Escape the Mojoverse: An X-Men Comics Podcast

Escape the Mojoverse's BLOCKBUSTER SUMMER keeps rolling along as we meet The New Avengers! They're a tough modern team for our tough modern world. Also Spider-Man is there! New Avengers 1-10 is by Brian Michael Bendis, David Finch and Steve McNiven Gianni Palumbo is the host of Biff! Bam! Pow! and Picture Perfect. Listen to Matt talk for way too long on Picture Perfect about Steven Soderberg here!...

Escape the Mojoverse's BLOCKBUSTER SUMMER takes a slight detour to give us some background for one of our favorite things in the X-Men: NEW MUTANTS! And this is a great batch! We got a rock guy and a Liquid Metal girl and a Guthrie, gotta have one of them! Wait, what do you mean those aren’t the New Mutants? Oh boy. PJ Fairweather joins to help us through this weird book and later we get into thei...

Mark Russell is one of our great living satirists and one of the smartest comic writers working today. A decade ago, after his very first comic was canceled abruptly, he was offered to write a reimagined Flintstones. Ten years later the stories and themes of his and Steve Pugh's Flintstones are more relevant that ever. We sat down with Mark to discuss the history of the pitch and the craft that we...

Escape the Mojoverse's BLOCKBUSTER SUMMER kicks off and we're joined by Blerd without Fear's Ernie Carothers to discuss the kickoff to House of M 2005's Avengers Disassembled. Janet, what the hell were you thinking? Avengers Disassembled is by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch Ernie Carothers is the host of Blerd without Fear . If you have a comment or question, you can email us @ Mojoversepod@...

Please consider donating to our fundraiser for Transgender Law Center! You can find that here! It's Shadows of Tomorrow and three books are publishing twice a month! Monet does some paperwork, Cyclops blows up the side of a mountain, and Wolverine has a beach episode! Bishop issue 1 by Saladin Ahmed and Mario Santoro with colors by Federico Blee and letters by VC’s Travis Lanham Storm: Earth’s Mig...

Please consider donating to our fundraiser for Transgender Law Center! You can find that here! Happy Pride! I can't believe Marvel was willing to publish a gay wedding in 2012. Northstar is marrying some guy named Kyle, and oh my gosh it's just the most adorable thing. There's usually a pithy joke here, but nah. It's really good. Astonishing X-Men 51 is by Marjorie Liu and Mike Perkins with inks b...

Please consider donating to our fundraiser for Transgender Law Center! You can find that here! Happy Pride! We're here to talk about a pretty cool guy. Iceman (2017) is by Sina Grace, Alessandro Vitti, Edgar Salazar, and Robert Gill If you have a comment or question, you can email us @ Mojoversepod@gmail.com   Want a tee-shirt with our logo? Find that here! Logo by Emily Kardamis who can be f...

Please consider donating to our fundraiser for Transgender Law Center! You can find that here! Happy Pride! Absolute Mojoverse is back to run away from home, learn a lot about ballroom, and oh god. This isn't going to end cleanly. We read Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story by Nicole Maines and Rye Hickman Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story is written by Nicole Maines with art by Rye Hickman color by Bex Glendinin...

Please consider donating to our fundraiser for Transgender Law Center! You can find that here! Happy Pride! Fire up your AO3 accounts as we read Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat! We're headed back to the waning days of the Obama years and like all media from that time, Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat is a charming, warm hearted, workplace comedy! It's also hella gay. Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat! is by Kate Le...

Please consider donating to our fundraiser for Transgender Law Center! You can find that here! Happy Pride! Absolute Mojoverse is back to visit colleges, put too many toppings on a hot dog, and school Superman in sensitivity as we read Galaxy As the World Falls Down! Galaxy As the World Falls Down is written by Jadzia Axelrod with art by Rye Hickman and letters by Jodie Troutman If you have a comm...

Tim Seeley is one of the most prolific comic writers working today. We were lucky to sit down with Mr. Seeley to discuss the pitfalls and craft associated with telling a story like Psylocke Ninja. Later we discuss the development of Inglorious X-Force and how challenging it was to keep Ms. Marvel hidden from the spoiler machine that is comics internet. Psylocke Ninja is by Tim Seeley and Nico Leon...

Please consider donating to our fundraiser for Transgender Law Center! You can find that here! Happy Pride! A time to celebrate our queer friends and family and remember that just because you're cool, aloof, and gay doesn’t mean you get to be THE WORST, Laura Dean! We’re joined by Phillip Sevy and Christie Porter to talk the YA Laura Dean Keeps Breaking up with Me and later, their Erotic Fantasy C...

Please consider donating to our fundraiser for Transgender Law Center! You can find that here! It's month five of Shadows of Tomorrow! We learn who Inmate X is! It's Dr. Ellis' evil abusive reality warping brother who is also the AI from Sentinels. Huh? Also on the docket: the X-Men take down the Danger Room, Storm fights in an Internet comment section and poor Glob is having a few REALLY bad days...

