Matt Lazorwitz: Welcome to ComicsXF’s roundtable discussion of DC’s new linewide event introduction, Infinite Frontier #0. I’m Matt Lazorwitz, the guy who came up with this harebrained scheme, and I’d like to start with everyone here sounding off. Let’s see who I’ve been able to gather from our illustrious staff. Tony Thornley: Hi, I’m Tony…
An old legend breathes new life and a new avatar of the Green is born. Destined to meet, does Levi Kamei have what it takes to confront the immortal beings that lay waiting? Join us in looking at The Swamp Thing #1, written by Ram V, penciled by Mike Perkins, colored by June Chung and…
What if it was actually the year 1724? Wouldn’t that be something? Vishal Gullapalli, Forrest Hollingsworth and Will Nevin team up to talk over Department of Truth #6 by James Tynion IV, Elsa Charretier, Matt Hollingsworth, Aditya Bidikar, Dylan Todd and Steve Foxe. Will Nevin: Well that was a hell of a final page, wasn’t…
Hey, we’re back in the present this week! The Magistrate is just a glimmer in the eye of a creepy billionaire, the Scarecrow is running amok and there’s … sigh, more Ghost-Maker. Plus, in the backup, a mother and child reunion is only a stabbing away as Damian goes home to Talia in Batman #106…
It’s hard being a teen. Harder still when your part of a secret magic school where the Scarlet Witch is your teacher and the son of Dormammu one of your classmates. Such is the life of the charming children of Strange Academy. To make matters worse, Skottie Young and Humberto Ramos are making sure everyone…
The Phoenix powered Avengers punch each other some more in the penultimate chapter of Enter the Phoenix by Jason Aaron, Javier Garron, David Curiel, and Cory Petit. Marvel has a long and storied tradition of some of the best extended runs in comics. Simonson’s Thor was over four years long, Roger Stern wrote Spider-Man for…
Award-winning writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, who spent the last 5 years writing comics for Marvel, will reportedly write a live action Superman film. Outside of an Instagram post (does that silver “S” look kinda Steel-ish? How should I read Ava DuVernay liking the post?), we have no other information about the film. No plot, no star,…
[Content Warning for blood and descriptions of violence.] It’s Nov. 9, 2019, and I’m watching a man’s psyche unravel. It’s not clean; in fact, it’s about as messy as it can be. I’ve only been back into wrestling for two months at this point, inexplicably pulled back in 20 years after I stopped watching altogether….
Transformers ’84: Secrets & Lies Writer: Simon Furman, Artist: Guido Guidi, Colorist: John-Paul Bove, Letterers: Jake M. Wood and Tom B. Long, Publisher: IDW The Quote Unquote “Marvel Continuity” of Transformers vaguely resembles an Inception-like flow chart. There is the 80-issue run of the Transformers series, minis like G.I.Joe vs. Transformers and Headmasters, filler stories…
Three things are essential to a good mystery story. First, the setting should feel like a character in itself, a vital part of the storytelling, setting the tone for everything that happens within it. Second, you need a compelling, possibly tortured protagonist, grounding the mystery in human emotion, and entertaining enough to justify the time…
Dan McMahon: The High Republic has been the Star Wars fix that I need every month. It’s odd after having Mando every week and a movie ever year that I still constantly want more. But this is scratching that itch. Sspecifically my new favorite Jedi Sskeer. Jake, you ready to get into this action packed…
It’s time to break the team’s brains in Hellions #10, from Zeb Wells, Stephen Segovia, David Curiel, and Ariana Maher. Liz Large: Are you excited to see our team face the scariest villain of all– an escape room run by a man who looks like a Chucky doll? Austin Gorton: Jiminy Cricket, how is it…
In a perfect world, Tom and Jerry wouldn’t be necessary. In this world, Tom and Jerry are absolutely necessary. From Warner Animation Group and directed by Tim Story comes an animated cat, an animated mouse, and a whole lot of live action shenanigans. Kenneth Laster: Ah the c i n e m á. When I…
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…
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: What’s your background with comics, and…