Dear Content Consumer, Please forgive me. You see, I’m taking this week off after the heaviness of our last time together. But don’t worry — I’ve arranged for my brother Bill to take over my duties this week. Bill is 43, a successful concrete contractor and is Extremely Offline. We are not close. And forgive…
Unearthed from the Summa Marvelogica, 13th century saint and philosopher Thomas Aquinas brings us answers to the most pressing questions of our day. In this piece, he looks at both Knull, the King In Black, and The Batman Who Laughs as they relate to each other and to the current comics landscape as a whole….
Each week, XavierFiles staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. CHRIS’ PICK: FCBD X-Men #1: Free Comic Book Summer begins with a sneak peek at this fall’s “X of Swords” by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Pepe Larraz (aka Team “House of X”) and a…
You’ve no doubt heard this complaint from people who Talk About Comics: “Why is comics’ biggest publisher farming out all its all-ages books to another company? Doesn’t it know the kids’ graphic novel market is a goldmine?” We’ve made that observation over and over and over again. Welp, Marvel’s apparently licensed its characters out to another publisher for more young-reader content….
Quantum & Woody #4 Writer: Christopher Hastings, Artist: Ryan Browne, Colorist: Ruth Redmond, Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Publisher: Valiant I respect the plucky temerity of the Valiant Universe. It’s this scrappy little underdog of a publisher, quietly churning out a small bumper crop of superhero books in a world where the Big Two exists, with just…
Welcome to Bonus Reading, a weekly feature in which Matthew Lazorwitz looks at four (or so) comics linked by a common character, creator or theme. Patreon backers of the WMQ&A podcast can request a custom Bonus Reading column built around their fave. Sign up here. This week, two new all-ages graphic novels are out from two…
That special something, that hidden talent, that wildcard, that X-Factor. It’s that thing you just can’t quite pin down, and it’s as applicable for the colloquialism as it is the X-Men franchise that bears the name. There have been many different squads who go by the moniker X-Factor, and today, we’re going to rank them…
This week’s roundup of indie comics reviews has a heavily licensed flavor, as Zachary Jenkins decides, “Why not read Sonic the Hedgehog comics?” and Robert Secundus acquaints himself with BOOM Studios’ “Ultimate Spider-Man”-ified take on the world of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” But first, Rob looks at what Vault Comics’ “No One’s Rose” can teach…
In a perfect world, X-Force wouldn’t be necessary. Unfortunately, we aren’t so lucky. In X-Force #10, the team revisit the threat of Terra Verde. Will X-Force ever be the same? Will Beast’s morally grey decisions come back to bite him in his furry, blue, bottom? Does Kenneth even remember what Beast did because it’s been…
The Fantastic Four are out of gas and in need of assistance out in space, finding themselves wrapped up in a combination coliseum/casino plot in this lead-up to Empyre! Writer Dan Slott, artists RB Silva and Sean Izaakse, colorists Marte Gracia and Marcio Menyz, and letterer Joe Caramagna bring us this far flung first family…
Since comics are a silent medium, mispronunciations of character names can be a common problem. You’re not alone if you grew up thinking Magneto was pronounced with a “net” instead of the correct “neat” syllable and felt a little surprised hearing it out loud in the animated series or the arcade game. Well, today we…
Released this year from Secret Acres, The Marchenoir Library is the latest work in Alex Degen’s unusual career. Degen, an American cartoonist, has created a unique graphic novel told entirely through the front and back covers of a fictional superhero series. We are given brief descriptions of the titular Marchenoir, her recurring allies and enemies,…
Last week when I said I need to write? This was one of those weeks. Today (July 6): Clifton Park, New York’s Adirondack Taekwondo Reopens “The virus is with us, but with need to live with it.” That’s what the anonymous Trump administration official told NBC News, and I swear to Christ it was the…
“Anywhere can be paradise as long as you have the will to live,” is a surprisingly hopeful quote from an incredibly depressing place at the end of the film The End Of Evangelion. It has inspired me to keep living, and keep trying to live, through a manner of situations on countless days over the…
Each week, XavierFiles staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. DCeased: Dead Planet #1: Once more unto the zom-breach. An all-grown-up Jon Kent, Damian Wayne and Cassie Sandsmark headline the latest helping of DC’s zombie-apocalypse franchise, written by Tom Taylor (“X-Men Red”) and drawn by…