WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 286: The Three Amigos Sears Wishbook Special (w/ Austin Gorton) From Transformers to GI Joe to Madballs, Dan, Matt, Specialest of Guests Rob Lynch and CXF writer/editor Austin Gorton talk about the Reagan-era toys that have kept a stranglehold on American culture for four decades, and the…
Remember how in 2019 Marvel released House of X and Powers of X and that was it for X-Men titles for a couple months, and it was the big event everyone was focused on? Nearly five years later, the Hickman’s away and the mice are all over the place, as the two linchpin series of…
Hmm. Moon Knight, huh? Gonna be honest, I have no idea what to say here. It is my understanding from smart people that Jed MacKay and Alessandro Cappuccio’s run has been well received. And that while this is the final issue of this volume of Moon Knight, MacKay and Cappuccio will return next month with…
Marvel teased next year’s big Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X event miniseries this week with covers of each’s issue #3, on sale in March. While the Fall #3 cover shows Logan about to pop a claw right in Dr. Stasis’ forehead clover, the cover to Rise #3…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ pick: Batman-Santa Claus: Silent Knight #1: A not-so-jolly St. Nick hits Gotham City to investigate a brutal crime in the days leading up to Christmas. With the help of his former student, Batman, Santa…
In 1968, Rankin-Bass, the same animation company that gave the world Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and The Year without a Santa Claus, released The Little Drummer Boy, a stop-motion special about a little boy who gets to play the drums at the birth of the baby Jesus (after a whole bunch of really messed up…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 285: The Legacy of Bob with Jason Loo Jason Loo joins the show to talk about his new Sentry series at Marvel, his Marvel Infinity Comics, The All-Nighter and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music,…
For an indeterminate amount of comic book time, the members of Alpha Flight have been harboring mutant refugees in a secret Canadian base they dubbed Krakoa North, from which they intended to transport them to safety on the Shi’ar throneworld of Chandilar. But due to some antsy mutants, the Canadian government has found Krakoa North…
Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant wrapped this week with Kamala Khan destroying Orchis’ lab at Empire State University, tackling her very own Amazing Spider-Man: Crisis on Campus-style story and owning the intersectionality of the many aspects of her identity. Oh, and she got her bangle back! A great time was had by all. But Kamala’s…
The past five years have not been kind to quite a few indie publishers. One saw repeat turnover of its top brass and mass layoffs. One shrank down to one book a month and ended up licensing out all its content to another publisher. One declared bankruptcy. One pretty much dicked over all its creators…
Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War: First Strike #1: The super-crime landscape of New York has been on edge. This issue, they jump over that edge. What incites the war?! Who hired Shotgun and took out Tombstone? What, if anything, can Spider-Man do about it? Has there been a good or engaging Spider-man crossover since “Maximum Carnage”?…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 284: 5 years of AHOY Comics with Tom Peyer & Stuart Moore Tom Peyer and Stuart Moore join the show to talk about the fifth anniversary of AHOY Comics, the return of their respective series, The Wrong Earth and Captain Ginger, and the prose serial “Partially Naked…
Man, remember how much fun The Marvels was earlier this month? How refreshing it was for a Marvel movie to just be a fun romp and not be obsessed with moving some overarching plot along? Just gals bein’ pals. And the Khans! How great were they? That [redacted] cameo at the end sure was a…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Secret Wars: Battleworld #1: Forty years ago, Jim Shooter focus-grouped a bunch of kids and found out they loved the words “secret” and “wars.” He used that to create a story intended to…
Forty years ago this month, Kevin Eastman drew a masked, bipedal turtle with nunchucks to make his buddy, Peter Laird, laugh in their New Hampshire apartment. And thus a pop culture franchise was born, spanning comics, animation, toys, live-action rubber-suit movies, video games and one unforgettable Vanilla Ice song. And sure, you know Leo, Mikey,…