Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 130: Tales From The Comic Shop In honor of co-host Matthew Lazorwitz’s birthday, we reunite some of his former co-workers from Dewey’s Comic City, John Bush and David Harris, to talk about their days of selling comics. Oh, and check this awesome commission friend of the show and Battle of…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s Pick Excalibur #13: Get ready for some hot Braddock-on-Braddock action (Wait …), all written by “X of Swords” co-mastermind Tini Howard and drawn by guest artist R. “Powers” B. “Of” Silva “X.” ($3.99)…
We’ve been pretty rough on DC lately. Maybe it was all those layoffs. Maybe it’s Watchmen fatigue. Maybe it’s all those comic shops that have complained about not getting their UCS/Lunar books on time. Maybe it was the Fandome virtual pep rallies (although to be fair, we’re out on virtual cons in general). Maybe it’s…
Last month, we reported on Archie Comics going day-and-date on comiXology Unlimited, releasing new comics direct to the subscription arm of Amazon’s digital comics service. On Monday, manga publisher Kodansha Comics became the second company to go that route, announcing it will drop new chapters of series such as Attack on Titan, Card Captor Sakura: Clear…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 129: Coffee and Comics with Johnnie Christmas Writer/artist Johnnie Christmas joins the show to talk about his Image sci-fi series “Tartarus,” his comiXology original graphic novel “Crema,” his upcoming middle grade work and more. As always, you can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at xavierfiles.com,…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick Rorschach #1: DC’s quest to never give Alan Moore the rights back to Watchmen continues with this Tom King 12-Issue Maxiseries (TM) starring everyone’s favorite Ayn Rand disciple. Drawn by Jorge Fornes…
It’s time to face your parent issues, save the environment and go on a top-secret mission as Dan Grote reviews AHOY’s Penultiman #1 and Zack Jenkins reviews Vault’s No One’s Rose #5 and AWA’s American Ronin #1.
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 128: Jesse Lonergan's Adventures in the 35-Panel Grid Writer/artist Jesse Lonergan joins the show to talk about his sci-fi one-shot comic “Hedra,” his upcoming “Planet Paradise” graphic novel and more. As always, you can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at xavierfiles.com, where new episodes move…
Last week, we introduced the Xavier Files 2021 Comics Survey, in which we solicited the comics community for answers to this ONE question: With everything that’s happened this year, what is one thing the comics industry needs to do to evolve in 2021? Since then, we’ve received dozens of answers, from leaning into the youth…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. This Week, in ‘X of Swords‘ Marauders #13: Storm visits her former in-laws in Wakanda to request their aid against the forces of Arakko as the X-Men event continues. Vita Ayala (Children of the…
Marty is stuck at his dead-end job at Burger Lord and the last 15 years have passed him by. What happens when he accidentally steals a supernatural weapon from an insane cult full of violent lunatics, led by a monster in human form? Will his manager and best friend Bernice roll her eyes and fire…
Ludocrats #5 Writers: Kieron Gillen and Jim Rossignol; Artist: Jeff Stokely; Colors: Tamra Bonvillain with Fernando Arguello; Letterer: Clayton Cowles; Publisher: Image Like a person chaotically flipping through cable channels (Or maybe toggling through the “Because You Watched The Great British Bake Off” section of the Netflix menu), I could flit through the many tickling…
Wonder Woman Earth One Vol. 3 DC on Monday announced a third a final volume of writer Grant Morrison and artist Yanick Paquette’s Wonder Woman: Earth One graphic novel trilogy, to debut in March of next year. The plot, per DC: Diana, now queen of the Amazons, must assemble the disparate Amazonian tribes for the…
We post up with a pint of O negative to talk with Eliot Rahal (“Hot Lunch Special”) and Emily Pearson (“The Wilds”) about their upcoming Oni Press series “The Vain,” debuting Oct. 14.
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick X-Factor #4: As “X of Swords” rolls on, it looks like maybe The Five are about to resurrect someone they shouldn’t have. It’s hard to say when all you have to go…