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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 artist Taurin Clarke who is just a super wonderful and talented human being and absolutely illustrated your favorite covers. We cover his birth month and year issue (Uncanny X-Men 133) where Wolverine lashes out, Jean Grey is appalling, and Cyclops dies on the astral plane.

Also in this episode:

• the deep dive on Spider-Man no one asked for
• the deep dive on Suzanne Somers' erotic novels no one asked for but actually needed
• Wolverine has a great time at the Hellfire Club
• the first of many times Cyclops is cucked
• Cyclops and Emma making out on Jean Grey's grave
• Banshee is always DTF
• Wearing your ex's skin
• Angel actually can't see very well
• Wolverine is the best there is at dumbwaiters

Taurin Clarke is a celebrated comic book artist and dynamic cover illustrator whose work has become a standout in the modern comics landscape. A Brooklyn native, Taurin has built a reputation for bold, cinematic compositions and vibrant character designs that capture the imagination of fans and collectors alike. Over the years he’s contributed striking cover art to an impressive range of major titles across Marvel, DC, and beyond — from Miles Morales: Spider-Man to Deadpool to Black Panther to Storm to X-Men Red to adjectiveless X-Men and Uncanny X-Men variant covers — showcasing his versatility and visual storytelling prowess.

His work has also been compiled into The Marvel Art of Taurin Clarke, a deluxe collection celebrating his most iconic Marvel imagery and artistic evolution. Taurin’s connection to the X-Men universe runs deep through his covers, where his powerful depictions of mutants and Marvel’s broader cast have helped define the look and feel of modern X-Men runs.

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. 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 Jasmine Estrada, Audio Producer extraordinaire at Marvel. We discuss her bonkers birth month and year issue where Mikhail takes over the Morlocks and on his first day on the job he decides to flood and kill them all. Can the X-Men stop him? And wtf does any of that say about Jasmine?

Also in this episode:

• Jasmine did had a great first day at her job when she pissed off Michael Jordan

• Playing tech-support for Walt Simonson and Chris Claremont

• The Morlock tunnels are actually the next Williamsburg

• Angel will cry under any tunnel

• Mikhail is Wacked

• Angel has no clue who took his wings

• Professor X has serious upper body strength

• NYES

• Dancing naked with plants

• Kid Omega as a Rorschach test

All this plus which X-Men are Scorpios? I want to sugarcoat this one but I can't friends. Jasmine is in trouble. Tune in to find out more!

Jasmine Estrada is an audio producer, writer and editor. She’s worked with companies like ESPN FiveThirtyEight and Spotify as well as brands like Amazon, ABC, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Forbes, Mastercard, Reebok, SiriusXM, and more.

She is an Audio Producer at Marvel where she produced weekly shows like Marvel’s Pull List and has helped launch shows like The History of Marvel Comics: Black Panther, Wolverine: La Larga Noche, and Marvel/Method hosted by Method Man. Her work often involves deep research into comic lore, interviewing creators and talent, and finding narrative threads that connect Marvel’s histories and characters in engaging ways for listeners. You can usually find her reading comics or hanging out with her dog, Bear.

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. 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 welcome back EISNER AWARD WINNING letterer Clayton Cowles for a very fun look at his early education that he will be unpacking in therapy for the next several years.

Also in this episode:

- Clayton picks love over awards

• Rogue's booty is in vogue

• The Morlocks take Manhattan

• Jean Grey seductively charges into battle

• Colossus’ proposed power creep

• Somehow explaining Mikhail Rasputin

• Iceman becomes Waterman

• Angel is a self-involved dick who is taking step one of therapy and no other steps and is currently single ladies

• Puberty is a harsh mistress

• Spprkatz

• Bishop should not be pulling guns on the police

All this plus did you know that brain tumors can make you f- meteors? What does any of this mean for Clayton's future? Tune in to find out!

Clayton Cowles is a Ringo-nominated comic book letterer who just won his first Eisner this year. He currently letters X-Men, Uncanny X-Men and much more. In the past, he has worked on House of X, Powers of X, Dark X-Men, Immortal X-Men, Weapon X-Men, two other runs of X-Men, and a host of other X-Men spinoffs. He lives in upstate New York with his sweetie in a house with two cats. You can find him on Instagram, Bluesky and his very fun newsletter.

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. 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 on the show 10 year Dashell Delcourt - a lego aficionado and Marvel fan who can also do 75 push ups in a row. Wow. That’s a lot of push ups.

We discuss his birth month and year issue with his dad, threepeat guest David Delcourt, where Eva Bell becomes either the greatest or worst mutant in the history of mutants.

Also in this episode:

• Gambit’s accent is great

• The best part of the X-Mansion is the carpeting

• Wolverine and Cyclops can share a bedroom

• Cyclops has recorded holograms for every eventuality of people dying

• The X-Men have more X-jets stashed around the house that you do keys

• You have to touch your forehead to do telepathy

It's a whole issue of Eva Bell using her time travel powers to travel in time so strap in. What does any of this mean for Dash's future? Tune in to find out!

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. 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.

Welcome to 2026. We hope you survived the experience! This week we’re doing your horoscope – that’s right, you!

