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Super Gay!
by Johnnie JungleGuts and Professor Xtra
A podcast for comic book gays!!! Listen in for all things GAY in comics and more, but mostly COMICS! This fun, in-depth, critical and cute conversation covers the queer -- whether canonical or subtextual -- in super hero comics, animation and geek culture. Starring Johnnie "JungleGuts" Martin and Alexandro Segade aka Prof Xtra; Patreon.com/supergayz
Episodes
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SUPERGAY FINALE- D-Man and Dazzler
Welcome to the 50th - and LAST - episode of Supergay! The co-hosts declare “Mission: Accomplished!” as both Marvel and DC release LGBTQ Pride Month anthologies this June. For their final deep dive into queer super heroes, Johnny and Alex explore the D-List: Marvel’s smelly wrestling sensation...
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ANOLE AND LIVING LIGHTNING!
In this penultimate episode of Super Gay, Johnnie and Alex have a ball breaking down two gay background characters, Anole and Living Lightning. After hovering in their collective comics subconscious for years, Johnnie and Alex find relief in mulling over the meaning behind these two different gay...
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Gay Dark- Venom vs. Obsidian
THE END, PART 1: VENOM VS. OBSIDIAN Welcome to 'Gaydark,' the queer cousin of 'Grimdark,' characterized by oozing black ink and masculinity issues. In the first of the three-part, all-time Supergay finale, Johnnie and Alex explore the shadowy crevices of Todd MacFarlane's work on Venom and…
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MOONDRAGON!
In our penultimate, giant-size episode, Alex shares his obsession with Marvel’s bald goddess of the mind, Moondragon. A member (and antagonist) of the Avengers, Defenders, Infinity Watch and Guardians of the Galaxy, Moondragon has been a major player in Marvel’s cosmic comics for five decades,...
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CATMAN LIKES CATS!
In the countdown to The End of Supergay!, Johnny shares his obsession with c-list anti-villain Catman. A nemesis of Batman and avid fan of Catwoman, who first appeared in Gotham in the early 1960s, Catman’s reimagining as a traumatized, recovered and now (kinda) out-bisexual non-hero was...
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SUPERHEROES AND HIV/AIDS
In this intergenerational conversation about the struggles superheroes faced in combating the homophobia, stigma, and racism entangled in the AIDS Crisis, Johnny and Alex also talk about ways HIV/AIDS shaped their own lives, and find parallels in the current pandemic. Spanning the late 1980s to…
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THE (QUEER) CONTEXT!
A very special episode: Johnny ”Jungleguts” Martin interviews Alexandro “Professor Xtra” Segade about his upcoming graphic novel, The Context, published by Primary Information, a comic book David Velasco (Artforum) calls “a beautiful new creation myth for our time.” Let’s meet the queer…
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MARVEL GOES GAY!
Let's talk about queer representation at Marvel Comics! Johnny and Alex discuss the super hero gay pride march by Lucaino Vecchio in the recent Marvel Voices anthology; Mystique's marriage to Destiny in Jonathan Hickman's X-Men; Leah Williams' upcoming X-Factor and recent X-Tremists mini series...
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HARLEY AND IVY: PART TWO - COMICS!
OH BOY! Part Two of our Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy special, focussing on the queer relationship that appeared on the printed pages of Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti's Harley Quinn, as well as Batgirl Adventures, Gotham City Sirens, Poison Ivy: The Cycle of Life and Death and more!
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HARLEY AND IVY: PART ONE - CARTOONS!
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are two of Gotham's most popular anti-heroines, and they've found each other at last! We trace the TV cartoon origins of two of Batman's most glamorous, and goofy, bad girls. Get ready for plenty of innuendo, pulpy Lesbian Chic, and mismatched aesthetic concepts! (Why…
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SUPER GAY DECADE!!!
QUEER MUTANTS! GAY SUPERHEROES ON TV! GAY FANTASY NOVELS! QUEER COMICS ARTISTS! GAY ANIME! PANSEXUAL POKEMON! A decade of queer pleasures of the nerdy kind is discussed in this rollicking Super Gay! roundtable featuring fellow podcasters Jon Wallace (of the John and Jon Comic Book Hour and…
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HOUSE OF EXTRAÑO!!!
