These past few months, for the average person, itās been hard to look at anything long-term. There are too many questions. When will COVID-19 stop being a controlling factor in our daily lives? What happens with and after the election? Was 22 chapters too much Sword Content? Even within the smaller world of the comics…
In the summer of 1994, a haunted house walks across California. Inside is Ami, lead singer of a high school punk bandāwhoās been missing for weeks. How did she get there, and what do these ghosts want? Expect three-chord songs and big bloody action thatās Power Rangers meets The Shining (yes, really). Hook this book directly to my goddamn…
The Autumnal #1 Writer: Daniel Kraus, Artist: Chris Shehan, Colorist: Jason Wordie, Letterer: Jim Campbell, Publisher: Vault Writers ā all of whom loathe the process of editing ā have plenty of advice for getting through the ordeal. British writer Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch wrote in 1916 that scribes should ā[m]urder your darlings,ā meaning that those funny…
Steve Orlando, Steve Niles and Steve Alex Paknadel are among the creators behind TKO Studios’ third wave of graphic novels, announced Thursday and available Nov. 9. The following are solicits from the publisher: THE PULL is a sci-fi epic that asks the ultimate question: What would you do if you only had six days left to live…
House Of X & Powers Of X were amazing, and HoX PoX ToX was annotations of the two-series-that-are-one by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, RB Silva and Marte Gracia. They were hosted on Xavier Files until Polygon offered to pay us. It was great, helped relaunch Xavier Files into a real website, all that stuff. But…
After a reality altering Annual, main arc āTruth/Dareā continues in Daredevil #22. Written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled by Francesco Mobili, inked by Victor Olazaba, colored by Mattia Iacono, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, Daredevil #22 finds Matt Murdock inching closer and closer to his day in court. Knowing as such, he reaches out beyond his…
So everything around Xavier Files Central this week has been about swords, swords and more swords. I donāt know entirely why. Maybe something X-Men related. Thatās usually what it isā¦ But seriously, X of Swords has landed, and Sword Bearers and Sword Breakers abound. But not everyone who studied the blade while you were partying…
Because we canāt start with wrestling *every* week. William C. Nevin Memorial Pick of the Week Bourbon. Comics. Whatever. Itās my pick. This week? A big-ass IDW sale at comiXology. In prepping for our next āAssigned Readingā piece here at Xavier Files, I hit up comiXology to grab the first trade in the IDW TMNT…
In an industry first, Archie Comics on Wednesday announced its new titles would available to read day-and-date on comiXology Unlimited, the subscription arm of Amazon’s digital comics service. The move took effect immediately with the publication of this week’sĀ Sabrina: Something Wicked #3 by Kelly Thompson and Veronica and Andy Fish, Archie and comiXology announced in…
Allegiances and emotions deepen as Eddie and Dylan explore the new world theyāve found themselves in while Codex makes a discovery about the nature of the beast in Venom #28 by Donny Cates, Juan Gedeon, Jesus Aburtov, and VCās Clayton Cowles. Content Warning: This article contains discussions of self-harm and suicide. Justin Partridge: Donny Cates…
The Unstoppable Juggernaut gets his very first series as he encounters a young woman who may change his life forever, from X-Men legends Fabian Nicieza, Ron Garney, Matt Milla, and Joe Sabino! Tony Thornley: Welcome everyone to the first edition of our column covering the life and times of comicsā greatest character, Archieās Jughead Jones!…
Listen, this might have been the worst kept secret in comics this year, even before it leaked in Previews. We had theories, we had assumptions, and, frankly, we were spot on. To be fair, it wasn’t really secret to be honest, but we’re taking the W anyway. This December, spinning out of both Empyre and…
After her victory over death and the Cotati, Jennifer Walters ruminates over her deaths and resurrections, leading back to her experiences Down Below in this issue by Al Ewing, Jon Davis-Hunt, Marcio Menyz, and VCās Cory Petit. Cori McCreery: Taking a slight detour this week with The Immortal She-Hulk one-shot, which I know Iāve been…
Let what was split be whole again. The forces of Amenth march against the forces of Krakoa as ā¢ā¤Č¦āā¢ executes a plan centuries in the making. Factions will be forged. Bonds will be broken. Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, Pepe Larraz, and Marte Gracia present, X Of Swords: Creation #1. Check out our coverage of the…
Full disclosure: I am not a Taylor Swift fan. Some might assume itās a matter of taste, others might allude to the fact Iām āoldā or āseriously, this is embarrassing, youāre not even the target audience.ā Regardless, it was impossible to miss the release of her new album, Folklore, which landed online last month and…