This week, Pie and Lulu explore their most literary and intellectual pastime during the pandemic: reading a lot of X-Men comics. Covering comics from the eighties to the present day, topics include favorite characters, underrated comic runs, and thoughts on the unusual current status quo of the X-Men. Oh, and also cosmic tragedies, coming out stories, and karaoke–you know, all the usual staples of superhero comics.
Comics discussed in-depth:
- Astonishing X-Men (2012-2013) by Marjorie Liu
- All-New Wolverine by Tom Taylor
- House of X/Powers of X by Jonathan Hickman
- Rictor and Shatterstar’s publication history
- Rogue and Gambit’s publication history
- Generation X by Christina Strain
- The Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Claremont
- Iceman by Sina Grace
- Hellions by Zeb Wells
Other comics and media mentioned:
- Heathen by Natasha Alterici
- Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Austistic Trans Woman by Laura Kate Dale
- These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy
- The Wolf and the Woodsman Ava Reid
- House of M by Brian Michael Bendis
- X-Force by Craig Kyle and Chris Yost
- X-Men: Season One by Dennis Hopeless
- All-New X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis
- Young Avengers: Children’s Crusade by Allan Heinburg
- New Mutants (1983) by Chris Claremont
- X-23: Innocence Lost by Craig Kyle
- X-23 by Marjorie Liu
- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
- New X-Men by Grant Morrison
- X-Factor Investigations by Peter David
- Rogue and Gambit: Ring of Fire by Kelly Thompson
- X-Men Gold by Marc Guggenheim
- Mr. and Mrs. X by Kelly Thompson
- Excalibur by Tini Howard
- Days of Future Past by Chris Claremont
- X of Swords by Jonathan Hickman and various others
Content warnings: Discussions of the Holocaust, racism in comics, (fictional) human experimentation, and homophobia
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