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Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 98

September 16, 2016 Jay 8 comments

Weeks of 9/7/2016 and 9/14/2016:

In which Psylocke gets her groove back; there’s more to plot than superhero fights; and sound effects become temporarily obsolete.

REVIEWED:

Uncanny X-Men #12 (02:00)
*All-New X-Men #13 (06:19)
Old Man Logan #11 (12:39)

*Pick of the Fortnight (16:03)

Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR.

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Minicomic Madness at RCCC

September 14, 2016 Jay 6 comments

WHOA DANG ROSE CITY COMIC CON WAS SO GOOD! We met a zillion of you, and you were universally delightful! We did a ton of panels and threw a ridiculous party! And we shared a booth with the splendid Al Ewing, and he and Jay took advantage of the weird plethora of index cards we always bring to shows and spent their spare moments making minicomics, which we’ve collected here for your edutainment!

Click through for road safety, karaoke, vacuum friendship, and more!

As Mentioned in Episode 125 – Giant-Size Special #4

September 12, 2016 Jay Leave a comment

Listen to the podcast here.

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.

In which a bunch of twenty and thirty-something PNW nerds pretend to be New England teenagers. Left to right: Crystal Frasier as Jubilee, Miles Stokes as Boom Boom, Logan Bonner as the indifferent god of a cruel world, Jay Edidin as Havok, Max Carleton as Shadowcat.

Starring Hachi the Studio Dog as himself, or possibly as Mystique. The jury's still out on that one.

Fun fact: Miles's only hot pink shirt is a Gaming's Feminist Illuminati shirt, which we feel is 100% Boom Boom-appropriate.

NEXT EPISODE: Live from Rose City Comic Con, featuring Greg Pak!

LINKS:

We are playing the Marvel Superheroes Adventure Game, modified by Logan Bonner for X-Men: Evolution.
Logan Bonner
- Twitter
Max Carleton
- Waiting for the Trade
- I Love Television
Crystal Frasier
- Tumblr

Jay and Miles at Rose City Comic Con 2016

September 5, 2016 Jay 4 comments

WHOA DANG ROSE CITY COMIC CON IS THIS WEEKEND!

Here’s a handy cheat sheet for what we’ll be up to all weekend:

Click through below for details!

As Mentioned in Episode 124 – The Cruelest Planet

September 4, 2016 Miles 9 comments

Listen to the episode here.

"Yep, those four seconds of fighting totally justified the millions of dollars we spent on this Wolverine robot. Thanks, crime!" (Uncanny X-Men #248)

Musical X-Men! Ricochet Rita! Involuntary foreshadowing! This issue's got it all. (Uncanny X-Men #248)

"This Jim Lee workout program has been working really well! Also, Ali, maybe you should start using sunscreen?" (Uncanny X-Men #248)

Intentions versus outcomes. Oh, Havok... (Uncanny X-Men #248)

This way, no one will ever forget where to sit! Also, tragedy. So much tragedy. (Uncanny X-Men #249)

We didn't talk much about this in the episode, but Polaris's life is pretty terrible when this arc starts. (Uncanny X-Men #249)

Colossus's teacher is totally going to call Mr. and Mrs. Rasputin in for a parent-teacher conference. (Uncanny X-Men #249)

"Hey, we heard there was a party going on here? We brought brewskis!" (Uncanny X-Men #249)

BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM (Uncanny X-Men #249)

Everything in this issue is both epic and overly abrupt. (Uncanny X-Men #250)

Psylocke makes some incredibly questionable decisions next issue to get the X-Men out of Australia, but I can't fully blame her... (Uncanny X-Men #250)

Suddenly, it's every notable Savage Land character ever! Hi, guys! (Uncanny X-Men #250)

This scene: so weird. So awesome. But also so weird. (Uncanny X-Men #250)

A fine dose of dream logic, fueled by pure continuity. (Uncanny X-Men #251)

The visual equivalent of show, don't tell. (Uncanny X-Men #251)

Ever have a day so shitty you hallucinated the future? (Uncanny X-Men #251)

NEXT WEEK: Giant-Size Summer Special: Evolution Edition!

