Matthew Lazorwitz - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:43:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Matthew Lazorwitz - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 TCXFIP 394: Frank Barbiere & Morgan Beem talk The Author Immortal https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/07/tcxfip-394-frank-barbiere-morgan-beem-talk-the-author-immortal/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56492 Frank Barbiere and Morgan Beem join the show to talk about their Image Comics series The Author Immortal, available soon in trade.

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]]> 56492 Batman #8 shows us three sides of Gotham City https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/02/batman-8-shows-us-three-sides-of-gotham-city/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:56:20 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56457 Batman talks to Alan Scott about Vandal Savage. Savage talks to Mayor Ivy about stopping Batman. And Jack Dean shares insights with Huston Gray in Batman #8.

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]]> 56457 BatChat With Matt & Will: Return to Will’s Bookshelf https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/02/batchat-with-matt-will-return-to-wills-bookshelf/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56440 BatChat returns to Will's bookshelf for three randos, one of which is an oddly well-timed tribute to Sam Kieth, and another is more Batman '66.

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]]> 56440 TCXFIP 393: Zack Kaplan & Stefano Raffaele talk Only the Savage Are Left https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/31/tcxfip-393-zack-kaplan-stefano-raffaele-talk-only-the-savage-are-left/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56392 Zack Kaplan and Stefano Raffaele join the show to talk about their upcoming Dark Horse Comics series Only the Savage Are Left.

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]]> 56392 Detective Comics #1,107 brings Arrow and Canary to town https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/26/detective-comics-1107-brings-arrow-and-canary-to-town/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:06:18 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56384 Batman is on a case involving a crooked company attempting to kill the witnesses to its misdeeds, in Detective Comics #1,107.

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]]> 56384 BatChat With Matt & Will: A Mother & Daughter Reunion (w/ Abigale Heartbalm) https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/26/batchat-with-matt-will-a-mother-daughter-reunion-w-abigale-heartbalm/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56356 Abigale Heartbalm joins BatChat to talk about three stories featuring Cassandra Cain and her mother, Lady Shiva.

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]]> 56356 TCXFIP 392: Joe Illidge talks Illuminous & Dakota Incident https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/24/tcxfip-392-joe-illidge-talks-illuminous-dakota-incident/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56338 Writer/editor Joe Illidge joins the show to talk about his company Illuminous and The New History of the DC Universe: The Dakota Incident.

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]]> 56338 Batwoman #1 reunites Greg Rucka with one of his favorites https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/20/batwoman-1-reunites-greg-rucka-with-one-of-his-favorites/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56328 DC Next Level starts here with the triumphant return of Greg Rucka to the character he co-created in Batwoman #1, with art by DaNi.

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]]> 56328 BatChat With Matt & Will: That is the Question https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/19/batchat-with-matt-will-that-is-the-question/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56308 When she was created for Batman: The Animated Series, I can’t imagine the series creators realized what a life Renee Montoya would have in the comics. Technically appearing in comics before B:TAS premiered because of the much longer lead time for animation, Montoya has gone from beat cop to detective to vigilante to police commissioner...

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]]> 56308 TCXFIP 391: Nicole Goux talks Punk’n Heads https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/17/tcxfip-391-nicole-goux-talks-punkn-heads/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:23:43 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56290 Artist Nicole Goux joins the show to talk about her new Top Shelf graphic novel Punk'n Heads, and her upcoming Twilight Zone story.

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]]> 56290 Absolute Batman #18 will tear your heart out https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/13/absolute-batman-18-will-tear-your-heart-out/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:20:06 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56269 Poison Ivy tries to win Batman over to her way of thinking, and Martha Wayne has a fateful meeting with the Court of Owls, in Absolute Batman #18.

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]]> 56269 BatChat With Matt & Will: Some Bones About It https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/12/batchat-with-matt-will-some-bones-about-it/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56240 The DC Universe has a lot of strange looking characters. King Shark is a bipedal shark man. G’Nort is a walking, talking dog alien. Animal-Vegetable Mineral Man is… well, look him up. Dude looks weird as all hell. But amongst the more macabre looking characters is super villain turned superhero turned super spy Mr. Bones,...

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]]> 56240 Batman #7 visits Patient Ten and learns a secret https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/06/batman-7-visits-patient-ten-and-learns-a-secret/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56199 There is a man in Room Ten in Arkham Tower. He floats in a tank. And he has reached out to talk to an old friend. Batman confronts the Joker again in Batman #7.

