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Mutant Studies 101

Mutant Studies 101

by Dean Coburn

Season 4

Summer Sessions: New Worlds w/Chapman Blake

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

BONUS: NO GODS NO MASTERS

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.

X-Men '97 Season 2 Recap-Eps 1 and 2 feat. Justin Jordan

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.

Summer Session: Imperial feat. Escape the Mojoverse

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 mutantstudiespod@gmail.com. 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.

Summer Session Field Trip: Supergirl

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.

Summer Session: Supergirl-Woman of Tomorrow

Time to go on a new adventure, students! For this week's lecture, your professors are doing some field trip prep for next week as they head into the stars with Tom King and Bisques Evelyn's Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow Topics for this lecture include: Blackout DC Comics, how this book really doesn't work for us, what Tom King should be doing instead of this, and a lot more ranting than normal! You can follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky @mutantstudies101 and on Twitter and TikTok @mutant101pod. Links to our transcripts, show notes, and citations can be found on 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.

Summer Session: E is For Extinction feat. Sara Century

Welcome to Summer Class, students! For our inaugural Summer Session, we will be diving DEEP into Grant Morrison's seminal run on New X-Men from 2001-2004. Joining us for our first episode is Sara Century (Comics critic, zine maker, and co-creator of The Forgotten Five) to talk all about E is For Extinction! Topics for this lecture include: How Morrison and Quitely radically reinvent the franchise from the bottom up, how this run does and doesn't take from the movies, All of the incredible personal dynamics built on top of one another, a bit of reader's theater, and a request for Jean to be mean again! Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of genocide and the idea of a slave class. You can find links to all of Sara's work at saracentury.com. You can follow the podcast @mutant101pod on Twitter and TikTok and @mutantstudies101 on Instagram and Bluesky. You can find links to show notes, citations, and transcripts at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. As always, we'd like to thank OlliePhresh and Hayden Kierkeide for their music and graphic design.

Season 3

Guest Lecture: The New Adventures of the X-Men w/Chad Anderson

Hope you're ready to go back in time, students! For this guest lecture, Morgan has had to step out so we've brought in one of our absolute best people and a true pillar of the community, Chad Anderson of the Graymalkin Lane podcast! He's joined us to talk all about a very strange artifact from the 90s, The Continued Adventures of the X-Men. Topics for this lecture include: introducing Chad, what do we do with strange artifacts of the X-Men, who really, truly, is a targeted reader for these books, how we can build community through academic study, and more! You can follow Chad's show @graymalkin_lane on all socials. You can follow the show @mutantstudies101 on Instagram and TikTok and @mutant101pod on Twitter. Links to our show notes can be found at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. As always, we'd like to thank OlliePhresh for our theme music and Hayden Kierkeide for our graphic design.

Guest Lecture: I Have No Danger Room and Yet I Must Scream w/Escape the Mojoverse

Become the Ghost in the Machine with us today, students! For this week's lecture, your professors are talking the origins of one of the most bizarre and punchy characters in modern X-Men, the living Danger Room known as Danger! And joining them for this discussion is none other than the great Matt and Alison Parent of Escape the Mojoverse! Topics of this lecture include: The deep-seeded dangers of AI, what made Danger a fascinating creation of Joss Whedon in the first place, her relation to the classic Harlan Ellison short story "I Have No Mouth and Yet I Must Scream", a VERY fun Is It A Dazzler Song, and if we believe the sins of the father can truly be redeemed. Content Warning: This episode deals heavily with both an in-story and very real suicide at the hands of an AI. You can follow Matt and Alison over at @escapethemojoverse on all socials and their show on all podcast platforms! You can follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky @mutantstudies101 and on Twitter and TikTok @mutantstudiespod. You can also find links to our show notes, transcripts, and citations at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can follow Morgan @beakerbarnes. As always, we'd like to thank OlliePhresh and Hayden Kierkeide for our theme music and graphic design.

Annual Week BONUS: An Interview with Connor Goldsmith and Josh Cornillon

Check into Answers, Students! For this special BONUS episode of Mutant Studies 101, your professors are joined by the team behind the upcoming Dark Horse Horror Comic Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, writer Connor Goldsmith (CEREBRO, The Kibitz) and artist Josh Cornillon (Young Men in Love, Pool Boys)! Topics for this lecture include: The process of creating a creator-owned book, what was challenging about creating this story, what cancel culture and being problematic really means in 2026, how this work differs from the work both of them had done previously, body image, and a LOT of talk about Dazzler. Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of eating disorders, body horror, misogynistic attacks against women, and fatphobia. You can preorder Did You Hear About Mimi Green? at your local comic shops now! Preorders close on 4/20 so get it in now! You can follow Connor on Instagram @ConnorGoldsmith and his shows @Cerebrocast and @kibitzcast and Josh anywhere and everywhere @JoshCornillon. You can follow the show on Twitter and TikTok @mutantstudiespod and on Instagram and Bluesky @mutantstudies101. You can follow Morgan on socials @beakerbarnes and Dean at deansoscarrambles.substack.com.

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