This is a week for catching up, for getting to a few of those books Iāve ābeen meaning toā for āan inordinate amount of timeā which is now apparently āleading to an abuse of sarcastic quotes.ā To the books, Geoffrey! 10. Batman: The Abduction. Writer: Alan Grant, Artist: Norm Breyfogle, Inker: James A. Hodgkins, Colorist:…
Saladin Ahmed had a good 2020. Well, relatively anyway; I donāt know that anyone had a good 2020. His first Kickstarter, Dragon, was an unequivocal success. Heās continued his runs on Magnificent Ms. Marvel and Miles Morales: Spider-Man. And now heās kicking off 2021 with Abbott: 1973, the sequel to his excellent creator-owned Abbott from…
I have tweeted many dumb thoughts in my life but no dumber tweet (aside from a meme about bullying the president-elect) has gotten as much traction and #engagement as me saying that everyoneās favorite Wolverine, Laura Kinney deserves sillier hair. Hot Take: Laura Kinney’s hair should be 100% dumber than it is. How are you…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chrisā Pick Future State: Immortal Wonder Woman #1: In our top āFuture Stateā story this week, Diana takes on a new threat, the Undoing, at the end of time with help from writers Becky Cloonan…
Years and years ago, in the days when I still lived at home and was fraught with teen mopiness, I had a blue overstuffed recliner in my room, a worn out hand-me-down that I loved until it literally fell apart. (If memory serves, I think the left arm gave out.) But in those days, Iād…
Welcome to the world of tomorrow! Superhero comics have regularly featured time travel, possible futures and glimpses of tomorrow for much of their history. Some are utopias, some are dystopias and most are somewhere in between. DC is in the midst of a two-month event, āFuture State,ā that gives readers a glimpse into the future…
This isnāt a review of the DCEUās latest film, Wonder Woman 1984. This isnāt even an educated critique of its structure or a study of its merits. This is a treatise. An impassioned plea. People. We need to discuss Scarf Guy. You know who Iām talking about. The guy who becomes a flesh suit for…
Justin Partridge: So I suppose I should just start with the most obvious question (as I vaguely know your origins as an X-Force Person), but WHY Metallica? What is it about the Third Greatest Metal Band of All Time that drew you to their music? And by extension, this hysterical and brilliant idea for a…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Justinās Pick Future State: Justice League #1: Jon Kent, Tim Fox, Yara Flor, Jo Mullein, Andy Curry and Jess Chambers are the Justice League of the future, and theyāre here to remind yāall that…
Friends, I got too excited last week. I wanted to share this bright and shiny new toy of ours, and I donāt think I properly explained what we (Thatās you, Loyal Content Consumer, and me) are doing here. [Groteās note: I tried to tell him, folks.] Each week, Iām going to run down 10 comics…
āThis is not who we areā In Montgomery, Alabama, there is a monument to the lynched, listing the names of the murdered – or at least the names they can verify. There are over 4400 names listed. This, of course, is low. āThis is not who we areā A woman posted pictures of her leg,…
Change came by force to the comics industry in 2020. A two-month pause in shipping by Diamond Comic Distributors ā until this summer the lone distributor of single-issue comics in North America ā laid bare the industryās weaknesses. It sent comic shops into survival mode, led DC to seek out new distributors, lured creators to…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt & Chris’ Pick Future State: Next Batman #1: DC begins rolling out its two-month Future State event with this look at a future Gotham City ruled by a private law enforcement group and…
Look what [my editors] made me do. Get it? Iām told thatās a reputation reference. Well whatever, it doesn’t matter because weāre not here to talk about 2017 Taylor Swift. No, this is about 2020 Taylor Swift. Specifically evermore, her second full length album release this year which dropped last week. While we already established…
I have experimented with different columns and different formats over the five or so years Iāve been writing about comics, but you, Loyal Content Consumer, donāt necessarily care about that; no, you care about the comics, and I want to care about the comics with you. When Iām curled up in my big ratty office…