Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we sit down live at Emerald City Comic Con with writers Vita Ayala, Seanan McGuire, and Leah Williams to talk Age of X-Man, the intergenerational legacy of X-Men, and telling stories in the pauses. Check back later this week for our ECCC cosplay and sketch galleries! Find us on  iTunes  or  Stitcher ! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we enter the era of bomber jackets; the covers are the cards; Genosha remains neither green nor pleasant; the A is for “Avengers,” not “A-list”; Henry Peter Gyrich is the straightest of men; Cyclops sets an important precedent; Exodus is a huge jerk; we speculate about movies we have definitely not seen; Stephen Strange is not a...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which X-Force is the new New Mutants; Professor is what Cable has instead of a burn book; Cable develops emotional literacy; Jay has a lot of feelings about Shatterstar; Cowboys can be wizards, too; you really shouldn’t call adult people “child”; privilege is truly the greatest superpower; Cameron Hodge remains improbably difficult to...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which there is only one Big Pine Key; Empyrean is actually a pretty sensible dude; the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants are ride-or-die; you should probably avoid setting X-Men stories in Phoenix, Arizona; Adam X the X-Treme is the Longshot of the 1990s; Miles adopts a ship; heteronormativity is why we can’t have nice things; and you shoul...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Decimation was kind of sketchy; you should definitely come see us in Seattle; Wolverine has a rough day; Colossus has yet another rough day; Excalibur plans for the future; and Fatal Attractions comes to a close. X-PLAINED: How Professor X got his groove and/or powers back Jay & Miles at Emerald City Comic Con Wolverine #75...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Magneto may or may not own a Namor body pillow; Cyclops probably doesn’t color-code his files; Colossus is Not Okay; bats are nature’s flashers; there are a lot of reasons to be mad at Fatal Attractions; Charles Xavier is surprisingly durable; the X-Men know their Aeschylus; Jean Grey goes in through the face; and bringing Wolve...

WHOA DANG! This is David Wynne’s 200th illustration for our show! Wanna buy one of David’s original illustrations, or commission a new piece? Drop him a line! In which the Acolytes are pretty terrible; Exodus considers his options; Val Cooper is not wildly trustworthy; Cable uses his words; and people with significant metal implants should probably stop confronting Magneto. X-PLAINED: How not to g...

