The ComicsXF Interview Podcast ¡ The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 306: Philly Special 2024 Matt and Dan go to Fan Expo Philly for interviews with Mike Hawthorne (Batman, Daredevil), Ryan Dunlavey (The Illustrated Al), Peter Tomasi (Sinister Sons) and IDW editor Heather Antos. Plus, an extended, rambling intro! You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple…
Batman is gathering the forces he needs to bring down the Orghams. The Orghams are gathering the forces they feel they need to cement their hold over Gotham and stop Batman. And Catwoman is reaching out to the one person neither side wants to deal with. The lead story of Detective Comics #1,085 is written…
I was going to try to come up with something funny and misleading to make it seem like we were talking about the Marvel character Venom for this intro, but my brain isn’t coming up with anything. This week’s episode is about Bane, the man who broke the Bat, and does indeed spend a lot…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast ¡ The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 305: Declan Shalvey talks Thundercats Declan Shalvey joins the show to talk about his Thundercats series at Dynamite and more. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You can…
The heroes of the DC Universe are falling before enemies empowered by their 5th Dimensional Mite counterparts while Batman and Superman are trapped in the 2nd Dimension. While Bat-Mite helps Batman and Superman, Mr. Mxyzptlk goes to the one man who might be able to save the world: Jimmy Olsen. Batman/Superman: Worldâs Finest #27 is…
The Joker has wreaked unspeakable trauma on Batman over the years of their rivalry. But there is one man who he has possibly hurt as much, if not more: Jim Gordon. The Joker and Gordon’s relationship goes back as far and Joker and Batman’s, and Joker has often focused on Gordon. This week, we look…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast ¡ The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 304: Patrick Horvath talks Free for All and Beneath the Trees Patrick Horvath joins the show to talk about his Zoop campaign for Free for All, wrapping up his IDW series Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, and more. You can listen to The ComicsXF…
Shush stands revealed as Damian learns the identity and origin of this new foe, while Batman remains the prisoner of the Cult of Man-Bat. Batman & Robin #9 is written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Simone Di Meo and Nikola Cizmesija, colored by Rex Locus and lettered by Steve Wands. Serial killer Christopher Killex is…
For those of you out there who back the BatChat Patreon, you have heard Matt & will talk about all manner of Batman media: movies, episodes of animated series and live action TV, narrative podcasts. And this week, we’re taking that energy, but swapping it around so we can talk about the comic adaptations of…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast ¡ The CXF Interview Podcast Episode #303: Jordan Morris talks Youth Group Comedy writer and podcaster Jordan Morris joins the show to talk about his upcoming First Second graphic novel Youth Group, out July 16. Other topics include the mid- to late 1990s, ska, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and writing for Hanna-Barbera…
Batman has escaped the prison set up by Zur, who now inhabits Failsafeâs robot body. He must prepare to finally confront his robot double. But various other factions are circling Zur, including Gothamâs new police commissioner, Vandal Savage, and Amanda Waller, whose agenda is only helped by a rogue metahuman. âDark Prisonsâ begins in Batman…
Matt here, and I am going to be writing in the first person for this one. When I started this podcast, I don’t know what I was expecting. Will and I had been writing the BatChat column for a while. Dan Grote and I had been recording The ComicsXF Interview Podcast (then WMQ&A) for quite…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast ¡ The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 302: Louis Southard talks Comics Are Dying Writer Louis Southard joins the show to talk about his Zoop campaign for Comics Are Dying: The Comic. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where…
Gotham is getting stranger. Not only is there a Bat-Man, but now seeming undead Monster Men are rampaging and killing political movers and shakers. Bruce Wayne is in a strange new world, and he has some hard decisions to make if he wants to save his city. The Bat-Man: First Knight #2 is written by…
Having multiple heroic identities is not something unique in the Bat family. Pretty much everyone has had more than one except for, well, Bruce Wayne. But Stephanie Brown has had three very distinct identities that all very much signify different things about the character. And as we have covered some of the worst stories about…