I’m afraid of Canadians: Marvel Comics, the Trudeaus and how we perceive our neighbors

Iā€™m Canadian. But Iā€™m not particularly patriotic. My ancestors from Ireland, Scotland and France werenā€™t rich or powerful but, by virtue of being white, undeniably benefited from the various government-sponsored genocides that made the nation of Canada. Iā€™m ashamed of that and the perpetuation of myths about my nationā€™s history, like the idea that because…

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Where did Magik and Cable fall in CXF’s ranking of X-Men: From the Ashes comics?

As of this writing, there are 13(!) monthly X-books on the shelves, two of which ā€” X-Men and Uncanny X-Men ā€” ship on an 18-issue-a-year schedule. Thatā€™s a lot, and thereā€™s more coming, including Laura Kinney: Wolverine (who is already starring in NYX); a Timeslide one-shot co-starring Cable and Bishop; Magik (who is already starring…

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Better late than never: ComicsXF’s 14 geeky New Year’s resolutions for 2025

Itā€™s a new year, and in true new yearā€™s tradition, the ComicsXF team has set some New Yearā€™s resolutions. Also in New Yearā€™s tradition, itā€™s almost the end of the first month of the year, and weā€™re just now getting to it, and, look, the beginning of the year was a lot OK? So sit…

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Be vewy quiet, we’re hunting Xavier: X-Manhunt and 11 more comics we’re excited for in March

The character of Frank Reynolds, immortalized by Danny DeVito on Itā€™s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, once implored his fellow barmates Mac and Dennis, ā€œDo not go on a manhunt.ā€ Naturally, they didnā€™t listen. But what if itā€™s an X-Manhunt? Eh, the rule probably still applies. But who among us wouldnā€™t like to see Charles Xavier…

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