{"id":850,"date":"2022-04-30T12:44:59-04:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T16:44:59+00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goshgollywow.com\/?p=850"},"modified":"2025-11-25T12:04:59-05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:04:59+00:00","slug":"excalibur-56-things-that-go-shriek-in-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voxpopcast.com\/wp\/2022\/04\/30\/excalibur-56-things-that-go-shriek-in-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Excalibur #56: \u201cThings That Go Shriek in the Night\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Excalibur #56<\/h4>\n<h1>\u201cThings That Go Shriek in the Night\u201d<\/h1>\n<p>Writer and pencils: Alan Davis<\/p>\n<p>Inks: Mark Farmer<\/p>\n<p>Colours: Glynis Oliver<\/p>\n<p>Letters: Michael Heisler<\/p>\n<p>Editor: Terry Kavanagh<\/p>\n<p>Original publication date: November 1992<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Excalibur #56: \u201cThings That Go Shriek in the Night\u201d\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=etnxp-121426b-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a superhero, you probably shouldn&#8217;t throw a party. And you especially shouldn\u2019t throw a party where you invite the fascist dictator from an alternate dimension masquerading as the former girlfriend with whom you\u2019ve been cheating on your current girlfriend, who\u2019s teamed up with the reality-warping older brother who hates your guts. We reckon with the consequences of this state of affairs in <em>Excalibur <\/em>#56, \u201cThings That Go Shriek in the Night,\u201d talking gender, violence, and body horror with returning guest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samlangsdale.com\/\">Dr. Samantha Langsdale<\/a>. Plus: a moment from <em>The Unstoppable Wasp<\/em> that made Anna cry (in a good way).\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>Content warning: this episode includes discussion of sexual violence.\u00a0 \u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSat-Yr-9\u2019s betrayal was a physical betrayal. So of course Kitty\u2019s going to feel it physically. We also see the betrayal alongside the things that attracted Kitty to Courtney.\u201d -Sam<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalking about rape can be uncomfortable and productive. This is hand wave-y in a way that doesn\u2019t feel productive. It confirms Sat-Yr-9 is evil. Then we move on.\u201d -Mav<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrian is chained to the bedsheet on the astral plane, which is a very clear bit of visual symbolic surfacing of the theme of sexual violence.\u201d -Andrew<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found myself questioning to what extent the transformations of Betsy and Meggan in particular interrogated cultural prejudices about things like gender and disability and to what extent they reinscribed them.\u201d -Anna<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBody horror invites conversations that deal with both terror and desire. We see that in play here, with Meggan eventually refusing to embody the monstrous shape that reflects Jamie\u2019s desires.\u201d -Sam<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t stop thinking about how the fact Meggan has to save herself from Brian by becoming what he desires underlines the abusive aspects of their early relationship.\u201d -Anna<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s unfair when we expect female superheroes not to use violence because what else are they supposed to do? Violence is the currency of this space. But we can make distinctions between types of violence.\u201d -Sam<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJamie attacking with a banana mixes the real with the absurd in a way that, if I\u2019m being generous, mocks phallic power. But phallic power is also required to defeat Jamie.\u201d -Sam<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our early episodes, we talked about our mileage on Nigel Frobisher, and how some potentially interesting things would happen with him, but that it wouldn\u2019t really go anywhere. This is it not going anywhere.\u201d -Mav<\/p>\n<p>You can find her on Twitter (<span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/s_langsdale\">@s_langsdale<\/a>), and at her website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samlangsdale.com\/home\/about\">samlangsdale.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And! You can check out her academic anthology, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.state.ms.us\/Books\/M\/Monstrous-Women-in-Comics\"><em>Monstrous Women in Comics<\/em><\/a>, co-edited with Elizabeth Rae Coody, wherever fine books are sold!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Plus! Check out these book chapters:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHigher, Further, Faster Baby! The Feminist Evolution of Carol Danvers from Comics to Film,\u201d in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/books\/edit\/10.4324\/9780429264276\/routledge-companion-gender-sexuality-comic-book-studies-frederick-luis-aldama\">The Routledge Companion to Gender and Sexuality in Comic Book Studies<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOver the Rainbow Bridge: Female\/Queer Sexualities in Marvel&#8217;s Thor Film Trilogy,\u201d in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/utpress.utexas.edu\/books\/peppard-supersex\">Supersex: Essays on Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>And as usual:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can find Anna on Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peppard_anna\">@peppard_anna<\/a>) and on her podcast with Andrew and Michael Hancock,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/threepanelcontrast.podbean.com\/\">Three Panel Contrast<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/3PanelContrast\">@3PanelContrast<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can find Andrew on Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClaremontRun\">@ClaremontRun<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>You can find Mav on Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrismaverick\">@chrismaverick<\/a>) and on his podcast,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/voxpopcast.com\/wp\/\">VoxPopcast<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoxPopcast\">@VoxPopcast<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>-GGW Team\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excalibur #56 \u201cThings That Go Shriek in the Night\u201d Writer and pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Mark Farmer Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Michael Heisler Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: November 1992 If you\u2019re a superhero, you probably shouldn&#8217;t throw a party. 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