Meet Extraño, DC's first gay HIV-positive superhero, a LatinX wizard, who debuted in Steve Englehart and Joe Staton's Millenium (1988), and was a member of the ill-fated New Guardians. You may know him as the hot Peruvian magic daddy who casts some spells in Steve Orlando and Fernando Blanco's...
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YOUNG (GAY) JUSTICE!!! (BONUS EPISODE!!!)
Happy Holidays. Let's talk about Young Justice: Outsiders, an animated series on DC Universe. Specifically the second half of Season 3, when all the gays come out. But who is Kaldur'ahm's husband Wynnde? Who is Kid Flash's special "friend" El Dorado? Find out in this lil super gay holiday bonus...
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LUCIANO VECCHIO!
Join us for an interview with one of our most favorite comic book artists, Marvel superstar Luciano Vecchio! We discuss Luciano’'s epic run on Marvel's Ironheart, his creator-owned queer, Spanish-language super-hero Sereno, and his project, Cuir Gaze, of redesigning super gay super heroes from a...
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STEVE ORLANDO!!!
Johnny and Alex interview DC Comics writer Steve Orlando, author of Midnighter and Apollo, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter and many others! Plus, a mini-debate between Johnny Jungleguts and Prof Xtra about comic book movie shenanigans! And -- what's been going on with Goldballs???
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GIANT SIZE FLAME CON SPECIAL!
Flame Con, presented by Geeks Out in NYC, is the worlds largest LGBTQ comic convention and Super Gay was there! Johnny and Alex had a booth and a mic and they asked a flaming super squad of attendees (including themselves) a lot of questions! With cameo appearances by Comic Book Queers: Legacy’s...
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MYSTIQUE AND THE QUEER SHAPESHIFTERS!
Mystique, anti-heroic villainess of the X-Men, is a shapeshifter whose sexuality knows no bounds! Also, we discuss the trans alien Xavin from the Runaways and Cloud, a super hero from the 1980's Defenders comics, who could turn into a boy or girl -- catching the interest of (not yet) gay super...
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LEGION OF SUPER GAYS!
Deep dive into the queer futurity of the Silver Age Legion's of Super Heroes, at the club house of the 30th century's premiere polymorphous-perverse teen age party scene. Join us as we fantasize about Superboy's super boyfriends Cosmic Boy, Ultra Boy, Element Lad, Lightning Lad, Matter Eater Lad,...
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JEAN...GAY?!? with Jon Wallace
“Dark Phoenix” was a bomb at the box office, but it also broke our hearts. The Super Gays are joined by Jon Wallace (of the John and Jon Comic Book Hour podcast on Patreon/supergayz) in a discussion of mutants and otherness. It's a SPOILER-filled meditation on the X-Men movie franchise’s fraught...
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LESBIAN THUNDER!
Thunder is Black Lightning's queer daughter, and we are here to tell you about the early 2000's Outsiders comics she comes from, and how great she is on the CW's current TV show! ALSO: Johnny and Alex discuss recent mutant deaths, and the gayness of Captain America's butt in Avengers: Endgame.
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SUPERGAYMING! with Bryatt Bryant
Shall we play a GAYme? Johnnie Jungleguts is joined by Bryatt Bryant on a wide ranging discussion of playing video games in a queer way, talking about Final Fantasy, The Last of Us, Streets of Rage 2, Mario Bros., Dream Daddy, Tekken and the Capcom fighting games! Also, Professor Xtra (who hates...
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ARCHIE'S GAY PAL!!!
"Hey, who's the new kid in Riverdale, Archie?" "Why, that's Kevin, Veronica...and HE'S GAY!" "Tell me more!" Johnny and Prof Xtra visit Kevin Keller, that All-American Teen who just happens to be gay! Created by cartoonist Dan Parent, Kevin Keller lives in the contemporary comics of the...
