Kitty Pryde, sorry, I mean Kate Pryde, is coming out! She's stealing a boat, getting drunk on Wolverine’s stash and becoming a pirate/liberator of mutants everywhere. Join us for a deep dive into Marauders issues 1-9 from Gerry Duggan, Matteo Lolli, Stephano Casseli, Michelle Bandini and others. X-Perts: Chingy L Gay is a writer, comedian, and critically acclaimed ex-girlfriend. She writes about queer identity, nerd shit, and her weird sex life and has been featured at MTV News, Out Magazine, Jezebel, Autostraddle and Kotaku. https://twitter.com/TheGayChingy Dani Kinney is a Sensitivity Reader at Salt & Sage Books, a Trans & Intersex Educator and Policy Consult. They're also a writer at Graphic Policy and Women Write About Comics where they've authored works such as "Hold Fast: Marauders and the Anti-Fascist Model", "New Intersections: Krakoa and the Queer Body Politic", and " Subterranean Mutant Semiotics: Morlocks, X-Factor, and the Privilege of Passing".  And yes they know they take the mutant metaphor a little too seriously. https://twitter.com/sjw_LauraKinney     

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X-Men Dawn of X: Marauders, Be Queer Do Crimes

Elsa Charretier joins us from the south of France to talk about her latest comic, the noir tale November with Matt Fraction.  Elsa is a self taught artist known for co-creating the award winning scifi romance The Infinite Loop with writer Pierrick Colinet. Since then, she has been dividing her time between creating new creator-owned books (Superfreaks) and drawing established characters like The Unstopable Wasp, Starfire, DC's Bombshells and Star Wars' most fashionable depiction of Admiral Holdo.  Volume 2 of Novemeber will be out June 2nd. Follow her online: https://twitter.com/e_charretier

Artist/Writer Elsa Charretier: November in Mer-May

Interview with comics artist/writer Jerry Ordway continues! Jerry's been making superhero comics for DC and Marvel for 40 years. He's the guy who made people care about Shazam and the All Star Squadron again. He inked Crisis on Infinate Earths. He's partnered with writers like Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Michael Moorecock & Neil Gaiman. His essay on age discriminiation in the industry put a name to a significant problem in comics http://ordstersrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/2013/03/life-over-fifty.html In part two of our interview we talk about why we love hand lettering, the nightmare of Superman continuity, how he approached his groundbreaking graphic novel The Power of Shazam, on working with Michael Moorecock on Tom Strong, Warren Ellis on Planetary and creating a Loki story for Neil Gaiman's Norse mythology book!   Whether you're new to Jerry's work or a long time fan you'll learn a ton about the process of inking and drawing comics (traditional and digital), industry history, Alan Moore anecdotes and why he actually likes drawing boats and buildings (and how he does it so darn elegantly). 

Crisis on Infinite Jerry Ordway Part 2

Comics artist/writer Jerry Ordway has been making superhero comics for DC and Marvel for 40 years. He's the guy who made people care about Shazam and the Justice Society of America again. He inked Crisis on Infinate Earths. He's partnered with writers like Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Michael Moorecock & Neil Gaiman.  Welcome to a special two part interview. Whether you're new to Jerry's work or a long time fan you'll learn a ton about the process of inking and drawing comics, industry history, the secret workings of Letter Columns--and why Jerry tends to avoid name dropping bands in his comics, or drawing Lobo.  In part one we cover the start of his career, what it was like working on the one of the 1st big comics mega events, what makes the JSA tick, how he approaches Shazam and his indie horrorwork Semiautomagic with Alex di Campi.  Follow Jerry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JerryOrdway

Crisis on Infinite Jerry Ordway: Part 1!

