It's that time again! Every year we have one very special show where all of the hosts get together to reveal the results of last years Fantasy Box Office Game AND to draft for the upcoming year. Last years game was a barn burner that basically came down to the very end where it could be anyone's game. So join Mav, Hannah, Wayne, Monica and Katya as we reveal who pulled it out in the end and the as Fantasy Draft Commissioner Stephanie Siler walks us through this year's draft. We'll explain the rules and then you'll get to hear us preview 75 of our most anticipated films of the year 2026. It's a lot to get through, so let's jump into it. And then let us know if you...
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Excalibur #66: “Back to the Present”
Excalibur #66 “Back to the Present” Writing and pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Mark Farmer Colours: Dana Moreshead Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: June 1993 This week, we’re going back to “Back to the Present,” and by present we mean future, and by future we mean the far-flung year of 2015, when the…
e227. the Endless Culture of the Sandman
After “endless” years in development, the impossible has happened. The Sandman TV show is now streaming on Netflix. Of course we watched it! Remarkably, it appears to be a hit. The show is getting critical buzz as well as doing well with the fans. In fact, its arguably the most popular that the property has…
Excalibur Annual #1
Excalibur Annual #1 “Black Magic” Writer: Evan Skolnic Pencils: Chris Marrinan & Audwynn Newman Inks: Mark McKenna, Danny Bulanadi & Keith Williams Colours: Dana Moreshead & Mike Thomas Letters: Janice Chiang Editors: Terry Kavanagh & Susan Gaffney “Honey is Money” Writer: Joey Cavalieri Pencils: David Boller Inks: Kevin Conrad Colours: Gylnis Oliver Letters: Richard Starkings Original…
e226. So… uh… what is a Dissertation? (and why would you do one?)
When we started our little psuedo-academic pop-culture analysis podcast with drinking and swearing, we had a few requirements. One of those was that the show would be smart and would celebrate academia but wouldn’t be overly hung up on it. We specifically didn’t want to be an academic show. And we didn’t want to be…
Excalibur #65, “White Lies, Dark Truths”
Excalibur #65 “White Lies, Dark Truths” Writing and pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Mark Farmer Colours: Gylnis Oliver Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: May 1993 Some truths are dark and many lies are white in the not-aptly-named Excalibur #65, “White Lies, Dark Truths.” We talk about that plus KISSING with scholar, educator,…
Call for Comments: Mr. Sandman Bring Me a Dream
From Mav: Well, today is the day that I don’t think I ever believed would happen. There’s a Sandman TV series premiering on Netflix. It’s not that I’m surprised that there COULD be a Sandman TV series or even that someone would want there to be a Sandman TV series. Quite the contrary, it seems…
Call For Comments: Styles and Cycles (or, a funny thing happened on the way to Ragnarok)
From Wayne: So the biggest complaint I’ve heard about Thor: Love and Thunder is that is too silly. It’s a Taika Watiti movie, so I’m not really surprised by this, but the complaint seems to center around the idea that this change in the basic character of Thor from the comics is a bridge too…
e225. Can We Talk About Climate Change?
If you line in the United States and follow political news you might have noticed something crazy last week. The Democrats kind of… did something! In fact, they did something potentially huge. On Thursday, July 28th, essentially out of nowhere, senators Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer announced that they had come to terms on what…
Excalibur #64: “Ascension”
Excalibur #64 “Ascension” Writing and pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Mark Farmer Colours: Gylnis Oliver Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Editor: Terry Kavanagh and Mark Powers Original publication date: April 1993 Fresh off winning a freakin’ award, your very genetically stable team of comics scientists is back! Talking superheroes and science and why mutants are like vaccines in…
Call for Comments: Dissertations, what the hell are they?
From Katya: You know us as the pseudo-academic podcast with drinking and swearing. We also lied about that (very openly, in all fairness.) All of us have Ivory Tower experiences through teaching, conferences, independent scholarship, and the occasional long-winded degree. I left academic research a few years ago and the transition from being surrounding by…