We look at the X-Men issue with a cover date of January 2026 to see what it means for the year ahead for ALL of us. Rogue is a massive lawn ornament and Gambit is blind in response because, sure. It’s okay though, because the Outlier teenagers are all grown up and living their best lives JK no one ever does in dystopian futures.

Also in this episode:

• In the Marvel universe you have to wrap your hands if you’re blind

• Spider Girl? Her? Is she funny?

• Stop trying to make Sentinel Boy a thing

• Dystopian Ocean 11 sequences

• In the future Calico is still a horse girl

• A long tangent about dragons

• Poor Calico has to live in Denver

What does the Age of Revelation say about the year ahead for you and me? Spoiler: it's a roadmap for how to navigate our own societal grief right now.

AND THEN! We talk to Stephen Vincent Fiset about his process designing the X-Men Horoscopes shirts and also on the show are 2026 aspirations from special guests:

- Luciano Vecchio
- the gentlemen from Homo Superior podcast
- Arianna Maher
- Jason Loo
- Karen Czap
- Dmanda Martini
- Kieron Gillen
- Clayton Cowles
- Sara Century

Tune in for more!

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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 today is artist June Brigman, co-creator of Power Pack and artist on some of the most iconic X-Men issues of all time. We get into what the Marvel office was like in the 80s and about how Power Pack gets real dark anytime they talk to the X-Men.

Also in this episode:

• A peek behind the scenes of Secret Wars
• Professor X thinks of Storm as a woman and it is not great
• The Doug/Kitty/Piotr love triangle in full effect
• In the Marvel universe, it’s very common to be mugged in botanical gardens
• Having heart to hearts in the sky

What does any of this mean for the future of June's already illustrious career? Tune in to find out!

June Brigman is a celebrated comic book artist and illustrator, known for co-creating Marvel's "Power Pack" and illustrating the syndicated newspaper strip "Brenda Starr, Reporter." Her dynamic storytelling and expressive artwork have graced the pages of major publishers like Marvel and DC, featuring characters such as Supergirl, Spider-Man and of course she is well-known as the penciller for some of the most iconic Uncanny X-Men stories of all time.

Her contributions to the comic book industry have earned her numerous awards and a dedicated fan base, making her a beloved figure in visual storytelling. She and her husband Roy Richardson serve as the artists for the comic strip Mary Worth and just last year she collaborated with Louise Simonson again for "Power Pack: Into the Storm."

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. 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 current x-artist xtraordinaire Lucas Werneck on the show discussing his rise from kid who loved X-Men Evolution to the artist on just about every major X-Book on the stands right now.

We dive into his birth month and year Uncanny X-Men issue 306 where both Candy Southern and Cameron Hodge are back from the dead...or are they?!

Also in this episode:

• What it's like designing lewks for the Hellfire Gala
• Jean Grey's lips will fall off
• The most awkward prom of all time
• Candy Southern looks real good for a dead girl
• Storm goes on a hot date with no music
• Cameron Hodge just wants some professional courtesy

Lucas Werneck is a comic book artist and illustrator. He debuted in the comic book industry in 2019 and has since worked for major publishers, currently working as an exclusive artist for Marvel Comics, producing for titles such as Captain America, Fantastic Four and of course, the X-Men. You know his art if you’ve read just about any x-title in the last seven years including adjectiveless X-Men, Marauders, Immortal X-Men, Trial of Magneto, Fall of the House of X, Dead X-Men, Storm, Phoenix, all the way up to the current Unbreakable X-Men.

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. 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 threepeat guest Cassandra Smith back to talk about the X-Men and trans rights as we explore the Uncanny X-Men Issue (13) that came out the month the World Health Organization ruled that being transgender is not a mental disorder.

What does a ragtag team of misfit X-Men hiding in a bar and hunting their old enemies have to say about the future of trans rights? Geez. This one is tough.

Also in this episode:

• Rahne is in her sexy era
• Cyclops tea bags X-Men villains
• Putting underwear on over your clothes
• Havok is bored because all of his friends are dead
• Lodro is upset by Cyclops' sartorial choices
• Don’t shave the hair off my Barbie!
• None of the X-Men in this era have hobbies
• Cyclops sleeps in a single bed

What does this Dark Beast-laden issue mean for the future of marginalized communities in these dark times? Tune in to find out!

Cassie Smith is a truly creative person, having trained as an actress, most notably at the celebrated National Youth Theatre of London, who has also successfully dabbled in modeling and voiceover work before settling into her skills as a writer, with her first article published in 2021 detailing her perspective as a transgender girl in the modern world.

She is an activist at heart, a champion for LGBTQ rights and the fight against racism, lending her voice as an educational public speaker, shedding light on the history and facts surrounding the culture war on trans people. As an avid comic book reader from an early age, Cassie is considered a “go-to” girl when it comes to comics. This lends perfectly to her super fun content coverage as a bubbly Tiktoker and across social media, diving into nerd culture, comic book characters, history and lore! You can find her on Instagram, TikTok and on her monthly publication at Substack.

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. Have a question or comment for a future episode? Reach out at xmenhoroscopes.com

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