A proud New Orleanian living in the District of Columbia, Jude Jones is a professional thinker, amateur photographer, burgeoning runner and lover of Black culture, love and life. Magneto and Cyclops (and Killmonger) were right.Find more of Jude’s writing here. It always begins the same. They arrive. They are different – some in ways barely…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Sean’s pick: Wonder Woman #1: After a mysterious Amazonian is accused of mass murder, Congress passes the Amazon Safety Act, barring all Amazons from U.S. soil. To carry out their plans, the government starts a…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 312: Tom Fowler talks about the history of RPGs Tom Fowler joins the show to talk about his Kickstarter campaign for Gamemasters: The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where…
Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans and Clayton Cowles return to the world of DIE after a six-month hiatus with the first issue of the final arc of the series, “Bleed.” Our intrepid heroes take a sea journey to try to reach the center of DIE and save both the game world and the real one.Mark Turetsky:…
Who’s that man with the horns of a ram and your most personal data in the palm of his twitchy hand? It’s Sheldon Xenos, gene-editing superfan, and he’s got a frightening plan in Exceptional X-Men #7, written by Eve Ewing (whom we stan), drawn by Carmen Carnero (who follows her plan), colored by Nolan Woodard…
We’re in for a wild ride as Hellions begins with a debut issue by Zeb Wells, Stephen Segovia, David Curiel, and Cory Petit. The team comes together, with Psylocke as their parole officer and Sinister as the adult in the room. There is no way this could go poorly… Liz Large: I honestly had no…
Christi and Chris dive into the first half of the DC event, Sins of Youth (Sins of Youth #1, Superboy #74, Young Justice: Sins of Youth Secret Files and Origins #1, Sins of Youth: JLA Jr. #1, Sins of Youth: Aquaboy and Lagoon Man #1, Sins of Youth: Batboy and Robin #1). Support The Chrises…
Sealed in a dream-state by Krakoan technology, the fearsomely powerful Children of the Vault have been dormant in Chile while thinking they’ve taken over the world. Now Krakoa belongs to the past. Are the Children the future? Not if Cable and Bishop have much to say about it in Children of the Vault #1, written…
I have a little secret I’m not proud of: With the amount of Kickstarter projects I back, when they arrive, they tend to pile up. I have an entire pile of unread Kickstarter graphic novels and single issues that I always say I’m going to get to next week, and next week always becomes the…
You’ll never go in the water again, but maybe you’ll go back in the podcast again and talk about Loa (Alani Ryan). Ranked This Episode:
The facade falls away, and corporate jargon turns literal, as J.P. Kol’s hostile takeover turns into an all out brawl for the future of X-Corp. The Fenris Twins have their eyes on X-Corp’s proprietary IBG technology, forcing Angel and Penance to drop all their masks to keep their flying island of a company afloat. Written…
Kelly Thompson and Lee Garbett have taken Carol Danvers to the apocalyptic world of 2052, one ruled by Ove, the tyrant son of Namor and Amora the Enchantress. Now, powered by the mystic mallet Mjolnir itself, Captain Marvel has to save the future from Ove, and find here way back to the present. Make sure…
He is many, but not The Patchwork Man. Legion guides our crew as Si Spurrier, Bob Quinn, Java Tartaglia, and Clayton Cowles chart a new path in The Way of X #2. Jude Jones: This? This is good. This is very good. This is “let me dispense with the pleasantries and introduce some real meat…
Ron DeSantis is a pile of human excrement molded into human form and stuffed into a suit. The comic about him isn’t so great either. Political Power: Ron DeSantis is written by Michael Frizell, drawn and colored by Martin Gimenez, lettered by Benjamin Gilbert and published by TidalWave Productions. Roy remains the center of the…
“No, I didn’t like it. At all.” She told me (of all people!) she doesn’t like Black Panther. Not the movie, not the comic. Nothing. But I wasn’t mad. How could I be? She was born in East Africa, educated in Kenya and Namibia. She speaks Amharic to her mother and father. How could she…