Welcome back to Bat Chat! This week, Batman faces off with Peacekeeper-01 while the Unsanity Collective prepares for war and the true extent of how far Simons Saint will go to ensure order in Gotham is revealed in Batman #110 with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by…
How can there be both too many comics and still not nearly enough? The idea of finding something new to read can seem daunting. If you’re looking to jump into a new book, the staff of ComicsXF can point you in the direction of some of our favorite recent releases and currently ongoing titles. Looking…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 167: Dave Baker and Nicole Goux Are Tulip Dave Baker and Nicole Goux join Dan and Matt to talk about their new Dark Horse graphic novel, Everyone Is Tulip, with detours into social media celebrity, visiting the graves of comics legends and the Slingers. You can listen to WMQ&A on…
Welcome to a special fifth week BatChat. For those not deeply entrenched in comics distribution, when there are five Wednesdays in a month, shipping can get … weird. So this week there are no comics with Batman as a lead! What are we to do? Well, to start, we’ll look at last week’s digital release…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 166: Way of Q with Bob Quinn Way of X artist Bob Quinn joins the show to talk about his OC Soft Serve, the Hellfire Gala, jumping from video games to comics and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where…
Welcome back to BatChat! In Detective Comics #1,038, Batman must deal with being a fugitive in both his identities, as Mr. Worth goes on a rampage and Hue Vile’s plans begin to … come to fruition maybe, as written by Mariko Tamaki, penciled by Viktor Bogdanovic, inked by Daniel Henriques and Bogdanovic, colored by Jordie…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 165: Cartoon Logic with Juni Ba Writer/artist Juni Ba joins the show to talk about the influences behind his TKO Studios graphic novel Djeliya. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You can follow the show on…
It’s catch-up week here at Bat Chat. With none of the main continuity Bat titles dropping, we’ll be discussing three out-of-continuity digital first tales: two released physically in the past couple weeks, and one that is still digital for a couple more months. The annual Gotham Dog Show has two special guest judges this year:…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 164: New Warriors: Life Story with the Three Amigos Live and in person for the first time in months, the Three Amigos (Dan Grote, Matt Lazorwitz and Rob Lynch) reunite to talk about what they’ve been reading, returning to cons (and meeting Halloween III star Tom Atkins), the Hellfire Gala…
Thanks to some shipping-related hijinks due to the holiday, and the fact that Matt insists on reading things physically, we skipped last week’s Bat Chat, so this week is a hat trick of the three main-continuity Bat books. Simon Saint’s plan becomes more clear and Harley makes a connection in Batman #109 with a lead…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 163: The Power of Friendship with Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer Noted best friends Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer join other noted best friends Dan Grote and Matt Lazorwitz to talk about their new Image series, The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts,…
You open the door to the record shop, and waiting for you is an old friend, or maybe someone you’ve never met before, there to sell you a record and tell you a spooky tale or two. That’s the experience you’ll get when you back Dead Beats 2: London Calling, the new anthology that launches…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 162: Dauntless Storytime Marcus Jimenez and Eastin DeVerna join the show to talk about some of the new titles coming from publisher Dauntless Stories, such as Deadly Living, Through the Shadow of Titan and Starless Daydream. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com,…
Horror, queerness and New Jersey. Could a headier mix of topics exist? I’m not sure, but writer Emmett Nahil and artist George Williams are looking to explore it in the new graphic novel Let Me Out, currently wrapping up its Kickstarter campaign. Before the funding window closes, I was able to ask Nahil about the…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). In Detective Comics #1,035, Batman and Huntress collide as their cases intersect and the mystery of the murders in Fort Graves deepens, as written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. And in a Huntress backup story,…