In December, ComicsXF’s intrepid head honcho, Zachary Jenkins, hit the floor of C2E2 with a microphone in his hand and a hankering to talk to as many creators as he could get five minutes alone with. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing some of those interviews. Thirty years ago, Image Comics introduced the…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 197: The Crowded Exit Interview with Ro Stein & Ted Brandt Ro Stein and Ted Brandt, the artists of Image Comics’ Crowded, talk about wrapping up the series, their “on-brand” first date and the arsenal of play weapons they keep in their studio. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple…
Just in time to celebrate 40 years of the original New Mutants, catch up with some old friends — like Sunspot, Cannonball, Wolfsbane, Boom-Boom, Dani Moonster and Rictor — as Caliban leads Famine and War, the remaining Horsemen of Apocalypse, in a hunt for new blood. Witness a never-before-seen link between the New Mutants and…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 196: Saturday Morning with Erik Burnham Writer Erik Burnham joins the show to talk about his upcoming IDW series “G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero: Saturday Morning Adventures,” his “Transformers: Beast Wars” series and much more. Plus, a special announcement from Dan about new Patreon content. You can listen to…
Working for a billionaire is what poisoned him — will investigating another put the Human Target in even more danger? Christopher Chance continues his investigation into his own murder with a visit to Ted Kord, the Blue Beetle. The question here is, can Christopher keep his mind on the mission and ignore Ice’s affections long…
Sad Apocalypse is sad. His ship, Ship, is gone, he’s down two Horsemen and he’s worried the Celestials will take one look at X-Factor and give the world a big thumb’s down. Ever the goodest boy, even in service of evil, Caliban wants to make Apocalypse happy again, by plumbing the Morlock tunnels looking for…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 195: Rich Douek Gets Busy Three-peat guest Rich Douek joins the show to talk about publishing his first work with Marvel and DC, his new series Happy Hill and his upcoming series The Ocean Will Take Us. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music,…
The Old James House might turn out to be Ami’s only hope, but it’s still missing a piece. And if anyone’s going to survive, that final ghost must be found. Home Sick Pilots returns for a new set with issue #11, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Aditya Bidikar and designed…
Mary Jane Watson. Felicia Hardy. What do these two ladies have in common? They’re both friends with Peter Parker, aka one of several Spider-Men. Ol’ Pete’s laid up in the hospital on account of some stuff happening in his ongoing title that this particular editor isn’t paying too close attention to at the moment. Anyway,…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 194: Bayou Billy Shakespeare with John Lees Writer John Lees joins the show to talk about his AWA wrestling-and-Shakespeare comic “Crimson Cage” and all the bodyslams and iambic pentameter that inspired it. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where…
Charles Xavier. Beast. Amanda Mueller. Moira MacTaggert. Magneto. Some of the greatest minds and experts on mutantkind are assembled by Mister Sinister to discuss the evolution of Homo superior … but to what devious end? Rest assured, there’ll be at least one dead body before dessert at this meeting of the Eighth Circle. Dan “Never…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 193: Swords on Swords on Swords with Zoe Tunnell & Valentine Smith Valentine Smith and Zoe Tunnell join the show to talk about their webcomic Blade Maidens, their X-Men fan comics and their cats. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Devil’s Reign: Superior Four #1: Remember when Marvel did the New Fantastic Four with Spider-Man, Wolverine, the Hulk and Ghost Rider and it ruled? Now imagine that with four Doctors Octopus from across…
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. So this is the new year, and I don’t feel any different. Sorry, I was listening to Death Cab for…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 192: The Tick with Scatman John Bush In honor of Matt discovering the 1990s animated Tick series is available to stream on Hulu, we bring back friend of the show and Dewey’s Comic City manager John Bush to talk about our favorite episodes (and Dan hijacks the show to talk…