45 – A Woman Who Could Fly

Art by David Wynne. Prints, cards, and travel mugs available until 3/1/2015 in the shop, or contact David for the original. In which we discard our regularly scheduled programming to focus on Storm and Lifedeath II; no one draws motion like Barry Windsor-Smith; Storm goes up to eleven; and we really wish we had the frame of reference to place this story in the larger context of diaspora literature. X-Plained: Forge The Adversary Uncanny X-Men #198 (Lifedeath II) Storm The narrative impact of sexualization Barry Windsor-Smith Extreme weather in comics Hallucinatory X-Men Storm in adaptation The Storm elevator pitch Our Storm dream casting Mjnari Artist editions Colonialism Storm as a liminal figure NEXT WEEK: The New Mutants Go to the Arena! 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!