Tag: Bobby Roberts
57 – Apocalypse Soon
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In which Miles tries to find things to like about Bob Layton’s X-Factor run; Cyclops’s life is literally an anxiety dream; X-Factor is very Leverage; Layton’s Angel is just godawful; Rachel is all about the Red Scare; Frenzy is awesome; and we bid a fond farewell to producer Bobby Roberts.
X-PLAINED:
- An Apocalypse that might have been
- Mid-80s X-title thematic disambiguation
- The limited value of nostalgia
- Creative history of X-Factor
- X-Factor #2-5 and Annual #1
- The baffling reinvention of Vera Cantor
- Tower (Edward Pasternak)
- Dubious didactic strategies
- Carl Maddicks
- Artie Maddicks
- Muffin the kitten
- Bad timing
- Soviet mutant policy
- Soviet robot disambiguation
- The Doppelganger (Wolfgang Heinreich)
- A ruse
- Alexei Garnov, Mentac the Living Computer, Concussion, Iron Curtain, and Siberian Tiger
- The worst phonetic accent we have ever seen.
- The Alliance of Evil
- Frenzy (Joanna Cargill)
- The color of Beast’s fur
- Our favorite X-Men toys
NEXT WEEK: Miniseries Mayhem!
Many thanks to Bobby Roberts for 57 spectacular episodes of production, advice, and boundless patience. You are the best, and we love you forever.
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As Mentioned in Episode 37 – Giant-Size Special #1
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THE 2014 SUPER DOCTOR ASTRONAUT PETER CORBEAU AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN X-CELLENCE
- Best X-Writer – Brian Michael Bendis, for Uncanny X-Men, All-New X-Men, and general line architecture
- Best X-Artist – Kris Anka, for Uncanny X-Men and general visual and costuming impact
- Best X-Colorist – Chris Sotomayor, for Cyclops
- Best X-Letterer (Now and Forever) – Tom Orzechowski, for everything ever forever
- Jean Grey Award for Creative Resurrection – Nightcrawler (Amazing X-Men)
- Best New Character – Forget-Me-Not (X-Men Legacy #300)
- Best Complete Arc – Cyclops #1-5, by Greg Rucka, Russell Dauterman, Chris Sotomayor, Carmen Carnero, et. al.
- Best Soap Opera – All-New X-Men, by Brian Michael Bendis et. al.
- Silver Lining Award – Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy #4, by Marguerite Bennett, Juan Doe, et. al.
- Golden Retcon – X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Irene Adler Award for Most Anticipated Future Run – G. Willow Wilson on X-Men
- About Damn Time – Storm, by Greg Pak et. al.
- Cyclops Has a Good Day Award – Wolverine and the X-Men #40, by Jason Aaron, Pepe Larraz, et. al.
- Best Listeners of Any Podcast Ever – YOU*
*Details of the Corbeau Coloring Contest will go up on Monday, because Rachel’s parents are visiting this weekend. We appreciate your patience.
CLASSIC CORBEAUS (for older X-material covered in the podcast during 2014)
- Harvey and Janet Award for Best Walk-On – The staff and guests of the Heartbreak Hotel
- Lost Treasure – Beauty and the Beast, by Ann Nocenti, Don Perlin, et. al.
- Sure, Why Not? – The Leprechauns of Cassidy Keep
- Still the Best Issue After All These Years – Uncanny X-Men vol. 1 #137
LINKS AND ADDITIONAL READING
- We are an entirely listener-supported podcast, and features like this Giant-Size episode are made possible by our kickass Patreon subscribers. You can become one of those here.
- “You dare call that thing human?”: Classic line from God Loves, Man Kills; AND the title of this X-cellent Adam Warrock album.
- Bobby interviewed us this episode, but we totally interviewed him first. So there.
- Miles’s favorite episode.
- Rachel’s favorite episode.
- This one was fun, too.
37 – Giant-Size Special #1
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In which we launch our first-ever giant-size special; God Loves, Man Kills is the definitive X-Men story; Bobby makes his R&MXtXM on-air debut; we repopulate the world with X-writers; Rachel is really excited about x-plaining X-Cutioner’s Song; Miles takes a strong stance on Wolverine’s mask; we award some awards; and it’s all your fault.
X-Plained
- God Loves, Man Kills (Marvel Graphic Novel #5)
- William Stryker
- An inappropriate analogy
- Keeping it interesting
- Favorite episodes
- Bridging the fan/critic divide
- Our ongoing obsession with bit characters
- The challenge of keeping Charles Xavier relevant
- X-Planation Curation
- Several stories we’re really looking forward to covering
- X-Writers on a desert island
- Internet fights
- Favorite stories vs. best stories
- Stupid hats of the Marvel Universe
- Dr. Doom as Tim Gunn
- Havok vs. ceiling fans
- Educational standards of the Marvel Universe
- The First Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence in X-Cellence
NEXT WEEK: Rachel and Chris Sims X-Plain Arcade
CORRECTION: In this episode, Rachel claims that there is only one Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau in the Marvel Multiverse. This is patently untrue. There are numerous versions of Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau in the Marvel Multiverse, who may or may not be able to combine Voltron-style into a giant Corbeau Singularity.
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“Don’t Worry, I Can Fix It In Post” – An Interview With Bobby Roberts
Our producer, Bobby Roberts, is fucking awesome. Long ago, when we first moved to Portland, he was half of the only local DJ team we have ever not only voluntarily listened to but actively sought out. These days, Bobby is the warm, beating heart of local geek culture, and somehow manages to be both the coolest and the nicest person we know.
You know that Bobby is awesome, because you’ve been complimenting his work for months now. He’s the man behind the curtain: the guy who takes the podcast from a couple jerks rambling about funnybooks to a pretty tight, professional-sounding show.
Since week one, you’ve been asking us for more info about the production-and-editing end of things, so this week, Rachel sat down with Bobby to learn his dark eldritch secrets. Read on for production tips, mic talk, favorite X-Men, and more; then go binge-listen to Welcome to That Whole Thing, which is, frankly, way better than what we do here.