LINKS & FURTHER READING:

Come see us at Rose City Comic Con!
You can hear Dennis Hopeless’s explanation of the Noodle Incident in Episode 104!
Read the pitch for the Siege Perilous game in the visual companion to Episode 18!
The ergonomic violas and violins Jay mentioned are made by David Rivinus. Check ’em out here!

Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 97

September 1, 2016 Jay 4 comments

Weeks of 8/24/2016 and 8/31/2016

In which everything is delightful and also kind of hurts.

REVIEWED:

Extraordinary X-Men #13 (00:59)
*All-New Wolverine Annual #1 (04:41)
X-Men ’92 #6 (10:10)
Deadpool v Gambit #4 (13:49)

* Pick of the Fortnight (17:22)

Come see us at Rose City Comic Con!

Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR.

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As Mentioned in Episode 123 – Mojo Mayhem

August 30, 2016 Jay 6 comments

Listen to the episode here.

The one significant drawback to Marvel Style is that sometimes the dialogue seems to be chasing after runaway art. (Marvel Comics Presents #36)

I would read this book. I would read this book SO HARD. (Marvel Comics Presents #37)

And that's all, folks! (Marvel Comics Presents #38)

Now, THAT'S how you do an opening splash page. (Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem)

Minor Domo is delightful. (Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem)

Hell, this WHOLE STORY is delightful. (Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem)

Welcome to your new anxiety dream. Hope you survive the experience! (Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem)

What's really amazing is that this isn't remotely her worst costume. (Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem)

The Agent is a pretty silly concept, but in practice, he's a genuinely scary villain. (Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem)

That time Kitty Pryde and the X-Babies stole Chris Claremont's car. (Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem)

I really love this bit--it's a very clever move on Kitty's part and sets up a wedding-crashing brawl, which is always a visual treat. (Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem)

I'm usually a stickler for "their powers don't usually work that way" complaints; but a) Kitty's powers have been blinky lately anyway; and b) rule of cool. (Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem)

LINKS & FURTHER READING:

Come see us at Rose City Comic Con, September 10-11!
For the best use of Mojo in any medium, check out the animated series episode “Mojovision.”
Animal Man #5, “The Coyote Gospel,” will forever change your relationship to Looney Toons.

Choose Our Adventure – Evolution Edition!

August 26, 2016 Jay 20 comments

On September 4, we’ll be sitting down to record our 2016 Giant-Size Summer Special and second-ever tabletop episode.

In 2015, game writer and designer and friend of the podcast Logan Bonner has modified the amazing old Marvel Super Hero Adventures game to be played as it was never intended: in the spirit of the 90s animated series! This year, he’s joining us again–this time with an adventure set in the world of X-Men: Evolution!

In addition to Logan, we’ll be joined at the gaming table by two guests: returning X-Pert Max Carleton of Waiting for the Trade and I Love Television; and writer, developer, and all-around badass Crystal Frasier!

But first, we’ve got a job for you…

Jay Recaps X-Men: Evolution
S1E10: Shadowed Past

August 26, 2016 Jay 15 comments

Ever heard of something called “The Draco”?

No, not the blonde guy from Harry Potter. The “Draco” I’m talking about is an Uncanny X-Men arc where Chuck Austen retconned Nightcrawler’s origin story to involve a father from an ancient race of demon-looking mutants long exiled to a hell dimension by a bunch of quasi-angelic counterparts.¹

The Draco is one of the worst arcs of Austen’s already fairly shaky² run; and generally considered to be one of the worst X-Men stories ever. It’s the continuity equivalent of awkward makeouts at your company Christmas party: everyone does their best to politely pretend that it never happened, and if anyone brings it up, everyone familiar with the story gets acutely embarrassed by proxy.

I am telling you about The Draco not because it has any relevance whatsoever to X-Men: Evolution–it doesn’t–but so that you will understand where the bar sits when I tell you that “Shadowed Past” is my least favorite take on Nightcrawler’s origin story.

Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 96

August 18, 2016 Jay 11 comments

Weeks of 8/10/2016 and 8/17/2016:

In which we make a vaguely triumphant return, review two weeks’ worth of books, and have a lot of feelings about fictional teenagers.

REVIEWED:

*All-New X-Men #12 (00:53)
Old Man Logan #10 (06:41)
All-New Wolverine #11 (10:29)
Civil War II: X-Men #3 (13:51)

*Pick of the Fortnight (18:23)

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Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR.

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