In December, ComicsXFâs intrepid head honcho, Zachary Jenkins, hit the floor of C2E2 with a microphone in his hand and a hankering to talk to as many creators as he could get five minutes alone with. Over the next few weeks, weâll be sharing some of those interviews. Thirty years ago, Image Comics introduced the…
After a bit of a hiatus, itâs time to return to Crowdfunding Q&A. Currently on the blockchain-free comics crowdfunding platform Zoop, Thirty-Three is an action comedy family drama. Thatâs a lot of adjectives right there! ComicsXFâs own Cat Purcell reviewed the book when it was on Kickstarter, a review you can read here, but after…
In December, ComicsXFâs intrepid head honcho, Zachary Jenkins, hit the floor of C2E2 with a microphone in his hand and a hankering to talk to as many creators as he could get five minutes alone with. Over the next few weeks, weâll be sharing some of those interviews. You know who should draw a Shazam…
When you walk up to Charles Souleâs table in artists alley of C2E2 and ask for an interview, he leans over to his assistant. All preliminary questions in this interaction are dealt with through the assistant. Itâs a thing he and Rob Leifeld do, but to be fair to Charles, it seems like heâs tired…
Christina Merkler is the co-owner of Lunar Distribution, DCBS and InStockTrades. She sat down with ComicsXF to discuss the ongoing supply chain crisis as well as pivoting her business into being the primary distributor of DC Comics to the Direct Market. ComicsXF: Christina you are the owner of a Lunar Distribution the main distributor for…
Jimmy Leighton is a small-time second-floor hood in Boston until he breaks into the wrong Cambridge basement, fiddles with most definitely the wrong quantum computer and wakes up in Chicago with a brand new life and a swollen bank account. But then that pain flares in his head, and heâs taken to Afghanistan. Or a…
The Nice House on the Lake is one of the best comics, especially in the horror genre, to come out this year. With the 12-issue series about to go on hiatus after a shocking midpoint cliffhanger, we thought weâd chat with co-creator and artist Ălvaro MartĂnez Bueno about his process in creating such a well-defined…
Undone By Blood is an anthology Western from Aftershock Comics by Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson and Sami KivelĂ€. It features a period story of the American West, juxtaposed with the pulp novel tales of cowboy Solomon Eaton. The second volume comes out November 10th. We sat down with writers Lonnie & Zac to discuss the…
If youâve been keeping up with our reviews of Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hansâ Image Comics series DIE, you may have caught on that weâre big fans. With the publication of the series finale last month, we wanted to take the opportunity to look back on the comicâs creation and development. To accomplish this, in…
Walter Mosley shouldnât need any introduction. The acclaimed author of more than 50 books, including his famed series of Easy Rawlins mysteries, Mosleyâs work has been adapted into film and television, and earned him a series of honors ranging from the O. Henry Award to the National Book Foundation Medal. What comic readers might not…
Steve Foxe is a writer and editor working in both comics and children’s books. His new title Spider-Ham: Great Power, No Responsibility just recently dropped from Scholastics Graphix and he sat down with us to discuss. Zachary Jenkins: You have a history writing books for children, which I think a lot of people who are…
Since getting his start as a writer at Marvel in 2013, Al Ewing has become one of the publisherâs resident experts in cosmic concepts and big ideas. From The Ultimates and Contest of Champions to his recent and upcoming runs on S.W.O.R.D., Guardians of the Galaxy, Defenders and Venom, Ewing has always shown a willingness…
Tiger-men are cool. Whether itâs Prince Tuften of Kamandi, Shere Khan from Talespin or Bronze Tiger when he wears that mask, thereâs something about a human/tiger hybrid that strikes fear in the heart of pretty much anybody and inspires awe in the others. And now, a new Tiger-man has joined their ranks. Blighter is a…
Douglas Wolk has been reading Marvel comics since before Kate Pryde met the X-Men, but he began his adult life as a pop music critic, editor of a music magazine, and author of a very good book on James Brown. After relocating from the nationâs comics capital, New York City, to the nationâs other comics…
My records are spotty â and my memory spottier â but Iâve interviewed AHOY Comicsâ Grand Poobah-in-Chief Tom Peyer at least seven times counting this here piece. Why so often? Like the publisherâs line, heâs a balm for a cantankerous soul, a decidedly unique character in the world of the funny pages. This particular episode…