X-Men the Animated Series with Eric and Julia Lewald

11/23/21 • 64 min

There's only about 2 reasons why people my age are into the X-Men. Either someone older (siblings, parents, whoever) exposed them to the greatness, or we watched X-Men the Animated Series. That's it. There is no other reason at all.

Which makes this episode very special because we get to hear from Eric and Julia Lewald who between them wrote, developed, show ran, and generally shaped our views of the world through X-Men the Animated Series. I can't even try to be witty here because I'm still so excited that this happened.

And don't miss the fact that there are books you can buy, one of which isn't full of pictures. Because for some reason people like those.

Learn such things as:

Who gets to decide if a show can come back on the air?
How do you balance the desires of so many people to include so many characters?
X-Men talks about social justice issues? When did that start? [/sarcasm]
And so much more!

You can find Eric and Julia on Twitter @xmentas, Instagram @xmentas, Facebook @xmentas, and of course at their website X-Men TAS.

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order.

Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook.

Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who always uses Oxford Commas because he's not a monster.

And don't miss the fact that there are books you can buy, one of which isn't full of pictures. Because for some reason people like those.

Learn such things as:

Who gets to decide if a show can come back on the air?
How do you balance the desires of so many people to include so many characters?
X-Men talks about social justice issues? When did that start? [/sarcasm]
And so much more!

You can find Eric and Julia on Twitter @xmentas, Instagram @xmentas, Facebook @xmentas, and of course at their website X-Men TAS.

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook.

Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who always uses Oxford Commas because he's not a monster.

Previous Episode

Stealth Hammer with Ryan Drost

I'd say most of the time, writers labor over a story for a while. Weeks, months, years, maybe their entire life. Heck I've been sitting on my idea for a while and I'm starting to suspect that y'all think I'm just making up the fact that I have an idea.

And then there's Ryan Drost who just had Stealth Hammer fall into his head from that place where good ideas live. Listen in as we see what this story is all about and hear about some little quirks that went into it's creation. And of course be sure to check out the Kickstarter page for Stealth Hammer #2.

Learn such things as:

How many plot threads is enough?
What happens when you read too much into a comic?
When can your significant other be a good influence on your creative endeavors?
And so much more!

You can find Ryan at his podcast Star Joes, on Twitter @StealthHammer, and of course the Kickstarter page for Stealth Hammer #2.

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook.

Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who eats pizza with a knife and fork.

Next Episode

Kickstarter Overview with Oriana Leckert

Writing comics and making games is fun and all, but don't you want other people to see them? You can probably sucker get friends to look at them but I have a feeling your dreams are bigger than just the people you know in real life. But how can you pull that off?

Kickstarter might be a good idea. Now if only I could get someone from over there on the show. I know, how about Oriana Leckert? Who better to help us understand the inner workings of Kickstarter than the Director of Publishing & Comics Outreach? Yeah, I can't think of anyone better either.

Learn such things as:

How much money has been pledged to comic related projects on Kickstarter lately?
How does the success rate of comic based projects compare to other projects?
What are some specific links you should check out?
- https://www.kickstarter.com/creators/publishing
- https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/The_Martians
And so much more!

You can find Oriana on Twitter @orianabklyn, Instagram @orianabklyn, and her website.

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook.

Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who also hasn't written a comic yet so I still have time.