Ritesh Babu - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 08 Aug 2024 01:00:07 +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 Ritesh Babu - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Eric Nguyen On Spoofs, Collaboration & Comedy In White Savior https://comicsxf.com/2023/02/23/eric-nguyen-on-spoofs-collaboration-comedy-in-white-savior/ Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44852 Hollywood is historically rife with White Savior narratives. Hollywood is also rife with spoofs. A new comic by the team of Scott Burman, Eric Nguyen, Iwan Joko Triyono and Micah Myers hopes to combine both in comics form.  Published by Dark Horse comics, two issues have been published so far of the four-issue mini-series. CXF...

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]]> 44852 INTERVIEW: Kat Calamia and Phil Falco, Editors of the Upcoming Kickstarter Comic: Hairology! https://comicsxf.com/2023/02/02/interview-kat-calamia-and-phil-falco-editors-of-the-upcoming-kickstarter-comic-hairology/ Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44673 Hair and hair-care is a subject that all of us reckon with every single day. It is universal, and everybody has their own specific experience and relationship to it. And yet it remains an underexplored subject in comics. That’s something that’s been slowly changing, as there have been comics and graphic novels coming out exploring...

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]]> 44673 We Come To Christmas’ End with a New Graphic Novel of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight! https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/06/we-come-to-christmas-end-with-a-new-graphic-novel-of-sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight/ Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44436 A classic tale of chivalry, courage, and inevitability with John Reppion and MD Penman’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Ritesh: ‘Tis the season! Of yuletide tales and gift-giving! And so we come to a tale of old–The Tale of Ser Gawain and the Green Knight. Crafted with great care and intense research by John...

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]]> 44436 Alternate Histories and Hidden Histories in Image’s 20th Century Men #4 https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/30/alternate-histories-and-hidden-histories-in-images-20th-century-men-4/ Wed, 30 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44015 The Battle of Beaux Arts has begun. The American super-force the Suicide Cowboys launches an all-out assault on the Iron Star, hoping to decapitate the Soviet forces in one decisive action. Meanwhile, back in the states, we learn about President Goode’s plans for the monster known as 6Bill. It’s all in Image’s 20th Century Men...

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]]> 44015 What Is Truth? 20th Century Men #3 Explores https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/26/what-is-truth-20th-century-men-3-explores/ Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43546 The war rages on! Krylov, now embedded with the Iron Star’s forces, sees the brutality of battle up close. Can he make it out alive with his sanity intact? 20th Century Men #3 takes us from the deserts of Afghanistan to the U.S. capital, and all the way to Mars, courtesy of writer Deniz Camp,...

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]]> 43546 It’s a Shame About Louis in The Silver Coin #15 https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/20/its-a-shame-about-louis-in-the-silver-coin-15/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43507 Michael Walsh explores the lost years of the Coin, bringing the reader deeper and deeper “Into The Fire,” in Image’s The Silver Coin #15, featuring color assists by Toni Marie Griffin. Ritesh Babu: And so we return yet again, for an issue that closes off the arc, and also puts the book on pause for...

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]]> 43507 Tell Us How You Really Feel about the Colonizers in 20th Century Men #2 https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/21/tell-us-how-you-really-feel-about-the-colonizers-in-20th-century-men-2/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43069 After President Goode’s shocking decision last issue, the world has gone to war. Soviet and American forces clash all across Afghanistan as the Iron Star searches for his stolen heart, faces the British super-soldier known as The Lion and tries to hide it all from a dogged reporter working to uncover the truth. 20th Century...

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]]> 43069 Flash Back to the Best Year Ever – 2020! – in The Silver Coin #14 https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/14/flash-back-to-the-best-year-ever-2020-in-the-silver-coin-14/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42892 A screenwriter named Darren, gripped by jealousy, tries to visit his girlfriend while flashing back to the events of 2020 in The Silver Coin #14, drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh, written by Pornsak Pichetshote, and colored by Walsh and Toni Marie Griffin, with a backup story by Adam Gorham. Ritesh Babu: Jesus Christ. I...

