Interviews - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Mon, 26 Jan 2026 02:17:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Interviews - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Sink Your Teeth In to some vampire PI noir on Kickstarter https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/26/sink-your-teeth-in-to-some-vampire-pi-noir-on-kickstarter/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55720 Check out Sink Your Teeth In, a sapphic vampire noir, now on Kickstarter from Zoe Tunnell, Lauren Knight, JP Jordan and Jodie Troutman.

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]]> 55720 Spider v. snake in an EXCLUSIVE excerpt from The Amazing Spider-Man Classic Newspaper Comics https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/30/amazing-spiderman-classic-newspaper-comics/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54311 The Rattler was a snake-man villain created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. for The Amazing Spider-Man comic strip that ran in newspapers. The owner of Reptile World (dig that cool sandwich board), Henry Bingham relied on an experimental anti-venom to save his life and give him powers he used for, what else, crime....

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]]> 54311 INTERVIEW: The hosts of the Superfan Podcast talk about the Red Sox, James Cameron & food https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/19/superfan-podcast/ Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54208 One of the things I tell guests before every episode of The ComicsXF Interview Podcast is “Tangents are welcome and encouraged.” Because while we’re there to talk about comics, there’s a joy in being able to lower the wall of professionalism for a moment and just talk about the Wu-Tang Clan (with Mike Del Mundo),...

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]]> 54208 Meet 3 artists tabling at Flame Con 2025 thanks to this year’s SparQ program https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/11/flame-con-sparq/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53772 This weekend is the 11th annual Flame Con, the world’s largest comics and pop culture convention focused on the work of LGBTQ+ creators. As part of this year’s show, Flame Con, with the support of sponsor Kickstarter, continued its SparQ program. According to Flame Con, SparQ aims to amplify the work of marginalized voices in...

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]]> 53772 SHARK WATCH: Stephanie Williams talks about reviving ’90s cartoon Street Sharks for IDW https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/23/stephanie-williams-street-sharks/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53494 Your local comic shop is about to get a little more jawsome.  No, wait. Your local comic shop is about to get a little more fin-tastic. No, WAIT. Your local comic shop is about to enter a cartil-age undreamt of. Because shark skeletons are made of cartilage. BOOM. Nailed it. Actually, not BOOM. IDW. Mattel...

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]]> 53494 INTERVIEW: Phillip Russertt talks about getting into the comics distribution game with Philbo https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/07/philbo-distribution/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53306 While the fallout from the Diamond Comic Distributors bankruptcy and sale continues to become public at a pace we can’t keep up with (shoutout to Heidi MacDonald at The Beat for staying on top of that raging dumpster fire), a new company has entered the comics distribution market. Philbo Distribution began taking orders July 1...

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]]> 53306 INTERVIEW: Writer Daryl Lawrence talks True North, the issue-by-issue guide to Alpha Flight https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/27/daryl-lawrence-true-north-alpha-flight/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53135 In True North, out July 1, writer and Alpha Flight superfan Daryl Lawrence has written the definitive issue-by-issue accounting of the first volume of everyone’s favorite Canadian super team. As a fellow devotee of the “one issue at a time” approach to comic book analysis, I reached out to Daryl to ask him about the...

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]]> 53135 Extra! Extra! The Comics Courier returns for a second campaign on Kickstarter https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/01/comics-courier-2-kickstarter/ Thu, 01 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52408 We talk a lot about the preservation of physical media as a bulwark against the erasure of culture, both by streaming services that remove content at their whim and by fascist nations seeking to perpetuate their message of strength through exclusion at the expense of all others. Also, who doesn’t love a nice Criterion Collection...

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]]> 52408 Cartoonist Jon Adams On 12 Years of Putting Chief O’Brien Through Monotonous Hell https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/22/cartoonist-jon-adams-on-12-years-of-putting-chief-obrien-through-monotonous-hell/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52326 Two weeks ago, Jon Adams’ long-running webcomic Chief O’Brien At Work ended its 12 year run. In more than 400 entries, the comic featured a largely static image of Chief O’Brien as he waits for someone, anyone, to need the transporter, or, failing that, a friend. With mostly unseen supporting characters like Keiko, Commander Riker,...

