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What makes X-Men so Queer? (Ep 534 - JP Karliak & Anthony Oliveira)
🕑 Added 2025-08-28 16:00:18 +0000 UTC
I have two guests on this week’s Sewers of Paris, both of them connected to a secret society of mutants. JP Karliak is the voice of Morph on X-Men ‘97, among many other roles; and Anthony Oliveira is a writer of many Marvel comics, among many other books. I spoke to them both about why the X-Men hold particular importance for them — part of my research for a new video about the 2000 X-Men films. That video goes live this Sunday, August 31, 2025, and it’ll feature excerpts from my conversations with Anthony and JP. But I wanted to make my full conversations with them available for you to listen to here.
My new video about the X-Men films comes out on Sunday August 31 -- watch it at http://youtube.com/mattbaume
Watch the video version of my conversation with JP: https://youtu.be/xkjMkk5wARM
Watch the video version of my conversation with Anthony: https://youtu.be/vBKeVctu-PM
Check out Anthony's comics: https://www.marvel.com/comics/creators/14145/anthony_oliveira
Read his award-winning book, Dayspring: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/713616/dayspring-by-anthony-oliveira/
Listen to Anthony's podcast, The Devil's Party, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/meakoopa
Join him in Toronto for Dumpster Raccoon Cinema: https://anthonyoliveira.com/dumpster-raccoon-cinema
Learn more about Queer Vox: https://queervox.org/
Follow JP on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jpkarliak/
Another great chat with JP about their work on X-Men 97: https://youtu.be/3OfYfwp_GUs
More of JP's work: https://www.jpkarliak.com/
Comments
Robert c Drake
Oh you dont have to respond Matt. Just make more videos.
Robert c Drake
This episode about the x men really moved me. My husband is or will be targeted because his skin color and his language is different from what the current administration deams to be acceptable. My heart sinks every day. I dont know what I will do when I learn that he's been taken away. I am 62. I have lived through most of what you have talked about on your videos, which i love. The x men video touched me. But it saddened me. Do I have the strength to fight on? Maybe. We will see. This battle is not over. Your videos do give strength though.
Matt Baume
Anthony is a mensch! I wish we weren't on opposite ends of the continent so we could collab more easily.
Ten Thousand Worlds
Thank you for introducing me to JP and JP’s work. Thanks also for inviting back Anthony; I love when you have him over and I love how *deeply* he thinks about pop culture, Queer culture, and how they intersect—he’s just all-around fascinating.
JiSo
Thank you for the episode and thank you for always getting the episode out on this time! I'm always heading home when the episode comes, so it's always a joy to have company on the long walk 😊