Travel back as we delve into a classic Venture Bros episode: Operation PROM. Thanks for being patient with the podcast right now: I've been slammed with work. I thought I'd make it up to you by covering a Venture Bros episode from Season 4, before we started podcast. We're here to help you catch all the references to feminist philosophers and 70s rock bands and Marvel comics. And to help you think about all the themes about all the failure, all the nostalgia and all the other stuff that Venture Bros are made of.  I, Elana Levin https://twitter.com/Elana_Brooklyn, am joined by my co-host, Historian/Professor/pop culture nerd Steven Attewell https://twitter.com/StevenAttewell.  If you want more podcast coverage of older episodes of the show, let us know on Twitter which episodes you want us to cover! And stay tunned for more interviews with comics creators next week!

The Venture Bros podcast: S4 Ep 16 Operation P.R.O.M.

Warren Ellis' Castlevania show for Netflix is about powerful old men who want to bring the world down around them and the OT3 who say "nope" to all that. I'm joined by two critics who know their anime way better than I to talk about the show: Kat Overland is a freelance culture critic and the small press editor at Women Write About comics. Leslie Lee the 3rd is a writer and host of Struggle Session. We open with a Spoiler-free discussion of if you should watch the show. Answer: yes, there are lesbians. And the Byronic is actually likeable.  Then deep dive into the show: "Sad beautiful men" & "everyone is very tired". "The Moorcock-ian psychedelic space horror in the basement"- https://twitter.com/Elana_Brooklyn"Isaiac is a Conan story" - https://twitter.com/leslieleeiii"Hector is a nihlist yet a woobie" - https://twitter.com/dogunderwaterCarmila’s “I’m With Her” energy Our four vampire wives Demons from Buffy and Battle Angel Warren Ellis is the most atheist of all     

Castlevania: A Very Warren Ellis Anime. with Leslie Lee III & Kat Overland

The comic strips you grew up with, and your great-grandma grew up with, are probably from King Features Syndicate: a comics syndicate over 100 years old! Tea Fougner is the Editorial Director for Comics at King Features Syndicate and joins us to talk about comics strips past and present. As Tea says, “Comics is a format, not a genre." Find out: Which vintage adventure strips will modern readers enjoy?Popeye: OriginsThe kweerness of Krazy KatThe 1970s splenders of Apartment 3GThe Lockhorns are someone’s hip memePopeye on socialism and economic policy“Mandrake the Magician was Doctor Strange before Doctor Strange”How to read King Features comics. Literally.Popeye is compassionate Tea tweets as https://twitter.com/teaberryblue.

Tea and Spinach! Politics of Popeye, King Features Comics Strips to Memes

V for Vendetta is marching in streets from Catalonia to Hong Kong; a centuries old symbol reinvented in the 1982 graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, and further popularized by the Wachowski Sisters movie of 2005. Even Occupy was almost 10 years ago?!  Why has this mask and story lived on in protests? How is V for Vendetta a unique dystopian text? I'm joined by Ajay Singh Chaudhary PHD, executive director of the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research and Ange Tran, artist and designer working on projects for radical social change.  We discuss how the mask has been an effective tool and why the movie and comics still work for us. Discussed:  Histories of the Guy Fawkes mask"The movie was about Bush the comic is about Thatcher" - https://twitter.com/Elana_BrooklynIf V is passe then what's next for protest garb?"The mask has a story that people understand." - AngeMask as floating signifier “Things become Un-Moore'd from their initial foundations “- AjayMore Frankfurt School social theory than usual, even for this very nerdy podcast. Follow Ajay on twitter https://twitter.com/materialist_jew and Ange Tran is https://twitter.com/angetranland. See more of Ange's work here: http://designwork.online/

