Remember cons? You would pay money to walk in circles around a crowded hall for hours, mingling among cosplayers and guys with messenger bags as they fist-bumped creators, commissioned sketches of Cyclops or Batman having a good day and thumbed through endless dollar bins looking for buried treasure like that X-Men state fair comic but…
Welcome back to the swinginā 70ās with WandaVision at CXF, starring Mikey Zee and our very special guest star Tony Thornley! When we last left our favorite witch and android couple, Wanda was surprised to discover she was pregnant, and not just newly pregnant, but months along! Mikey Zee: Welcome to my lovely home, Tony,…
Dan Grote Ā· WMQ&A Episode 144: Celebrating Imbolc with Conor McCreery Writer Conor McCreery joins the show to talk about his new BOOM Studios series, The Last Witch, Gaelic mythology, Shakespeare and the time he worked as a journalist in Ghana. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. CHRISā PICK: Future State: Batman/Superman #1: The Magistrateās ruined a lot of things for Bruce Wayne, but one of the cherries on top is how it messed up his partnership with Superman. Find out how…
Battle Of The Atom: Poor Sapna — Things get Magikal as we explore three stories featuring Magik. Also, there’s a story where a small child becomes a sword, and that’s weird. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #160 (Chutes and Ladders) Uncanny X-Men #231 (Colossus Pretends To Be A Ghost) Extraordinary X-Men #13-16 (Kingdoms Fall)
This is a week for catching up, for getting to a few of those books Iāve ābeen meaning toā for āan inordinate amount of timeā which is now apparently āleading to an abuse of sarcastic quotes.ā To the books, Geoffrey! 10. Batman: The Abduction. Writer: Alan Grant, Artist: Norm Breyfogle, Inker: James A. Hodgkins, Colorist:…
Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1 Writers: Ā Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Brandon Easton, Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad and Jeremy AdamsArtists: Mikel Janin, Valentine De Landro, Gleb Melnikov and Siya OumColorists: Jordie Bellaire, Marissa Louise and Hi-FiLetterers: Dave Sharpe, Travis Lanham and Gabriela Downe So, OK. Before we get started, I need to tell you…
Chasin’ the Bird is Dave Chisholmās telling of Charlie Parkerās tumultuous time in Southern California. And, like Birdās time in Los Angeles, the many extraordinary highs of this book are weighed down by a few immense, chronic lows that begrudgingly yet necessarily color my view of this work. Chisholm, who holds a doctorate in jazz…
Itās a big week here at Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). Weāre back in the future Gotham with the new Batman doing some detecting, Cass Cain and Stephanie Brown are in the Magistrateās jail, while Catwoman and Ivy make a new friend and have a night on the town in Future State: The Next…
Something feels better today. Not perfect, but marginally better. To celebrate we wanted to share ten things from the Marvel solicits for April 2021 that we are looking forward to! The Marvels, Finally While Astro City might be on hiatus, we can at least get Astro City but with Marvel characters. Kurt Busiek has made…
Doctor Aphra is joined by Sana Staros for a big heist in Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #7 written by Alyssa Wong with art by Minkyu Jung, inks by Victor Olazaba, colors by Rachelle Rosenberg and letters by Joe Caramagna. Issue 7 of Doctor Aphra brings us part 2 of The Engine Job. As we left…
Saladin Ahmed had a good 2020. Well, relatively anyway; I donāt know that anyone had a good 2020. His first Kickstarter, Dragon, was an unequivocal success. Heās continued his runs on Magnificent Ms. Marvel and Miles Morales: Spider-Man. And now heās kicking off 2021 with Abbott: 1973, the sequel to his excellent creator-owned Abbott from…
Legends in return in Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon #1. Written by the iconic Larry Hama, penciled by David Watcher, colored by Neeraj Menon, and lettered by Travis Lanham, this new solo miniseries finds Danny Randās world(s) expanding. Supported by a new gateway system connecting the Cities of Heaven, Danny and his kung-fu compatriots…
We’ve got a Doctor to steal in Black Cat #2 by Jed McKay, C.F Villa, Brian Reber and Ferran Delgado. Allison Senecal: Honestly? What a beefy issue for being another tie-in and pretty action-heavy. I remember getting to page 14-ish and thinking I should be close to the end, and phew, that wasnāt the case…
Dylan is tempted by the power of darkness as Gods battle for the future of the Earth in King in Black #3 Written by Donny Cates, penciled by Ryan Stegman, colored by Frank Martin, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Forrest Hollingsworth: Justin, after a surprisingly good issue of Venom itās time for another issue of…