Podcasts about prof xtra

On this episode of Super Gay, we have an interview with DC’s Steve Orlando, author of gay superhero comic series Midnighter and Apollo, as well as Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, and many other titles!  Plus, a min-debate bewteen Johnny Jungleguts and Prof Xtra about comic book movie shenanigans!  And – what’s going on with Goldballs??? This episode of Super Gay! brought to you by your friends at the Linoleum Knife Podcast.

Johnny and Alex interview DC Comics writer Steve Orlando, author of Midnighter and Apollo, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter and many others! Plus, a mini-debate between Johnny Jungleguts and Prof Xtra about comic book movie shenanigans! And -- what's been going on with Goldballs???

"Hey, who's the new kid in Riverdale, Archie?" "Why, that's Kevin, Veronica...and HE'S GAY!" "Tell me more!" Johnny and Prof Xtra visit Kevin Keller, that All-American Teen who just happens to be gay! Created by cartoonist Dan Parent, Kevin Keller lives in the contemporary comics of the Archieverse, appears on the TV show Riverdale -- and someday he will be president of all of us!

Storm is a thief, goddess, headmistress, queen and gay icon! Joined by Tavia Nyong'o, Yale Professor and author of Afro-Fabulations: The Queer Drama of Black Life, Johnny and Prof Xtra discuss Ororo Munroe, our favorite leader of the X-Men, during her Mohawk periods in the 1980s and 2010s, and the artists, writers, and actors who've done her right (and wrong?)

Meet The Movement, legendary comics writer Gail Simone's QPOC community organizer super hero team whose remarkable (and short-lived) series was published by DC Comics, from 2013-14. Johnny and Prof Xtra also explore Simone's landmark "Women in Refrigerators." And they talk about John Byrne's penis (the one he drew in an issue of Next Men, geez.)

Was 2013’s Young Avengers the QUEEREST Marvel comic of ALL TIME?!? Johnny Jungleguts and Prof Xtra revisit Wiccan and Hulkling’s gay love that conquers all, Miss America Chavez’s mysterious LatinX lesbianism, Prodigy’s awkward (and problematic?) coming out, Kid Loki’s pansexuality, and Marvel Boy’s experimental phase! The conversation is spirited, as Alex gets swept up in Jamie McKelvie and Kieron Gillen’s millennial take on the Young Avengers, and Johnny (an actual millennial) responds with a side-eye! Produced by James Kelly.

Meet Shatterstar, time traveling mutant alien clone gladiator style icon, and our favorite pansexual super hero! Created in the early 1990s by Rob Liefeld when he was just 24, the character's complex (sexual) history is explored by Prof Xtra with the admirable assistance of Johnny Jungleguts and producer James Kelly! ALSO: a quick rundown and preview of current and upcoming X-books!