Episode ten is out! As always, episodes are available to listen on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc.
This week, Pie and Lulu explore their most literary and intellectual pastime during the pandemic: reading a lot of X-Men comics. Covering comics from the eighties to the present day, topics include favorite characters, underrated comic runs, and thoughts on the unusual current status quo of the X-Men. Oh, and also cosmic tragedies, coming out stories, and karaoke–you know, all the usual staples of superhero comics.
Comics discussed in-depth:
- Astonishing X-Men (2012-2013) by Marjorie Liu
- All-New Wolverine by Tom Taylor
- House of X/Powers of X by Jonathan Hickman
- Rictor and Shatterstar’s publication history
- Rogue and Gambit’s publication history
- Generation X by Christina Strain
- The Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Claremont
- Iceman by Sina Grace
- Hellions by Zeb Wells
Other comics and media mentioned:
- Heathen by Natasha Alterici
- Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Austistic Trans Woman by Laura Kate Dale
- These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy
- The Wolf and the Woodsman Ava Reid
- House of M by Brian Michael Bendis
- X-Force by Craig Kyle and Chris Yost
- X-Men: Season One by Dennis Hopeless
- All-New X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis
- Young Avengers: Children’s Crusade by Allan Heinburg
- New Mutants (1983) by Chris Claremont
- X-23: Innocence Lost by Craig Kyle
- X-23 by Marjorie Liu
- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
- New X-Men by Grant Morrison
- X-Factor Investigations by Peter David
- Rogue and Gambit: Ring of Fire by Kelly Thompson
- X-Men Gold by Marc Guggenheim
- Mr. and Mrs. X by Kelly Thompson
- Excalibur by Tini Howard
- Days of Future Past by Chris Claremont
- X of Swords by Jonathan Hickman and various others
Content warnings: Discussions of the Holocaust, racism in comics, (fictional) human experimentation, and homophobia