I had the chance to attend Dragoncon this past weekend and asked Rico Renzi, artist of Spider-Man: Enter the Spiderverse, She-Hulk, Unbeatable Squirrelgirl, and currently Grim a few questions about his art, his contributions to Grim, and life and death! Renzi has utilized his masterful pairings of color to create an instantly recognizable body of…
The tension has been boiling for years, and now it has exploded. Damian Wayne has come to kill his father, and he’s brought some friends along. And Batman has his own ally at hand … the seemingly resurrected Alfred Pennyworth. Batman vs. Robin #1 is written by Mark Waid, drawn by Mahmud Asrar, colored by…
Breaking up sucks. Sometimes you gotta just get together with your best gals and dance it out. Hi, 42-year-old straight guy here for X-TERMINATORS, the comic where Dazzler, Boom-Boom, Jubilee and possibly also Wolverine make bad decisions, blow shit up and fight vampires in a comic so presumably messed up it comes with a mature-readers’…
With the advent of a new Game of Thrones television series, fan spaces quickly filled with questions about which characters from the source material will or will not appear on screen. George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire book series is rife with memorable, well-drawn characters that sadly, for one reason or another, never…
It’s been a little over a year since Scott Snyder left DC to pursue a massive line of creator-owned work at Comixology, IDW and other publishers. A lot has changed across the industry and in the work, so I sat down with Scott to talk about the new genres he’s branching out into, the craft…
Well, Sport, it appears that everything has gone tits up and the goodies have to resort to summoning David Bowie to save the day. Meanwhile, an election goes poorly for the bastards and they respond the way bastards always do. And for some reason, people think there’s hope. A.X.E.: Judgment Day #4 is written by…
Batman: The Animated Series turned 30 years old last week, and with it, the show’s most popular addition to the Batman canon, Harley Quinn. Harley went from Joker’s henchgirl to starring in her own comics, animated series and movies, making her easily one of the two most popular characters in all of comics over the…
A screenwriter named Darren, gripped by jealousy, tries to visit his girlfriend while flashing back to the events of 2020 in The Silver Coin #14, drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh, written by Pornsak Pichetshote, and colored by Walsh and Toni Marie Griffin, with a backup story by Adam Gorham. Ritesh Babu: Jesus Christ. I…
Planet Arakko chose peace over war. Now war has chosen them. The monstrous arsenal of the Eternals is on the march. The Arakkii must defend their broken land according to the ancient laws … but against an enemy even older than they are, can the old ways win? Or is a new Arakko about to…
Welcome to the first installment of ComicsXF’s new regular X-book review roundup column! With so many X-Men related comics coming out each month, we’ve enlisted a crack duo of writers to tackle an assortment of the notable or intriguing offerings. This week, they kick off the column with three big “Judgment Day” tie-ins! The X-Men…
Look at your bookshelf right now. What’s on it? Some novels you haven’t touched since that book club you joined after college, maybe a framed photo of your partner, some cherished action figures from the 1990s Toy Biz X-Men line that have no value otherwise. Now look down at the next shelf, the one sagging…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 225: Between Two Comics with Wes Craig Writer/artist Wes Craig joins the show to talk about winding down Deadly Class and ramping up his new fantasy-adventure series KAYA. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday…
Some of us can recall being scared of monsters in the closet as a child, but what if those monsters were real? What if all you had by your side was a teddy bear, toy sword and shield? And what if those monsters caught you, and your trusty teddy bear had to arm itself and…
Jon and Bev escape from the (second) Death Star and desperately try to get the Rebels to answer their damn phones in Star Wars #27, written by Charles Soule, art by Andrés Genolet, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Though the tension which permeated the previous issue lingers into Star Wars #27,…
There’s been a murder in the DC Universe, though it’s slow to take effect. The poisoned Christopher Chance — aka the Human Target — has 12 days to figure out who killed him. Here, at the halfway mark, we take a look at who our suspects are, and give our best Vegas odds on whodunnit…