The early 1930s: The height of the Great Depression and the beginning of the Dust Bowl. Silvano Luna Del Rio works as a postman in Buttar, Texas. Reeling from a tragic past, with only a gun and a Western novel to his name, Silvano sets out to take back from the country that took so…
Robbie MacNiven has spent several years writing licensed novels for franchises like Warhammer 40k. Today marks his first foray into the world of X-Men with First Team: A Marvel: Xavier’s Institute Novel from Aconyte Books. He sat down to talk to the ComicsXF team about the title. Zachary Jenkins: What’s your background with comics, and…
Most modern comic book creators are rarely afforded the opportunity to tell long-running stories. Though my generation grew up on serialized original titles like Sandman, Preacher, and Y: The Last Man the industry and artform have changed immensely over the last two decades and, outside of superhero books, those types of ongoing narratives are becoming…
Heavy on format changes and spies and assassins this week. Let’s get to it. The Bottom (at the Top) 10. Spawn #1-2. Story, pencils and inks: Todd McFarlane; Colorists: Steve Oliff, Reuben Rude and Olyoptics; Letterer: Tom Orzechowski; Publisher: Image With the news of Todd McFarlane starting a shared “Spawn’s Universe,” I thought it would…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 149: Plan C with Jen King Comics retailer Jen King joins the show to talk about the Comic Book Shopping Experience and the past year in comics retail, from the coronavirus to the Texas freeze and beyond. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at…
Billy and Teddy have married and drifted off into a blissful, peaceful life in space. Right? Right?? It’s never that easy. We figure that out courtesy of Tini Howard, Luciano Vecchio, Espen Grundetjern and VC’s Ariana Maher. This ones Spoiler Free! Do we need more King In Black content? This is the question I asked…
[Content warnings for discussions of trauma presented in WandaVision episode 8, and the 90s-00s conflicts in Yugoslavia] Mikey Zee: Another week, another WandaVision, where superhero powers definitely never cause problems! For our WandaVision episode 8 recap, this week’s contestant will compete to win… a discussion on this episode, AND an article credit on hit new…
America Chavez’ foundation has been shaken to its core, but the hero stands strong in America Chavez: Made In The USA #1 from Kalinda Vazquez, Carlos Gómez, Jesus Aburtov and Tracis Lanham. From the moment America Chavez first punched her way onto the page, she’s embodied the phrase “self-assured.” Her confidence in who she is,…
Chariot #1 Writer: Bryan Edward Hill, Artist: Priscilla Petraites, Colorist: Marco Lesko, Publisher: AWA I’ve been getting really into synthwave lately. Which is to say I’ve been listening to synthwave covers of 1990s video game music while I work. It’s just upbeat enough to keep me motivated while I’m shuffling the commas around, and there…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Infinite Frontier #0: First, there was the New 52, and the people saw that it was mostly a mixed bag. Then there was Rebirth, and the people saw that it was pretty strong…
Tyler Boss is an award winning cartoonist and creator of Dead Dog’s Bite, out this week. He sat down with CXF to talk about this long awaited title. Zachary Jenkins: This book is billed as “Twin Peaks means Lady Bird”. We’ve seen from the pages released, a sense of unease already. With comics being a…
We dive into Nova Roma. It’s bad. We don’t care for it. So we listen to “Up The Wolves” by The Mountain Goats, a song that must have been inspired by that terrible New Mutants arc. John Darnielle please confirm. Ranked This Episode: New Mutants #7-12 (Nova Roma) New Mutants Forever Necrosha