In Lieu Of
by Dixby Karavaggio
Half-comic book, half-news article, In Lieu Of brings 80s & 90s movies, TV shows, and video games together with the times, events, and histories that spawned them.
Podcast episodes
ILOARI | The Audacity of X-Men: The Animated Series' First Season
Greetings, fellow mutants & gifted youngsters! Follow your telepathic guide with a heart of adamantium, Dixby Karavaggio, as he revisits one of his favorite (and frankly BEST) animated series of the 90s: the one-and-only X-Men: The Animated Series. How audacious was this show's first season? There's only one way to find out, kiddos! SNIKT! SNIKT!
VOL. I | Iss. 5, “This is Your Family, I am Your Father”
Like the first light on the fifth day, In Lieu Of comes ROARING BACK into your lives, kiddos, with the conclusion to VOLUME I: CULTURED FEAR. It has been a minute so remind me... what are we talking about today again? Could it be that little-known indie comic from the mid-80s by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird? Their series had a limited run, was marginally successful, developed a small, cult following, rihgt? It’ll come to me. Just give me a sec............. GOD I WANTED TO BE A TURTLE!!!!!!... when this movie came out. Today’s issue features a rare example of a film adaptation of a kids’ cartoon that holds up better than the cartoon it’s adapting. We remember the pizza, the sewer lair, the fight scenes, the totally radical catchphrases. But this is In Lieu Of, which means be prepared to have one of your childhood favorites dissected for what may be not-so-pleasant, like the fears of youth gang violence and child exploitation that underlies much of the film’s plot. Bossanova! Chevy Nova? In lieu of the growing window into the scary realities of urban life and the growing concerns over the youth of the nation in the early 90s, how did we get The Shredder’s delinquent army in 1990’s live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie? Volume I, Issue 5. And have YOU no one to go to, kiddos?
Prestalgia News | Joker, Obi-Wan, and Four Thors
How goes it, kiddos!? We’re trying something new this time. But instead of droning on and on in this description box, why don’t you just check out what we’ve put out this week. (Listen for the part where Dix freaks out over A FOURTH THOR MOVIE. He doesn’t take the news... quietly.)
ILOARI | The Silence of the Guru; or, Crawford's Indifference & Dixby's Ambivalence
Hello, kiddos! In lieu of a regular issue, Dixby ponders Jack Crawford's indifference towards seemingly everything and everyone in the world (his indifference being on full display in the award-winning film, The Silence of the Lambs). Snack on this shorter audio delight whilst we prepare a fully-baked (and ALWAYS high in fiber) issue of In Lieu Of... COMING SOON!