Baseball. Itās Americaās pastime as long as you donāt count football or basketball or soccer for the under-30 crowd. Another one of Americaās pastimes, despite the substantial efforts by Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery to suck any childish joy we once had for it, is superheroes. Great news for lovers of pastimes that are past…
There are many great supporting characters in the Batman mythos. Alfred. The myriad Robins and Batgirls. Jim Gordon. Leslie Thompkins. And then, there is Bat-Mite, the 5th Dimensional imp who claims to be Batman’s biggest fan. And he is, in the same way that Annie Wilkes is to Paul Sheldon (that’s a Misery reference for…
Because the site was down for a while we’re putting up two episodes at the same time. We’re doing the Brood this time. It’s the one where the Brood Queen was most likely to go to heaven. Ranked: We once again enter the weird world of Legion and let me tell you what, the takes…
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The following first appeared Tuesday in the ComicsXF newsletter. Sign up using the form on this web page to get editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and our Staff Picks in your inbox every week. I spent about 10 minutes chatting with Eric Tapper and Chris Carter from GlobalComix last year at New York…
Renee Montoya must face the changes she has not been able to make, and her own complacency, while trying to bring fallen officer Danny Ortega in alive in GCPD: The Blue Wall #6, written by John Ridley, drawn by Stefano Raffaele, colored by Brad Anderson and lettered by Ariana Maher. Raās al Ghulās newest plan…
What a month for Victor LaValle. He’s got a new novel, his first since The Changeling, hitting shelves to a positive reception. The Lone Woman promises LaValle’s trademark mix of literary fiction expertise with genre bending suspense; taking traditionally lowly-regarded material and elevating them to a place of honor. He does this by the simple…
THE FATE OF A WORLD RELIES ON THE POWER OF PHOTON! Still searching for answers as to why the universe has gone all topsy-turvy, MONICA RAMBEAU blazes into a forgotten corner of the cosmos. But even as she seeks help to put her friends, family and life right side up again, she encounters a group…
I have been having a hard time saying that this month marks the 40th anniversary of the first appearance of Jason Todd. It just doesn’t seem like to could be that long ago, but it absolutely is. And so, to celebrate the anniversary of the angriest Robin (well, Damian does give him some competition), we’re…
Our Marauders have been to space, welcomed a mutant from 2099, taken a deep dive into the Proterozoic proto-ocean, rescued a couple of ancient mutants from yet another genocide, and wondered who made a mysterious puzzle box. Now their series is ending. Will their questions get answered in Marauders #12, written by Steve Orlando, drawn…
Itās been three months. She-Hulk and Jack may not be able to touch each other, but theyāve decided to try to make the best of it ā¦ and it hasnāt been easy. But thatās not the only complication in Jenniferās life, as a new villain has leapt into the limelight ā and weāre all left…
When Janet and Oliver Gowdie move to a quaint mountain town, their daughter Casey becomes part of a horrific chain of events revealing that their neighbors are anything but what they seem. Soon an unsettling old woman fixates on Janet and Oliver’s other daughter, 2-year-old Isobel. It becomes clear that it’s impossible to know whom…
The Sins Of Sinister continue bearing fruit in Storm And The Brotherhood Of Mutants #2 by Al Ewing, Andrea Di Vito, Jim Charalampidis, Rachelle Rosenberg and Ariana Maher. Expectations are a (pick your curse word), arenāt they? More than just a way to ensure disappointment, they color how we view people. View experiences. View art. …
Dan Grote Ā· WMQ&A Episode 249: MONKEYS! with Matt D. Wilson Fellow comics podcaster Matt D. Wilson joins the show to talk about the Zoop campaign for his comic Impostor Syndicate, and play some comics primate trivia. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where…
Having escaped the deadly nebula, the crew of the Titan rendezvous with another Starfleet ship, but there are āImpostersā everywhere in Picard Season 3 Episode 5, written by Cindy Appel & Chris Derrick, directed by Dan Liu. Mark Turetsky: Well, the Titan has escaped the Shrike, none of the good guys died. Time to warp…