True Friends

True Friends Kyle and Josh risk their lives and molecular integrity in Sinister's Lab to bring you our SEASON 1 GIANT SIZE special, interviewing guests Russell Dauterman, Miles Stokes, Anthony Oliveira, Chad Anderson, Karen Charm, and Excel Summers about the wild world of X-Men trading cards.

Russell Dauterman: @Rdauterman

Miles Stokes: Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Chad Anderson: @graymalkin_lane

Anthony Oliveira: @meakoopa

Karen Charm: @charmgardens

Excel Summers: @excelsummers

There's only 198 mutants left in the world and Rogue wants to make a x-team out of the dumbest 7 of them. Kyle brings SUPERNOVAS to the show and tell, the first 6 issue arc from Mike Carey's run on X-Men from 2006. It's post decimation and no one is having a good time. The mansion is on lockdown, the Beaubier twins are treating mental health emergencies with cult programming treated with VR brainwashing, and Rogue is single and "ready" for her own field team... just in time for the debut of The Children of the Vault.

It's lifetyles of the rich and mutated as the True Friends tour the Survival Guide to the Mansion from 1993. Welcome students (?) to your new home, a totally safe place that is never under siege. Learn the inner workings of the Danger Room, don't touch the N'Gari demon portal, and finally see what in Glob's name is in all of those pouches.

The True Friends talk X-Men video games! From 16-bit rage bait (and earlier!) to the upcoming Wolverine slasher, Kyle and Josh button mash their way to a deep dive on 2004's X-Men Legends, a couch co-op action RPG for the PlayStation 2.

In which the True Friends lock you inside the panopticon and force you to listen to their vacation stories. Kyle and Josh report from FlameCon in New York City, the worlds largest queer con!

We drop a lot of names this episode! Please check out our talented friends and support the x-cellent things they do!

Vendors:

Karen Charm @charmgardens

Joshua Bruckner @joshington_bear

Sam Kaplan @sam_canyon

Miguel Soto @migletscompendium

Podcasts:

Chad Anderson @greymalkin_lane

Homosuperior @homosuperiorpodcast

Dean and Morgan @mutantstudies101

Cosplayers:

Cameron Hebron @tylkithebanana

Excel Summers @excelsummers

Juli @juliheavenly6

Justin Park @justinsparked

Drag Performers:

D’Manda Martini @dmandamartini

Megami @megaminyc

Suddenly Audrey @suddenlyaudrey

The Aud Ball @theaudballnyc

Homosuperior Drag Show @homosuperior_pdx

Do you know what happens to a vampire when it's struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else - it falls in love with Storm. The True Friends talk Kyle's very first X-Men comic, X-Men Annual 6, along with a little MCU gossip and casting thoughts.

When you look back and see only one set of footprints, it's because Cyclops was carrying you. Between Doomsday buzz and season two of X-Men '97, it's really shaping up to be a Hot Scott Summer. Always leading the zeitgeist, Kyle and Josh discuss X-Men Unlimited #1 (1993) and swoon over the first Marvel work of iconic artist Chris Bachalo.

Is it us or are bigoted senators really having a moment right now? Which means it's the perfect time to discuss the X-Men movie from 2000. Spot on casting, wasted talent, black leather, and everyone's favorite goo senator - Kyle and Josh cover it all.

What we talk about when we talk about the X-Men - the animated series from 1992. Joshua and Kyle cover the two part series premier, Night of the Sentinels, the show that launched a generation of x-fans. Rampant property destruction, queer metaphors, and so many funny voices await.

Kyle and Josh unpacX the 1992 Marvel X-Men Guidebook, where nuance is better left to some slimeball in the 80s.

Paid for by The Pro Mutant Right To Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Political Action Committee.