Today, our panelists dive into Hel itself with Angela: Asgard's Assassin and Angela: Queen of Hel. Join us for a discussion of paneling, gay stuff, and... the 2010s humor of it all. It's... right behind me, isn't it?
- (00:00) - Angela: Asgard’s Assassin and Angela: Queen of Hel
- (00:31) - Who is Angela
- (01:39) - Front Matter
- (03:15) - What did we think?
- (07:18) - How long have superhero comics been like this?
- (10:09) - Things we did like
- (12:51) - The Marvel Snap of it all
- (14:57) - What works in a vacuum but not in context
- (17:42) - Are Angela & Sera a real couple?
- (23:12) - That’s what you missed on Glee!
- (25:18) - Hard pivot to art
- (26:29) - Wild layouts
- (28:32) - Would this work as an art book?
- (32:00) - The Hamilton references
- (32:42) - Who wrote what?
- (38:16) - Asgardians of the Galaxy
- (40:37) - Fashion Corner
- (45:58) - Compulsory Secret Wars Lessons
- (49:22) - Why is Leah here?
- (51:08) - Dark elves???
- (54:28) - The baby and the furnace
- (57:28) - Writing for the trade
- (58:33) - Sera as a trans woman
- (01:05:40) - Other trans Marvel characters
- (01:06:43) - Further Reading
- (01:09:06) - Back Matter
Further Reading:1602 Witch Hunter Angela by Marguerite Bennett
DC Comics Bombshells #1–33 / Digital First #1–100, 2015–17
Batwoman: Rebirth, #1–18, 2017–18 by James Tynion IV, Steve Epting, Jeromy Cox, et al.
Witchblade by Marguerite Bennett, Giuseppe Cafaro, Arif Prianto
The Wicked + The Divine by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie
DIE by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans
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Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.
