Jason Woodrue and Obsidian threaten to plunge the world into eternal darkness and our only hope is…vegetables?! Join us in looking at Future State: Swamp Thing #2, written by Ram V, penciled by Mike Perkins, colored by June Chung and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. Ari Bard: Hey Vishal… I think plants are our only hope. …
In a perfect world, X-Force wouldn’t be necessary. Krakoa pooped a parasitic sea monster and our Mutant CIA have to clean it up as Benjamin Percey, Joshua Cassara, Guru-eFX, and Joe Caramanga bring us X-Force #16. Ari Bard: Well Kenneth, it looks like it’s time for a relaxing day at the beach in the middle…
You’re a clown at the end of your endless handkerchief, and the world is a depressing-assed place. What do you do? We look to Haha #1 for answers. Written by W. Maxwell Prince, drawn by Vanesa Del Rey, colored by Chris O’Halloran and lettered by Good Old Neon. Will Nevin: Ari, what do you think…
Vegetables have taken over the world in Future State: Swamp Thing #1, written by Ram V, penciled by Mike Perkins, colored by June Chung and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. Vishal Gullapalli: Hey Ari, what do you know about plants? Ari Bard: Oh boy, I haven’t taken anything to do with biology in eight years, so…
I’ve never been drawn to war stories. There’s an impenetrable incomprehensibility that I’m not often able to move past. It’s like our inability to comprehend large numbers but applied to extreme emotional settings of violence and trauma. When faced with such powerful, loud, visceral or violent imagery, I often just … dissociate. Many creators, especially…
In the waning days of the 19th century, portraiture appears to be on its deathbed. With the arrival of photography, there is much debate over the usefulness of portraits now that a device can capture a person just as they appear. For struggling artists Marcel and Alphonse, the beauty in portraiture can never be replaced,…
As we close out the year that was, the staff at Xavier Files wanted to take a moment to highlight our favorite comics from throughout the year. There were so many great books that we couldn’t list them all, but we wanted to give our team the chance to highlight an issue, an arc, a…
The Crisis Command interrogates a ticking clock corpse! But how can heroes save a world without empathy? First, they have to figure out how to save it within themselves, as Nina Next, the science hero Frontier, takes John Doe Empathy out on the town … to discuss their seeeeeeecrets. Let’s rejoin our heroes in Image’s…
In a perfect world, X-Force wouldn’t be necessary. And the perfect world of X of Swords has concluded and our band of morally malleable mutants are back right where we left them. Beast abusing the powers of the state, Colossus rebranding to be a pillar of morality, and Forge just vibing. All that and sea…
The Crisis Command, last survivors of the multiverse, are faced with an impossible task: avenging the death…of an idea! DOA is empathy itself, and while empathy withers and dies across the world, Originator uses her abilities to bring the John Doe back for 24 hours to reveal the name of his killer. It’s Image’s “Commanders…
Ten swords, ten champions, ten nearly forty battles for the fate of the world. The soul still burns as the tournament continues. Kenneth Laster & Ari Bard lead us through Saturnyne’s whims in X-Force #16 by Benjamin Percy, Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Guru-eFX, and Cory Petit. Then Liz Large & Austin Gorton try something completely…
Commanders in Crisis #1 is the first issue in a new superhero epic from writer Steve Orlando, artist Davide Tinto, colorist Francesca Carotenuto and letterer Fabio Amelia. Told via a dramatic murder mystery, five survivors of doomed multiverses live as heroes in another, and together, they can save this multiverse before it falls, too. The…
Ten swords, ten champions, ten battles for the fate of the world. X Of Swords continues this week with three comics about two heroes. First Pierce Lightning & Tony Thornley set the stage with Benjamin Percy, Viktor Bogdanovic, Matthew Wilson, and Cory Petit’s Wolverine #6. Then Ari Bard & Kenneth Laster keep things moving with…
I don’t remember ever feeling as excited about a just-announced comic book as I did when I read the solicit for the first issue of Justin Richards and Val Halvorson’s Finger Guns. I am someone who has only experienced significant parts of the emotional spectrum through art. Try as I might to put myself in…
In a perfect world, X-Force wouldn’t be necessary. Unfortunately, we aren’t so lucky. Mikhail now has the Cerebro Sword containing all of Krakoa’s secrets, a (supposedly) Omega Level mutant at his disposal, and an uneasy relationship with the evil organization who used Domino’s body parts for villainous deeds. Will Beast be able to get to…