228 – Thinkin’ Shorts

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which it still sucks to be a Rasputin; John Romita Jr. has a solid, if muscular, grasp of anatomy; Jay and Miles are better exes than Forge and anyone; and Cannonball’s many younger siblings have almost prepared him for running X-Force. X-PLAINED: Peters Parker The Merry X-Men Holiday Special Comic book release schedules vs. J&MXPtXM Uncanny X-Men #301-302 Trevor F**king Fitzroy, possibly the worst Upstart Comics Code Authority closeting versus real-life closeting 21st Century Torture Devices Risky mood fonts Robert’s Rules of Upstart Order (this week) Gamesmaster vs. the Isolationist Shinobi Shaw: Good At Sex Russian tragedy (more, again) Charles Xavier and his poor decisions Shi’ar tech support Pants and villainy Racist jerks vs. rhetorical questions TIME PARADOX Weirdly specific contingencies Piotr Rasputin and his justified fury X-Force #24 Meaningless (but fun!) timestamps The Friends of Humanity (who are not our friends) Rusty and Skids’ latest arrest Disappointed Dad Sam Guthrie Action vs. public perception Vinz Clortho Domino’s continuing quest to figure out what exactly an X-Force is The dramatic return of… well, you know Spacesuit logistics Numerical universe designations Plastic Warlock NEXT EPISODE: Our Fifth Annual Giant-Size Winter Special! Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here! We’re in the process of migrating our official shop to TeePublic! Click over to check it out! (You can still find the designs we haven’t moved yet at Redbubble.)