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]]> 52326 ‘Just … let it go’: Alex Segura talks about his new webcomic, The Forgotten Five, now on Patreon https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/31/alex-segura-forgotten-five/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52074 Alex Segura might be the nicest person in comics. An industry veteran with impressive stints at DC and Archie, he’s also a best-selling novelist — the Los Angeles Times awarded 2022’s Secret Identity its Book Prize for mystery/thriller. It’s also been named a New York Times Editor’s Choice and an NPR Best Mystery of the...

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]]> 52074 INTERVIEW: Ryan Alexander-Tanner talks about illustrating Muhammad Ali in new Kickstarter https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/31/ryan-alexander-tanner-muhammad-ali-kickstarter/ Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51551 I first met Ryan Alexander-Tanner when, writing as “Teebore,” I left comments on his Full House Reviewed website, where Ryan, as “Billy Superstar,” was reviewing (and hilariously excoriating) every episode of the terrible-but-foundational ’80s/’90s sitcom Full House. Bonding over our shared love of awesomely terrible and terribly awesome shows as well as — importantly —...

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]]> 51551 An adult queer fairy tale in The Prince in the Basement, now on Kickstarter https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/21/prince-basement-kickstarter/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51424 For as long as stories have been told, fairy tales have been a source of delight, fear and inspiration for children and adults alike. This is especially true for the LGBTQ+ community, who often find solace in their themes of transformation, true love and happy endings. Some LGBTQ+ creators have even gone on to create...

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]]> 51424 INTERVIEW: Z Cher-Aimé talks about their animated superhero drama Captain Zero https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/03/z-cher-aime-captain-zero-interview/ Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:10:58 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51281 Three years ago, I had the immense pleasure of reviewing the indie superhero short film Captain Zero: Into the Abyss Part I for ComicsXF. Over the holidays, I attended a virtual screening for Captain Zero Part II and recently sat down with creator, director, writer and voice actor Z Cher-Aimé to talk about the past,...

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]]> 51281 Ryan North talks Star Trek: Lower Decks ― Warp Your Own Way, CYOA Hamlet and more https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/22/ryan-north-star-trek-lower-decks/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50508 Once again, I’ve reached Ryan Qwantz North as he travels the highways of Canada, ever his constant remote companion, this time to discuss Star Trek, chooseable path stories and Star Trek: Lower Decks — Warp Your Own Way, the upcoming chooseable path graphic novel from IDW, with art by Chris Fenoglio, colors by Charlie Kirchoff...

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]]> 50508 Comics and newspapers, perfect together: Tiffany Babb talks about The Comics Courier https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/10/comics-courier-babb-kickstarter/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50414 Newspapers. Believe it or not, they still exist! And they’re not just for telling you yesterday’s news, Peanuts reruns and where the good yard sales will be this weekend. A new Kickstarter asks the question “what if newspaper but comics criticism?” The Comics Courier is a twice-annual print newspaper that will feature a mix of...

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]]> 50414 INTERVIEW: Brad & Lisa Gullickson talk about their story in Pots & Panels, now on Kickstarter https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/08/brad-lisa-gullickson-pots-panels/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50372 Food. You know it. You love it. You’ve probably eaten some in the past few hours. I just had sushi. From ShopRite. DON’T JUDGE ME. But if you’re like me, you’ve probably wondered if any of your favorite comic creators have any good recipes to share. Like MarkWaid-a-roni and cheese or Chicken a la Tom...

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]]> 50372 Please inform your friend Vern that there is a Kickstarter for an Ernest graphic novel https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/04/ernest-graphic-novel-kickstarter/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50362 He rose from the regional commercials of the 1980s, a hapless, overconfident man in a denim vest and a beige cap, come to pester his ever-silent, ever-suffering, never-seen neighbor Vern about dairy products or car dealerships or local restaurants. Like the California Raisins, the Crash Test Dummies and the GEICO cavemen, Jim Varney’s Ernest P....

