#scoip

[xplainthexmen]

http://media.blubrry.com/xplainthexmen/p/www.rachelandmiles.com/xmen/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/X085.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

In which Miles finally makes it to Battlepod; we delve into our favorite continuity snarls for the benefit of the Beyonder; Kang is everyone; we’re really grateful that the D.C. Multiverse is out of our usual scope; someone gets a new costume; and the Secret Convergence on Infinite Podcasts reaches its shocking conclusion!

Featuring Paul O’Brien of House to Astonish and Kieran Shiach of Journey Into Misery; with Greg Rucka as the voice of the Beyonder!

X-PLAINED:

Kang

The Third Summers Brother

The D.C. Multiverse

Cable

This is the final episode of the Secret Convergence on Infinite Podcasts, a nine-part crossover event featuring the bravest and boldest of comics podcasts. You can find a list of the previous #SCOIP episodes–and where to jump into participating podcasts–on our blog!

Find us on iTunes or Stitcher!

Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here!

Illustration by James Stokoe.

[xplainthexmen]

Jay here! I can’t believe we’re going to be wrapping up the Secret Convergence on Infinite Podcasts this coming weekend! The crossover has been such a constant for the last many months, and seeing it take life over the course of November has been amazing.

Our episode will be up on Sunday, November 29. Meanwhile, we’ve put together a field guide to the Convergence so far–and what to listen to if you fall in love with any of the podcasts involved!

Click through for the whole index at rachelandmiles.com!

[waitwhatpod]

http://theworkingdraft.com/media/podcasts/WaitWhat189.mp3 00:00-9:21: Hello, hello, hello! Today you’re in for something out of the ordinary, as Gary Lactus

That’s right It’s Wait, What’s turn to enter the Beyonder’s #SCOIP arena, and so Jeff Lester is joined by Paul O’Brien from House to Astonish, Chico Leo from Fan Bros and the incomparable Gary Lactus from Silence! 

In this ep. we discuss “The Worm Turns:  Character, Creators and Comics We Used to Love But Now Hate, and Vice-Versa!”  The ineffable mysteries of Cerebus The Aardvark, Captain America, Joe Matt, Mr. Terrific, Spider-Man and Steve Ditko, comic book continuity, Captain America and the phenomenon that is, was, and shall always be....Rob Liefeld.

Check it out: we had a lot of fun talking, and we think you’ll enjoy listening.

[secretconvergence]

SECRET HANDBOOK OF THE SECRET CONVERGENCE ON INFINITE PODCASTS

ENTRY #10: AL KENNEDY (HOUSE TO ASTONISH)

NAME: Al Kennedy

SECRET CONVERGENCE EPISODES: SILENCE!, Less than Live with Kate or Die, House to Astonish

QUOTE: "Oh yeah, we were doing a podcast about comics, weren’t we?”

KNOWN ALIASES: @housetoastonish (Twitter), @comicsfacts (Twitter), @springheeltech (Twitter), basically a lot of Twitter accounts living and dead

PODCAST: House to Astonish

OTHER TEAM AFFILIATIONS: Speedball Revenge Squad, Comics Should Be Good, formerly Ninth Art

POWERS: Bad puns, good puns, freakish double-jointedness, really dancing, cat-herding

BASE OF OPERATIONS: the House to Astonish, the wilds of Scotland.

SECRET ORIGIN: Raised in Scotland on a diet of Simon Furman’s Transformers, Al grew up loving comics from all across the spectrum of the artform. When he was sent to prison for a crime he didn’t commit, he took part in an experiment that gave him steel-hard taste in comics, allowing him to absorb hits from 1990s Marvel series without injury. Seven years ago, he moved into the House to Astonish with his co-podcaster, martial arts master Paul O’Brien, where they maintain a lifestyle as an odd-couple team of podcasting heroes for hire.

FAVOURITE RPG: TSR Marvel FASERIP system

LAST MEAL: Just, like, an entire baked Camembert with a mountain of bread and crackers

SINGING IN THE SHOWER: Mountain Goats

PREVIOUS HANDBOOK ENTRIES:

#01 - CHICO LEO

#02 - GRAEME MCMILLAN

#03 - J. RACHEL EDIDIN

#04 - CHRIS SIMS

#05 - DJ BENHAMEEN

#06 - ELLE COLLINS

#07 - KIERAN SHIACH

#08 - MATT D. WILSON

#09 - GARY LACTUS

[secretconvergence]

SECRET HANDBOOK OF THE SECRET CONVERGENCE ON INFINITE PODCASTS

ENTRY #09: GARY LACTUS (SILENCE!)

NAME: Gary Lactus

SECRET CONVERGENCE EPISODES: Wait, What?, SILENCE!

QUOTE: "I like it it was good"

KNOWN ALIASES: Fraser Geesin, @frasergeesin (Twitter), @silencepodcast (Twitter again), mindlessones.com  (podcast home), frasergeesin.com (personal website)

PODCAST:  SILENCE!

OTHER TEAM AFFILIATIONS: mindlessones.com

POWERS: Gary can lift (press) up to 20 comics a week. He has the speed, strength and agility of an average man of his age and height who engages in little or no regular exercise, has a bad back and sciatica.

BASE OF OPERATIONS: My Spaceship in Space.

SECRET ORIGIN: little is known of the how Gary Lactus came to be which is great for people like me who have to document the secret origins of stuff. Yep, it’s an easy day at the office for me today.

WHAT'S IN THE FLASK? Special charm juice which can only be perceived by the imbiber.

