Anthony Oliveira: Cyttorak is a Drama Queen - Uncanny X-Men 183

Welcome true believers to X-Men Horoscopes where each week our host Lodro Rinzler is in conversation with a special guest to discuss the X-Men issue that aligns with a significant month and year from their life and what that issue reveals about their future.

This week we are joined by the charming and effervescent Anthony Oliveira, writer of Avengers Academy (Lodro's fav comic right now). We explore the massive question, "What does it mean to want to be good?" as we talk through everything Avengers Academy where Anthony proves that he is a wizard for making Lodro care about characters like Norman Osborn.

But enough about this incredible book, let's talk X-Men. Anthony was born in the month coinciding with Uncanny X-Men 183 where Colossus breaks up with 14 year-old Kitty Pryde and boy are the X-Men pissed about it. Then Colossus spills a beer on the Juggernaut who was about to go home with Selene and now he's pissed at Colossus too.

Also in this episode:

• Cyttorak is a drama queen

• Emplate is a gay S&M bondage vampire

• Anthony was obsessed with the X-Men villain pronounced A Poke Uh Lips

• Lodro thinks Angel is still dating Husk

• Dating Deathbird is gay

• Everyone's relationship is everyone's business

• Xavier cuts the Juggernaut out of all family photos

• Juggernaut knows his color blocking

...and Anthony gets his X-Men tarot reading! What does any of this mean for his future? Tune in to find out!

Anthony Oliveira is a multiple National Magazine and GLAAD award-winning writer, pop culture critic, and PhD based in Toronto. A frequent contributor to Marvel Comics, he has written for Young Avengers, X-Men, and Captain Marvel, earning a 2020 GLAAD Media Award and multiple nominations. His work spans comics, prose, and journalism, often exploring queer themes. Notable titles include Wiccan & Hulkling: Last Annihilation, Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling, and Young Avengers: Paradox Lost. His debut novel, Dayspring, was released in 2024 to critical acclaim. He also hosts The Devil’s Party, a podcast examining Christian literature through a queer lens. You can find him on Instagram here.

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