You, a fool: “Did Kieron Gillen launch an Eternals spinoff starring the Forgotten One and I missed the first two issues?” We, an intellectual website: Haha, you fool! We speak of the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of global literature’s earliest surviving works, born of ancient Mesopotamia and a proto-example of the Hero’s Journey monomyth. You:…
Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #1: Clark Kent is enjoying a night off with his girlfriend, Lois Lane, when the entire city shudders under the weight of the monstrous Godzilla. What started as a routine clash between the Justice League and the Legion of Doom takes a dangerous turn when the wall between worlds…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 278: The first rule of Parisian Fight Club with Juni Ba & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Juni Ba and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou join the show to talk about their new Dark Horse graphic novel The Unlikely Story of Felix and Macabber. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast…
New York Comic Con was last weekend, and the CXF team was there, getting lost in crowds, taking selfies with creators and touching all the same surfaces as tens of thousands of people in a large, enclosed space! Below are a crapload of photos and some commentary on what we saw: the good, the bad…
Marvel’s Children of the Vault combines the high-concept sci-fi of Deniz Camp’s Agent of W.O.R.L.D.E. and the global politics of his 20th Century Men, and throws in the I-hate-you-but-you-shoot-guns-good attitude of your better buddy action movies. But I do wonder why the events of this book aren’t being reflected elsewhere in the Marvel line. No…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s pick: Batman: City of Madness #1: Buried deep beneath Gotham City there exists another Gotham, a living nightmare, populated by twisted mirrors of our Gotham’s denizens, fueled by the fear and hatred flowing down…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 277: British comics history lesson with Paul Grist and Anna Morozova Paul Grist and Anna Morozova join the show to talk about their upcoming Rebellion series Smash! You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com,…
TIL Firebird existed. TIL Firebird was created by Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema and first appeared in 1981’s Incredible Hulk #265. TIL Firebird was an Avenger. TIL Firebird was romantically involved with Hank Pym, aka the Worst Avenger. Hopefully Kalinda Vazquez and Alba Glez can redeem the character in spite of that last fact in…
In 2017, Marvel released Marvel Legacy #1, a one-shot intended to move its marquee characters forward after the critical abomination that was that year’s Secret Empire crossover, where a Hydra-fied Captain America takes over the U.S. It was a $5.99 book, expensive for its time, that I fondly remember overflowing from a bin at my…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Rasmus’ pick: G.O.D.S. #1: This is it. This is the thing Jonathan Hickman left the X-Men for. This is the thing that’s going to rewrite Marvel’s cosmology forever. This is what all that dicking around…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 276: Some celestial voice with Mark Irwin Mad Cave Studios Vice President of Business Development Mark Irwin joins the show to talk about all the goings-on at the publisher, and his favorite Rush song. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud,…
For years of publishing time now, Colossus has been puppeted by the Chronicler at the behest of his brother, Mikhail Rasputin. But now that Krakoa has fallen, it looks like Colossus has neared the end of his usefulness, and Mikhail has set his sights on a new organization to infiltrate … Orchis. Cool. Kill ’em…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s pick: Invincible Iron Man #10: You are cordially invited to the wedding of Anthony Edward Stark and Emma Grace Frost. Come join the lucky couple as they exchange vows. Attire is Hellfire formal. Orchis…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 275: The Batman who tentacles with Christian Ward Christian Ward joins the show to talk about his new DC Black Label series Batman: City of Madness. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where…
Realm of X is set in Vanaheim, one of the Ten Realms of the World Tree, along with Asgard, Jotunheim, Muspelheim and the other ones. Y’know, from Thor stuff. Saturnine is the former omniversal majestrix of Otherworld, a completely different thing that unites the many Earths of the multiverse and has its own topography of…