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…

Excalibur #39: “The Heart of the Matter”

Excalibur #39 “The Heart of the Matter” Writer: Scott Lobdell Pencils and Inks: Mark Badger Colours: Brad Vancata Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Editor: Terry Kavanagh  Original publication date: July 1991 This week, Anna, Mav, and Andrew are positively giddy about closing out “The Promethium Exchange,” chatting Excalibur #39, “The Heart of the Matter,” with editor, critic, and scholar Andrea…

e190. Pour Some Sexy On It!

Ever since the advent of movies enterprising humans have asked that age-old important question “how can we use this for sex?” That’s not hyperbole; the modern motion picture dates back to 1893, and erotic films like Le coucher de la mariée (aka The Bride’s Bedtime) were being produced in wide release as early as 1896.…

Excalibur #38: “Out on a Limbo”

Excalibur #38 “Out on a Limbo” Writer: Scott Lobdell Pencils and inks: Mark Badger Colours: Brad Vancata Letters: Spike Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: June 1991 Join Anna, Mav, and Andrew plus special guest Lisa, Nocturne’s BFF and co-host of the Nightcrawler-centric Simply Amazing podcast, to talk Kurt/Wanda, Wanda/Vision, histories of fandom, Wolverine & the X-Men, Nightscrawlers, Talia…