Hey folks! As covered in the opening, Tom caught a cold and lost his voice, so we weren’t able to get a new Why Not?! recorded for this week. We’ll be back with more of…Hudnall’s…take on the team in a couple weeks, but not wanting to leave you in the lurch we’re releasing our conversation on the 2005 film V for Vendetta (and a bit on the comic itself) from behind the Patreon paywall.

Which is a reminder that we have a Patreon and will be posting to it pretty regularly moving forward, so if you want to hear about some of our non-AF interests or just want to buy us a coffee, do sign up.

In the meantime, we invite you to remember the 5th of November and a comic/movie that somehow feels even more relevant today…

Music this episode is from Zanzibar Records

Written, produced, and edited by Chris Baker and Tom Flynn
Music:"Oh, Canada" by Five Iron Frenzy

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Episode 48: “The One Where Tom Flips a Table”

Folks, this was a tough episode to get done. Not because of anything in our lives, no sir, but because of the issues covered. Tom really broke this time (as did Chris). It’s certainly one of our loosest episodes but you’ll get those sometimes. We do still have a pleasant time (even if Tom did take off his headphones and walk away for a while at one point (let us know which time you think that happened)) and in addition to these two…issues…discuss meme fame, soft rock-jazz fusion music, and Chris invents a new word.

Alpha Flight #74 - “Dark Reflections” - cover date September 1989
Written by James Hudnall
Pencils by John Calimee
Inks by Mike Manley
Colors by Bob Sharen
Lettering by Janice Chiang
Edited by Marc McLaurin, Carl Potts and Tom DeFalco

Alpha Flight #75 - “Tigers In The Rain” - cover date October 1989
Written by James Hudnall
Pencils by John Calimee
Inks by Mike Manley
Colors by Bob Sharen
Lettering by Janice Chiang
Marc McLaurin is Mighty Fine Associate Editor
Carl Potts is Just Married
and Tom DeFalco is Editor In Chief

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Music:"Oh, Canada" by Five Iron Frenzy

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Episode 47: “See You at the Crossroads”

Well, we’ve bicc’ed off most of the Mantlo threads and are into Hudnall proper. We cover three issues this week and they’re…interesting?! [upward vocal fry] We get into some of the neat things going on in these pages and a lot of the not-so-neat things. We also discuss Malört, losing Beta Flight for the next while, AI chatbots, and Goethe and The Sorrows of Young Werther. So kind of a typical episode for us, we suppose.

Issues discussed:
Alpha Flight #71 - “Power Plays” - cover date June 1989
Writer is James D. Hudnall
Penciler is John Calimee
Inker is Mike Manley
Letterer is Janice Chiang
Colorist is Bob Sharen
Editor is Carl Potts
Associate Editor is Marc McLaurin
and Tom Defalco is the Editor in Power

Alpha Flight #72 - “End Game” - cover date July 1989
Writer is James D. Hudnall
Guest Artist is Gerry Talaoc
Letterer is Janice Chiang
Colorist is Bob Sharen
Editor is Carl Potts
Associate Editor is Marc McLaurin
and Tom Defalco is the Editor in Wonderland

Alpha Flight #73 - “Homeward Bound” - cover date August 1989
Writer is James D. Hudnall
Penciler is John Calimee
Inker is Mike Manley
Letterer is Janice Chiang
Colorist is Bob Sharen
Editor is Carl Potts
Associate Editor is Marc McLaurin
and Tom Defalco is the Still Not Canadian

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Written, produced, and edited by Chris Baker and Tom Flynn
Music:"Oh, Canada" by Five Iron Frenzy

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