35 – Post-Disco Panic

Art by David Wynne In which literally every character in Dazzler: The Movie is the absolute worst; Beauty and the Beast is secretly kind of awesome; Ann Nocenti is an editorial war-bard; Rachel issues a hat-related retraction; and we would read the hell out of Tales from the Heartbreak Hotel. X-Plained: The many mutations of Hank McCoy Alison Blaire Dazzler: The Movie Dazzler’s corporate origins The original plans for the actual unmade Dazzler movie Severely off-model Storm Ziggy the Butler Several frankly horrifying courtships Roman Nekoboh Eric Beale Beauty and the Beast (but not that one) The correct way to open a miniseries Ann Nocenti Alexander Flynn The importance of voice in writing Beast Max Rocker The Heartbreak Hotel (but not that one) and its residents Nocenti narration Some really dubious underground theater The worst hat What Dazzler’s been up to lately NEXT WEEK: Rock’n’Roll Annuals… IN SPACE! ART CHALLENGE: Join us in a world where Beauty and the Beast spinoff Tales from the Heartbreak Hotel is a real, published comic–and send us your fan-art from that series! You can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Support us on Patreon! Buy prints of this week’s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne for the original!