication date: February 1994 tn-skin=7″> We’re not always in love with 90s superhero art but we are in…
Call For Comments: Doctor Who – It’s Bigger on the Inside!
“Time and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live.”– Dimitri Marianoff, Einstein: An Intimate Study of a Great Man From Wayne: I came to Doctor Who fandom fairly late, which, considering my hobbies and interests, is strange. Even so, I feel like I have always been aware of…
e236. Is The Rocky Horror Picture Show a Bad Movie?
If you’ve been following the show the last several weeks then you know we’ve started a series where we have been looking at some of our favorite controversial movies and trying to convince you of the value of them as great films. It’s also October, so we wanted to get some Halloween content in for…
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…
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…