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]]> 56199 BatChat With Matt & Will: The Fall of the House of Wayne https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/05/batchat-with-matt-will-the-fall-of-the-house-of-wayne/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56159 BatChat arrives at the final arc of Grant Morrison's Batman Incorporated, as well as the next arcs of "No Man's Land" and "Knightquest: The Crusade."

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]]> 56159 TCXFIP 390: Laura Hudson & Tim Leong talk Exploit https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/03/tcxfip-390-laura-hudson-tim-leong-talk-exploit/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:23:44 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56144 Laura Hudson and Tim Leong join the show to talk about their Mad Cave Studios series Exploit and working at the intersection of comics and journalism.

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]]> 56144 The Bat-Man: Second Knight #3 gives Bruce a happy ending https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/26/the-bat-man-second-knight-3-gives-bruce-a-happy-ending/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:08:38 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56130 The Bat-Man and Superman must put aside their differences as they face down the Scarecrow and The Hood in The Bat-Man: Second Knight #3.

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]]> 56130 BatChat With Matt & Will: Shadow of the Cat (w/ Sam Hopper) https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/26/batchat-with-matt-will-shadow-of-the-cat-w-sam-hopper/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56126 Catwoman has been around for over 80 years, and like all good Bat villains, she has changed with the times. But it’s amazing how much of the character has been there through the ages. Patreon backer and friend of the show Sam Hopper joins us to look at the evolution of Catwoman, what has stayed...

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]]> 56126 TCXFIP 389: Jeremy Whitley on SLAY!/The Girlfriend Survives https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/24/tcxfip-389-jeremy-whitley-on-slay-the-girlfriend-survives/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56085 Writer Jeremy Whitley joins the show to talk about his Zoop campaign for a two-story flipbook called SLAY! and The Girlfriend Survives.

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]]> 56085 Absolute Batman #17 lets Poison Ivy loose on Gotham https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/20/absolute-batman-17-lets-poison-ivy-loose-on-gotham/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56057 Batman must climb his way to the top of the Heart Building to face his newest foe: a more monstrous incarnation of Poison Ivy, in Absolute Batman #17.

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]]> 56057 BatChat With Matt & Will: Riddle Me This, Will (w/ John Wickham) https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/19/batchat-with-matt-will-riddle-me-this-will-w-john-wickham/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56026 We’ve read plenty of his stories, and if you are a long time listener to the podcast, I’m sure you realize that Tom King is a writer who has some serious variety of placements on the big board. He has multiple stories in the top 10, plus a number of stories lingering near the bottom....

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]]> 56026 TCXFIP 388: Jimmy Gaspero & Amber Akin on Penny and the Yeti https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/17/tcxfip-388-jimmy-gaspero-amber-akin-on-penny-and-the-yeti/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56008 Jimmy Gaspero and Amber Akin join the show to talk about their upcoming Papercutz graphic novel Penny and the Yeti. Plus: When is it OK to laugh at a funeral?

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]]> 56008 Batman & Robin #30 sunsets series, shows Damian a new future https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/13/batman-robin-30-sunsets-series-shows-damian-a-new-future/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55951 Can Batman & Robin stop the Quiet Man, as Robin struggles with the legacy of Batman and what the mission to save Gotham really means to him?

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]]> 55951 BatChat With Matt & Will: Date Night (w/ Josh Weil) https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/12/batchat-with-matt-will-date-night-w-josh-weil/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55927 Love is in the air. It’s nearly Valentine’s Day, and for the past couple of his appearances, Patreon backer and friend of the show Josh Weil has mentioned that he’s been considering selecting one of the few truly whimsical and just plane fun stories Tom King has written: “Date Night,” where Batman an Catwoman go...

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]]> 55927 TCXFIP 387: Roger Langridge talks The Muppets Noir https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/10/tcxfip-387-roger-langridge-talks-the-muppets-noir/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55879 Cartoonist Roger Langridge (Fred the Clown, Thor: The Mighty Avenger) joins the show to talk about his new Dynamite Comics series, The Muppets Noir.

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]]> 55879 Batman #6 has a lot going on at the moment https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/06/batman-6-has-a-lot-going-on-at-the-moment/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55859 The threads that have slowly been appearing start to tighten in Batman #6. Dr. Zeller’s secret is revealed. And a member of the Bat family says goodbye.

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