Author: TheWhyNotGuys

  • 2025 Holiday Spectacular!

    2025 Holiday Spectacular!

    Welcome to our second Holiday Spectacular! In which we share some of the more amusing outtakes that didn’t make it into the show over the last year interspersed with some delightful holiday music. This year we also explore a different and similarly fascinating question to our usual “Why Not?!”: What If?! Giant-Size Alpha Flight??? Thanks Read more

  • Patreon One Shot #1: Concerts

    Patreon One Shot #1: Concerts

    Now live for our Patreon supporters! This conversation was cut from our recording of The Crow Have A Drink episodes and is the reason Why Not One Shots came to be.   We wanted a space to do 10-20 minute talks about things that are interesting but would derail an episode of the main show and Read more

  • Episode 39: “A Sas Called Wanda”

    Episode 39: “A Sas Called Wanda”

    In which Alpha Flight goes on several distinct genre-based adventures over the course of 3 issues…and we feel the whiplash. Lot more on Goblyn; less discernible rules to characters’ power; and the return of…the Great Beasts!!! In this episode, Chris: and Tom: Why Not Read Alpha Flight is brought to you by listeners like you Read more

  • Episode 38: “Always Choose the Sasquatch”

    Episode 38: “Always Choose the Sasquatch”

    We circle back to a couple issues we skipped over in our zeal to keep the narrative moving and boy do they really expand on Heather’s characterization. Are they groundbreakingly original stories? No. Are they solidly done and enjoyable? Absolutely. Mantlo…you really know how to play with our emotions. In this episode, Chris: and Tom: Read more

  • Why Not?! Have A Drink Episode 8: “The Crow”

    Why Not?! Have A Drink Episode 8: “The Crow”

    Happy Halloween! We are celebrating over on the Patreon by talking about the Greatest Halloween Movie Soundtrack of All Time Of All Time! We have recorded this episode 3 times in the last year and finally found the right balance and are happy to get this to you today. Stay safe out there on Devil’s Read more

  • Episode 37: “Bedlam? I hardly knew him!”

    Episode 37: “Bedlam? I hardly knew him!”

    It’s a proper 3-issue arc! Which feels shockingly novel! In which, the Canadian government finds out just how different an Alpha Flight—and Vindicator—they have on their hands; one of JMH’s failed experiments makes a return; JMH’s GREATEST failure shows up for a bit (yeah, Wolverine is guesting); Wanda muses on her current state (we’ll get Read more

  • Episode 36: “Two Eldare and an Auleonna Walk Into A Cave…”

    Episode 36: “Two Eldare and an Auleonna Walk Into A Cave…”

    (NOTE: I don’t know how to get the funky umlauts and don’t have the time to learn this week. Thank you for your grace. – Chris) Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving! And on this day of days we bring you issue 50: a double-sized offering in which three Alphans depart the team, two of whom get their Read more

  • Episode 35: Exuent Bochs

    Episode 35: Exuent Bochs

    Another two-fer this episode as we bring to a close our time with Roger Bochs. Y’know, given the way things were going, this might not be the worst possible…nah, this is still a pretty bad way to go out. Plus: Whitman Knapp shoots up the “worst character” rankings; Aurora is barely in either issue; and Read more

  • Episode 34: “The Worst Pajama Party…So Far”

    Episode 34: “The Worst Pajama Party…So Far”

    After a few short-er episodes, we’ve got a bit of a doozy for your ears this week. Two, count ‘em two!, issues of that Alpha Flight…goodness. In which we watch Roger Bochs change in all so many terrible ways! And the return of Tom’s bete orange in a very different form. There’s a lot to Read more

  • Episode 33: “The Fall of the House of The Doug”

    Episode 33: “The Fall of the House of The Doug”

    Short but impactful one this week as we bid farewell to a founding member of Alpha Flight…looks like that Dead Alphans list is gonna grow a bit in Episode 34! We also get more amazing characterization for Madison Jeffries, the return of miserable Puck, and, well, a lot of other characters are…there. Oh, and Bochs Read more