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As Mentioned in Episode 449 – Dressing the X-Men, with Russell Dauterman

May 12, 2024 Miles Leave a comment

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The Marvel Art of Russell Dauterman!

Storm’s X-Men Red design.

The Scarlet Witch’s new design.

Nightcrawler’s original design by Dave Cockrum.

Hellfire Gala redesigns!

And some close-ups.

Jean Grey costume variant cover for X-Men #1.

Rogue costume variant cover for Excalibur #18.

Gambit costume variant cover for Gambit #5.

Thor costume variant cover for Thor #31.

Speaking of Thor – Russell’s wraparound cover for The Mighty Thor #1.

More covers! Here’s Marauders #1.

Scarlet Witch #3.

Giant Size X-Men: Jean Grey & Emma Frost #1.

Variant cover, X-Men Legends #1.

Variant cover, X-Men ’97 #1.

NEXT EPISODE: Jay & Miles live at the Clinton Street Theater!

LINKS AND FURTHER READING

You still have a few days to be part of The Marvel Art of Russell Dauterman Kickstarter campaign!
Hear Russell and Kris Anka talk Adam X and more on Episode 27 – NYCC 2014 Special!
Russell’s website!
Russell on Instagram!

449 – Dressing the X-Men, with Russell Dauterman

May 12, 2024 Jay 6 comments

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In which artist Russell Dauterman joins us to discuss super-powered costume design!

X-PLAINED:

Why it’s important to get a professional to design your superhero costume
Why Miles doesn’t trust the government
Russell’s history at Marvel
Designing for the Hellfire Gala
Mutant fashion
The word “fashionize”
Iconic looks
Modernizing superhero costumes
Powers vs. personality
Punk goddess Storm
Designing for drawability
Magic hair
Russell’s influences
Definitive Rogue costumes
X-Men ‘97
Best X-team costumes
Jay’s holy grail cosplay
Magic hair, cosplayed
Costume retrospectives
Where to find Russell online
Evil twin trends of the 1990s
Fuck You Pink

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As Mentioned in Episode 448 – Skamageddon

May 5, 2024 Miles Leave a comment

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The two Emma Frosts: Shadowy and Pouty. (X-Force #87)

James Proudstar x-plains Uncanny X-Men #281. (X-Force #87)

Reconnecting via X-Factoring. (X-Force #87)

Now that is a lair. (X-Force #87)

Magma’s back! And she’s a jerk! (X-Force #87)

Meet Paradigm. (X-Force #87)

The New New Mutants vs. the New Hellions. New. (X-Force #88)

We can accept covering Empath’s face with word balloons – but hey, show some respect to Firestar! (X-Force #88)

Feral’s back – just in time to wreck Jay’s voice again! (And Siryn’s, but we’ll get to that later.) (X-Force #88)

Life got complicated since the last time these two saw each other. (X-Force #88)

X-Force’s x-treme tactics have just saved us like half an issue of misunderstandings! (X-Force #88)

The techno-organic virus: bad for free will and not great for skin health. (X-Force #88)

Paradigm x-plains X-Force. (X-Force #89)

This party sucks! (X-Force #89)

Blood relation has no inherent virtue. (X-Force #89)

Aww, there’s plenty of logic! Just look at the little manual that comes with most Tarot decks! (X-Force #89)

Among Dani’s new powers is the ability to turn robot-guys into eggs. (X-Force #89)

Kind of a weird font choice. Times New Armageddon? (X-Force #89)

Feral never misses an opportunity to learn the worst possible lesson. (X-Force #90)

Tarot, is that really a new manifestation of your mutant power, or did you just rob a Spirit Halloween? (X-Force #90)

Welp, I guess the entire West coast is completely demolished and will take decades to rebuild. Funny how no other comics have mentioned that… (X-Force #90)

Sorry, Jesse. Your brother is the absolute worst. (X-Force #90)

Sam Guthrie: annoying people into virtue since 1980-something. (X-Force #90)

BADDA BOOM (X-Force #90)

Aww. (X-Force #90)

NEXT TIME: Talking X-costumes with Russell Dauterman!

LINKS AND FURTHER READING:

Want one of our 10th Anniversary prints? Contact Books With Pictures!
The Judgment of Magneto by Asher Elbein

448 – Skamageddon

May 5, 2024 Miles 5 comments

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In which timeline math is almost never worth it; Tarot comes back from the dead (kind of) (maybe); Magma makes a heel turn; “King Bedlam” would be a great name for a ska band; not every nude man can turn into a bear; and you don’t have to talk to your supervillain relatives.

