301 – Can’t Beat the Real Thing

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we enter our fourth century of podcasting with brand new theme music; we have both Wolverine questions and wolverine questions; it is extremely rough to be Bishop; the creator of Garfield may or may not live in a sewer on Earth-616; Rogue needs better coping mechanisms; bigotry is depressingly timeless; and everything is Onslaught now. X-PLAINED: Joseph’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Our new theme music X-Men Prime #1 A genuinely cool cover gimmick What happened after the end of the world Boundaries War crimes vs. fashion crimes Destruction of real landmarks in fiction A mysterious assailant Actual embodied chaos god Jim Davis and his Earth-616 namesake Several memorable Garfield stories Marrow (Sarah Rushman) The secret origin of the Morlocks A friendship we miss Unhealthy coping mechanisms The perennially dubious journalistic ethics of Trish Tilby Dennis The death of Dennis Flaws of the mutant metaphor (more) (again) Several refugees from Earth-295 Mr. Summers and Mr. Summers The secret origin of the Genoshan mutates The Acolytes The continuing relevance of the mutant metaphor (more) (again) Cross-universe characterization NEXT EPISODE: The fall of Avalon! NOTE: The Garfield strips Jay mentions appeared in newspapers, on purpose, in October 1989. 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!