The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. Drawing comics takes time. That’s all there is to it. Artists cannot maintain a 20-page-a-month pace without burning themselves out…
The Silver Coin continues as an ongoing series. The kid has been losing serious quarters to the arcade’s hot new fighting game. But when he finds the Silver Coin, he just can’t stop winning — no matter how bloody the game gets. Issue #6 is drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh and written by Josh…
1899, Yukon Territory. A frozen frontier, bloodied and bruised by the last great Gold Rush. But in the lawless wastes to the north, something whispers in the hindbrains of men, drawing them to a blighted valley, where giant spidertracks mark the snow and impossible guns roar in the night. To Brokehoof, where gold and blood…
Forrest Hollingsworth: Rob, we’re gathered here today to celebrate the lives and numerous deaths in TKO’s newest horror anthology, TKO Presents: Tales of Terror, which collects all of their previously released horror shorts. First, though, I want to know how you feel about framing narratives for anthologies. There’s a storied history for them in horror,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s Pick: Destroy All Monsters: A Reckless Book: My Grishams! Writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips roll out the third volume in their series of Image Graphic Novels for Dads as PI Ethan Reckless…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cassie’s Pick: Inferno #1: Mystique makes good on her promise to burn Krakoa to the ground as Head of X Jonathan Hickman takes his leave of us with this four-part event miniseries. Issue #1 is…
Batman and Ghost-Maker enter the mind of the Bat for a journey into his subconscious as more about Scarecrow’s plot to instigate a Fear State are revealed in Batman #113, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. And in the…
It’s all been leading to this. DC’s new Batman event starts in Batman: Fear State Alpha. Numerous threads from across the Batman line start to come together, with many villains making their move and the heroes caught on the back foot. The issue is written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Riccardo Federici, colored by…
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You can’t keep Batman down. Everywhere you look, there he is! In Detective Comics #1,041, Batman deals with the repercussions of his war with Mr. Worth as The Jury makes its moves against Batman and Bruce Wayne. And in the backup, reporter Deb Donovan gets a tip that leads her down a morbid trail. The…
The weather’s great, the woods are quiet and the home theater has whatever blockbuster you’d care to see. But the world’s on fire and all your friends at home are dead. Still, try to relax in The Nice House on the Lake #2, written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Alvaro Martinez Bueno, colored by…
Welcome back to Bat Chat! This week, Batman faces off with Peacekeeper-01 while the Unsanity Collective prepares for war and the true extent of how far Simons Saint will go to ensure order in Gotham is revealed in Batman #110 with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by…
How can there be both too many comics and still not nearly enough? The idea of finding something new to read can seem daunting. If you’re looking to jump into a new book, the staff of ComicsXF can point you in the direction of some of our favorite recent releases and currently ongoing titles. Looking…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick: Greek Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular: Celebrate eight decades of the Emerald Archer with this all-star anthology featuring stories by Mariko Tamaki, Tom Taylor, Stephanie Phillips, Benjamin Percy, Otto Schmidt, Javier Rodriguez,…
Thanks to some shipping-related hijinks due to the holiday, and the fact that Matt insists on reading things physically, we skipped last week’s Bat Chat, so this week is a hat trick of the three main-continuity Bat books. Simon Saint’s plan becomes more clear and Harley makes a connection in Batman #109 with a lead…