Mutant Studies 101

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 deal with Fantomex, a psychoanalysis of the O5 (but who's shocked), the beginnings of the psychic affair, our VERY complicated feelings on Sooraya Qadir, and more!Content Warning: This lecture contains discussions of genocide, the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, and sexual manipulation.You can follow SubteXt-Men on Instagram and Bluesky @subtextmenpod and Chapman @chapmancblake. As always, we'd like to thank OlliePhresh for our theme music, Hayden Kierkeide for our art, and Anneliese Gelberg for their research assistance

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 until Monday July 27. Julio can be found @julioanta and Jacoby can be found @jacobysalcedo.You can follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky @mutantstudies101 and on Twitter and TikTok @mutant101pod. You can find our show notes, citations, and transcripts at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. As always, we'd like to thank OlliiePhresh for our theme music, Hayden Kierkeide for our artwork, and Anneliese Gelberg for their research assistance.

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 so much more!You can follow the show on Instagram, TikTok, and Bluesky @mutantstudies101 and on Twitter @mutant101pod. You can find links to our show notes, transcripts, and citations at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com.As always, we'd like to thank OlliePhresh for our theme music, Hayden Kierkeide for our graphic design, and Anneliese Gelberg for their research assistance.

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 drawn by Ethan Van Sciver. Both Mutant Studies 101 and Escape the Mojoverse would like to issue a very hearty "fuck that guy!" about Ethan Van Sciver. Comicsgate is a blight and also he has never done anything better than being a mediocre Frank Quitely fill-in.Topics for this lecture include: Loving just how romantic this book is, John Sublime as an atomic evil, Twin Peaks The Return part 8, Emma and Jean contrasting as love interests for Scott, a lot of good Hank talk, and... horse girl.You can follow Escape the Mojoverse @escapethemojoverse on all socials. You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Instagram and Bluesky @mutantstudies101 and on Twitter and TikTok @mutant101pod. You can send us an email to [email protected]. You can find links to our show notes, transcripts, and citations at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com.As always, we'd like to thank OlliePhresh for our theme music, Hayden Kierkeide for our graphic design, and Anneliese Gelberg for their research assistance.

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 and @mutant101pod on Twitter. You can find links to our show notes, transcripts, and citations at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. As always we'd like to thank OlliePhresh for our theme music, Hayden Kierkeide for our art, and Anneliese Gelberg for their research assistance.