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Matt Parent

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They/them 💛🤍💜🖤 Seminole Pan 🩷💛💙 X-men obsessive writer. Co-host of Escape the Mojoverse a weekly X-men comics podcast found here: https://shows.acast.com/escape-the-mojoverse

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Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · Aug 15

@collinkelly.bsky.social and @jacksonlanzing.bsky.social are two of the most thoughtful writers I’ve ever had the opportunity to speak with and this conversation is a great breakdown of how “The Hivemind” works. If you like it, be sure to put The Last Starship on your pull list by Monday! #comicsky

Kamala tells a bad joke and Wolverine winces

The cover for “The Last Starship” issue 1

The cover of Escape the Mojoverse’s interview with Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing about Giant-Size X-Men.

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Escape The Mojoverse @mojoversepod.bsky.social · 2h

Absolute Wonder Woman is excellent and one of the books we most look forward to each month. Allison was lucky to sit down with @kellythompson.bsky.social to discuss its first year of publication, the process of creating the pitch, and what we might expect going forward. It’s a fun one! #comicsky

Absolute Wonder Woman: Year 1 Talk Back with Kelly Thompson | Escape the Mojoverse: An X-Men Comics Podcast

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Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 8h

I’m a huge Charles Soule guy so I’ve really loved Eddie Brock Carnage. It’s fun and gross and Eddie is just so screwed at every moment, it rules.

Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 13h

a cartoon character from the emperor 's new groove is giving the ok sign .

ALT: a cartoon character from the emperor 's new groove is giving the ok sign .

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Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 13h

It’s me, the person all these books and events about Carnage are for. I’m sorry you guys. I just love this horrible gooey pokey boy.

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Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 13h

Hmmm… I don’t have a prediction (other than, we’re probably doing a more serious book, but that is the pitch from the teaser), but I can say that we’re going to be adding WWDP to our new comics episodes in February

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Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 13h

I’m going to predict this here before tomorrow, (and if I’m wrong we can point and laugh at me) one of the reasons Psylocke might not have a solo is I think Cyclops will not be a part of the Adjectiveless team post AOR and Psylocke will be the team lead/main character.

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Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 14h

Me too!

Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 14h

Oops I forgot how annoying comics fans on Twitter are during NYCC. I should probably just delete that app.

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Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 14h

We also know Storm is relaunching at 1 in February with Murewa and Mario Santoro as Storm: Earths Mightiest Mutant

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Comic Sans Podcast (S4 out now!) @comicsanspod.com · 1d

...dissing AI art, and doing Charlton Heston impressions. Refreshments will be served.

🎧: l.comicsanspod.com/s04e01
📺: yt.comicsanspod.com/s04e01

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Comic Sans Podcast (S4 out now!) @comicsanspod.com · 1d

🚨 NEW EP! 🚨

Earlier today, the RSS Comic Sans returned safely to Earth after its slingshot voyage around the sun, making Yan and Nat the first—and last—podcast hosts to go to space.

They'll spend today's press conference discussing the graphic novel "Through a Life" by Tom Haugomat...

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Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 1d

My plan is to do the first three arcs once 15 is out. F’N love Power Fantasy!

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Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 1d

Got to read an early copy of Ten Ton Titan Terrier by @peposed.bsky.social and @ornitoplatypus.bsky.social it’s so fun, so full of joy. The art gives you a fresh take on Saturday morning cartoons. I teach middle school students who would love this, but it’s def for all ages. Out TODAY! #comicsky

The cover of Ten-Ton Titan Terrier out TODAY at your Local Comic Shop!

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Escape The Mojoverse @mojoversepod.bsky.social · 2d

Our themes for the next few months. (We made our decision for our January Marathon we’re reading Generation X)

In November we’re talking Mutant extended family, like Namor, Big Bertha and the GLA, Ms. Marvel, and Gwenpool

In December it’s the naughty and nice list. Some of the best books of the year and some Patreon requests along with, not bad books but characters behaving badly

In January we’re reading all of Generation X vol 1 AND vol 2

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Escape The Mojoverse @mojoversepod.bsky.social · 3d

We are going to have to add, “Matt chokes up/cries on pod” to this “take a drink” list after this week’s episode. #comicsky

I wish I could stay at The Avengers Academy Forever”

M’Krann and Immortus loved telling this story together, whether it is remembered (it will be) or not.

