279 – Giant-Size Special #8

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Jay would absolutely fight Christmas; we welcome guest X-Perts Christina Strain and Chip Zdarsky; a gift arrives; we consider the relationship of Generation X to Generation X; it is really not okay to leave your discarded skins lying around; D.O.A. is inordinately delightful; Chamber is the punk Shadow; Gateway goes to school; the Generation X TV movie is very, very bad; telepathy is free; the grown-ups are all right; home sucks; freedom rocks; Mondo deserves better; Matt Frewer did most things first; Kevin McNulty has appeared in literally everything; and you remain our favorites, ever. X-PLAINED: Mutation, for some value of the term Holidays and the observation thereof December 9 Jay’s ideal Christmas How Chris Bachalo’s name is pronounced (more) (again) (sorry) Several promotions Generation X Generation X #1-4 Generation X Husk (Paige Guthrie) M (Monet St. Croix) Skin (Angelo Espinosa) Synch (Everett Thomas) Chamber (Jonothon Starsmore) The New Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters Counting Genises The housekeeping implications of body horror The M retcon Continuity in costume design The Danger Grotto Emplate (somewhat) D.O.A. Penance (not that one) Scrabble burns An alternate take on power duplication Mondo () The return of Nanny and the Orphanmaker Eliot () A tentative friendship How the Age of Apocalypse comes to Generation X A movie that never fails to disappoint The vagaries of adaptation The best on-screen Emma Frost Gang emails of the 1990s Refrax Buff William Castle The comedic genealogy of Max Headroom Hatley Castle The 2019 Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence NEXT WEEK: Jay & Miles go on vacation! NEXT EPISODE: Bishop goes solo! Special thanks to Christina Strain, Douglas Wolk, and Chip Zdarsky; and–always–to Matt Hunter, David Wynne, Tea Fougner, Anna Sheffey, and all of our patrons and listeners! 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! Buy rad swag at our TeePublic shop!