V for Vendetta: A mask becomes un-Moore'd in time

Perfectly choreographed fights against sexists who had it coming! Does DC Entertainment's Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey movie keep the spirit of the beloved comics alive? From the comics to the big screen we've got an expert panel:  Nadia Shammas is an Arab-American comic writer and native Brooklynite. She's best known for being the creator of CORPUS: A Comic Anthology of Bodily Ailments and the author/co-creator of SQUIRE, a YA Middle Eastern fantasy set from HarperCollins next year. You can find her and her movie takes on Twitter https://twitter.com/Nadia_Shammas_ Véronique Emma Houxbois is a fiercely queer critic, cartoonist, and consultant hosting Read From the Rafters on YouTube as her drag persona Judith Slays. Named one of SyFy's Most Influential Women in Genre 2017, her credits include Love is Love for IDW/DC, Critical Chips Volume 2 for Shortbox, and Called into Being: 200 Years of Frankenstein. https://twitter.com/EmmaHouxbois Sara Century is a writer of short stories, articles about comics and film, and many, many zines. She is an artist, comic creator and filmmaker as well as co-host of the weekly podcast Bitches on Comics. https://twitter.com/saracentury Join us for: New Yorkers' opinions on Harley’s accent & parking in Gotham “Disaster capitalism, Spirit Halloween costume” Emma on some of Harley’s prior unfortunate looksA chaotic neutral Batman and Robin Asking for more explicit conversation about why cops are pigsHow I define Harley's real super power

Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipated Comics Critics

Victor Luckerson is writing a book about Tulsa's Black Wall Street, which was highlighted by HBO's Watchmen series. Felicia Perez is the Innovation Director at the Center for Story-based Strategy. We team up to look at the real history and current politics behind the most 2019 of HBO shows. Also, check out Victor's essay in the New Yorker: The Great Achievement of Watchmen is Showing How Black Americans Shape History: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-great-achievement-of-watchmen-is-in-showing-how-black-americans-shape-history. Discussed: Lady Trieu is BatmanWhy it took me so long to cover this show (partially Alan Moore)The power and danger of NostalgiaAmerica’s messed-up relationship with historyThe problem with conspiraciesOhhhhhklahoma! (is not OK)and of course, the actual comics.  Victor Luckerson: https://twitter.com/vluck and newsletter runitback.substack.com. Felicia Perez https://www.facebook.com/luchasflixpicks/ and https://twitter.com/socalluchador  and me, send me feedback! https://twitter.com/Elana_Brooklyn  

Watchmen on HBO: Black Wall Street, "Trust In the Law", masks & politics

New York Times Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie and Spencer Ackerman, Daily Beast National Security Reporter, join me to talk about the new X-Men series, the ideology of Krakoa and more: “Magneto as Lenin” Jamelle Bouie “This is The X-Men that I have always dreamed of existing, in my soul”- Spencer AckermanWhat does the Mutant Liberation Front really mean?Pan Africanism, not Zionism "Based on my friends fighting between Bernie and Warren there should be a lot more fighting between being a Magneto guy vs being a Scott Summers guy." -- me, @Elana_BrooklynThe utterly perfect X-Men #4            

Jamelle Bouie, Spencer Ackerman: The X-Men at Davos, HoxPox & Dawn of X

Our roundtable of historians, cultural critics and comics bloggers came together for a Martin Luther King Day episode 5 years ago. The world of X-Men and criticism has changed since but our panelists rocked and listeners loved it. So we brought this Classic episode out of the archives. Our guests:  Steve Attewell: He is the founder and writer of Race for the Iron Throne and writes People’s History of the Marvel Universe for Graphic Policy. https://twitter.com/StevenAttewellDavid Brothers – David works for a comics publisher, blogs about stuff at 4thletter.net, & tweets about everything at @hermanos. Find his life story at iamdavidbrothers.com.Gene Demby – Gene Demby is an American writer and journalist & the lead blogger for NPR’s Code Switch team.Véronique Emma Houxbois  writes Transmyscira column for Comicosity and hosts Read From the Rafters on YouTube as her drag persona Judith Slays. Named one of SyFy's Most Influential Women in Genre 2017. @emmahouxboisKendra James – Is a writer and the Managing Editor of StarTrek.com. https://twitter.com/KendraJames_and me, Elana Levin, host of Graphic Policy Radio https://twitter.com/elana_brooklyn

