Robbie MacNiven has spent several years writing licensed novels for franchises like Warhammer 40k. Today marks his first foray into the world of X-Men with First Team: A Marvel: Xavier’s Institute Novel from Aconyte Books. He sat down to talk to the ComicsXF team about the title. Zachary Jenkins: Whatâs your background with comics, and…
Tyler Boss is an award winning cartoonist and creator of Dead Dog’s Bite, out this week. He sat down with CXF to talk about this long awaited title. Zachary Jenkins: This book is billed as âTwin Peaks means Lady Birdâ. Weâve seen from the pages released, a sense of unease already. With comics being a…
Maniac of New York, the new AfterShock series from writer Elliott Kalan, artist Andrea Mutti and letterer Taylor Esposito, begins with a simple idea: A big, tough Jason Voorhees-type abomination climbs out of the camp swamps and heads to the big city to kill a lot of people. And that would be a fun slasher…
Stephanie Williams has become a sensation in comics journalism, webcomics, and is making her debut in tomorrow’s Marvel Voices: Legacy. She sat down with us to talk about the journey she has taken to get where she is today. Zachary Jenkins: What was your path from journalist to Marvel writer like? Stephanie Williams: Itâs been…
Danny Lore is one of the hottest up-and-coming creators in the market today. They sat down with us to talk about all their upcoming work. And also building robots. Zachary Jenkins: Much of your recent work, it’s been co-written with Vita Ayala, and you’re moving away from that so far with something’s been announced with…
My first exposure to Sherlock Holmes in print was going into this little shop and finding a selection of small paperbacks that were Classics Illustrated-esque comics from Pendulum Press. I walked out with a bunch, because they were a dollar each and my mom was more than willing to buy them for me since they…
Declan Shalvey is the acclaimed artist of Moon Knight, Return Of Wolverine, and Injection. He has also gained praise for his Irish crime fiction, Bog Bodies and Savage Town. He sat down with ComicsXF to discuss his upcoming one-shot Immortal Hulk: Flatline, out February 17th 2021. Zachary Jenkins: Youâre best known as an artist but…
Jordan Blum isn’t your average Hollywood big shot. For one, he’s worked on funny and subversive shows like Community, American Dad and the upcoming MODOK series for Hulu. For two, he’s a big old X-Men nerd. And for three, he’s also co-writing MODOK: Head Games. Jordan sat down for a chat with us about the…
Not even a year ago, Scott Modrzynski and a cadre of artists unleashed on the world The ColleXion, a series of trading cards featuring X-Men characters ranging from Cyclops to No-Girl. The experience was so nice, they had to do it twice. Actually, to hear Modrzynski tell it, it wasnât so much nice as it…
Superhero stories are often at their best when they reflect the struggles people go through, but in a situation writ large with pathos and drama that we will never see in our day-to-day life. And since so much of our day-to-day life is surrounded by social media, why wouldnât a superhero have problems that involve…
New Mutants and Children Of The Atom writer Vita Ayala joins us again to talk about these teen and making good comics. This week’s episode art was by Jen Overstreet with colors by Luke Herr and he is a good teen boy.
X-Men writer Jonathan Hickman has a passion for graphic design. His love of charts has become nearly as memetic as his pithy interviews. Since we at ComicsXF are evolving our graphic design with the relaunch, we figured it was the perfect time to invite Jon over to talk about charts. Zachary Jenkins: Design elements have…
No Oneâs Rose by Emily Horn, Zac Thompson, Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque, RaĂșl Angulo and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou is an adventure story that explores ecology, utopia and life after calamity. I spoke with Horn and Thompson about the series and their perspectives on utopian fiction, climate change, destructive cycles, Waterworld and more. Click here for Part I….
No Oneâs Rose by Emily Horn, Zac Thompson, Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque, RaĂșl Angulo and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou is an adventure story that explores ecology, utopia and life after calamity. I spoke with Horn and Thompson about the series and their perspectives on utopian fiction, climate change, destructive cycles, Waterworld and more. The following transcription has been…
If you listen to WMQ&A, you know that I am a cat person. My wife and I have a cat, Bess, who pretty much controls every aspect of our lives. But what I talk about less, because we currently donât have one around the house, is that we are also bunny people. And so when…