Dan Grote ¡ WMQ&A Episode 154: Jed MacKay Plays the Blue Cards Writer Jed MacKay joins the show to talk about his new BOOM Studios series based on Magic: The Gathering as well as his Marvel work on Black Cat, Taskmaster, Avengers: Mech Strike and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud,…
When it comes to bad ideas, Robert Venditti has a few. Well, at least one. Letâs just say Venditti, the writer behind the return of X-O Manowar and the recent volume of Hawkman, is the writer behind the next title from Bad idea, the comic company that is breaking pretty much every established rule of…
Itâs an off week for all the main Bat titles, so weâre digging into the DC Vault for this weekâs BatChat, specifically the digital issue #3 of Let Them Live!: Unpublished Tales from the DC Vault, a tale entitled âFlesh Made Wordâ written by Scott Bryan Wilson, drawn by John Paul Leon, colored by Dave…
CĂĄssia Costa hasnât been having an easy time. New school, new city, new ⌠mystical dragon-related powers? Yes, Inferno Girl Red, a 100-page OGN just launched on Kickstarter, isnât just the story of the new girl in town, or the new superhero in town, but a little bit of both. We talked with writer and…
Dan Grote ¡ WMQ&A Episode 153: X Trivia with Chris Hassan Chris Hassan returns to the podcast to celebrate his 100th X-Men Monday column at AIPT, play a little X Trivia and ponder the direction of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). In Detective Comics #1,034, Bruce Wayne meets the neighbors while Batman hunts the remnants of Jokerâs gangs, while something more sinister starts beneath the streets of Gotham in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya…
The Batman and Superman team-up is one of the great comic team-ups, so we here at ComicsXF are honoring that tradition by taking part of our Bat Chat team and part of our Super Chat team and having them join together to review the first issue of the new era of Batman and Superman team-ups…
I usually put in a longer intro to my Kickstarter Q&A pieces. But when looking for a new project to spotlight, I came across Lane Lloyd and Grant DeArmittâs âHunt for the Solavore,â and it had the one-line hook of, âWhat if Jack Kirby created Dracula?â That sold me right there, so I reached out…
Dan Grote ¡ WMQ&A Episode 152: The Alien Special with Phillip Kennedy Johnson Writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson joins the show to talk about Marvel’s new Alien series, in an episode so big we had to tag in Third Amigo Rob Lynch. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com,…
He is the lord of vampires. He has been written about by countless authors, and played by some of historyâs best actors. In comics he has fought Batman, the Silver Surfer and the X-Men, to name a few. He is Dracula. There are myriad takes on the king of the undead, and currently, a new…
Dan Grote ¡ WMQ&A Episode 151: Popping Literary Wheelies with Ram V Writer Ram V joins the show to talk about his DC work (Catwoman, The Swamp Thing, Justice League Dark), his upcoming Radio Apocalypse from Vault and The Many Deaths of Laila Starr from BOOM Studios, and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A…
Itâs a week of first issues, as Jim Gordon begins a hunt for the Joker and Bluebird hunts for evidence to convict Punchline in The Joker #1, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Ari Prianto and lettered by Tom Napolitano, and a backup written by Sam…
Dan Grote ¡ WMQ&A Episode 150: Matt Kindt Day (& a Special Announcement) Matt Kindt joins the show to talk about his two new high-profile series, ENIAC at Bad Idea and BRZRKR at BOOM Studios. Plus: Co-host Matt Lazorwitz has some big news. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and…
In the glory days of Asgard, there was a prince named Thor, beloved by the people for his strength, valor and compassion. And there was a prince named Loki, beloved for his whimsy and pranks on his brother. But when Lokiâs pranks go too far, Thor and his brother wind up in some hot water…
Matt Lazorwitz: Welcome to ComicsXFâs roundtable discussion of DCâs new linewide event introduction, Infinite Frontier #0. Iâm Matt Lazorwitz, the guy who came up with this harebrained scheme, and Iâd like to start with everyone here sounding off. Letâs see who Iâve been able to gather from our illustrious staff. Tony Thornley: Hi, Iâm Tony…