The X-Men and the Legacy of AIDS - Los Angeles Review of Books
lareviewofbooks.orgThe Legacy Virus was after my time reading X-Men comics, but (thus?)I look forward to reading this article with interest (and thought some of you might, too).Now you can own the ACTUAL Castle (Sexy) Dracula!
For only $66 million. Maybe we can take up a collection? New Patreon stretch goal? :)Secret Cyclops Cosplay on Kohl's catalog?
Maybe he is actually doing Matt Murdoch, but the Kohl's catalog made me do a double-take, as it made its usual trip from the mailbox to the recycle bin.Collecting 80s X-Men
As some of you may know (I think I've posted here it here in the past) I am working towards completing my run of Uncanny X-Men from the first appearance of Kitty Pryde through Fall of the Mutants. This week (and next) on my Notes from Comics Collecting t...Poem: 'Nightcrawler Buys a Woman a Drink'
Back in April, I had the distinct pleasure of hearing Gary Jackson read some of his poems at an event related to the International Comics Art Forum conference. He read the poem at this link - "Nightcrawler Buys a Woman a Drink" - as part of his reading,...Bathrooms in Comics?
I finally got around to listening to Episode #117 - How to Pee Like a Super Villain and Jay and Miles's deep dive into the bathroom etiquette of the Marvel Universe made think of the above panels from Dazzler #2 (1981) (words by Tom DeFalco, Pencils by ...Lea Thompson Punching MOJO!
This is a treat for those not reading the current (and soon to end) Howard the Duck series. Art by Joe Quinones. Words by Chip Zdarsky (Howard the Duck vol. 6 #9)How Do You Listen to J+MXPtXM?
I don't necessarily mean what platform you use, though that might be part of the answer. I just mean when and where and how often. . . ? For example, I am currently over a month behind (the Meltdown episode was the last one I listened to) because I usual...Cloak and Dagger are Mutants (and other head canon)
Am I using the term head cannon correctly? I am new to the term, but not the idea, I think. Anyway, I recently picked up Cloak and Dagger volume 3 #2, which is titled "The Mutant Misadventures of. . ." through issue #13. I haven't read it yet, but first ...Recent X-Men Acquisitions / Classic X-Men
tumblr.comAs I have mentioned here before, I am working towards re-collecting X-Men back issues from the height of my reading/collecting period in my youth (basically from Kitty Pryde's intro through Fall of the Mutants). This week on my tumbled, Notes from Comi...What Jay & Miles Have Taught Me (about X-Men*)
Hi all! As you may have seen me mention before, the core era of X-Men am most familiar with runs from the late 70s to the late 80s. Let's say intro of Kitty Pryde through Fall of the Mutants. This means that in many of their cold opens and in references...Help Me Organize My X-Men Comics!
So, as some of you may know I have been slowing re-collecing what I consider my era of X-Men comics in single issues when I can (the vast majority) and trades when I can't (stuff like first appearance of Kitty Pryde, Dark Phoenix, DoFP, etc). I keep my ...Five Times the Grey-Summers Family Tree Got Weird - Women Write About Comics
This seemed relevant to our interests.Notes from Comics Collecting
tumblr.comI wanted to share the link to my tumblr where I share photos and notes from my "adventures" in comics collecting. I am kind obsessed with the notion of "collecting practices," something that has led both to my reflecting a lot on my own and examining var...Days of Future Now & Then
So a couple of years ago, just before X-Men: Days of Future Past came out my friend Eric and I published an edited version of an extended conversation we had about the original two-issue story that inspired the film (and the franchise's obsessive brooding...OT: ICAF 2016 (Comics Studies)
wordpress.comSo a little over two weeks ago I went to the International Comics Arts Forum 2016 conference for the first time and loved it. I wrote up an overview of it on my blog The Middle Spaces and wanted to share a link to it here in case, a) anyone who is into co...I love Excalibur (even though I have never really read it)
I so excited that Jay and Miles are about to start X-Paining Excalibur! While the series came out while I was no longer buying comics (or even reading much of them), my freshman year of college my RA (a guy I'd end up swapping comics with 15 years later) ...OT: Teen Titans Wasteland
So, I know it is not X-Plain the X-Men related, but since it got name dropped in an episode and the creators know each other, I wanted to see if anyone else here listens to the Teen Titans Wasteland podcast - my second favorite comics-related podcast. If ...




