Matthew Lazorwitz, Author at COMICSXF

Sin-Eater Looms in Amazing Spider-Man #48, The King in Black is Foreshadowed in Web of Venom: Wraith #1, and Ms. Marvel Triumphantly Returns in Magnificent Ms. Marvel #14 this Week in Marvel Files!

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago015 mins

Empyre is finished, which means we’re back with our classic Marvel Files weekly reviews. And this week is a packed one as Spider-Correspondent Tony Thornley looks at Amazing Spider-Man #48, Goo Crew member Justin Partridge digs into Web of Venom: Wraith #1, and last Matt Lazorwitz gives us his thoughts on Magnificent Ms. Marvel #14!…

WMQ&A Episode 124: The Kubert School Special

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 124: The Kubert School special Dan and Matt journey to the Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey, to talk to President Anthony Marques and instructor Fernando Ruiz about the how the school has evolved under COVID-19 and its newest tenant, Dewey’s Comic City. Also, check out our new show logo…

Bonus Reading: From Joe to Emma, a Brief History of the Kuberts

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago014 mins

The Kuberts are the first family of comics. Joe Kubert produced comics from 1943, the heart of the Golden Age, until right before his death in 2012. His sons, Andy and Adam, have been two of comics’ best regarded artists for over 20 years. His granddaughter Katie Kubert has edited for both Marvel and DC….

WMQ&A Episode 123: Extended cat chat with Emma Kubert

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Third-generation comics artist Emma Kubert joins the show to talk about her new Image series “Inkblot,” about a mischievous void-space cat that can traverse dimensions and just doesn’t listen. Much feline flap-a-gummin’ ensues.

Indie Triple Play: Reviews of ‘Locke & Key,’ ‘Bomb Queen’ and ‘Engineward’

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago022 mins

Journey back in time to World War I, forward to 2024 and even farther forward to a time when Earth is just a myth in this week’s Triple Play, as Matthew Lazorwitz reviews IDW’s Locke & Key … in Pale Battalions Go … #1, Will Nevin reviews Image’s Bomb Queen: Trump Card #1 and Chris…

Three Critics Read Batman: Three Jokers #1

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago042 mins

Five years ago, Batman made a startling discovery in the pages of Justice League #50: There are three Jokers. Teased since then, this week readers finally begin to get an answer to the mystery, and he’s taking Batgirl and Red Hood along for the ride. Does this really pay off that much lead time and…

4 Legion of Super-Heroes members who make X-Men continuity look simple

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago018 mins

People like to say the X-Men have the most complicated backstory and continuity in comics. And that might be true. For Marvel Comics. But at least a tie for messiest history would have to be DC’s Legion of Super-Heroes, the teen team from the future. And that’s not even factoring in that we’re on our…

WMQ&A Episode 122: The Story Mike Hawthorne Didn’t Want to Tell

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Longtime Deadpool artist Mike Hawthorne joins the show to talk about his BOOM Studios graphic memoir, “Happiness Will Follow,” which tells the story of growing up with his single Puerto Rican mother.

My Batman Isn’t Your Batman, and That’s OK

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago013 mins

The original version of this piece appeared on my blog, The Matt Signal, on Aug. 23, 2013, shortly after news broke — and stink rose — that Ben Affleck would be playing Batman in a yet-to-be-named live action movie. Seven years later, we find ourselves in a similar situation, so I think it’s time to…

Bonus Reading Pays Tribute to the Big Two’s Superhero Handbooks (and the Weird Book about Their Pets)

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago020 mins

There was once a dark age. A time when there was no internet. A time when the knowledge of comic book characters’ backgrounds could not be found in wikis, but in the memories of fans and in specially printed comics. Comics called handbooks or guidebooks. This week, DC released a guidebook to its “Dark Nights:…

Interview: David Pepose takes us back to Oz, er, ‘The O.Z.,’ in new Kickstarter

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago020 mins

Comics have a long history of taking traditional tales and giving them new takes, whether it’s Stan Lee and Jack Kirby recasting the Norse gods as superheroic archetypes in “The Mighty Thor” or Alan Moore cramming an entire 19th-century lit class’ worth of characters into one story in “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.” Writer David Pepose…

WMQ&A Episode 121: Jeremy Whitley Takes Us to School

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Writer Jeremy Whitley joins the podcast to talk about his new Papercutz graphic novel, School for Extraterrestrial Girls, his upcoming Marvel Action: Chillers comics from IDW, the future of Princeless and the stuff he’s gotten away with in My Little Pony.

4 lesser-known Robert Kirkman stories

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago014 mins

When someone says “Robert Kirkman,” what title springs to mind? For most people outside comic fandom, and many in, it’s likely his cross-media hit, “The Walking Dead.” For many other comic fans, it might be his superhero title, “Invincible.” There might even be some people who jump to “Outcast,” his demonic possession drama that was…

WMQ&A Episode 120: That Kickstarter Life with Zack Quaintance

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

Writer and comics journalist Zack Quaintance (Comics Bookcase, The Beat) returns to the show to talk about his first Kickstarter project, Next Door, transitioning from writing about comics to making them, and the never-ending quest to bag and board them all.

Kickstarter seeks to prove ‘Noir Is the New Black’

Matthew Lazorwitz4 years ago4 years ago016 mins

One of the beautiful things about Kickstarter as a platform for comics creation is that it allows voices that are marginalized in mainstream comics to be heard. The crime genre is one that has grown considerably in recent years, but, as with much of mainstream comics, it has remained mainly white. So it’s exciting to…