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]]> 50362 A visit to the Airbnb X-Mansion, from those who survived the experience https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/13/visiting-the-x-mansion/ Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50131 In May, housing rental behemoth Airbnb announced a new promotion called Icons, a series of “extraordinary experiences” including overnights in museums, mingling with celebrities, and recreations of fictional locations like Carl’s house from Pixar’s Up. If you are a fan of the X-Men, one of these locations might have activated your portable Cerebro unit. The...

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]]> 50131 More mutant mayhem in Minneapolis in the 2nd year of the Uncanny Experience (INTERVIEW) https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/09/uncanny-experience-year2-interview/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50055 Last fall, the inaugural Uncanny Experience, an immersive convention for fans of the X-Men, was held at the historic Minneapolis Club in Minnesota. This year, the show is returning for year 2 on the final weekend of September, featuring more Chris Claremont, more animated X-Men voice actors and more twists on the traditional convention experience....

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]]> 50055 INTERVIEW: Kaare Andrews talks about returning to the world of Spider-Man: Reign https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/03/kaare-andrews-spiderman-reign/ Wed, 03 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49475 There are many comics that are underrated, many comics that are controversial and many comics that have been given the wrong shake. Kaare Andrews’ Spider-Man: Reign is one such work. A flawed, messy, brilliant comic that engages with the time it came out while remaining relevant to this day, full of evocative imagery, fantastic fight...

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]]> 49475 INTERVIEW: Kelly Thompson & Marco Ferrari reintroduce the world to GI Joe’s Scarlett https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/14/kelly-thompson-marco-ferrari/ Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49235 Since its debut last year, Hasbro and Skybound’s Energon Universe has breathed new life into a 40-year-old franchise, giving readers a thoroughly modern take on the Transformers and GI Joe. Last week, phase two of GI Joe’s return launched with Kelly Thompson and Marco Ferrari’s Scarlett. One-half of ComicsXF’s Has-Bros, Tony Thornley, sat down with...

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]]> 49235 INTERVIEW: Zoe Tunnell plays kaiju cupid in IDW’s Godzilla Valentine’s Day Special https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/30/zoe-tunnell-interview-godzilla/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47807 Godzilla, the king of the monsters, a force of wanton destruction summoned by man’s inhumanity to man, known for tearing cities apart … but also, perhaps, bringing people together? On Feb. 7, IDW will release the Godzilla Valentine’s Day Special, a comic in which a kaiju blogger and a paramilitary peacekeeper go from enemies to...

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]]> 47807 INTERVIEW: Anthony Marques on moving Dewey’s Comic City back to Madison, NJ https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/15/interview-deweys-comic-city-anthony-marques/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47629 Union, New Jersey, the town where I grew up, was a victim of the comic shop implosion of the 1990s. By the time I left town for college in 1998, a couple of the stores where I had bought books over the years had closed. I had no idea whether there were any stores near...

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]]> 47629 Mutant Pizza trading cards dig into the deepest corners of Ninja Turtle history https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/21/mutant-pizza/ Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47202 Forty years ago this month, Kevin Eastman drew a masked, bipedal turtle with nunchucks to make his buddy, Peter Laird, laugh in their New Hampshire apartment. And thus a pop culture franchise was born, spanning comics, animation, toys, live-action rubber-suit movies, video games and one unforgettable Vanilla Ice song. And sure, you know Leo, Mikey,...

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]]> 47202 Will Robson talks about Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea’s journey from IDW to Zoop https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/25/will-robson-interview/ Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46384 Will Robson is excited to talk about Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, his comic about a team tasked with cleaning up ocean pollution whose mission quickly goes bad. He said the underwater horror book was inspired partly by the fact that he saw a double feature of Jaws and The Exorcist when...

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