Ulti-May continues as we are joined by our Non-X-Men correspondent Owen (of the incredible YouTube series Owen Likes Comics) joins us to discuss Ultimates (2024). I know what your thinking, didn't that series end THIS WEEK? Yes! Editing this was hard! Join as we discuss the differences of the Absolute and Ultimate line, how subtlety is sometimes for the birds, and how many gosh darn times this boo...

The X-Men can be a lot of things, a strike force, a found family, a polycule. But what if The X-Men were a class of Japanese school girls with bad grades? We'll it'd kick ass is what it'd do. We read Peach Momoko's Ultimate X-men. We read it month to month, but what does reading Ultimate X-Men all together change? Listen to find out! Ultimate X-Men is by Peach Momoko with script adaptation by Zack...

Absolute Mojoverse is back to join up with The Rogues, save our dads, and bully our new boyfriends into running to go get fries! We read Absolute Flash 7-14 "Rogues Revenge" "War of the Flashes" and "Mirror Master" Absolute Flash 7-14 is written by Jeff Lemire with art by Nick Robles, Travis Moore and Haining with colors by Adriano Lucas and letters by Tom Napolitano If you have a comment or quest...

Escape the Mojoverse is back and Alex Paknadel (Cyclops, Sentinels, Delightful) this time for an episode propper! We read What if Wolverine was Lord of The Vampires? and just to answer the question briefly: That wouldn't be good! What if...? Vol 2 #24 is written by Roy Thomas and Jean-Marc Lofficier with art by Tom Morgan Colored byTom Vincent and Lettered by Janice Chiang What If…? Secret Wars #1...

A few months ago, Lisa Gullickson came on our show to suggest Allison read My Boyfriend is a Bear! A fun romp of a comic that does what it says on the tin. Little did Lisa know, Allison is the bear in their relationship! My Boyfriend is a Bear is written by Pamala Ribon with art by Cat Farris Hopefully you are still watching The Stacks by Comic Book Couples Counseling. Lisa also has a column "Lisa...

After a circuitous route we're back Climbing the Claremountain! We're joined by Comic Sans and Catskull's Myle Yan Tay and we've finally reached the Brood Saga! But first, Dracula! Uncanny X-Men 154-167 is written by Chris Claremont with art by Dave Cockrum, bill Sienkiewicz and Paul Smith inks by Joe Rubinstein and Bob Wiacek Colors by Glynis Oliver and Don Warfield and letters by Joe Rosen, Jani...

We sat down with Jadzia Axelrod to discuss her brand new graphic novel (with Rye Hickman) Galaxy: As the World Falls Down and later we preview a bit about Justice League: Dream Girls. Jadzia is such a warm and inviting presence and one of our very favorite writers so it was a real pleasure to get to hear the development and craft that went into making one of the most important comics characters in...

It's month four of Shadows of Tomorrow! The Danger Room take their best shot, Storm eats a fish, Wolverine breaks a nail, and Scott corrects a misunderstanding! Check it out! Credits X-Men 28 is by Jed MacKay and Netho Diaz with inks by Sean Parsons and colors by Fer Siguentes-Sujo and letters by VC’s Clayton Cowles. Cover by Diaz, Parsons and Sifuentes-Sujo Psylocke Ninja 4 is by Tim Seeley and N...

Escape the Mojoverse is back at what we're best at! Talking a book about super-powered near-gods and their petty squabbles with the governments that hate and fear them. Joining us are Anne, Dallas, and Lexi: The Comics Collective Podcast to discuss The Power Fantasy vol 1-3! The Power Fantasy is written by Kieron Gillen with art by Caspar Wijngaard Dallas, Anne and Lexi are The Comics Collective P...

April Fools Justin and Alicia! You're totally PRANKED! Follow three Batman newbies (and Justin) as we try to nicely gentrify Gotham, investigate the court of owls as a pre-teen, and oh god DON'T DRINK THE WATER! We read Batman Court of Owls. Batman Court of Owls is by Scott Snyder and Gregg Capulo with inks by Jonathan Glapion and colors by FCO letters by Richard Starkings and Comicraft's Jimmy Be...

Absolute Mojoverse is back to FIGHT! We read ALL 42 issues of DC K.O. and have a nearly six hour episode for you! Hope you have a long car ride coming up soon! Join us as we gather our resources, plan for all contingencies and and punch the embodiment of evil in the face as we read DC KO! Also this is the start of Allison loving Guy Gardner! Weird! DC KO Credits: Writers: Jeremy Adams, Joshua Will...

We sat down for a third time with Alex Paknadel to talk a bit more about Cyclops Cyclops is by Alex Paknadel and Roge Antonio. Issue 3 is in stores TODAY! If you have a comment or question, you can email us @ Mojoversepod@gmail.com   Want a tee-shirt with our logo? Find that here! Logo by Emily Kardamis who can be found on Instagram  @corruptedgem  or on Patreon at  Patreon.com...