X-PLAINED:

The Triune Understanding
Birthday party follow-up
X-Force #87-90
Legacy and continuity
Bedlam (Jesse Aaronson)
Tarot (Marie-Ange Colbert)
Goat Simulator
King Bedlam (Christopher Aaronson)
The New Hellions
Perils of body-swapping
Linear time
Science
Armageddon Man
Paradigm
Senator Owen Danville
Family
A fancy hat
Madame Web
Many natural disasters
Early Genoshan history
Longshot as a villain

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As Mentioned in Episode 447 – Minor Altercation of the Mutants

April 28, 2024 Jay One comment

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Welcome to the New Massachusetts Academy! (Generation X #50)

When brains collide. (Generation X #50)

The dean of students of our college used to jog naked, so, y’know, to each their own. (Generation X #50)

How, exactly, do Skin’s powers work? (Generation X #50)

Hi, Membrain. (Generation X #50)

“At least you’ll look awesome.” (Generation X #50)

Elephants: notoriously stretchy. (Generation X #50)

He may be a villain, but he’s a polite villain. (Generation X #50)

Uncle Ernest. (Generation X #50)

He’s wearing so many more shirts than usual. (Generation X #50)

Bad times for Emma. (X-Man #50)

Well, that’s not good. (X-Man #50)

The new, rather silly Gene Nation. (X-Man #50)

SERIOUSLY, HOW DO SKIN’S POWERS WORK (X-Man #50)

NEXT EPISODE: X-Force vs. the New Hellions!

447 – Minor Altercation of the Mutants

April 28, 2024 Jay 5 comments

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In which everything is an event these days; Skin may or may not have a skeleton; everyone has a crush on Synch; we are intrigued by Integer; and it’s hard to be Emma Frost.

X-PLAINED:

War of the Mutants
Generation X #50
X-Man #50
Nate Grey (again)
Adrienne Frost
Science
Dark Beast (again)
Gene Nation
Vessel
Hemingway
Membrain
Fever Pitch
Dark Opsidian
Iron Maiden
Wynter
Tattoos
More science
Integer
Trauma
Multiversal designations
The Morlock Tunnels

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As Mentioned in Episode 446 – Live at the Magnetosphere

April 14, 2024 Miles 2 comments

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Astra, Mistress of Fashion and Jell-O-Tech. (X-Men #86)

Zoom out – out – out – in. (X-Men #86)

We love Alan Davis’s Marrow. (X-Men #86)

Scanner knocked Xavier right out of the panel! (X-Men #86)

No memory, but a righteous beard. (X-Men #86)

Gaming chairs are getting out of hand these days. (Uncanny X-Men #367))

Just adorable. (Uncanny X-Men #367)

Forcefield protrusions? (Uncanny X-Men #367)

Ah, the age-old question: would you scissor your clone while yelling? (Uncanny X-Men #367)

Normally we don’t do this, but here: have an entire two-page spread because it’s beautiful. (X-Men #87)

Punching and drama: two great tastes that go great together! (X-Men #87)

Another Miracle of Magnetism: giving Shadowcat a bad hair day. (X-Men #87)

Jeez, his hair gets even better when he’s cosmic and naked! (X-Men #87)

In which we continue to feel really bad for Joseph. (X-Men #87)

We were harsh on this story, but its good parts are great. (X-Men #87)

Spoiler: this will go poorly. (X-Men #87)

NEXT TIME: Nate Grey meets Generation X!

446 – Live at the Magnetosphere

April 14, 2024 Miles 3 comments

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In which the Magneto War comes to a close.

X-PLAINED:

X-Men #86-87
Uncanny X-Men #367
Quite a few other things, which we’ll add to this post tomorrow!

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Hot Damn, It’s the Whole Thing!

April 8, 2024 Jay 7 comments

With under a week to go until our 10th birthday party, we’ve decided that the time has come to reveal Colleen Coover’s J&M 10th Anniversary print in its full glory! CHECK IT OUT:
11×17″ prints will be available at the party at Books With Pictures, for $20 each. We’re doing a run of 150 and not planning on reprinting this, so if you want one, now’s a good time to get in touch with someone who’ll be at the party!