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]]> 42892 The Debut of the Death Ranger! https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/31/the-debut-of-the-death-ranger/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 23:29:54 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42688 Power Rangers Unlimited: The Death Ranger #1 is Written by Paul Allor, Drawn by Kath Lobo and Anna Kekovsky Chandra, Colored by Fabi Marques and Sara Antonellini, Lettered by Ed Dukeshire The Death Ranger! The brand new Ranger and queer antagonist you did not know you needed! The announcement of the character went viral on...

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]]> 42688 A Cracked-Mirror Look at the Cold War in Image’s 20th Century Men #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/24/a-cracked-mirror-look-at-the-cold-war-in-images-20th-century-men-1/ Wed, 24 Aug 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42593 At the end of the 20th century, superheroes, geniuses, madmen and activists rush toward World War III. A Soviet “iron” hero, a superpowered American president, an insane cyborg soldier, an Afghan woman hellbent on building a better life for her people; these strange yet familiar beings collide in a story that mixes history, politics and...

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]]> 42593 Silver Coin #13 a Truly Disturbing Post-Roe Comic https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/17/silver-coin-13-a-truly-disturbing-post-roe-comic/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42490 It’s Y2K and all hell is about to break loose for a very pregnant woman named Karena in The Silver Coin #13, written by Johnnie Christmas, drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh, and colored by Toni Marie Griffin and Walsh for Image. Content warning from the issue: This issue contains graphic images related to childbirth,...

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]]> 42490 The Coin Goes to War in The Silver Coin #12 https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/20/the-coin-goes-to-war-in-the-silver-coin-12/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42117 In “’Til Dawn,” an American GI in World War II faces his fear of killing enemy soldiers while keeping watch. The Silver Coin #12 is written by Stephanie Phillips, drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh, colored by Toni Marie Griffin and Walsh, with a backup story by Adam Gorham. Mark Turetsky: The horror anthology format...

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]]> 42117 Returning To The Roots in Deathstroke Inc. #10 https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/30/returning-to-the-roots-in-deathstroke-inc-10/ Thu, 30 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41799 ‘Year One’ is an interesting title.Few things seem to carry the inherent prestige in their very evocation as ‘Year One’. Even decades later, we think of the high-bar and sheer power of David Mazuchelli, Richmond Lewis, and Frank Miller’s classic. And in so doing here in Deathstroke Inc. #10, we’re reminded of the possibilities of...

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]]> 41799 Wet Mouth Sounds and Murder in The Silver Coin #11 https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/22/wet-mouth-sounds-and-murder-in-the-silver-coin-11/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41592 The Silver Coin returns! In “The Diner,” James Tynion IV joins Michael Walsh for a story about Jean, a waitress working at a struggling diner who bites off more than she can chew. With colors by Toni Marie Griffin (with Michael Walsh) and backup story by Adam Gorham. Mark Turetsky: Ritesh, it has been a...

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]]> 41592 We’re Marks for Image’s Do a Powerbomb #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/17/were-marks-for-images-do-a-powerbomb-1/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41526 Lona Steelrose wants to be a pro wrestler, but she’s living under the shadow of her mother, the best to ever do it. Everything changes when a wrestling-obsessed necromancer asks her to join the grandest pro wrestling tournament of all time, which is also the most dangerous. It’s The Wrestler meets Dragonball Z in a...

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]]> 41526 Yes, We Have No Monkey Meat in Monkey Meat #5 https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/05/yes-we-have-no-monkey-meat-in-monkey-meat-5/ Thu, 05 May 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40517 Golo rises, and with his rise comes the fall of Monkey Meat Island. Is this truly the end of the Monkey Meat industry? And has it now been replaced with something far, far worse? Only one thing is for sure — there are no winners in Monkey Meat #5, a Juni Ba creation (with special...

