Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie continue to blow us away, Max discovers a love for Egon Schiele he didn’t know was there, and Bird isn’t sure what it is about Moore and Gebbie’s homoerotic erotica that’s got her hot and bothered, but boy (on boy) does it ever!If you like what we do and want to hear more, head on over to patreon.com/maxpeterson, where you can get Bonus Episodes, shout-outs on the show, and loads of other awesome…stuff!

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Chat-Man and Robin Episode 55: Lost Girls, Chapters 13 & 14

 Melinda Gebbie's "Sloth" Alphonse Mucha, "Au Quartier Latin," 1897 Melinda Gebbie's "Gluttony" Alphonse Mucha, "Chocolat Mexicain (Autumn)" 1896 Melinda Gebbie's "Lust" Alphonse Mucha, "Biscuits Lefevre-Utile," 1895 Melinda Gebbie's "Wrath" Alphonse Mucha, "Emerald," 1900 Melinda Gebbie's "Pride Alphonse Mucha, "Salammbo," 1897 Melinda Gebbie's "Avarice" Alphonse Mucha, "The Morning Star," 1902 Melinda Gebbie's "Envy" Alphonse Mucha, "Medee," 1890

Chat-Man and Robin Episode 54 (Part II): Lost Girls, Chapters 11 & 12

Part II of Max and Bird’s examination of Chapters 11 & 12 gets heated, as the unblinking Alan Moore and steady-handed Melinda Gebbie continue to pull no punches. Erotic, challenging, thought-provoking art of the highest order.A visual guide to the art we talk about at the end of the episode can be found at quillandfilmproductions.com. Find more, and support the show, by heading over to the www.patreon.com/maxpeterson!

Chat-Man and Robin Episode 54 (Part I): Lost Girls, Chapters 11 & 12

The controversy continues this week as Max and Bird dig into chapters 9 and 10 of Lost Girls, by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie. The lines of taboo and erotica, of comics and fine art, continue to blur and blend…and the Two Together for the Long Haul disagree about the merits of abstract art and viscerally flowery writing!Chat-Man and Robin is a listener-supported podcast. If you like what we’re doing, and want to help us keep doing it, head over to www.patreon.com/maxpeterson ! Shout-outs on the show, full-length bonus episodes, and so much more!

Chat-Man and Robin Episode 53: Lost Girls, Chapters 9 & 10

Max and Bird dig into the first couple of chapters of Drawn to Sex: The Basics, wish that Erika and Matt could have taught their Sex Ed classes, and have one heck of a conversation along the way! Drawn to Sex: The Basics is 160 pages of sex education comics collected from the Planned Parenthood-sponsored series, Oh Joy Sex Toy! It explores the practical side of sex, from defining just what it IS, to protection, masturbation, and the ins-and-outs of doin’ it. www.drawntosex.com The Kickstarter ends on May 31st. Donate if you can: CM&R is way behind this comic, and every bit of support helps this and other comics like it get out into the world…and help the rest of us get it on!

Chat-Man and Robin Episode 52: Drawn to Sex!

Things take a bit of a turn this week as Max and Bird finally reach the chapters that ensured Lost Girls would be one of the most frequently-banned comic books of all time. Find out why such controversy swarms around this book, and exactly what Max and Bird think about one of the most challenging, difficult, and complex issues they've ever discussed. There's also martinis and tea, and a fun story about the time Max accidentally discovered a sex dungeon as a child. Footage at eleven. If you like the things we do, and want to hear more (namely, the uproariously fun IT CAME FROM THE SHORT BOX episodes), head over to patreon.com/maxpeterson, where you can find bonus content, get shout-outs on the podcast, and much, much more!

