Welcome true believers to X-Men Horoscopes where each week our host Lodro Rinzler is in conversation with a special guest to discuss the X-Men issue that aligns with a significant month and year from their life and what that issue reveals about their future.

With us this week is Bob McLeod, legendary artist who co-created The New Mutants with Chris Claremont.

We discuss what the Marvel office was like back in the 1970s and the creation of the designs for The New Mutants before leaping into his horoscope issue - Uncanny X-Men 35 - where the X-Men square off against...Spider-Man?!

Also in this episode:

• The Sunspot Hulk that never was
• How Wolfsbane was going to be Indian
• An entire issue devoted to a misunderstanding-based fight
• Paralyzing rays take a while to work
• The old Parker luck
• Bring back the phrase “What’s new crew?”

What does any of this mean for Bob's future? Tune in to find out!

Bob McLeod is the legendary comic book artist, perhaps best known for co-creating The New Mutants with writer Chris Claremont and designing and illustrating the team’s original characters for Marvel. Beginning his career at Marvel in the 1970s, McLeod went on to pencil and ink an extraordinary range of characters for both Marvel and DC, including the X-Men, Spider-Man, Batman, Wonder Woman, G.I. Joe, and Star Wars. Among his most celebrated work is his inking of Mike Zeck’s artwork on the landmark Spider-Man story Kraven’s Last Hunt. Beyond superhero comics, McLeod wrote and illustrated the acclaimed children’s book Superhero ABC, edited Rough Stuff magazine, and taught art for many years at the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design. More than five decades into his career, he continues to create commissions, covers, and personal work.

More of Lodro Rinzler's work can be found here and here and you can follow the podcast on Instagram at xmenpanelsdaily where we post X-Men comic panels...daily. His BRAND NEW BOOK is now out: You Are Good, You are Enough. Have a question or comment for a future episode? Reach out at xmenhoroscopes.com

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Welcome true believers to X-Men Horoscopes where each week our host Lodro Rinzler is in conversation with a special guest to discuss the X-Men issue that aligns with a significant month and year from their life and what that issue reveals about their future.
This week we have co-creator of X-Men: The Animated Series Julia Lewald on the show to discuss not just the early days creating the original show but also how the return of X-Men '97 came to be.

We discuss the X-Men issue that came out the same time as the show (adjectiveless X-Men 13) where Professor X - and every other character - has to come to terms with their past through punching.

Also in this episode:

• The important role Pryde of the X-Men played in the creation of X-Men: The Animated Series
• Wolverine’s Australian accent (and how we got it)
• Why they killed Morph
• Why they brought Morph back from the dead
• Carter Ryking’s outfit is “perfectly appropriate” for the time
• Why Kitty Pryde was left on the cutting room floor for X-Men: TAS

All this plus the unrevealed story of how Julia wanted to wrap up the original series. What does any of this mean for her future? Tune in to find out!

Bonus: we get some Eric Lewald in this episode too!

Julia Lewald is a writer, story editor, developer and showrunner on a wide variety of animated and live-action series. She and her husband Eric met while working at Disney TV Animation on the Disney Afternoon shows. Over 30 years later, they continue to love what they do. While listeners of this show may know them for their part in the creation and production of X-Men: The Animated Series they have also helmed The Tick, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers and many other classic shows. They serve as executive producers on X-Men ’97. You can find them on Instagram here.

More of Lodro Rinzler's work can be found here and here and you can follow the podcast on Instagram at xmenpanelsdaily where we post X-Men comic panels...daily. His BRAND NEW BOOK is now out: You Are Good, You are Enough. Have a question or comment for a future episode? Reach out at xmenhoroscopes.com

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Welcome true believers to X-Men Horoscopes where each week our host Lodro Rinzler is in conversation with a special guest to discuss the X-Men issue that aligns with a significant month and year from their life and what that issue reveals about their future.

With us this week is Jim Zub, comic writer extraordinaire whose new series Omen-Bound was just announced.

We talk about his early years writing comics, what he's learned as the number of comics he has written moves past 300 and what it means to be a ten-year overnight success. He has worked for just about every major comic book publisher and also has a lot to share for anyone aspiring to get into the industry.

We discuss his birth month and year issue - Uncanny X-Men 99 - where Jean Grey, Wolverine, Banshee and Professor X are being held in space and the rest of the team attempt a daring rescue mission and yes - this is right before Jean becomes the Phoenix.

Also in this episode:

• Writing creator owned comics versus established intellectual property
• Jean and the gang decide to walk off into outer space
• People won’t shut up about solar radiation
• Atmos spheres
• Space stations have bad security
• Colossus probably shouldn’t go into space every other week
• Storm has space powers including space wind and space lightning

What does any of this mean for Jim's future? Tune in to find out!

Jim Zub is a Canadian writer and artist. Over the past twenty five years he’s worked for publishing, movie and video game clients including Marvel, DC Comics, Disney, Capcom, Hasbro, Cartoon Network, Bandai-Namco, and UDON Entertainment.

Before returning to full-time freelance writing, Jim was a professor teaching drawing and storytelling courses in Seneca Polytechnic’s award-winning Animation program. His current projects include acting as the flagship writer for Conan the Barbarian, the monthly comic book adventures of Robert E. Howard’s legendary sword & sorcery hero. He lives in downtown Toronto with his wife, writer Stacy King. You can find him on Substack and Instagram.

More of Lodro Rinzler's work can be found here and here and you can follow the podcast on Instagram at xmenpanelsdaily where we post X-Men comic panels...daily. His BRAND NEW BOOK is now out: You Are Good, You are Enough. Have a question or comment for a future episode? Reach out at xmenhoroscopes.com

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