Martin Luther King, X-Men and Magneto: A Vintage Episode

"BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams is a graphic novel from legendary artist Mike Allred and writer Steve Horton. It chronicles the rise of David Bowie’s career from obscurity to fame; paralleled by the rise and fall of his alter ego Ziggy Stardust. As the Spiders from Mars slowly implode, Bowie wrestles with his Ziggy persona. The outcome of this internal conflict will change not only DavidBowie, but also, the world." I'm joined by the book's writer Steve Horton -- https://twitter.com/tropicalsteve to talk about the making of the graphic novel and our shared love of Bowie (and shared love of artist Mike Allred's work). Whether you're an "Absolute Beginer" on Bowie or already deeply "Loving the Alien" you will get something out of this tremendous book-- and hopefully out of this episode too.  Share your thoughts with me https://twitter.com/Elana_Brooklyn and maybe I'll show you my Bowie tattoo. 

Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams Graphic Novel with Steve Horton

What better collapse of the Disney vs auteurism fight then Werner Herzog talking to a Muppet? I'm joined by experts in the show's influences from High Noon to Lone Wolf and Cub. Learn about darksabers and other stuff you missed by not watching the Clone Wars cartoon. Guests: Brandon Wilson is a filmmaker and lecturer. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he attended UCLA where he took a B.A. in African-American Studies and an M.F.A. from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. Wilson has directed two micro-budget features: 2005’s The Man Who Couldn’t… which is on YouTube and Sepulveda from 2016 which is streaming for free on Vimeo. Wilson has taught Film Analysis for Filmmakers and Introduction to Editing courses at UCLA. He also teaches at Columbia College Hollywood and Long Beach Community College. In 2020 he’ll begin hosting a monthly cinema salon at The Metaphor Club, a Black-owned workspace and lounge for creatives in Leimert Park. He blogs and has been a guest on several film oriented podcasts. He tweets regularly as https://twitter.com/Geniusbastard Véronique Emma Houxbois is a fiercely queer critic, cartoonist, and consultant most recently spotted in the Pacific Northwest writing her Transmyscira column for Comicosity and hosting Read From the Rafters on YouTube as her drag persona Judith Slays. Named one of SyFy's Most Influential Women in Genre 2017, her credits include Love is Love for IDW/DC, Critical Chips Volume 2 for Shortbox, and Called into Being: 200 Years of Frankenstein https://twitter.com/EmmaHouxbois & of course I'm always at https://twitter.com/elana_brooklyn

The Mandalorian: Westerns, Samurai Manga and Muppets

Experts at pop culture storytelling, social movements and fan organizing joining me to discuss the final Star Wars movie, Rise of Skywalker. Porshéa Patterson-Hurst is the public opinion research associate for The Opportunity Agenda, a social justice communication lab in New York. She consults with allies in the field to identify and obtain pertinent research needs in the areas of immigration, criminal legal reform, and poverty. She is also the Director of Strategic Partnerships for Black Girls Create, volunteers with the Harry Potter Alliance, and co-hosts CastleBlackPod. https://twitter.com/Porshea_obvi Rafael Shimunov is an artist and political activist from Queens. He was a HIAS refugee as a child from Russian-dominated Uzbekistan. Shimunov serves on the executive board of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), is a co-founder of The Jewish Vote and has worked with IfNotNow, Michael Moore and The Center for Constitutional Rights. His work has been covered by Rolling Stone, Newsweek, The Washington Post, NowThis News and Haaretz. https://twitter.com/rafaelshimunov Discussed: Muppets, puppets and metaphorsBabu Frik and the tech worker insurgency“There can be another Snoke in a minute” (thank you Beyonce)Redemption arcs vs Restorative JusticeHow Star Wars' handling of queer rep is like a Bill Clinton speechSpin-offs both real and imagined (and Rogue One, the best Star War)And https://twitter.com/elana_brooklyn quotes the Hagadah like its Passover

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