Chat-Man and Robin Episode 51: Lost Girls, Chapters 7 & 8

On the main show this week, the sleep-deprived perpetual slumber-partiers gush (both figuratively and literally) over chapters 5 and 6 of Lost Girls. Honestly, at this point we're just waiting for the cleverness and nuance to falter, or for the art to misstep even once. It just isn't happening. This book is incredible. ​​​​​​​In order to address the ever-expanding run-time of these episodes, I've posted the "IT CAME FROM THE SHORT BOX!" segment over on the Q&F Patreon (for free). In that segment, Bird and I talk Mad Magazine, Tales from the Crypt, and Cracked​​​​​​​, and have a grand old time with mint and lime.

Chat-Man and Robin Episode 50: Lost Girls, Chapters 5 & 6

Everyone in the world has been watching the wrong Wonder Woman movie. Feminist triumph? Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. Acting tour-de-force across the board? Masterpiece? See above. ​​​​​There's no way to sum up the praise Bird and Max have for this film. They recommend it unreservedly, to everyone. Beyond that: tune in, Mad Chatters!

Chat-Man and Robin Episode 49: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

By now you know: Wonder Woman was not our favorite movie ever. But we've got a few nice things to say about the flick, and a lot of them are in this second half of our marathon review of what should have been the feminist triumph of the century. Should have been, but fell short, and crashed into the sea.

Chat-Man and Robin Episode 48 (Part II): Wonder...Woman...?

Okay, okay! We'll talk about Wonder Woman (2017)! In the most-requested film review in the history of the podcast, Max and Bird perch in the ChatCave and ponder upon the perplexing success of the movie that has scores of cinemaphiles slavering. It's not all bad. The Amazons are great. Themyscira is fun. Chris Pine is funny. But...the best movie of the year? A Feminist triumph? A masterpiece? Part 1 of 2.

Chat-Man and Robin Episode 48 (Part I): Wonder Woman!

Max and Bird are back (and back on track)! First, a quick trip to the short box to read two one-shots. (We highly recommend Peter Milligan's The Eaters.) Then it's back to the main feature: a deep, nuanced dig into one of the best comics either of the Nuptualed Nerds has ever read: Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie's Lost Girls. The aesthetics sensuality, an appreciation of erotica, and exactly why Absinthe and Opium go so well together. All this and more: settle in, set your fountain dripping, and wait for the louche...

Chat-Man and Robin Episode 47: Lost Girls, Chapters 3 & 4

Part II of our first flood of chat back in the Chat Cave. Mostly concerning movies, television, and a bumpy little debate about cultural appropriation...

Chat-Man and Robin Episode 46: Le Mante, Riverdale, Black Panther, Oh My!

The Not-Divorced Duo return with a vengeance! Max and Bird are back, and (slightly) more organized than ever. In their first episode back, the lawfully-wedded chums dig in to Chapters 1 & 2 of Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie's controversial graphic novel Lost Girls.

Chat-Man and Robin Episode 45: Lost Girls, Chapters 1 & 2

As promised, here are trailers to all of the movies we reviewed this week, and the clip from Ti West's HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (2009) that we were talking about. Warning for the squeamish: "Are you not the babysitter?" is gory as hell!Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Trailer Beetlejuice Trailer House of the Devil Trailer ARE YOU NOT THE BABYSITTER?WARNING: Contains buckets of gore and fucking awesome practical effects! Drag Me to Hell Trailer 

Chat-Man and Robin Episode 44: Movies We Watched While Max Was Dying

A nerdy, gushing, loving, rapturous review of the best comic book movie ever made: LOGAN.

Chat-Man and Robin Episode 43: Logan

Chat-Man and Robin is a weekly talk show, the discussion wandering all over everything from comic books, movies, art, and geek / nerd culture to sex and sexuality, body modification, and everything in-between. Married couple Max and Bird dance the dance of the wed into a pair of microphones (read: argue, , and make each other laugh), treating all comers and all subjects with the snarky irreverence honed through years of long, cold winters in northern Michigan. Max (a lifelong geek) does his best to shove Bird (a recent convert to the comics crowd) down the rabbit hole and into nerdworld.

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