Our episode cover for this weeks ep on the end of Avengers Academy by Anthony Oliveira, Carola Borelli, Pablo Collar and Bailie Rosenlund

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Escape The Mojoverse @mojoversepod.bsky.social · 3d

My fave in 4 different artists
1. @pablomcollar.bsky.social
2. @rafaloureiro.bsky.social
3. Carlos Gomez
4. @markbrooksart.bsky.social

Dazzler tells her friends to destroy the bar

The cover of Deadpool 30 Dazzler in her classic white jumpsuit and blue make up is about to sing. Deadpool is playing guitar behind her.

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Escape The Mojoverse @mojoversepod.bsky.social · 4d

Hard to joke when one of your favorite books ends. "I wish I could stay at the Avengers Academy forever" @meakoopa.bsky.social @bailierosenlund.bsky.social @carolaborelli.bsky.social and Pablo Collar have fans for life. What a special book. #comicsky

Episode 71: Avengers Academy 47-60 By Anthony Oliveira, Carola Borelli, Pablo Collar and Bailie Rosenlund | Escape the Mojoverse: An X-Men Comics Podcast

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Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 4d

Three panels to sum up my thoughts on the end of Avengers Academy ahead of tomorrow’s episode. #comicsky

Academy Babies “all the zany action, none of the gay stuff! Because there’s advertisers to appease!”

Normie says I wish I could stay as Avengers Academy Forever

M’Krann tells Kid Immortus that even if they are forgotten, she loved every minute of telling this story.

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Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 5d

Not a total disaster, but definitely a bit over cooked.

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Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 6d

The idea of a Storm book that is told with the trappings of folklore and has the pace of an action anime makes this comic really one of a kind. It feels epic not in the cheugy millennial use of the word, but ancient. Like AN epic. A book the character has always deserved. #ororospoilers #xspoilers

Maggot is hosting his own tournament arc

Haddad is going to end everything (he thinks)

Storm possessed by eternity headbutts the juggernaut into the ground

The cover for our interview with Murewa Ayodele

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Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 6d

Comics fandom is actually four separate hobbies (craft based fandom, character based fandom, collecting, and stan-ing) and it is this dynamic that makes it difficult to discuss comics, outside of very specific circles, online. Also we should be harder on the most toxic elements of this hobby.

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 7d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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Escape The Mojoverse @mojoversepod.bsky.social · 7d

@ayodelemurewa.bsky.social is one of the most exciting comics writers working today. We were lucky to sit down and discuss his craft, the end of the Thunder War, and what to expect for Rogue Storm and the second act of the Eternal Storm Saga. Check it out! #stormcasters #ororospoilers #xspoilers

Mojoverse Premium: Storm Arc 2 and the Thunder War Talk Back with Murewa Ayodele | Escape the Mojoverse: An X-Men Comics Podcast

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Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 6d

I can give you 4:
1 giant size x-men/uncanny 97 (starts the Claremont golden era you think of when you think X-Men)
2 New X-Men by Morrison/Quitely
3 Astonishing X-Men by Whedon (boo) and Cassaday
House of X/powers of X if you’d like to get into the last few years.

Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 6d

I think probably the thing preventing that fifth group from being entirely considered is their passivity. If you’re not in conversation with the things you like, yes it’s a hobby for you, but you’re not really in the community of hobbyists.

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Matt Parent @mattparent.bsky.social · 6d

I think on top of the different impulse it also manifests in different behavior. A fan of a character probably is reading a book as it comes out. A Stan might only be focused on a specific era for re-reads, creating fanfiction or fan art.