e195. 34 Great Things You Missed in 2021!

2021 is over! It’s hard to believe that because in a lot of ways it still feels like it’s 2020. But somehow, a whole year went by nonetheless. And, since the year is done, it’s time that we do what every podcast does… a year in review! But, if you’ve been listening the last couple…

Excalibur #42: “A Hatch is Plotted”

Excalibur #42 “A Hatch is Plotted” Writer and pencils: Alan Davis Colours: Glynis Oliver Inks: Michael Heisler Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: October 1991 New Year, new era of Excalibur, as Alan Davis makes his triumphant return to the title he co-created to write and draw one of our all-time favourite breakfast scenes! But there’s…

e194. Dr. Golden Spies From V.O.X.P.O.P with Love

Spies may be one of the longest standing genres in pop culture. From James Bond to Maxwell Smart to Jason Bourne, spies have been ever present on the screen for as long as there has been motion picture cinema. They also have a steady presence in books and comics and other literature. And yet, the…

Holiday Special!

Holiday Special! The holidays are upon us, but GGW never rests. To celebrate the season and the first year(ish) of the podcast, we did a special video episode which you can watch below! (There’s also a good ol’ audio version, don’t worry!) We reflect on past issues and convos, including what we’ve learned and what…

e193. Cheesy Christmas Movies 3

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! If you’ve been listening to this show for a while then you know that the winter holidays mean that we celebrate a certain tradition on our show. Welcome to our annual cheesy Christmas movies special! Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, chances are you’ve seen the emergent genre that is…

Excalibur #41: “At Last… The Reunion!”

Excalibur #41 “At Last… The Reunion!” Writers: Scott Lobdell and Dana Moreshead Pencils: Dave Hoover Inks: Christopher Ivy and Harry Candelario  Colours: Glynis Oliver Mike Thomas  Letters: Bill Oakley  Editor: Terry Kavanagh  Original publication date: September 1991 In Excalibur #41, “At Last… The Reunion!” Nightcrawler and not-Wolverine have one on-panel conversation, which is all the excuse Anna,…

e192. How to Win Christmas & Influence People

Christmas traditions are huge part of popular culture. In fact, they’re such a huge part of popular culture that — despite the so-called war on Christmas — they pretty much infuse the western winter holidays regardless of your religion or beliefs. It’s the “holiday” season. But, no matter how secular we try to make things,…

Excalibur #40: “The Trial of Lockheed”

Excalibur #40 “The Trial of Lockheed” Writer: Scott Lobdell Pencils: Dave Hoover Inks: Harry Candelario and Tim Dzon Colours: Brad Vancata Letters: Bill Oakley Editor: Terry Kavanagh  Original publication date: August 1991 It’s time for a journey in rhyme/In spirit but static in time/Will Lockheed get back to his body/Before his rhyme schemes get too…

e191. Pop Culture Casserole

As we transition from the fall holidays through the winter ones we’ve noticed that there was a bunch of pop culture things have just fallen through the cracks. Like, really a WHOLE lot of them. And what do you do when you have a bunch of odds and ends left over from Thanksgiving that don’t…

CFC: Cards, Baking, Music, Shelf Elves & Other Holiday Traditions

From Katya: Sometimes I think being a scholar of culture boils down to constantly recognizing that, actually, it absolutely is that deep. Pretty much all the time. We were talking about seasonal cultural practices that we found interesting. Mav brought up sending Christmas cards as a tradition that made him feel like he was celebrating…