Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Detective Comics #1,089: It began with a melody, strange…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Adam’s pick: Dazzler #1: Marvel’s glittering mutant songstress embarks on a…
Every year, in the waning days of summer, Minnesotans gather for the “Great Minnesota Get Together,” aka the Minnesota State Fair. For “12 days of fun ending Labor Day,” this bacchanalia of agriculture and arts, culture and community, and food — the whackier and deeper-fried the better — defines the local zeitgeist. This year, in…
“…this essay is about why so many academics don’t seem to realize comics have pictures. It’s also about the consequences of this ignorance, which may or may not be willful but is always, nonetheless, harmful.”
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Jake’s pick: Wolverine #1: There’s a killer in the woods, and…
If you’re an X-Men fan of a certain age, you may have read the past two months’ worth of From the Ashes comics and wondered, “Where did all the New Mutants and Generation X kids go? I mean I know Magik is in X-Men, but it’s like the rest of them just disappeared into the…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Stephanie’s pick: Exceptional X-Men #1: After the fall of Krakoa, Kate…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Austin’s pick: Aliens vs. Avengers #1: Xenomorphs reach Earth! The perfect…
So, we’re six new series and eight issues into the X-Men: From the Ashes era. How’s everyone feeling? Have you recovered from the months-long hangover from your last night at the Green Lagoon, or are you still missing the tiki-bar lifestyle? Have you found your new X-Men title yet, or are you struggling to find…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Tony’s pick: Wolverine: Revenge #1: He’s been beaten. He’s been bloodied….
In 2022, I, alongside my fellow ComicsXF writers, got into the mobile card game Marvel Snap. I got into it because I wanted to play a card game on my phone and I wanted to bond with the CXF community outside of writing articles and posting in Slack. Although I stopped playing in 2023 after…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Dan’s pick: X-Factor #1: From the ashes of Krakoa, a new…
I’ve settled into a rhythm of picking up my pull every five weeks from my local comic shop, Level Up Entertainment in Mays Landing, New Jersey. While I’m there, I tend to browse the little impulse-buy rack next to the register to see if anything catches my eye. Most times, no, but this time, yes….
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. Austin’s pick: Uncanny X-Men #1: A core group of essential X-Men rises From the Ashes to face a world without a home — and without Professor X! (That second part seems…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. Adam’s pick: X-Force #1: The world is fractured. Forge uses his powers of invention to devise the only fix: an all-new, all-different X-Force. Forge leads a custom-made, handpicked team of mutants…