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...
Read More
Excalibur #112: “Survival”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Pete Woods Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsely Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original Publication date: August 1997 This week, Pete and Kurt get clubby and Colossus and Meggan get chilly as we all try to survive Excalibur #112, “Survival,” in which Meggan forgets she…
e287. We Made This! Why We Love DIY!
Do you like to knit? Paint? Build stuff? Sew? Bake? Garden? Work on your own car? Maybe you don’t do any of those things, but chances are you have some kind of craft type thing that you enjoy which frankly, you could probably pay someone to do, but really you just enjoy doing it yourself.…
Excalibur #111: “Broken Vows”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Rob Stotz Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsely Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original Publication date: August 1997 This week, we’re still in Hong Kong, doing dinner and drinking in between crying in the rain and throwing emotional and physical knives at our friends in Excalibur…
e286. The Legend of Harley Quinn
On last week’s episode, we delved into the world of classic literary character Hercule Poirot and his cultural significance across multiple iterations. This week, we go in the exact opposite direction. Recorded at the exact same time as last week’s show, Wayne and Mav are joined by returning guest Andrew Deman and first time guest,…
Excalibur #110: “Hearts Bled Crimson”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Salvador Larocca Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsely & Graphic Color Works Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original Publication date: June 1997 We’re back spending probably too much time and effort unpacking Salvador Larocca’s choices which are sometimes weird but definitely choices in Excalibur #110,…
e285. The Legend of Hercule Poirot
Some fandoms just claw their way into pop culture and steadily grow. Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot may have never been the largest pop culture figure, but he’s been in the zeitgeist for more than 100 years. While not as well known as Sherlock Holmes, he’s arguably just as important to the mystery genre and arguably…
Excalibur -1: “A True and Terrible Sacrifice”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Casey Jones and Rob Haynes Inks: Nathan Massengill, Rob Haynes and Casey Jones Colours: Kevin Tinsely Letters: Richard Starkings and Comicraft Editor: Paul Tutrone Original publication date: July 1997 Welcome, to the “Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, Oh Wow! Podcast,” the podcast where we talk about the Marvel comics series Excalibur, and…
e284. Making the Band of Theseus
How many members of a musical band need to present to make the band the band. Is it different if a member dies than it is if a member simply quits or is kicked out? If a band splits exactly in two, are both halfs still the band or does one half become the band…
Call For Comments: So How About That Harley Quinn?
From Mav: So I want to talk about Harley Quinn. Why? Because I think she has a very interesting and near unique (maybe along with Deadpool) place in current superhero fandom. I’ve had this ongoing conversation with Wayne about the difficulty in creating major new comic characters for the Big Two (Marvel and DC) in…