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I’ve been thrilled to guest on The X-Cast over the past few years, and have really enjoyed digging into The X-Files with the guests and hosts. However, this is particularly thrilling, because it’s particularly geeky. The wonderful Tony Black asked me join him for a discussion of the first two stories published by Topps comics, Not to Be Opened Until X-Mas and A Dismemberance of Things Past, written by Stefan Petrucha and illustrated by Charlie Adlard.

I have made no secret of my long-standing affection for these comics. I think that they are probably among the very best licensed comic books ever published. So it was a delight to be asked to talk about them, and to get to geek out with Tony about these stories. There’s a lot of fun stuff here, including context about the comics industry in the nineties and the question of what was possible in a monthly tie-in to a weekly television series.

You can listen to the episode here, or click the link below.

You might be interested in our other reviews of the second season of The X-Files:

• Little Green Men
  • X-tra: The X-Cast – Season 2, Episode 1
• The Host
• Blood
• Sleepless
• Duane Barry
  • X-tra: The X-Cast – Season 2, Episode 5
• Ascension
  • X-tra: The X-Cast – Season 2, Episode 6
• 3
• One Breath
  • X-Over: The X-Files & Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who
  • X-tra: The X-Cast – Season 2, Episode 8
• Firewalker
• Red Museum
  • X-Over: Picket Fences – Away in the Manger
  • X-tra: The X-Cast X-Files Podwatch – Episode #18
• Excelsis Dei
• Aubrey
  • X-tra: (Topps) #1 – Not To Be Opened Until X-Mas
  • X-tra: The X-Cast X-Files Podwatch – Episode #19
• Irresistible
• Die Hand Die Verletzt
• Fresh Bones
  • X-tra: (Topps) #2 – A Dismembrance of Things Past
  • X-tra: The X-Cast – Topps Comics #1
• Colony
  • X-tra: The X-Cast – Season 2, Episode 16
• End Game
  • X-tra: The X-Cast – Season 2, Episode 17
• Fearful Symmetry
• Død Kälm
  • X-tra: (Topps) #3 – A Little Dream of Me/The Return
• Humbug
  • X-tra: (Topps) Trick of the Light
• The Calusari
• F. Emasculata
• Soft Light
  • X-tra: (Topps) #4-6 – Firebird
• Our Town
• Anasazi
  • X-tra: (Topps) #7 – Trepanning Opera
  • X-tra: (Topps) Annual #1 – Hallow Eve
  • X-tra: The X-Cast – Season 2, Episode 26

Filed under: Comics, Podcasts!, The X-Files | Tagged: Charles Adlard, comic books, Comics, Stefan Petrucha, the x-cast, the x-files, tony black, Topps |