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STORM STUDIES with Tavia Nyong'o
Storm is a thief, goddess, headmistress, queen and gay icon! Joined by Tavia Nyong'o, Yale Professor and author of Afro-Fabulations: The Queer Drama of Black Life, Johnny and Prof Xtra discuss Ororo Munroe, our favorite leader of the X-Men, during her Mohawk periods in the 1980s and 2010s, and…
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GAIL SIMONE'S (GAY?) MOVEMENT!!!
Meet The Movement, legendary comics writer Gail Simone's QPOC community organizer super hero team whose remarkable (and short-lived) series was published by DC Comics, from 2013-14. Johnny and Prof Xtra also explore Simone's landmark "Women in Refrigerators." And they talk about John Byrne's…
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YOUNG AVENGERS DANCE REMIX!!!
Was 2013’s Young Avengers the QUEEREST Marvel comic of ALL TIME?!? Johnny Jungleguts and Prof Xtra revisit Wiccan and Hulkling’s gay love that conquers all, Miss America Chavez’s mysterious LatinX lesbianism, Prodigy’s awkward (and problematic?) coming out, Kid Loki’s pansexuality, and Marvel…
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HE-MAN'S NUMBER ONE FAN!!!!
The “fabulous secret powers” of iconic 1980’s muscle queen He-Man (and his queer-coded nemesis Skeletor) are the subject of this very special episode guest starring Danny Randell, gay toy designer and lifelong Eternia stan!! Listen as Johnny and Alex get into it with the harness-wearing,...
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BAT-LESBIAN!!!!!
Batwoman is (perhaps?!?) the most prominent Lesbian superhero in contemporary comics! Johnny and the Prof do some detective work of their own, tracing the character's history, from her debut in the 1950's to her most recent incarnation in DC's ongoing Batwoman (2017) by Marguerite Bennet. GET…
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SUPER GAYEST OF THE YEAR!!!
Co-hosts Johnnie JungleGuts and Prof. Xtra discuss their favorite queer comics of 2018, including Aquicorn Cove, Assassinistas, The Brat, West Coast Avengers, Uncanny X-Men and Wonder Woman! Witness the unbridled enthusiasm for the gay designs of comics artist Luciano Vecchio! Hear the heartfelt...
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SUPERSEXUAL SHATTERSTAR!
Meet Shatterstar, time traveling mutant alien clone gladiator style icon, and our favorite pansexual super hero! Created in the early 1990s by Rob Liefeld when he was just 24, the character's complex (sexual) history is explored by Prof Xtra with the admirable assistance of Johnny Jungleguts and...
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GAY MANGA!!! with Graham Kolbeins
Guest Graham Kolbeins (co-editor, "Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It") joins the Super Gays for a discussion of Gengoroh Tagame's "My Brother's Husband." Come with us on a journey through the queer manga of Japan, from Bara to Shonen-ai! Produced by James Kelly.
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FANDOM!!!
James Kelly's audio collage responds to a discussion of contemporary FANDOM! Is the INTERNET a VILLAIN or the HERO? What ever happened to "COLLECTORS?" Why is "CANCELLING" such a dangerous power? What if Cynthia Nixon won? Find out as Johnny Jungleguts and Professor Xtra wander into the morass of...
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GAY LANTERN!!!!!
Welcome to DC's Earth-2, where Aquaman is Aquawoman and the Green Lantern is gay! Also: Prof Xtra gives Johnny Jungleguts a report on Flame Con 2018! Produced by James Kelly.
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SUPERHEROES COSTUMES!!!!!
From Catwoman to Supa Dupa Fly, from Storm to the Yellow Zeo Ranger, we're counting down our twenty favorite super hero costumes in this fun summer episode!
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OUR BODIES OUR SUPERHEROES!!!!!!!!
The pressure to maintain a Greek physique is something that both superheroes and gay guys can relate to. While most superheroes are beyond ripped, in this episode we talk about some of the characters and storylines that deviate from those norms. Alex also expresses his dissapointment in Deadpool…
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DEAR DIANA PRINCE!!!!!