X-Men Unlimited. In which X-Men Unlimited begins; Cyclops’s powers remain wildly inconsistent; electromagnetic fields are the gamma rays of the early ‘90s; Siena Blaze should probably take some science courses; Magneto is a complex dude; and the Marvel Universe could really use adequate mental healthcare. X-PLAINED: Tradeoffs X-Men Unlimited Several other Unlimited series The Gregorian calendar Ch...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we’re still not over Into the Spider-Verse ; Excalibur becomes an official X-book; Feron tries to help; Butts are fundamental; we care about the weird stuff; threats are unnecessary; and we were all always already Erik the Red. X-PLAINED: Several characters’ Earth-65 counterparts The X-Office Judging people for not being Alan Da...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which DC is out of our bailiwick; Random gets around; someone finally makes an explicit reference to disability politics; death has not improved the Chalkers; Strong Guy can’t catch a break; we’re all whole other people; Sienna Blaze has a crayon name; we totally want to play D&D with Evan Skolnick; a trading card does not a memor...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which tragedy strikes; leisure suits are underappreciated; Jubilee is fundamentally opposed to feelings; that MCU joke would definitely have been hilarious; we have trouble accepting Beast as a 20-something; when Gambit and Rogue work, they work; Wolverine makes an unlikely agony aunt; Dr. Strange was the mentor Illyana Rasputin reall...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we are beset by festivity; Scott Summers still can’t take a vacation; the Daysprings are a really good family; “G’journey” is a really good greeting; Stryfe is his own namesake; retcons have served Cable well; illustrator David Wynne makes his X-Plain podcast debut; and you should probably go ahead and get a shelf for all these...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which it  still sucks to be a Rasputin; John Romita Jr. has a solid, if muscular, grasp of anatomy; Jay and Miles are better exes than Forge and anyone; and Cannonball’s many younger siblings have almost prepared him for running X-Force. X-PLAINED: Peters Parker The Merry X-Men Holiday Special Comic book release schedules vs. J&MX...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Cowboy Poet Wolverine is the best Wolverine; the Masters of the Universe basically had Internet Cat names; Miles has an Early Metallica moment; Wolverine: Killing is just ludicrously excellent; and the hawk joke somehow keeps going. X-PLAINED: An eccentric approach to ecoterrorism Wolverine: Inner Fury Wolverine: Killing The nar...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Havok actually used to be pretty great; there are at least four attorneys in the Marvel Universe; Genosha continues to be wildly problematic; Hieronymus Bosch was not Comics Code-compliant; Quicksilver goes on vacation; Polaris has no time for your love triangle; Wolfsbane can maul as many magistrates as she wants; and Multiple...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we check in on Firestar and the New Warriors; superheroes often celebrate Bring Your Mom To The Amazon Day; Fabian Nicieza employs only the finest of lampshades; and Emma Frost still doesn’t apologize for blowing up that pony. X-PLAINED: Vance Astro(vik) Penance (but not that one) Austin Gorton’s  X-Aminations New Warriors...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Alan Davis performs his pièce de résistance; the personification of Death is surprisingly supportive; Rachel Summers is the One True Phoenix; Kitty Pryde goes full ’90s; syntax saves the world; and the first Excalibur series should really have ended with #67. X-PLAINED: Origins of Phoenix mythology Excalibur #61-67 The Pho...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Dracula probably doesn’t drink his blood from a World’s Greatest Dad mug; Miles massively underestimates the cultural ubiquity of Sexy Dracula; Bill Sienkiewicz may or may not have ever seen a bat; Kitty gets possessed; and Dazzler is singularly well suited to a Vegas residency. X-PLAINED: Dracula’s ungrateful...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which it has been a pretty intense month; there is a lot to unpack about Psylocke; we are confused by hip teen lingo; Cyclops definitively lacks game; organized crime is anything but; and the mystery of the third Summers brother officially begins. X-PLAINED: How the Maximoffs joined the Avengers X-Cutioner’s Song fallout An X-ce...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Miles stops worrying and learns to love X-Force ; you should absolutely not google the phrase “face jam”; the kids take a field trip to Graymalkin; Jay reverse-engineers Shatterstar’s hair; Donald Pierce gets a new job; Sam Guthrie is the most trustworthy man in the Marvel Universe; Cable is your guns grandma;...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we approach the end of Alan Davis’s Excalibur run; “duopenultimate” is not actually a word; Captain Britain pops the question; we do in fact (kinda) get follow-up on Alysande Stuart’s death; Miles needs to get a little less credulous about bureaucrats’ good intentions; Shadowcat engages in espionage...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Jay recruits X-writers Seanan McGuire and Leah Williams, cosplayer Tea Fougner, and innocent bystanders Kel McDonald and Diana Fox, for a night of Emma Frost appreciation. X-PLAINED: Why Emma Frost is amazing; why we love her; and why you should, too. NEXT EPISODE: Return of the RCX! WHITE QUEEN COCKTAIL RECIPE: Combine: 1.5 oz...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which X-Cutioner’s Song may be over, but its repercussions continue; Uncanny X-Men hits a major milestone; superhero comics are and always have been political; Bishop learns to banter; the X-Men gain an unlikely ally; and Magneto remains exceptionally difficult to kill. X-PLAINED: Jay & Miles at VVCBF Uncanny X-Men #298-300...

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which it sucks to be a Rasputin; X-Men and Uncanny X-Men muddy the waters; Cyclops and Psylocke’s weird flirtation somehow manages to get even more awkward ; Colossus has a long series of bad days; and you should totally come see us at Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival. X-PLAINED: An atypical curriculum Jay & Miles at Vegas V...

In which Dr. Andrea Letamendi of Arkham Sessions joins us to analyze some analysis; Doc Samson has major scope-of-practice issues; Ren & Stimpy references continue to fail to age well; it’s hard to be Quicksilver; Val Cooper is not your friend; Polaris pretty much always deserves better; Charles Xavier should not be allowed to inhabit positions of power; and labels are often not the best...