Excalibur Annual #1 “Black Magic” Writer: Evan Skolnic Pencils: Chris Marrinan & Audwynn Newman Inks: Mark McKenna, Danny Bulanadi & Keith Williams Colours: Dana Moreshead & Mike Thomas Letters: Janice Chiang Editors: Terry Kavanagh & Susan Gaffney “Honey is Money” Writer: Joey Cavalieri Pencils: David Boller Inks: Kevin Conrad Colours: Gylnis Oliver Letters: Richard Starkings Original…
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…
e226. So… uh… what is a Dissertation? (and why would you do one?)
When we started our little psuedo-academic pop-culture analysis podcast with drinking and swearing, we had a few requirements. One of those was that the show would be smart and would celebrate academia but wouldn’t be overly hung up on it. We specifically didn’t want to be an academic show. And we didn’t want to be…
Excalibur #65, “White Lies, Dark Truths”
Excalibur #65 “White Lies, Dark Truths” Writing and pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Mark Farmer Colours: Gylnis Oliver Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: May 1993 Some truths are dark and many lies are white in the not-aptly-named Excalibur #65, “White Lies, Dark Truths.” We talk about that plus KISSING with scholar, educator,…
Call for Comments: Mr. Sandman Bring Me a Dream
From Mav: Well, today is the day that I don’t think I ever believed would happen. There’s a Sandman TV series premiering on Netflix. It’s not that I’m surprised that there COULD be a Sandman TV series or even that someone would want there to be a Sandman TV series. Quite the contrary, it seems…
e225. Can We Talk About Climate Change?
If you line in the United States and follow political news you might have noticed something crazy last week. The Democrats kind of… did something! In fact, they did something potentially huge. On Thursday, July 28th, essentially out of nowhere, senators Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer announced that they had come to terms on what…
Excalibur #64: “Ascension”
Excalibur #64 “Ascension” Writing and pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Mark Farmer Colours: Gylnis Oliver Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Editor: Terry Kavanagh and Mark Powers Original publication date: April 1993 Fresh off winning a freakin’ award, your very genetically stable team of comics scientists is back! Talking superheroes and science and why mutants are like vaccines in…
e224. A Filler Episode on Filler Episodes
One of the most important things about academia is being in conversation with other academics. That is to say that the way knowledge happens is one scholar says something and then another scholar builds on it and so on and so on. About a week ago, our friends over at the Protagonist Podcast did an…
Excalibur #63: “Denial”
Excalibur #63 “Denial” Writing and pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Mark Farmer Colours: Gylnis Oliver Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: March 1993 Don’t let the cool Kylun cover fool you—Excalibur #63, “Denial,” is in denial about being about Kylun because it’s clearly a Nightcrawler comic, in which Kurt Wagner superfan Alan Davis…
Call For Comments: Fill-in and Bottle episodes
From Mav: I was recently listening to our friends over at the Protagonist Podcast and they gave us a shout out of sorts. They mentioned that a great idea for a podcast episode might be to spend a show talking about fill-in and bottle episodes. Then, Joe mentioned that maybe instead of doing the show…
e223. The Cultural Impact of Ms. Marvel on Disney+
This Wednesday saw the season finale of Ms. Marvel on Disney+, a show that we have been thoroughly enjoying. However, there’s been a weird bit of reaction to Ms. Marvel and the MCU in general as of late. While the critical reviews of Ms. Marvel are overwhelmingly positive (it currently sits at a 98% on…