Yelling About Superheroes: Recent Episodes
Yelling About Superheroes
We're Whitney and Will, and we're here to yell about superheroes. New episodes Mondays. Contact: yellingaboutsuperheroes@gmail.com
Whitney and Will discuss the trope of the vigilante, examining the ways in which race, gender, class, and overall privilege play into depictions of vigilantism.
In which we finally publish the voice messages we've gotten through Anchor and answer some questions we got on social media. Thanks to everyone who submitted a question or comment!
From Bucky Barnes to Wally West, there's a lot of superheroes who got into the game at an early age. In this episode, we explore some of the youngest superheroes in the business, including solo acts and teams of teenage characters.
We had to wait fourteen years for a sequel to The Incredibles -- so is it a worthy successor? (Yes. Yes it is.)
We talk about the first adventure of the finest family in the superhero business! Look forward to next week as well, where we discuss the recent sequel.
This week, we take a look at characters who truly understand their destiny -- or at least their genre. Megamind and The Tick are a bit of an odd pairing, but both of them know how superhero stories work, which the pretentious English majors among us call metatextuality.
In which Whitney and Will discuss the movie that made them start this podcast in the first place, the brilliant Thor: Ragnarok.
In which Whitney nerds about the history of Canadian pop culture in general, and Canadian comic books and superheroes specifically.
In this episode, Whitney and Will take a look at the heroes who are good at, well, being good. What motivates characters like Superman and Spider-Man to do the right thing? What's compelling about these heroic figures? How are they different from other superheroes and each other?
Will and Whitney delve into the history of everyone's favorite superhero and talk about her varied origin stories, from the original Charles Moulton comics to the 2017 movie.
Whitney and Will recount the adventures they had at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo.
Teenage superheroes? Check. Dinosaurs? Check. Our pre-Infinity War preparation and hype? Check, check, CHECK.