Walter Mosley shouldn’t need any introduction. The acclaimed author of more than 50 books, including his famed series of Easy Rawlins mysteries, Mosley’s 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 publisher’s 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 it’s Prince Tuften of Kamandi, Shere Khan from Talespin or Bronze Tiger when he wears that mask, there’s 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 nation’s comics capital, New York City, to the nation’s other comics…
My records are spotty – and my memory spottier – but I’ve interviewed AHOY Comics’ Grand Poobah-in-Chief Tom Peyer at least seven times counting this here piece. Why so often? Like the publisher’s line, he’s a balm for a cantankerous soul, a decidedly unique character in the world of the funny pages. This particular episode…
What’s the Furthest Place From Here?, the newest project from artist Tyler Boss and writer Matthew Rosenberg, is a story about a lost generation of kids growing up in the ashes of the apocalypse and how they define themselves. A sprawling tale, set to its very own soundtrack, it represents a new direction for the…
Who doesn’t love a good fighting game? The colorful characters, the badass special moves, the tragic backstories that provide motivation for all manner of punches, kicks and shoryukens. But what if the fighters found out the game was empty, a means to an end for those with darker intentions, and the players soon lost interest…
FROM THE DESK OF WILLIAM C. NEVIN Sept. 27, 1948 THUD. He bolted awake and looked at the wall clock to his immediate left. 11:48 a.m. Clifton was early. He cursed the mailman and shifted slightly in the white wingback chair, waiting for all his faculties to arrive before he’d attempt the chore of standing…
For all my crowdfunding pieces, I have stuck to the big boy of the crowdfunding industry, Kickstarter. But there are plenty of other games in town. One of these other platforms is Zoop, which focuses specifically on comics. Among the projects on Zoop right now is The Brothers James, from Brian Level, Ryan Ferrier and…
RPGs and comics: two great tastes that taste great together. From the Dungeons & Dragons comics of the ’80s to Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans’ meditation on games and aging, DIE, there is a history of comics and gaming blending together. A new addition joins the ranks this week, when Mark Sable (Miskatonic) and Chris…
Jay Edidin is a writer, editor and podcaster who’s title Captain America Infinity Comic is currently running, exclusively on the Marvel Unlimited platform. He sat down with ComicsXF to discuss tackling the new format. Zachary Jenkins: Alright. Perfect. So Jay, you are best known for being an X-Pert running the show Jay and Miles Explain…
A.C. Esguerra is a comics author and illustrator. Their debut, black-and-white, original graphic novel, Eighty Days — a queer romance inspired by the early days of aviation — was published by BOOM Studios’ Archaia imprint this month. A novella version of the story won a Prism Queer Press Grant Award in 2016. Esguerra was born…
Archie Comics has been publishing all-ages tales of the Riverdale gang for 80 years, and while the core of the gang remains the big five (Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead and Reggie), plenty of other characters have joined the gang. While many come and go after a couple years, a few stick around, like Moose Mason,…
Although they never made it an official career goal, Made in Korea author Jeremy Holt said it felt surreal and exciting when they were approached to contribute the new Marvels Voices anthology, Identity. It’s fitting as well, they said, since as a non-binary, identical triplet, Korean adoptee, Holt said they will never not explore identity…