76 – Live at Rose City Comic Con, with Ann Nocenti, Jeff Parker, and Chris Yost

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 10/4/2015 at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.   In which we record our first live episode; Rose City Comic Con is AMAZING; Ann tells us how to torture the X-Men; Jean Grey needs more friends; Chris survives an encounter with an angry vampire; Squirrel Girl sets the high bar for questions; everyone has opinions about Longshot's hair; Jeff gets meta; Cyclops is the best at fighting Sentinels; and Rachel ALMOST gets through an entire panel without swearing.   X-PLAINED: Cable (Nathan Summers) Stryfe (Also Nathan Summers) Rose City Comic Con Christopher Yost Jeff Parker Ann Nocenti The X-Men Superheroes vs. soap operas Continuity vs. evolution Updating the Silver Age What defines an X-book All of our iconic X-eras Close encounters of the fan kind The Continuiteens Marvel Girl and Squirrel Girl team-ups Narrative regrets How we'd end the X-Men X-Men best suited to professional wrestling Our personal mutant metaphors Which of the X-Men is best at fighting Sentinels NEXT WEEK: Fallen Angels! There's no visual companion this week, but you can see photos from the panel, party, and more in our Rose City Comic Con roundup! 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! Buy prints of this week’s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne for the original!