Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Danâs Pick: One Star Squadron #1: What if Heroes for Hire but for goofs? Red Tornado puts together a team of heroes-on-demand in this six-issue series by writer Mark Russell (Not All Robots) and artist…
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the weekâs best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. Every year, almost inevitably, two things happen. First, Marvel or DC will announce some big reset to a characterâs status…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Coriâs Pick: Batman: Fear State Omega: James Tynion IVâs final Bat-event winds down so he can focus on his Substack. Drawn by Riccardo Federici. ($4.99) Previously, in Batman stuff ⊠Mattâs Pick: Gotham City Villains…
People only familiar with Hawkeye from his appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe might be surprised to hear this, but Hawkeye is supposed to be a fun character. While the MCU Hawkeye is largely dour and grimacing — a family man capable of cracking the occasional wry joke, but someone who takes his job pretty…
We blame JJ Abrams. It seems like ever since the Abrams-produced TV show Lost became a hit, the pop culture world has been looking for the spoilers and the mystery box within their media. It pops up even if one doesnât exist in a film, series or piece of literature. Just in Abrams-involved projects, you can see…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tonyâs Pick: Black Panther #1: A new creative team takes Wakanda into a new era. Join writer John Ridley (Other History of the DC Universe) and artist Juann Cabal (Guardians of the Galaxy) as TâChalla…
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the weekâs best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. In 1992, I discovered Superman. By proxy, I also found Supergirl, though at the time I discovered her, she wasnât…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ariâs Pick: Radio Apocalypse #1: Long after the rock out of space struck the world and turned it all to dust, in Bakerstown stands the last radio station on the planet. Radio Apocalypse broadcasts into…
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the weekâs best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. Drawing comics takes time. Thatâs all there is to it. Artists cannot maintain a 20-page-a-month pace without burning themselves out…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Ariâs Pick: Whatâs the Furthest Place from Here? #1: In a world where some kind of apocalypse has wiped out the adult population, roving collectives of teens form connections where they can, and get deep…
I first noticed something was off when my comic shop went a few weeks without getting in new backing boards. Oh, well, no big deal, Iâll catch up when theyâre restocked. Then a book here and there was delayed. Hey, it happens. Maybe the artist needed a little more time. Canât rush perfection. Next thing…
In Matthew Rosenburg & Tyler Bossâs upcoming Image title âWhatâs The Furthest Place From Here?â a group of teens each pick an album to represent themselves, to give themselves meaning, long after they are gone. Now, they canât actually listen to the albums but thatâs beside the point. With the book coming out next week…
Disneyâs The Eternals represents perhaps the biggest swing of all from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, an attempt to adapt a relatively obscure batch of sci-fi space-god characters from a â70s era comic by Marvel founding father Jack Kirby, then sell that adaptation to viewers in a post-Avengers world. Much like the MCU, the Eternals and…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Danâs Pick: Newburn #1: Chippie goes noir! Easton Newburn is a private eye who investigates warring crime factions in a new Image series by writer Chip Zdarsky (Daredevil) and artist Jacob Phillips (That Texas Blood),…
Great comics are made of great scenes: the pages and panels that use the comics medium to tell a story well. This is a column to unpack why it is that they work, and spotlight some cool bits that might not get talked about enough. Whether itâs a stellar page, a multi-page sequence, or a…