I’ve always been a sucker for a good anthology, going back to classic EC comics reprints and continuing to things like James Tynion IV and Steve Foxe’s Razorblades, and I’m always on the lookout for more. That’s why I was excited to talk with writer/artist/publisher/podcaster Matt Emmons about his just launched Kickstarter campaign for Vol….
Secrets are revealed and loyalties are questioned in Black Panther #5 written by John Ridley with art by Juann Cabal and Stefano Landini, colors by Matt Milla, and letters by Joe Sabino. Is it a person, or is it the people? When change needs to happen; when revolutions occur; when the world is in need…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 205: David Pepose Gets Savage Write David Pepose makes his fourth WMQ&A appearance to talk about Savage Avengers, The O.Z. and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You can follow the show on…
This week we take a trip to Otherworld and appreciate all the work Tini Howard did to make that place make sense. Because, wow, it might have actually been bad before 2019.Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Force: Otherworld Excalibur vol 2 Wisdom Max
Steven Grant is slowly, but steadily, starting to get some answers about the voices in his head, and the life they’ve been living with his body. As the mystery unravels, Grant may come to wish he’d never found out about anything in the first place—but first he has to deal with the woman calling herself…
As the Demon’s Shadow makes its move against the Secret Society, and Robin seeks Ravager’s help in his hunt for Deathstroke, Batman investigates Ra’s al Ghul’s murder and reunites with Talia in Batman #122, written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Howard Porter, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, witness…
What do you mean that cool thing that happened to me when I was a kid never actually happened? Aw, hell. Alice Ever After #1 is written by Dan Panosian, illustrated by Giorgio Spalletta and Panosian, colored by Fabiana Mascolo, lettered by Jeff Eckleberry and published by BOOM Studios. Go West, young woman. And be…
Death has had terrible tastes in men. Thanos? Deadpool? At last, it seems like she’s chosen a worthy lover in Ben Grimm. As the Thing is, though, he doesn’t like it when cosmic entities manipulate his life and take his girlfriend out of the picture just to win his affections. That’s right, it’s clobberin’ time,…
GOLD SILVER BRONZE Kurt Wagner is many things. He’s a mutant born in Bavaria with unique physical features: blue fur, a prehensile tail, pointed ears, fangs, and three-fingered hands and feet. He’s a teleporter and a trapeze artist. He’s the adopted son of a Romani sorceress and the biological son of a shapeshifter and a…
Another week, another Jason Todd tier Patreon backer choosing violence. This time, Will’s fiancee, Abigale Heartbalm, chooses Batman: The Widening Gyre, Kevin Smith’s incomplete Batman masterpiece (?). So, this week’s theme? Hollywood folks writing Batman. We get that story, the beginning of one of the most ambitious Batman stories ever, and a recent anthology with…
In “Fly Me To The Moon,” Picard enlists the help of an unlikely ally, Seven and Raffi rescue Rios from ICE, Jurati commits another murder, and the Soong family returns. Written by Cindy Appel, directed by Jonathan Frakes. Will Nevin: Hoooooboy we had some big Picard news this week with the First Contact Day announcement…
Meet Astou, Monkey Meat’s number one fan! She’s gotten a job at the Monkey Meat Motel, working alongside her hero, Thaddeus Lug himself! Could anything tarnish his standing in her eyes? Say, cries of injustice from a fountain of soul juice, harvested from the village that was wiped out after he helped discover them? Find…
Jennifer Walters, the Sensational She-Hulk, may be doing her best to start over, but when your history is as complicated as hers is, it may not let you go. Sometimes that means helping Quicksilver get out of a speeding ticket. Sometimes, though, it means you get to see friends you believed were lost forever, and…
It’s a new era on Krakoa but X-Force’s job remains the same: do what needs doing to protect this sacred land. First, X-Force is on the offensive to stick a blow at Orchis in X-Force Annual #1 by Nadia Shammas, Rafael Pimentel, Carlos Lopez, and Joe Caramagna. Then they pivot to defense against an attack…
Ahoy, Marauders! It’s a new number one. A new ship (it’s a spaceship). A not-really-new mission (rescue endangered mutants). A new creative team (except that we saw the writer already in the Annual). A new team, except Red Queen Captain Kate Pryde and muscular source of continuity/ time-traveling ex-cop Lucas Bishop. A new mystery (it’s…