D&D CLASS: Sentient brick.

PREVIOUS HANDBOOK ENTRIES:

#01 - CHICO LEO

#02 - GRAEME MCMILLAN

#03 - J. RACHEL EDIDIN

#04 - CHRIS SIMS

#05 - DJ BENHAMEEN

#06 - ELLE COLLINS

#07 - KIERAN SHIACH

#08 - MATT D. WILSON

[secretconvergence]

SECRET HANDBOOK OF THE SECRET CONVERGENCE ON INFINITE PODCASTS

ENTRY #08: MATT D. WILSON (WAR ROCKET AJAX)

NAME: Matt D. Wilson

SECRET CONVERGENCE EPISODES: Into It with Elle Collins, War Rocket Ajax

QUOTE: "You know, they're weirdly comparable."

KNOWN ALIASES: @TheMattDWilson (Twitter); superheroeswearingjackets (Tumblr); King Oblivion Ph.D.

PODCAST: War Rocket Ajax

OTHER TEAM AFFILIATIONS: ComicsAlliance, The International Society of Supervillains, Movie Fighters

POWERS: Checks, Recs, Drollness, Infinite editing patience

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Klytus Media Headquarters, Asheville, NC

SECRET ORIGIN: A being with an indeterminate brand, Matt is a writer, editor, podcaster, journalist, humorist, and, if we're being honest, masochist. He wrote two books about how to be a supervillain and has a Tumblr about superheroes who wear jackets (in name, at least). Honestly, who is this guy? He hides his true self behind a veneer of learned bookishness, sarcasm and saying "that's funny" instead of laughing. His origin remains a mystery to all, including himself.

WEAKNESS: Sun-Drop

ADDICTION: Peggle

FAVORITE 'STREET FIGHTER' MOVIE: The Van Damme one

PREVIOUS HANDBOOK ENTRIES:

#01 - CHICO LEO

#02 - GRAEME MCMILLAN

#03 - J. RACHEL EDIDIN

#04 - CHRIS SIMS

#05 - DJ BENHAMEEN

#06 - ELLE COLLINS

#07 - KIERAN SHIACH

[secretconvergence]

SECRET HANDBOOK OF THE SECRET CONVERGENCE ON INFINITE PODCASTS

ENTRY #07: KIERAN SHIACH (JOURNEY INTO MISERY)

NAME: Kieran Shiach

SECRET CONVERGENCE EPISODES: Into It with Elle Collins, SILENCE!, Journey Into Misery, Rachel and Miles X-Plain The X-Men

QUOTE: “Do good to others and every man can be a Superman”

KNOWN ALIASES: KingImpulse

PODCAST: Journey Into Misery

OTHER TEAM AFFILIATIONS: Emergency back-up co-host for War Rocket Ajax

POWERS: Encyclopedic knowledge of both comics and pro wrestling.

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Salford, United Kingdom

SECRET ORIGIN: Kieran always knew one day he’d be destined for greatness, but the things about those sorts of premonitions is people are more often wrong than you are right. He met a lady from the sunny South of England and for some reason she continued to hang around and let him explain the difference between every superhero to call themselves The Flash.

FAVOURITE GOOD EGGS: Superman, Impulse, The Thing

FAVOURITE BAD EGG: The Spot, Boomerang, MODOK

FAVOURITE BELLA TWIN: Nikki

PREVIOUS HANDBOOK ENTRIES:

#01 - CHICO LEO

#02 - GRAEME MCMILLAN

#03 - J. RACHEL EDIDIN

#04 - CHRIS SIMS

#05 - DJ BENHAMEEN

#06 - ELLE COLLINS

[secretconvergence]

SECRET HANDBOOK OF THE SECRET CONVERGENCE ON INFINITE PODCASTS

ENTRY #06: ELLE COLLINS (INTO IT WITH ELLE COLLINS)

NAME: Elle Collins

SECRET CONVERGENCE EPISODES: Into It with Elle Collins, Less Than Live with Kate or Die, House to Astonish, War Rocket Ajax

QUOTE: "Hollywood is a writhing mindless Lovecraftian god."

KNOWN ALIASES: @AnotherElle (Twitter), the Masked Queer Star

PODCAST: Into It

OTHER TEAM AFFILIATIONS: Switchback Books, ComicsAlliance, Union Internationale de la Marionnette (lapsed)

POWERS: Queering the text, fantasy casting, knowing a lot about the Defenders.

BASE OF OPERATIONS: House of Dark Shadows, the Smoky Mountains, United States

SECRET ORIGIN: Elle grew up in a state park, but left that protective enclave to learn what the world had to offer. After studying many subjects (design, puppetry, film, queer theory) and working many jobs (home shopping operator, Chinese restaurant manager, hot dog slinger, professional activist), Elle found her true calling, which is podcasting about the things people love. Sometimes she wears a lucha mask for no reason.

MOVIES: The Red Shoes, Singin’ in the Rain, Speed Racer, Cry-Baby, Dead Hooker in a Trunk

SUPERHEROES: Boom Boom, Beast, Thing, Batgirl, Magik

WRESTLERS: Charlotte, Bayley, Dalton Castle, the New Day, Jervis Cottonbelly, Veda Scott, Finn Bálor

PREVIOUS HANDBOOK ENTRIES:

#01 - CHICO LEO

#02 - GRAEME MCMILLAN

#03 - J. RACHEL EDIDIN

#04 - CHRIS SIMS

#05 - DJ BENHAMEEN