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Some real-life couples have waited more than 37 years to safely kiss in public.
Some never got the chance.
Some are still waiting.
Representation matters.
As Mentioned in Episode 261 – Out of the Subtext
Tag: convention
261 – Out of the Subtext, Live from FlameCon with Vita Ayala!
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In which we return to our favorite convention; writer Vita Ayala remains an absolute legend; everything was always already queer; and nobody should ever have to wait 37 years for a kiss.
NEXT EPISODE: Rise of the Phalanx!
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240 – Live at ECCC 2019, feat. Vita Ayala, Seanan McGuire, & Leah Williams
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In which we sit down live at Emerald City Comic Con with writers Vita Ayala, Seanan McGuire, and Leah Williams to talk Age of X-Man, the intergenerational legacy of X-Men, and telling stories in the pauses.
Check back later this week for our ECCC cosplay and sketch galleries!
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As Mentioned in Episode 213 – Live from FlameCon
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OH MY GOSH LOOK AT ALL THESE SKETCHES! (We also forgot to photograph a ton of the ones we did, including one of Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau in a Speedo. We are very sorry.)
Rogue, by Miles
Warlock, by Jay
Phoenix, by Miles
Business-Casual Cyclops, by Jay
Archangel, by Miles
Dazzler, by Jay
Phoenix II / Marvel Girl / Prestige, by Miles
MAGNETO! sharpie tats, by Jay
Iceman, by Miles
Quentin Quire, by Jay
Anole, by Miles
Jubilee, by Miles
Warlock, by Jay
Dark Phoenix, by Miles
Phoenix Quentin Quire, by Miles
Rictor, by Jay
Rogue, by Miles
Cyclops, by Jay
Wolverine, by Miles
A good drawing, which is how you can tell it’s not by us: Cyclops Has a Good Day, for Jay’s sketchbook, by Amy Reeder!
NEXT EPISODE: Stryfe’s Burn Book!
LINKS & FURTHER TANGENTS
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- Join the Mutant Revolution Discord!
213 – Live from FlameCon, feat. Sina Grace, Magdalene Visaggio, and Leah Williams
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In which Leah dives headfirst into the world of con panels; Magdalene will burn down your idols; Sina is a fashion icon; none of the X-Men are straight (but they do share a sweater); you can’t spell “gay sex” without X; and we are all very, VERY in love with FlameCon.
Special thanks to Sina, Mags, Leah, Matt, Maya, Tea, Anna, the Discord crowd, and all our amazing listeners and patrons!
NEXT EPISODE: Stryfe’s Burn Book!
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ECCC 2018 Gallery – Part 2 – Look at All These X-Men
One of our favorite parts of any convention is the kickass cosplay! Here are some of the many, MANY X-Men (and a few others) from Emerald City Comic Con:
WE FOUND A HONEY BADGER!!! (Well, she found us. BUT STILL! HONEY BADGER!)
Gambit and All-New Jean!
I would 100% buy that Jubilee and Rule-63 Quentin Quire have a mermaid friend.
Speaking of Rule-63, this Emma Frost was killing it!
Janet K. Lee’s art nouveau Emma Frost! (Jay helped make this one.)
A really, REALLY good swashbuckling Nightcrawler!
We first met this punk Storm in 2015, and she continues to be The Absolute Coolest.
Okay, fine, EVERY punk Storm is the coolest. <3
(Same Storm as previous.)
We know they’re not technically X-Men, but NOBODY cosplays Clea, and when I saw this one I kind of freaked out, and she was very gracious about it. (Dr. Strange is okay, too, I guess. But CLEA!)
Several Disney-X mash-ups!
The cutest Pixie!
X-23…
…and her evolved form, Best Wolverine!
This Rule-63 Jubilee was the first X-Men cosplayer we spotted all weekend!
It’s not a convention without at least one Dazzler!
This group is SO GOOD, as is the entirely accidental Young Avengers photobomb in the background.
That shirt. THAT. SHIRT.
Gambit!
Another really good group. I don’t think Cyclops has ever had a beard in canon (not counting his terrrrrible Ultimate version), and that’s a shame.
Rogue!
There was surprisingly little Gifted cosplay, but this Polaris was cool enough on her own to more than make up for the absence of her compatriots.
Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead!
Closing with another non-X-Men costume, because this tiny Hela is amazing and we love her.
