In a perfect world, X-Force wouldnât be necessary. And in a perfect world, Quentin Quire wouldnât have died so much. Kid Omega gets a new lease on life in X-Force #17 brought to us by Benjamin Percey, Joshua Cassara, Guru-eFX and Joe Caramanga. Kenneth Laster: So the mad lads have finally done it…given us a…
The Mad Titan, Thanos, is murdering Eternals. Is this the cost of past sins? Kieron Gillen, Esad RibiÄ, Matthew Wilson and Clayton Cowles deliver Eternals #2. Zoe Tunnell: We’re back! After months of waiting, sitting with Eternals #1 while waiting for this second issue felt like, well, an eternity. Thankfully, this issue whips and is…
Who is Eden Fesi? Who is the Manifold? Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Ray-Anthony Height, Bernard Chang, Nico Leon, Marte Gracia, and Ariana Maher walk on his wild side in S.W.O.R.D. #3. Nola Pfau: Wow, that sure was a hell of a reveal this issue about Manifold, right? Zach Rabiroff: Yeah, I know! You mean the…
Did I need to pay $75.00 to read the Ariana Grande R.E.M. perfume comic book tie-in? No. Did I do it anyway? Yes. The pop superstar announced the sale of her limited edition perfume box at ULTA cosmetic stores on Twitter. R.E.M. is the third fragrance in the Grande multiverse. What makes this perfume different?…
Frank Miller, with his transformative run on Daredevil, the foundational The Dark Knight Returns, and high-profile independent comics-turned-movies like Sin City and 300, has long had an impact and profile to which few other modern comic book creators can compare. The stranglehold of âclassicâ comic book canon, in the sense of foundational texts, has loosened…
Blackness is what I see when I examine my ancestors through a brown-eyed gaze in the mirror; what I hear when my creole accent leaves my tongue and passes through my full lips; what I feel when my body sways, rhythmically, involuntarily, naturally to jazz, or worship, or hip hop. Blackness is the context – cohesive,…
The Avengers go Pacific Rim and start piloting some giant robots, in the miniseries launch by Jed MacKay, Carlos Magno, Guru-eFx, and Cory Petit, with a cover by Kei Zama and Guru! Sometimes a comic is exactly what it says on the label. Avengers: Mech Strike #1 is a comic where a team of Avengers…
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…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chrisâ Pick: Radiant Black #1: What if Peter Parker became a Tokusatsu hero? Find out in this new Image series by former Mighty Morphin Power Rangers writer Kyle Higgins and artist Marcelo Costa. ($3.99) Check…
Mikey Zee: Picture for me, if you will, two ComicsXF writers, smiling, outlined in pencil. First, we paint in one Mikey Zee with watercolors⊠going through family photos and seeing him grow from being but a wee babe to the adult he is now–wait! Austin! Not yet, they havenât finished painting me in yet! Oh,…
If youâre like me, youâre inclined to pass over tie-in one shot comics. They can feel forced – divorced from cannon and the continuity beats of the current run. And as one whoâs only paid attention to Knull and the King in Black saga from the periptery, I donât really know what’s going on, nor,…
For the last few months, Iâve been averaging 10+ miles per day on my runs. Hold your applause, please â itâs not so much an accomplishment as it is daring my body to fall to pieces on me. (My body has not done so to date. The coward.) But I was thinking earlier today with…
Welcome back to the land of tomorrow, where things are still pretty much as crappy as they’ve been for the Flash family in the recent past in Brandon Vietti, Brandon Peterson and Will Conrad’s Future State: The Flash #2. Meanwhile, the heroes of Metropolis get to put a check in the wins column over in…
âMy secret plan was to one day not tell anybody and just get on some bus to some random city and just move there and become this totally different person.â Enid Coleslaw, Ghost World (Daniel Clowes) The summer after high school is an often painful transitional period. Maybe itâs your last chance to hang out…
Jason Woodrue and Obsidian threaten to plunge the world into eternal darkness and our only hope is…vegetables?! Join us in looking at Future State: Swamp Thing #2, written by Ram V, penciled by Mike Perkins, colored by June Chung and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. Ari Bard: Hey Vishal⊠I think plants are our only hope. …