Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 8/9/2015 , or contact David for the original. In which we catch our breath after the Mutant Massacre; Miles’s taste is both epic and adorable; Dazzler’s Achilles heel is fame; Madelyne Pryor; it’s hard to be a teenage ghost; Crimson Commando is not actually Frank Borman (but we wish he were); Wolverine may or may not make truck noises; Heroes fo...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 8/2/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which the New Mutants get unstuck in time; Robert the Bruce is surprisingly shallow; Sentinels dabble in decoupage; Rachel pitches a comic; there’s no such thing as a happy Magneto flashback; you should probably respect teenagers more than you do; the seeds of Inferno are sewn; and Dou...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 7/26/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which we wrap up our first official two-parter; Gambit ruins everything; Rachel has a theory about Mister Sinister; Marvel communication technology is behind the times; Trish Tilby is tired of your bullshit; Walter Simonson is the best of the best; X-Factor pulls it together; Power Pa...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 7/19/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which we hit the first big X-centric crossover; a lot of Morlocks die; X-Factor is a dark farce; Kitty Pryde talks down a mob without using racial slurs; when Doug Ramsey tells you there’s a problem, you listen; and Callisto should be one of the iconic leaders of the Marvel Universe....

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 7/12/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which Louise Simonson saves X-Factor ; Apocalypse gets off to a rough start; Cyclops is bad at people; Apocalypse should be the Kingpin of X-Men; Jean Grey is sick of your bullshit; you should totally cosplay Skids; and Mystique fundamentally misunderstands branding. X-PLAINED The Max...

Guest art by Ryan Hill ! In which cartoon logic is terrifying; it’s immensely frustrating to be Doug Ramsey; Psylock gets evil robot eyes; queer subtext is not just for the ladies; Danger Room cold opens are the new Kitty’s costume changes; Mojo predicts reality TV; Longshot joins the X-Men; and we answer what may be the best question we have ever gotten. X-PLAINED: Captain Britain Corps Alan Davi...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 6/28/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which we welcome Logan Bonner, Mikey Neilson, and AdministratriX Tina to the gaming table for an original X-Men Animated Adventure; the real enemy is BS&P; Australia is kind of terrible; Rogue is concerned about kangaroos; Wolverine taps into the power of love; Storm makes a long-...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 6/21/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which the band gets back together; Dani faces down Death; Sam takes Lila home to meet his mom; revenge is a dish best left unserved; there is nothing sadder than Warlock confused by the concept of death; Kitty Pryde has a some opinions about identity politics; and X-Men has not been g...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 6/14/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which Rachel Summers went to sleep with Wolverine’s claws in her dreams and now there’s claws in her lungs and when she got out of bed this morning she tripped on her traumatic backstory and by mistake she dropped the Phoenix Force in the sink while the water was running and she could...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 6/7/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which Chris and Chad teach us to stop worrying and love the ‘90s; the line between parody and homage is thin and flexible; everything happens at the mall; no one wants to play volleyball with Cyclops; and we totally fail to resolve the question, “Does a mall babe eat chili fries?” WARN...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 5/31/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which Nightcrawler does Weird Tales ; Iceman does Back to the Future ; we want a vacation home in Dave Cockrum’s brain; Bamfs are terrible; the 1983  Iceman miniseries is straight-up bananas ; parents just don’t understand; and Rachel will take literally any excuse to talk smack about...

Art by David Wynne. We’re not selling prints of this one, but you can still hit David up for the original! In which Miles tries to find things to like about Bob Layton’s X-Factor run; Cyclops’s life is literally an anxiety dream; X-Factor is very Leverage ; Layton’s Angel is just godawful; Rachel is all about the Red Scare; Frenzy is awesome; and we bid a fond farewell to producer Bobby Robe...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 5/17/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which nothing comes between Sam Guthrie and his classic sci-fi allusions; Sunspot tries; the Beyonder is really scary; you can have Danielle Moonstar’s agency when you pry it from her cold, dead hands; Empath remains the worst kid; Tom Corsi and Sharon Friedlander just cannot catch a...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 5/10/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which Secret Wars II ruins everything (more) (again) (forever); Rachel Summers hates the Beyonder almost as much as we do; Miles gets mad at comics; Nightcrawler does not do gritty well; Lady Deathstrike gets wired; and we consult our favorite 3-year-old for book recommendations. X-PL...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 5/3/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which the X-Men get their third ongoing series; Elle drops in to x-plain the Defenders; the band gets back together; rich people are not like the rest of us; Cyclops is in desperate need of some kind of intervention; and X-Factor is basically Ghostbusters. X-PLAINED: Cameron Hodge The...

Rachel screwed up and accidentally gave David material for episode 54 instead of 53, so there’s no illustration this week. Instead, we offer both our sincere apologies and this photo of Miles dressed up as Mister Sinister for a costume party. In which Wolverine doesn’t care about your baby; Storm takes charge; duels are terrible bases for systems of government; editorial mandate is hell on a...

Art by David Wynne. In which we recap a year’s worth of podcasts–and 23 years’ worth of X-Men–in under an hour. X-PLAINED: Rachel & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episodes 1-51 Uncanny X-Men #1-200 & assorted annuals Giant-Size X-Men #1 The New Mutants New Mutants #1-35 & assorted annuals and specials The Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans God Loves, Man Kills Wolverine vol. 1...

Art by David Wynne. We’re not selling prints of this one, but you can still hit David up for the original! In which Rachel and Miles go to Emerald City Comicon; six people try to share one microphone with varying success; you will never love anything as much as Kris loves Broo; Marguerite may or may not be a time-traveling supervillain; Peter is Laser Guy; Kieron joins an X-team; Hell is oth...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 3/29/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which Magneto makes an official alignment shift; Claremont does a court drama; Professor Xavier makes poor choices; Rachel Summers comes by her communication skills honest; the Strucker kids are the evil Wonder Twins; and the podcast hits a major milestone! X-PLAINED: Xorn Uncanny X-M...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 3/29/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which we meet Miles’s favorite X-Man; Longshot is Secret Wars II done right; we are fairly committed to the idea of Ann Nocenti as a post-apocalyptic daredevil superhero; Longshot is patient zero of the ‘90s; Ricochet Rita is the best; luck is a zero-sum commodity; Mojo is legitimatel...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 3/22/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which Asgardian Wars occupies the precise intersection of Miles’s favorite things; Marvel Asgard is your favorite metal album; no one appreciates Cypher; Wolfsbane gets some action; Warlock gets meta; Cannonball is a catch; Rachel Summers gets a new costume; Loki does Shakespeare; and...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 3/15/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which Emergency Backup Co-Host Elisabeth Allie saves the day; the Berserkers are not the breakout hit you’ve been waiting for; Paul Smith continues to be awesome; nothing good ever happens in the Danger Room; Charles Xavier dabbles in cosplay; Nightcrawler has serious hat game; Rachel...

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 3/8/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which we bid a fond farewell to Bill Sienkiewicz; Secret Wars II continues to ruin everything; the New Mutants end up in an improbable number of gladiatorial arenas; Shadowcat’s secondary mutation is queer subtext; Magik gives no fucks about your crossover event; Warlock transcends sto...

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 literatur...

Art by David Wynne. Prints, cards, and travel mugs available until 2/22/2015 in the shop , or contact David for the original. In which Legion grows from setting to protagonist; Rachel is a master of narrative rationalization; “Claremont” is a verb; Warlock befriends an airplane; Xavier owns a significant mistake; New Mutants does a deep dive into power dynamics; you should go read X-Men: Legacy al...