188 – Live from ECCC, feat. Bret Blevins, Rachelle Rosenberg, and Ramon Villalobos
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In which Jay makes a sartorial switch; Hope Summers is less confusing than you might expect; we are very happy to present our first all-artist convention special; Ramon kills his idols; Rachelle deciphers the past; Bret (re)defines New Mutants; a long-time mystery is resolved; colorists deserve more respect; the Xavier School probably has an actual curriculum; and a lot of X-Men have really cool hair.
X-PLAINED:
- The adventures of Hope Summers
- Several Phoenix hosts
- The time Quentin Quire became a Shi’ar god
- Jay’s mom
- Our panelists’ definitive X-Men
- E for Extinction
- Killing your idols
- Coloring as archaeology
- Visually defining the X-Men
- New Mutants that might have been
- Favorite costumes
- The actual color of Storm’s ’90s costume
- Editorial direction vs. editorial mandate
- Practical considerations in costume design
- Actual education at the Xavier School
- Wolverine’s assorted children
- The best hair in the X-Men
NEXT EPISODE: Cannonball dies (briefly)!
No visual companion to this one, but check out the first part of our ECCC gallery over on our blog!
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168 – Live at NYCC, feat. Chris Claremont and Louise Simonson
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In which X-Legends Chris Claremont and Louise Simonson join us for our first-ever live show on the East coast!
NEXT EPISODE: Bits ‘n’ Bobs
No visual companion this week, but keep an eye out for our NYCC gallery!
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As Mentioned in Episode 162 – Naked in Canada
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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!
Come to our RCCC party and meetup! Details here!
This story looks cheerful! (Marvel Comics Presents #72)
Oho, I see what you did, there, Barry Windsor-Smith! (Marvel Comics Presents #72)
(The indefinite article, not Ororo Munroe.) (Marvel Comics Presents #72)
“Why did you resign?” (Marvel Comics Presents #73)
That palette! (Marvel Comics Presents #73)
The Professor is a huge jerk. (Marvel Comics Presents #74)
Wolverine’s self-image is… somewhat alarming. (Marvel Comics Presents #76)
Terrific use of sound effects, either way. (Marvel Comics Presents #77)
Hell, as designed by Lisa Frank. (Marvel Comics Presents #78)
That linework, though! (Marvel Comics Presents #79)
I know it’s supposed to be an alarm, but I can’t shake the idea that Wolverine is just yelling “AAOOOGAH” over and over. (Marvel Comics Presents #80)
Seriously, what an asshole. (Marvel Comics Presents #81)
Well, shit. (Marvel Comics Presents #82)
Even a functionally feral Wolverine knows that ninjas can’t catch you if you’re on fire! (Marvel Comics Presents #83)
This man has literally no redeeming characteristics. (Marvel Comics Presents #83)
Get good and at home, Wolverine, because you’re gonna be spending a lot of time in variations on this scenario. (Marvel Comics Presents #84)
And then, things got weird. Weirder. Differently weird. (Marvel Comics Presents #84)
The twist was the lack of twist that turned out to be the actual twist! (Marvel Comics Presents #84)
I’m still not entirely sure whether this is supposed to have happened for real or not; and that’s why I love this story. (Marvel Comics Presents #84)
THAT. PALETTE. (Marvel Comics Presents #84)
WOW. (Marvel Comics Presents #84)
Next Episode: More MCP, featuring “God’s Country” and “The Retribution Affair”!
LINKS & FURTHER READING
- Come see us at RCCC, and party with us on Friday night!
- The Milgram experiment is both horrifying and really important.
- Here are a large number of photographs of snow leopards with their tails in their mouths.
150 – Live at ECCC, feat. Dennis Hopeless and Charles Soule
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In which writers Dennis Hopeless and Charles Soule join us for a live episode at Emerald City Comic Con, Age of X is the world’s worst morale boost; Charles and Dennis X-Plain the Marvel Universe; we still can’t get Hieronymus Bosch’s X-Men out of our heads; and apparently somehow we’ve recorded and posted 150 of these things.
X-PLAINED:
- Age of X
- Evil Moira MacTaggert Disambiguation
- The post-Secret Wars Marvel Universe
- Major X-Men turning points
- ResurrXion
- Planning events
- A profoundly unexpected crossover
- Namor’s definitive qualities
- Our dream X-creators
- Where to find Havok in current comics
- Earned deaths
- The pronunciations of several words
- Teams we’d like to see revived or revisited
NEXT EPISODE: The road to X-Tinction Agenda continues!
No visual companion this week, but wait ’til you see our ECCC photos!
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