It's everyone's favorite time of year... the time where we celebrate that birth of... Cheesy Christmas movies! I mean, I'm sure there's probably some other significance to this time of year too, but round these parts, we know that the December Holiday Season is all about the seasonal Christmas movie rom coms. And so, it's time for our annual Christmas movie special. This year, Hannah and Mav are joined by retuning guest Jackie Johnson and Sandy Eckard to talk all about this years — actually somewhat limited — crop of new streaming Christmas movie options. Or at least, there seem like there were fewer on the major services than there have in the past. BUT, what's the quality like? Join us on this week's episode to see what we thought...
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Call For Comments: Listening for Leitmotif
From Mav: I could swear we’ve done more soundtrack episodes. Like… I really thought we had. We’ve got one generally about what makes for a fun soundtrack from the beginning of the pandemic, but that was more about needle drops. We’ve talked about musicals and the about how music affects specific films like Josie and…
e292. Monstrous Women and the Horror Gaze
On this week’s not exactly Halloween special episode, Mav, Wayne and Monica are joined by returning guests Dr. Michael Chemers and Dr. Samantha Langsdale, two experts in the field of monster studies to talk about their recent conference at the Center for Monster Studies at the University of California Santa Cruz. Sam and Mike share…
e291. Fables, Fanfic and Fair Using the Public Domain
On this week’s episode we explore the complex topic of public domain publishing by tackling the recent controversy surrounding comic book author Bill Willingham, creator of Fables. After a long battle over ownership with DC Comics, Willingham recently announced that he was releasing the intellectual property of Fables into the public domain so that anyone…
Excalibur #115: “Missionaries”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Mel Rubi Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsley Letters: Richard Starkings & Kiff Scholl Editors: Kelly Corvese & Jason White Original publication date: December 1997 We’re on a mission to understand Moira’s off-panel decision to finally confront the dangling plot thread of the Legacy Virus in Excalibur #115, “Missionaries.” Thankfully, we’ve…
Call For Comments: Publishing the Public Domain
From Mav: So if you don’t live in the tiny corner of the internet that follows creators rights within the comic book publishing world, you probably missed a story a couple weeks ago that few of us who do live in that corner were obsessed with. Bill Willingham, creator of the comic Fables, decided to…
e290. Figuring Out Fall & Analyzing Autumn
Fall may be the weirdest season for pop culture. Think about it, we have celebrations based around the winter holidays… not just Christmas… but the whole season is just full of movies and media celebrating the very concept of winter. Summer is much the same. We have summer blockbusters and beach reads. We have the…
Excalibur #114: “For the One I Love”
Writer: Ben Raab Penciler: Pete Woods Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsley Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft & Kiff Scholl Editors: Kelly Corvese & Jason White Original publication date: November 1997 Pete Wisdom is a right bastard in Excalibur #114, “For the One I Love.” But that’s good news for returning guest Dr. Keith Friedlander,…
e289. Superman in Cleveland
Did you know it’s Superman’s 85th Anniversary? You might have. Did you know that he was created in Cleveland? Maybe. And if you didn’t know these things, well, it is and he was. And in celebration, the city of Cleveland has been running a series of events for the last several weeks which led up…
Excalibur #113: “Faith”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Pete Woods Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsley Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft & Kiff Scholl Editors: Matt Idelson, Kelly Corvese & Jason White Original publication date: October 1997 This week, we’re definitely not making Bove/Bova puns as returning guest, comics scholar Bryan Bove, joins us to wonder why we’re in…
Call For Comments: Black Friday and the Conspicuous Consumption Shopping Event
November 16, 2023
From Mav: I love shopping. It’s fun. First of all, spending money is fun… at least if you have it. Because having a bunch of new stuff is fun. But also, I actually love the thrill of going and looking at stuff, deciding you like it and even searching for a good deal. It’s like…