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]]> 40517 The Fandom Menace Revealed in Monkey Meat #4 https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/06/the-fandom-menace-revealed-in-monkey-meat-4/ Wed, 06 Apr 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39975 Meet Astou, Monkey Meat’s number one fan! She’s gotten a job at the Monkey Meat Motel, working alongside her hero, Thaddeus Lug himself! Could anything tarnish his standing in her eyes? Say, cries of injustice from a fountain of soul juice, harvested from the village that was wiped out after he helped discover them? Find...

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]]> 39975 Lore Galore in The Silver Coin #10 https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/17/lore-galore-in-the-silver-coin-10/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39002 In The Silver Coin #10, a sequel 300 years in the making. Audrey is a high schooler with an unusual ability who’s drawn to the occult. When she encounters the coin, she conducts a ritual meant to break its curse but instead summons something darker still. The coin’s mystery deepens in Part Two of “Covenant,”...

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]]> 39002 You Gotta Pay the Troll Toll to Read This Review of Monkey Meat #3 https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/09/you-gotta-pay-the-troll-toll-to-read-this-review-of-monkey-meat-3/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38338 A delivery boy bears a most important package, and will let nothing stop him from bringing it to his destination. The only thing standing in his way? A large troll, and a bridge on which no living soul may set foot. Monkey Meat #3 is a Juni Ba creation (with special authorization from the Monkey...

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]]> 38338 AfterShock’s Land of the Living Gods #1 Continues Wave of African Storytelling https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/28/aftershocks-land-of-the-living-gods-1-continues-wave-of-african-storytelling/ Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38191 It is said that when the world dies, the spirits of the first people will return to witness the last days of humanity. Well, the spirits have arrived, and the end is here. But not everyone has given up hope. Naledi, a teenage girl living in the deserted city once called Johannesburg, has always believed...

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]]> 38191 The Silver Coin #9 Says ACAB https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/16/the-silver-coin-9-says-acab/ Wed, 16 Feb 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37975 The South Bronx is on fire, and a crooked cop can clear his debts if he helps it burn. But with each dirty deed, the Silver Coin gets hotter to handle. The Silver Coin #9 is written by Vita Ayala, with art, colors and lettering by Michael Walsh and color assists by Toni Marie Griffin....

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]]> 37975 Suicide Squad: Blaze #1 Brings a Touch of Horror and Politics to the DCU https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/11/suicide-squad-blaze-1-brings-a-touch-of-horror-and-politics-to-the-dcu/ Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37921 The attacks begin without warning. Brutal, sudden…cannibalistic. A metahuman with all the power of Superman but none of his humanity. An unstoppable being ruled only by hunger and instinct, striking at random across the world. To stop this threat, Harley Quinn, Peacemaker, Captain Boomerang and King Shark have been assigned to corral, nursemaid, and if...

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]]> 37921 A Nice Guy(TM) Goes Super Saiyan in Monkey Meat #2 https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/09/a-nice-guytm-goes-super-saiyan-in-monkey-meat-2/ Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37878 Young Haricot has been done a terrible injustice by a citizen of Monkey Meat Island! In fact, one could say Haricot has been done injustice all his life. A chance meeting with a Dark God bestows Haricot with power unimaginable — and now all those who stand in their way must pay a steep price!...

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]]> 37878 The C2E2 Tapes: Kyle Higgins and Ryan Parrott Get Supermassive https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/08/the-c2e2-tapes-kyle-higgins-and-ryan-parrott-get-supermassive/ Tue, 08 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37833 In December, ComicsXF’s intrepid head honcho, Zachary Jenkins, hit the floor of C2E2 with a microphone in his hand and a hankering to talk to as many creators as he could get five minutes alone with. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing some of those interviews. Thirty years ago, Image Comics introduced the...

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]]> 37833 Formalism vs. Capitalism in The Silver Coin #8 https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/19/formalism-vs-capitalism-in-the-silver-coin-8/ Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37448 When an executive at a 1960s stock brokerage acquires a collection of antiquities, the gap between the haves and the have-nots becomes painfully clear. The price of the Silver Coin keeps going up, even as the fortunes of its owner plummets, in issue #8, written by Matthew Rosenberg, drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh, and...

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