Excalibur #18 “Wild Wild Wheels” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Dennis Jensen Inks: Dan Adkins Colours: Mike Rockwitz and Brad Vancata Letters: Jade Moede Editing: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: January 1990 In this episode, manga scholar Dr. Mimi Okabe steers Anna, Mav, and Andrew through the mecha/shōjo/shōnen (?) inspired Excalibur #18, “Wild Wild Wheels!” Featuring cars, cars, and…
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…
e168. Time to Stop Wearing Underwear on the Outside
Have you ever noticed how infrequently superheroes in most superhero TV shows and movies actually wear their superhero costumes? It makes sense when you think about it. Superhero costumes are actually kind of silly: wearing underwear on the outside of spandex bodysuits? They’re based on pop culture tropes from nearly a century ago, which honestly…
Excalibur #17: “From the Crucible–A Captain?”
Excalibur #17 “From the Crucible – A Captain?” Writer: Chris Clarement Pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Paul Neary Colors: Nelson Yomtov Letters: Jade Moede Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: December 1989 In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by Liz Large of ComicsXF to ride a “Warlord”-inspired hangover straight into a never-ending bacchanalian…
e167. Considering the Fanboy Gaze
After last week’s primer on the male gaze, we wanted to spend some time thinking about the ways in which it could be complicated. What happens when we try to apply those concepts to characters not normally considered “male gazey”? What happens when a presumed male viewer is asked to identify with a female characters?…
Excalibur #16: “Warlord”
Excalibur #16 “Warlord” Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Alan Davis Inks: Paul Neary Colours: Glynis Oliver and Mike Rockwitz Letters: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: December 1989 Some people say you shouldn’t go full Nightcrawler. The GGW pod disagrees. Especially Anna, Kurt Wagner’s (Unofficial) PR Manager, who’s hoping he’ll be hiring her in…
Call For Comments: Why Are There Still Superhero Costumes?
From Mav (with Monica Geraffo): This is going to be about superheroes and fashion. But it’s not going to seem like it at first and there are a billion concepts that I want to tie together, so bear with me. So, it shouldn’t be a surprise at this point that I love superheroes. I love…
Excalibur #15: “Technet: Impossible Missions!”
Excalibur #15 “Impossible Missions!” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Paul Neary Colours: Gylnis Oliver Letters: Tom Orzechowski and Michael Heisler Editing: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: November 1989 In this episode, Dazzler stan and all-around X-Men aficionado Dr. Nicholas Miller joins Anna, Mav, and Andrew to talk serious political allegories and equally serious…
Call for Comments: She’s Not Like Other Girls! Introducing the Fanboy Gaze
From Mav (with Matt Linton): We’ve talked a lot on our show about Laura Mulvey’s theory of the “the male gaze”. In short, the male gaze describes the tendency of narratives to position female characters primarily as objects of desire to be consumed by male protagonists and readers. It argues that regardless of the reader’s…
Call for Comments: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love F9
July 1, 2021
From Mav: I’m a guy who loves movies. I really love going to the movies… A LOT! Not being able to go out to the movies was actually one of the things I missed most during the last year and a half of lockdown. I remember a time early on when Chris Nolan decided that…