Remember cons? You would pay money to walk in circles around a crowded hall for hours, mingling among cosplayers and guys with messenger bags as they fist-bumped creators, commissioned sketches of Cyclops or Batman having a good day and thumbed through endless dollar bins looking for buried treasure like that X-Men state fair comic but…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 144: Celebrating Imbolc with Conor McCreery Writer Conor McCreery joins the show to talk about his new BOOM Studios series, The Last Witch, Gaelic mythology, Shakespeare and the time he worked as a journalist in Ghana. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. CHRIS’ PICK: Future State: Batman/Superman #1: The Magistrate’s ruined a lot of things for Bruce Wayne, but one of the cherries on top is how it messed up his partnership with Superman. Find out how…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 143: Dr. Stephanie Phillips on Dr. Harleen Quinzel Stephanie Phillips returns to the show to talk about her nascent run on DC’s Harley Quinn, her many indie projects, getting a Ph.D. and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick Future State: Immortal Wonder Woman #1: In our top “Future State” story this week, Diana takes on a new threat, the Undoing, at the end of time with help from writers Becky Cloonan…
The Old James House has lost its ghosts. With her new powers, it’s up to Ami to bring them back, whether they want to come home or not. Even when they’re really big ghosts wrapped in metal, with lots of sharp edges and things. Let’s unpack Image Comics’ Home Sick Pilots #2 by Dan Watters,…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 142: Looking Back and Forward with the Three Amigos Guest of guests Rob Lynch returns to the Q Cave to help Dan and Matt recount their favorite comics of 2020, and what they’re looking forward to in 2021 (besides, y’know, gettin’ that sweet, sweet vax). As always, you can listen…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Justin’s Pick Future State: Justice League #1: Jon Kent, Tim Fox, Yara Flor, Jo Mullein, Andy Curry and Jess Chambers are the Justice League of the future, and they’re here to remind y’all that…
I quit a lot of things when I was a lad. Soccer. Wrestling. Tee ball. If it wasn’t a video game or a cartoon, it couldn’t hold my interest. I don’t say that with any sort of pride; it’s simply a fact about myself I’ve accepted. My parents tried, and adult me appreciates that. One…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 141: From Xavier Files to ComicsXF with Zack Jenkins The big boss man himself, Zack Jenkins, joins Dan and Matt to talk about Xavier Files’ transition to ComicsXF and the site’s evolution from a blog ranking X-Men to a place for thoughtful comics criticism. As always, you can listen to…
Change came by force to the comics industry in 2020. A two-month pause in shipping by Diamond Comic Distributors — until this summer the lone distributor of single-issue comics in North America — laid bare the industry’s weaknesses. It sent comic shops into survival mode, led DC to seek out new distributors, lured creators to…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt & Chris’ Pick Future State: Next Batman #1: DC begins rolling out its two-month Future State event with this look at a future Gotham City ruled by a private law enforcement group and…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 140: David Pepose Has a New Dog AND New Comics Writer David Pepose returns to the show to talk about The O.Z., Scout’s Honor, making comics in 2020, his new dog and more. As always, you can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick X-Men #16: When the mutant nation of Krakoa was formed, the X-Men were disbanded as a concept both to keep power on the island balanced among the Quiet Council and to move…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 139: Comics and Prose with Darcie Little Badger Dan and Matt are joined by writer Darcie Little Badger, who contributed a Dani Moonstar story to the recent Marvel Voices: Indigenous Voices anthology, published her debut novel, Elatsoe, this year and once had the high honor of having a short story…