Mutant Studies 101

Somehow, we made it out of the distant past, we're still in the summer, and it is still 1997. You know what that means, we're finishing up 'X-Men '97' with Justin Jordan. Topics Include: The future of the X-Men in the MCU, a lot of discussion around gay Morph, not enough discussion about the actual plot of the episodes, and of course, time travel. You can follow the show @MutantStudies101 on Insta...

We are back again students, and we decide when Summer is over! For this episode, your professors dig deep into Muder at the Mansion! Dean goes into full Emma Frost psychosis, Morgan projects onto Jean Grey, we (lovingly) make fun of Sage. It's a grand old time. You can follow the show @mutantstudies101 on Instagram. Links to the transcripts, show notes, and citations can be found at mutantstudies1...

Better late than never, students! We are finally getting our X-Men 97 coverage up on our feed for ya! Justin Jordan returns to discuss everything episodes 3 and 4!

Alright, time to lock in and get organized students! For this special BONUS Episode, your hosts are joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning National Security reporter and comics writer Spencer Ackerman (Reign of Terror, Iron Man, Waller v. Wildstorm, Forever Wars) to talk about his new book from Boom! Studios NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC. Topics include: How the book functions as a tool guide for fightin...

Welcome into the terrifying world of adulthood, students! For this week's BONUS episode, your professors are joined by returning guests Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, better known as the Hivemind, to talk about their upcoming creator-owned book YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE THIS PLACE ALIVE. Final order cutoff is TODAY, so get the order in and then give the ep a listen! You can follow the Hivemind @hivemi...

It's time to RIOT, Students! For this lecture, your professors are joined by the absolutely LOVELY hosts of the X-Men True Friends podcast Kyle Gibson and Joshua Catone to dive DEEP into Quentin Quire-related shenanigans Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of school shootings, teenage drug use, and the alt-right You can follow the show @mutantstudies101 on Instagram. You can follow t...

Be prepared to start our psychic affairs and absorb the sins of the father, students! For this week's lecture, your professors are diving REALLY deep into New X-Men 127-133, titled New Worlds. Joining us is comics scholar and host of the SubteXt-Men podcast Chapman Blake! Topics for this lecture include: Diving further into what Xorn means and represents in this run, unpacking what exactly is the...

Be prepared to fight some kaiju, students! For this BONUS interview, your professors are joined by Julio Anta and Jacoby Salcedo, the creative team behind NO GODS NO MASTERS for an interview all about the book. They dig deep into the new book, their previous collaborations, talk all about big monsters and teenage angst, and more! You can preorder NO GODS NO MASTERS #1 at your local comic shop unti...

It's time, to go back... to the 90s, students! For the week's lecture your hosts are joined by the incomparable Justin Jordan (Freddiesroommate) to chat ALL about the first two episodes of X-Men '97 Season 2! Topics for this recap include: What is this show doing right vs wrong, how it functions as IP management, controlling the narratives, Rachel Summers stocks down vs. Lorna Dane stocks up, and...

We are finally talking about the BEST characters in X-Men, the Shi'Ar Imperial Guard!!! For this week's summer session lecture, your hosts are joined by newly appointed best friends of the show Matt and Allison Parent of Escape the Mojoverse to talk about a pair of shorter arcs in the front half of Morrison's run, Germ-Free Generation! Disclaimer: Some of the comics discussed in this episode are d...

Well... Supergirl is a movie. It is out. It... doesn't work. Your professors want to know why it doesn't work. Topics for this lecture include: Why doesn't this movie work? How is it that every time it fixes a problem with the comic it creates 3 new ones? At least Milly Alcock is good but oh goodness this movie is rough. You can follow the show @mutantstudies101 on Instagram, TikTok, and Bluesky a...

Time to go on a new adventure, students! For this week's lecture, your professors are doing some field trip prep for next week as they head into the stars with Tom King and Bisques Evelyn's Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow Topics for this lecture include: Blackout DC Comics, how this book really doesn't work for us, what Tom King should be doing instead of this, and a lot more ranting than normal! You...

Hope you're ready to get weird with it, students! For this summer session, your hosts dig deep into New X-Men Annual 1, The Man From Room X! Joining them is Lord Rinzler (X-Men Horoscopes, You Are Good, You Are Enough) to dig deep into the philosophy of both Xorn and John Sublime! Topics for this lecture include: How does Xorn function as representation for Buddhism in Marvel, if at all? Does John...

