What makes X-Men so Queer? (Ep 534 - JP Karliak & Anthony Oliveira)

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/