There's this funny thing that happens with TV shows. Because of the nature of human actors, TV shows are the one type of serialized media where a natural change to the series might be FORCED to occur because forces outside of the narrative require the change of the narrative. That is to say that in a comic book, the Spider-man can go on from issue to issue as long as Marvel wants him to be. If the writers decide to replace Peter Parker with Ben Reilly or Miles Morales that is for storyline reasons and they can change it back whenever they want. But on TV, actors die or move on to other roles. There are contract disputes. People age out of roles. There are budgetary considerations. There are any...
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Call for Comments: Why Do People Like Crossovers?
From Mav: Recently, on my other show, GoshGollyWow, we had a brief conversation about crossovers. Well, it was recently for me, anyway… It will be in the future for listeners of both this show and the other one. In fact, because of different recording schedules, it might very possibly be in the future of when…
e160. Remembering Thought & Thinking About Memory
Do you remember the song that was playing when you had your first kiss, lost your virginity, or danced at your wedding? Do you know what movie that you crowded around the TV to watch as a family every holiday as a kid? Do you have fond memories of the vacation you took in the…
Excalibur #10: “Widget”
Excalibur #10 “Widget” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Marshall Rogers Inks: Terry Austin Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Michael Heisler and Agustin Mas Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: July 1989 In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew team up with Dr. Travis Smith, author of Superhero Ethics, to discuss the ethically fraught Excalibur #10: “Widget,” in which Brian spends…
Excalibur #9: “The Two-Edged Sword”
Excalibur #9 “The Two-Edged Sword” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Paul Neary Colours: John A. Wilcox Letters: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: June 1989 In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by monster hunter/lover Dr. Sam Langsdale (@s_langsdale), co-editor of Monstrous Women in Comics, to talk a little quantum…
e158. Superhero Thought Experiments
Have you ever had one of those pointless internet arguments about the philosophical righteousness of Batman, Superman, Rorschach or Luke Skywalker? Or maybe you’ve spent hours arguing about how time travel works based on old Fantastic Four comic books. And I’m sure many of you have tried to defend the value of some superhero movie…
Excalibur #8: “Excalibur’s New York Adventure”
Excalibur #8 “Excalibur’s New York Adventure” Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Ron Lim Inker: Josef Rubenstein Colourist: John A. Wilcox Letterer: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: May 1989 In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by specialist in superhero style Monica Geraffo (@monicamarveloux) to discuss the sartorial splendors of Excalibur #8,…
Call for Comments: Thoughts on Falcon and Winter Soldier
From Mav: So, we’ve been watching Falcon and Winter Soldier, because of course we have. We weren’t sure if we were going to do a show on it. We’re not really a recap kind of show. On the other hand, we’ve sort of fallen into a pattern of doing … not so much recaps… well,…
Excalibur #7: “Goblin Morn”
Excalibur #7 “Goblin Morn” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils/Plotting: Alan Davis Inks: Paul Neary Colours: Glynis Oliver Lettering: Tom Orzechowski and Augustin Mas Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original Publication date: April 1989 In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by film and comics scholar and self-professed Kitty Pryde fanboy Matt Linton (@ABoyCalledMonk) of The Kino Club…