In this episode it's all about Wonder Woman. Johnnie starts off by reading a poem he wrote to the Amazon princess and the super gays break down Wonder Woman's earliest 1940s adventures. The Super Gays also gush over their favorite anime, from Lu Over the Wall to Tokyo Ghoul.
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NORTHSTAR!!! THE 1st GAY SUPERHERO!!!!!
Johnny learns why the call him "Prof. Xtra," as Alex leads them on a deep dive into the fabulous life of Quebecois bad boy Jean-Paul Beaubier, a.k.a. Northstar, Marvel's first gay super hero! Also: Johnny reviews a recent book on the history of Catwoman, as Alex tries to muster some enthusiasm…
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MY GIANT BRONY!!!!
In this episode we talk about Johnnie's journey as a brony, from being held back in Pre-K for being a My Little Pony loving pansy to rediscovering the show in adulthood. We Also talk about the latest issues of Runaways, Catwoman and Batman's impending nuptials, and Alex's obsession with his new...
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YOUNG AVENGERS: THE MUSICAL!!!
Asgardian twinkhood abounds in this episode as we talk about the original Young Avengers by Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung, and Justin Ponsor! We also discuss Power Rangers: Shattered Grid, Priest's run on Justice League, and Alex read's a beautiful X-Men poem his boyfriend wrote him for his birthday.
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CATWOMAN IN THE 2000s!!!
In this episode Super Gay tries breaks into the soon to be booming industry of aughts nostalgia with an episode on Catwoman in the 2000s. We talk about 2004's infamous Catwoman film as well as Ed Brubaker's acclaimed run writing the feline fatale. We also talk about Rob Liefeld's Netflix...
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JUBILEE & GENERATION X!!!!!
In this episode we talk about the teen angst and snarky twinks of Christina Strain and Amilcar Pinna's Generation X run! We also discuss the political speculative fiction of Matteo Pizzolo's Calexit, the amazing final issue of America, and the Ray's engagement!
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MIDNIGHTER IS A BOTTOM!!!!!!
Super Gay is a wild storm this week (get it?) as we discuss the gritty gay superhero Midnighter and his sun god boyfriend Apollo. We also talk about X-Men Red, Green Lanterns, Von Spatz, and Venom!
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ICEMAN IS GAY!!!!!!
In this episode we talk about the ups and downs of Iceman's recently cancelled solo comic. Alex talks up all the Wolverine Clones and remains beleaguered but optimistic about the future of the X-Men in X-Men: Red. Johnnie shares his love for the art deco matriarchy of Marjorie Liu's Monstress and...
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AMERICA CHAVEZ IS GAY!!!!!!!
In this episode we talk about the return of Jean Grey, Snagglepuss V. the red scare, and the life and death of America Chavez's solo comic, America, written by Gabby Rivera. Alex also reads some stunning Iceman fanfiction.
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GAY THOTS ON THE FOX-DISNEY MERGER!!!!!!
Big Money big money big money! Johnnie and Alex talk about their hopes and fears (mostly fears) regarding the new Fox and Disney merger.
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ART & COMIX!!!!!
In this episode Johnnie and Alex discuss how comics and fantasy fandom have affected their art practices. We also talk about the X-Men's latest cross time caper and the world's greatest escape artist, Mister Miracle!
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Meet Alex and Johnnie
Alex and Johnnie try to introduce themselves to you but end up mostly talking about Iceman's boring gay love life instead. Also, we both hate Batman. Oh well!
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A podcast for comic book gays!!! Listen in for all things GAY in comics and more, but mostly COMICS! This fun, in-depth, critical and cute conversation covers the queer -- whether canonical or subtextual -- in super hero comics, animation and geek culture. Starring Johnnie "JungleGuts" Martin and Alexandro Segade aka Prof Xtra; Patreon.com/supergayz
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A podcast for comic book gays!!! Listen in for all things GAY in comics and more, but mostly COMICS! This fun, in-depth, critical and cute conversation covers the queer -- whether canonical or subtextual -- in super hero comics, animation and geek culture. Starring Johnnie "JungleGuts" Martin and...
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