People love Batman. People love Apes. So when you combine them, you’re bound yo get some fun comics, right? Well, sometimes. Patreon backer Dan Grote asked us to read some Batman and apes stories, and we read a delightful Golden/Silver Age story, a 90s story that had its fun moments and a story that is…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 349: Greg Weisman talks Dynamite's Gargoyles: Demona Writer and animation producer Greg Weisman joins the show to talk about his new Dynamite series Gargoyles: Demona, Marvel’s Spectacular Spider-Men and more. (Note: This interview was recorded before Gargoyles/Fantastic Four was announced.) You can listen to The…
Batman must do the unthinkable: He must save the Joker’s life. But the Joker has done so much horror over the years, there are members of Batman’s own family who will not look kindly upon this. Batman #159 is written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, colored by Alex Sinclair…
This whole episode came about when Matt was looking for something else entirely, and he stumbled across an issue of Batman: Gotham Adventures, the animated series tie-in, written by Ed Brubaker. As he didn’t remember that at all, he decided he had to read it, and since he has minimal time to read for pleasure,…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 348: Brian DeCubellis talks Image Comics' Dark Honor Writer/director Brian DeCubellis joins the show to talk about his new Image Comics/Syzygy Publishing series Dark Honor. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move…
The second arc of the Absolute Universe’s inaugural title begins with Bruce Wayne and his friends eulogizing a lost comrade. Bruce begins to more deeply research Ark M and meets the scientist Victor Fries. Absolute Batman #7 is written by Scott Snyder, drawn by Marcos Martin, colored by Muntsa Vicente and lettered by Clayton Cowles….
We’re back to the bookshelf Will keeps of random Batman trades he has picked up over the years (a shelf that for Matt is something he just calls his house). We start off as ever with a volume of Batman ’66, follow that up with Batman meets The Da Vinci Code meets Indiana Jones and…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 347: Dave Hill talks Oni Press' Dark Regards Comedian, musician, writer and podcaster Dave Hill joins the show to talk about his new Oni Press series Dark Regards. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where…
There are very few characters in comics that I, Matt, truly dislike. One of them is, sadly, a character with significant ties to the Bat family: Deathstroke the Terminator. A villain turned anti-hero who I don’t feel like ever should have been, I decided it was time to bit the bullet and cover three stories…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 346: Paul Brown talks Super Jersey Comic Expo Paul Brown joins the show to talk about Super Jersey Comic Expo, coming April 26 and 27 to The Dome at Adventure Crossing in Jackson, NJ. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon…
Jake Murray: Let me start off with the coldest take since Dr. Victor Fries took up his nom de guerre: The first wave of titles in DC’s Absolute line have been pretty damn successful (that’s Absolute Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman for the dozen or so uninitiated). Let me stun you with another ice-cold blast…
The Bat family has grown considerably over the years. What started out as Batman and Robin now contains what seems to be a dozen or more characters. And recent years have seen many attempts to add characters who would be big hits and draw massive popularity. And while this has created some good characters, none…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 345: Aubrey Sitterson & Jed Dougherty talk Free Planet Aubrey Sitterson and Jed Dougherty join the show to talk about their upcoming Image Comics series Free Planet. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new…
Hush is back, and he has a new scheme to take out Batman. The sequel to the classic tale “Hush” begins here. Batman #158 is written by Jeph Loeb, penciled by Jim Lee, inked by Scott Williams, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Richard Starkings. Will Nevin: You excited to hear that Jeff Lemire…
Mainstream superhero comics have been a boys’ club since their invention, and while things have gotten better in recent years, it is telling how few Batman comics have women writers, outside the works of Devin Grayson and Mariko Tamaki. For the last week of March, of Women’s History Month, we’re reading three stories by other…