Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!

In which Wolverine is an eternal teenager; most of what Jay knows about Hawaii comes from Lilo and Stitch; Shiv is a complicated fellow; Nightcrawler represents an unattainable beauty standard; the Easter Bunny flies at dawn; Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure is delightful; Logan inadvertently starts a cult; Gahk does as she pleases; Jay and Miles are going to FlameCon; and we are all now Honkers forever.

X-PLAINED:

What Bloodscream and Roughouse have been up to

Albert and Elsie Dee

An unorthodox vocal warm-up

Wolverine: Bloody Choices

Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure

The Wolverine formula

Kamehameha Day (which Jay mispronounced; sorry!)

Mr. Bullfinch

Mr. Kapeland

Shiv

Doc Corbel

Nick Fury's penmanship

How retail works

Secret agents, maybe

A stimulating combination

Karate pants

A darker, grittier version of the Easter bunny

Wolverine's apocryphal childhood

Characters who can pull off the Wolverine hairstyle

Don Adams as Wolverine

Win/win murder scenarios

Two adult men discussing their feelings

Honkers

Cargo cults

The Tribe of Fire

Gahck

Some romance

A Spiny Honker

The Honker of Doom

Pit traps, with and without shallow holes

A dastardly but ineffectual plot

Apocalypse, kind of

One of Wolverine's many kids (who may or may not be Erista)

Jay & Miles at FlameCon 2018

How to get us at your local convention

Reading comics with Miles's dad

Seriously, though: honkers

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