AfterShock - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:02:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 AfterShock - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Let’s Join a Cult in AfterShock’s The Brother of All Men #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/20/lets-join-a-cult-in-aftershocks-the-brother-of-all-men-1/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42136 I don’t think you should read this until you have finished reading AfterShock’s The Brother of All Men #1, an engrossing beginning to what is sure to be a powerful, horrifying, gripping read. If you have any affinity for cult horror, folk horror or the previous work of the creators, Zac Thompson, Eoin Marron, Mark...

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]]> 42136 Come on, Everybody, and Get AfterShook with These Recent #1s https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/10/come-on-everybody-and-get-aftershook-with-these-recent-1s/ Tue, 10 May 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40630 Sometimes dead is better. Especially when you’re trying to hide a trio of corpses in Dogs of London #1, written by Peter Milligan, drawn by Artecida, colored by Valentina Bianconi, lettered by Rob Steen and published by AfterShock. The only thing harder than an art heist during a monster attack is stealing gold from the...

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]]> 40630 AfterShock’s Land of the Living Gods #1 Continues Wave of African Storytelling https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/28/aftershocks-land-of-the-living-gods-1-continues-wave-of-african-storytelling/ Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38191 It is said that when the world dies, the spirits of the first people will return to witness the last days of humanity. Well, the spirits have arrived, and the end is here. But not everyone has given up hope. Naledi, a teenage girl living in the deserted city once called Johannesburg, has always believed...

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]]> 38191 Bylines in Blood Dabbles in the Obvious, Strikes at Post-Truth Society https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/10/bylines-in-blood-dabbles-in-the-obvious-strikes-at-post-truth-society/ Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37243 We’ve had a pandemic. A global economic crash. And a journalist has been murdered. But one hard-drinking female reporter-turned-detective is on the case. Bylines in Blood #1 is written by Erica Schultz and Van Jensen, illustrated by Aneke, lettered by Cardinal Rae and published by AfterShock. Will Nevin: OK, I know why I was interested...

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]]> 37243 Catching up on Parasomnia, Beyond the Breach and Bunny Mask https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/04/catching-up-on-parasomnia-beyond-the-breach-and-bunny-mask/ Wed, 04 Aug 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32356 A child is in danger. The narrative shifts. What’s real and what’s not in Parasomnia #1, written by Cullen Bunn, drawn and colored by Andrea Mutti for Dark Horse Comics. Just as Vanessa was getting out of a relationship that went south on account of cheating, a fucktruck full of monsters shows up. Great. Beyond...

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]]> 32356 Series Review: Knock ‘Em Dead Killed ‘Em Too Quickly https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/27/series-review-knock-em-dead-killed-em-too-quickly/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25814 Long as you keep ‘em way off balance, how can they spot you’ve got no talents? It’s a tale of stand-up comedy, spirit possession and the eternal, exacting price of fame in Knock ‘Em Dead, a five-issue miniseries by writer Eliot Rahal, artist Mattia Monaco, colorist Matt Milla, letterer Taylor Esposito and publisher AfterShock. Will...

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]]> 25814 Nuclear Family: The Standard Cold War Post-Apocalyptic Box of Giggles — with a Twist https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/07/nuclear-family-the-standard-cold-war-post-apocalyptic-box-of-giggles-with-a-twist/ Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=24532 Where will you be when the bombs drop? And when you emerge from whatever shelter you were able to find, what will the world look like around you? Good luck … with whatever finds you. Nuclear Family #1/#2 by writer Stephanie Phillips, artist Tony Shasteen, colorist JD Mettler, letterer Troy Peteri and publisher AfterShock. Based...

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]]> 24532 Advance Review: Undone by Blood Returns to Pull off a Heist during the Depression https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/02/advance-review-undone-by-blood-returns-to-pull-off-a-heist-during-the-depression/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22030 The early 1930s: The height of the Great Depression and the beginning of the Dust Bowl. Silvano Luna Del Rio works as a postman in Buttar, Texas. Reeling from a tragic past, with only a gun and a Western novel to his name, Silvano sets out to take back from the country that took so...

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]]> 22030 AfterShock Double Feature: Maniac of New York Slays as Miskatonic Nears its Dread End https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/27/aftershock-double-feature-maniac-of-new-york-slays-as-miskatonic-nears-its-dread-end/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21949 A killer emerges and horrifies a city and the world … but then sticks around in Maniac of New York #1 by writer Elliott Kalan, artist Andrea Mutti and letterer Taylor Esposito. The dead rise and the Old Ones awaken. More Lovecraftian horror abounds in Miskatonic #4 by writer Mark Sable, artist Giorgio Pontrelli, colorist...

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]]> 21949 Shadow Doctor Shows the Lengths One Goes to When a Dream Is Denied https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/22/shadow-doctor-shows-the-lengths-one-goes-to-when-a-dream-is-denied/ Mon, 22 Feb 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21567 Shadow Doctor #1 Writer: Peter Calloway, Artist: Georges Jeanty, Colorist: Juancho!, Letterer/Backmatter designer: Charles Pritchett, Publisher: AfterShock America, like most things, has its good and bad aspects. Those who find themselves categorized under the banner term of “minority” often know all too well just how bad the bad side of the United States can be. ...

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]]> 21567 What Horrors Will Miskatonic Unleash This Time, and What Will Come Next? https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/27/what-horrors-will-miskatonic-unleash-this-time-and-what-will-come-next/ Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=13624 If the dead rise in Arkham and no one is alive to scream, are they still scary? It’s time for Miskatonic #3 as written by Mark Sable, penciled by Giorgio Pontrelli, colored by Pippa Bowland and lettered by Thomas Mauer. Will Nevin: So. We have news. Justin Partridge: Such WONDROUS news, Little Monsters! Just as...

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