Frank Miller, with his transformative run on Daredevil, the foundational The Dark Knight Returns, and high-profile independent comics-turned-movies like Sin City and 300, has long had an impact and profile to which few other modern comic book creators can compare. The stranglehold of āclassicā comic book canon, in the sense of foundational texts, has loosened…
Blackness is what I see when I examine my ancestors through a brown-eyed gaze in the mirror; what I hear when my creole accent leaves my tongue and passes through my full lips; what I feel when my body sways, rhythmically, involuntarily, naturally to jazz, or worship, or hip hop.Ā Blackness is the context – cohesive,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chrisā Pick: Radiant Black #1: What if Peter Parker became a Tokusatsu hero? Find out in this new Image series by former Mighty Morphin Power Rangers writer Kyle Higgins and artist Marcelo Costa. ($3.99) Check…
For the last few months, Iāve been averaging 10+ miles per day on my runs. Hold your applause, please ā itās not so much an accomplishment as it is daring my body to fall to pieces on me. (My body has not done so to date. The coward.) But I was thinking earlier today with…
Warner Animationās direct-to-home release animated features have been a mixed bag since their inception 13 years ago. And the recent ending of a yearslong New 52-inspired animated universe has returned the line to more stand-alone films, to its benefit. While the first film in the new era, Superman: Man of Tomorrow, was a solid, if…
Subscription services are everywhere, from Spotify to Netflix to Xbox Game Pass and so many more. And theyāve become a pretty big deal in comics, too, with Marvel Unlimited, comiXology Unlimited, Hoopla and DC Universe among others. With DC Universe Infinite launching this week and shifting to a comics-specific service, it seems like a good…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zoeās Pick: King in Black: Black Knight #1: Because YOU demanded it (and he was supposed to be in a movie by now), Dane Whitman is back in Black and stabbing goo dragons. Wait, did…
Loyal Content Consumer, we made it through another week. Together. 10. Batman: Dreamland. Writer: Alan Grant, Artists: Norm Breyfogle and Noelle C. Giddings, Publisher: DC āBatman: The Abductionā was at least charming in its weirdness: Was Batman really taken by little green men to be poked and prodded? Did he travel the cosmos via astral…
This Sunday, WWE will run its annual Royal Rumble Pay Per View. 30 wrestlers will enter the match with a chance to win and challenge for a championship match at Wrestlemania! Itās like Christmas morning for us wrestling fans: thrills, chills and surprise entrants keep us on our toes for an hour. We decided here…
I started the first issue the day I lost my job. The call from my boss had come at the end of the work day, masked in the faux-casual tones of a friendly check-in. Only gradually did I begin to process what I was hearing: that the company had decided to hone its focus; that…
We love democracy and apparently so do the X-Men. Marvel is giving fans a chance to vote on the final member in the first ever X-Men Election. During the epic X Of Swords, fans realized that, since the start of the Krakoan era there has been no official X-Men on the orders of Charles Xavier….
In October Brett Booth was announced as artist for X-Men #17. Booth has a documented history of encouraging harassment of women in comics criticism. You can read Janelle Asselinās first person account of the situation here, including the threats of sexual violence. These threats were not delivered directly by Booth, but he used his platform…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. CHRISā PICK: Future State: Batman/Superman #1: The Magistrateās ruined a lot of things for Bruce Wayne, but one of the cherries on top is how it messed up his partnership with Superman. Find out how…
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…