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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e283. Is Josie and the Pussycats a Bad Movie?
A few weeks ago when we did our episode saying goodbye to Riverdale, Monica made Mav promise that we could do an episode watching and analyzing one of her favorite nostalgic films, Josie and the Pussycats, a 2001 movie drawn from the same IP as Riverdale was. Mav agreed and so here we are. Was…
Excalibur #109: “Dragon Moon Rising”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Salvador Larroca Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsely & Graphic Color Works Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft & Kiff Scholl Editors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original Publication date: May 1997 In the beginning, there were no scholarly books about superhero comics. And then there was Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology,…
e282. Misunderstood Pop Music Politics
A couple weeks ago the RNC presidential primary debates opened with a segment where each candidate got to explain why they best epitomized the conservative values for the real american laid out by Oliver Anthony’s country folk song “Rich Men North of Richmond”. They sounded like idiots, and even more so when Anthony himself released…
Excalibur #108: “The Old Ways”
Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Salvador LaroccaInks: Scott KoblishColours: Kevin Tinsely & Graphic Color WorksLetters: Richard Starkings & ComicraftEditors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original Publication date: April 1997 The streets are getting punchy and Kitty and Rahne are getting pretty in Excalibur #108, “The Old Ways,” co-starring Spiral and the Dragons of the Crimson Dawn and also Shamrock is…
Call For Comments: Politicians and Protest Songs
From Mav: If you know me at all, you probably know that I’m kind of a politics junkie. So, that means that among other things I tortured myself by watching the Republican Presidential Primary debate last week. It was… kind of a train wreck. And for the most part it wasn’t even really a very…
e281. Saying Goodbye to Riverdale, the Best Show on Television
Riverdale has been a constant for this podcast since almost the very beginning. We devoted our sixth episode to talking about it. Calling it “the best show on television” has become a long running joke in the DNA of our show. However, last week, the CW aired the final episode of Riverdale, closing the door…
Excalibur #107: “Focus”
Excalibur #107 “Focus” Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Salvador Larroca Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsely & Graphic Color Works Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft & Kiff Scholl Editors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original Publication date: March 1997 This week, we’re focusing on the formal techniques of our new regular penciler, the artist formally known…
e280. The VoxPopcast Protagonist Movie Calendar Playlist Game
We watch a lot of movies. Like really a lot of movies. Similarly, our friends over at the Protagonist Podcast watch a lot of movies. How many? Really a lot! Maybe more than anyone should ever watch in a year? But what if you DID want to watch all of them in a year? in…
Excalibur #106: “A Portrait of the Artist”
Excalibur #106 “A Portrait of the Artist” Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Casey Jones, Randy Green, Rob Haynes & Aaron Lopresti Inks: Jason Martin, Rob Haynes, Rick Ketcham, Rachel Pinnock, Aaron Lopresti, Tom Simmons & Casey Jones Colours: Ariane Lenshoek & Malibu Color on colours Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original…
Call For Comments: The End of The Greatest Show on Television
From Mav: In a way, the CW’s Riverdale is sort of ingrained in the DNA of this podcast. We talked about it at length on the sixth episode and it has been a constant refrain that I have returned to ever since. I say “I”… not we… because the truth is, everyone else has bailed…