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John Byrne’s X-Men: Elsewhen
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, writer Chris Claremont teamed up with artist John Byrne on the Uncanny X-Men, between issues 108 and 142. The duo went on to…
Atomic Monsoon Season 3 Episode 02 – Age of Apocalypse: X-Men Alpha
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pqHxV6J1K5fh2LEgaUWRE Andy hands Stephanie the beginning of the 1995 X-Men Alternate Universe, the AGE OF APOCALYPSE. It's 90s X-Men in a way that you've never seen them before! Unless you…
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My first X-Men comic was… something else.
It was either late March or early April in 1993. The first season of the X-Men animated series had just wrapped up on Fox Kids, and I needed more. At…
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Rachel Green and Jean Grey
In season 3 episode 8 of the show Friends, "The One With the Giant Poking Device" (aired 14 November 1996), Jennifer Aniston's character Rachel Green can be seen wearing this…
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GI Joe Comics are Confusing!
Collecting comics can be weird and confusing. And even moreso when there is a licensed property that switches between publishers several times over 40+ Years. G.I. Joe is one of…
Atomic Monsoon Season Two Episode Two: Deadpool & Wolverine
https://open.spotify.com/episode/64Um10Ol1Kwm8kT3Zidv7I LANGUAGE WARNING: Much like Deadpool himself, we say lotsa naughty words in this episode. We talk about the Rated R superhero movie from summer 2024, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE! We…
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THE JUMP by Wesley Griffith
https://youtu.be/zCnDX73JPnc?si=25D27pAqN18zu44X My buddy Wesley it at it again! Wes just released the first issue of his new crime comic, THE JUMP! Check out the video above, and head over to…
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Happy Apocalypse (2012)
Remember when the world was supposed to end back in December of 2012? I thought it would only be appropriate if the X-Men villain named Apocalypse wished everybody a happy,…
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Aw Yeah! Comics’ Action Cat & Adventure Bug
I just unearthed a bunch of sketches I did on my old Samsung Galaxy Note II phone, using its built-in stylus, that I owned between 2013 and 2016. I'll be…
Banshee Mighty Muggs Custom Toy
In late 2009, I received a commission to make a custom Mighty Muggs figure of the X-Men character, Banshee, from someone who had seen some of my previous Mighty Muggs…
Carnage Mighty Muggs Custom Toys
As I've noted before, I don't make the same custom figure twice, especially when I put them up for sale. I don't want to end up taking commissions for the…
Deadpool Mighty Muggs Custom Toy
Thanks to his appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (or whatever that thing was), Marvel gave the "Merc with a Mouth" a huge push in 2009-2010, making Deadpool more visible than…
Spider-Man 3 Mighty Muggs Custom Toy
It's hard to imagine now, but at the time of Mighty Muggs' popularity in 2009, there were only three live-action Spider-Man movies. The most recent of which was Spider-Man 3,…
Hal Jordan Mighty Muggs
In the late 00's Hasbro made their way into the vinyl toy business with a line called MIGHTY MUGGS. They were all effectively the same basic figure, but with new…
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Friendly Fridays: Wesley Griffith’s “Grotesk”
My buddy Wes has just finished the third issue in his comic book anthology series, Grotesk. I have the first two, and each issue is filled with multiple (mostly horror)…