Welcome to Summer Class, students! For our inaugural Summer Session, we will be diving DEEP into Grant Morrison's seminal run on New X-Men from 2001-2004. Joining us for our first episode is Sara Century (Comics critic, zine maker, and co-creator of The Forgotten Five ) to talk all about E is For Extinction! Topics for this lecture include: How Morrison and Quitely radically reinvent the franchise...

Hope you're ready to go back in time, students! For this guest lecture, Morgan has had to step out so we've brought in one of our absolute best people and a true pillar of the community, Chad Anderson of the Graymalkin Lane podcast! He's joined us to talk all about a very strange artifact from the 90s, The Continued Adventures of the X-Men. Topics for this lecture include: introducing Chad, what d...

Become the Ghost in the Machine with us today, students! For this week's lecture, your professors are talking the origins of one of the most bizarre and punchy characters in modern X-Men, the living Danger Room known as Danger! And joining them for this discussion is none other than the great Matt and Alison Parent of Escape the Mojoverse! Topics of this lecture include: The deep-seeded dangers of...

Check into Answers, Students! For this special BONUS episode of Mutant Studies 101, your professors are joined by the team behind the upcoming Dark Horse Horror Comic Did You Hear About Mimi Green? , writer Connor Goldsmith (CEREBRO, The Kibitz) and artist Josh Cornillon ( Young Men in Love, Pool Boys )! Topics for this lecture include: The process of creating a creator-owned book, what was challe...

Welcome back to Office Hours, students! For this session, your professors are joined by someone truly qualified to teach the class Mutant Studies 101, Dr Ramzi Fawaz ( The New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics, Queer Forms ). They discuss his work, the current state of modern comics studies, how we can imagine what the world could be through the lens of psychedeli...

Get ready to craft some bloodstones and summon your soulswords, students! For this lecture, your professors are deep diving into Ilyana Rasputina, aka Magik, specifically through her original 1983 miniseries. Topics of this lecture include: What does this miniseries do so well with Claremont's own tendencies? How does the allegories of this tale work in context of then and now? How has Magik chang...

That's right, it's the fanfic episode! Dean is away so the mice get to play. The mice, in this instance, meaning Morgan and returning guest Eileen, finally get to talk about fanfic. What is it? We'll find out! Topics include: Some of the origins of fanfic; false reports of Dean's death; a lot of discussion about gay hockey yaoi; TWO games; some fanfiction recommendations; very tenuous connections...

EVERYTHING is Romantic, students! For this Valentines guest lecture, your hosts are joined by cosplayer Olivia DeFillipo (@thelibraliv) and content creator Nikhil Clayton (@NikhilClayton) to discuss one of the longest-lasting couples in X-Men: Rogue and Remy LeBeau, aka Gambit! Topics for this lecture include: How Rogue and Gambit's relationship has changed over the years, what the shifting nature...

Hear us, students! No longer are we the professors you knew, we are Academia and Unseriousness Incarnate! That's right, to kick off this new semester we are diving into arguably the most seminal text in the history of the X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga! Specifically, we will be taking a look at the story through the lens of the Monstrous Feminine and Jean Grey! Topics for this lecture include: We're...

Get ready to boldly go, students! For this lecture, your hosts sit down with the writing collective known as "The Hivemind" Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing (NYX, Giant Size Ms. Marvel, Star Trek: The Last Starship , and more) to discuss not just their work on Star Trek and the X-Men, but their unique perspectives on how to fight against fascistic regimes. Topics for this lecture include: How The...

Time to focus our totality, students! for this lecture, your hosts dive deep into the themes of Psylocke (2024) before being joined for an interview with the writer of the series Alyssa Wong (Psylocke, Deadpool, Doctor Aphra). Topics for this episode include: How Kwannon has evolved over the course of her publication history, what this series is doing that allows it to find clear footing in the -p...

Get ready to fall in love again and again, students! For this weeks lecture, your hosts are joined by Dr. Anna Peppard ( Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero, Sequential Scholars, Oh Gosh Oh Golly Oh Wow) to discuss the ways in which romance and romance comics have changed and shaped around the character of Jennifer Walters, the Sensational She-Hulk! Topics include: A close analysis of...