The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 329: Marco Finnegan talks Oni's Calavera, P.I. Marco Finnegan joins the show to talk about his new Oni Press book, Calavera, P.I. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You can…
The 1965 Neil Simon play The Odd Couple, later made and remade into a number of movies and TV shows, posits that two divorced, middle-aged men who exist in an imaginary binary of cleanliness are fertile grounds for comedy. This variant cover by Justin Mason for NYX #7, out Jan. 8, posits a similar scenario…
Marvel on Monday announced five Free Comic Book Day 2025 titles, some offering warm-ups to big summer storylines, some offering sampler platters of regular titles, and one advertising shows on Disney Jr. Perhaps most relevant to this website’s interests, a Fantastic Four/Giant-Size X-Men book teases “the birth of the All-New, All-Different X-Men,” in a story…
The year was 1996. I was 16 years old and had only been collecting comics for about three years. It was the summer of Onslaught. I remember being excited for the big linewide crossover. Finally, the thing the X-books had been teasing since the end of the Age of Apocalypse – not to mention the…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Tony’s pick: GI Joe #1: Conrad Hauser, Codename Duke, has assembled…
In August, we wrote about how DC’s new line of $9.99 Compact Comics, collecting classic, evergreen stories in digest format, were just what comics needed to attract new readers. Apparently, plenty of people agreed with us, because DC on Tuesday announced second — and in one case a third — printings of its 10 launch…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 328: Alex Segura talks Alter Ego, The Question, Star Wars and more Writer Alex Segura joins the show to talk about his new novel Alter Ego, the release of The Legendary Lynx in trade, DC’s The Question: All Along the Watchtower, his recent Star Wars work,…
OK, let me see if I’ve got this straight: Sophie is the one currently starring apart from her sisters in NYX but who is still very much in on their current plot alongside Hellion and Empath. Esme is the one who went nuts on Kick and appeared to be in love with Magneto … or…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Bonus pick: Absolute Superman #1: Without the fortress, without the family,…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast 2024 New York Comic Con Special Dan reports from New York with guests Zack Quaintance, Tim Seeley, Brad & Lisa Gullickson, Juan Ferreyra, Andy Khouri, Fred Van Lente, Joey Esposito and Sean Von Gorman. For more NYCC coverage, check out last week’s Battle of the Atom…
Happy new year! What, we can start celebrating Christmas on Nov. 1 but we can’t start prepping for New Year’s? You people make no sense. Anyway, we here at CXF took a peek at the January solicits, and here are a few of the things we’re excited for. MARVEL Ultimate Wolverine #1: The new iteration…
There comes a point when your home’s been overrun by Xenomorphs, and despite decades spent fighting every alien in the cosmos from the Brood to the Skrulls to the Klyntar symbiotes, you’ve just gotta cut your losses and bug out. Especially if you’re a team of superheroes in your 80s, propping up your decrepit bodies…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Bonus pick: DC Versus Marvel Omnibus: Featuring Superman vs. the Amazing…
In a bid to broaden the number of comics we cover at ComicsXF, we give you, the reader, these one-paragraph reviews of some recent releases. Toxic Avenger #1 W: Matt Bors / A: Fred Harper / C: Lee Loughridge / L: Rob Steen / P: AHOY Comics In a year when it feels like there are more…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast 2024 Three Amigos Halloween Special: Oops All Werewolves Guest of guests Rob Lynch returns for another Halloween as the Three Amigos discuss all things werewolves. This show’s got nards! You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where…