Few comics have captured as wide an audience as Jeff Smithâs all-ages fantasy epic Bone. This week, Smith launched a Kickstarter for the first two graphic novels in his new series: Tuki: Fight for Fire and Tuki: Fight for Family. I sat down over Zoom with Smith to talk about Tuki, Bone, the process of…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishalâs Pick: Heroes Reborn #1: The Avengers do an Age of Apocalypse, imagining a world where Earthâs Mightiest Heroes never teamed up, with Blade in the Bishop role, in a seven-issue event series by writer…
James Tynion IV has risen to the top of the industry with acclaimed creator owned books like Department Of Truth, fascinating anthology projects like Razorblades, and also Batman, the book about Batman. He sat down with ComicsXF to give his thoughts on the state of the comics industry and how creators can get their stories…
Thenaâs questionable dating history gets scrutinized, but the Eternals are no closer to finding the traitor in Eternals #3, written again by Kieron Gillen, art by Esad RibiÄ, colors by Matthew Wilson, with VCâs Clayton Cowles doing the lettering and design. Zoe Tunnell: WHO KILLED THE PRIME ETERNAL??? Three issues in and I still don’t…
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…
Join us as we spend time with new friends and old enemies in Hellions #8, from Zeb Wells, Stephen Segovia, David Curiel, and Ariana Maher. Liz Large: Are you ready to watch Nanny get her…baby-mobile? Magic school bus? [Ed. note: shaggin wagon?] back as forcefully as possible? Because thatâs why Iâm here. Austin Gorton: Yes!…
Redfork is a six-issue miniseries/six-part graphic novel by writer Alex Paknadel, artist Nil Vendrell, colorist Giulia Brusco and letterer Ryan Ferrier. It follows Noah as he leaves prison and returns to his Appalachian hometown, where he discovers sinister forces both without and deeply within that community. It is available now from TKO Studios. This interview…
Mark Russell and Steve Pughâs AHOY Comics series âBillionaire Islandâ arrived in early March as an uneasy world watched what would soon be declared a pandemic spread across the globe and collectively tugged on its collar and made a big cartoon gulping sound. Suddenly, the idea of the worldâs billionaires moving to a floating island…
Suzie has a line in the final issue of Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky’s “Sex Criminals”: “And after a while, you stop asking about someone, you stop thinking about someone. Doesn’t mean I stopped caring.” Jon, equally preoccupied with the thought of seeing his fellow series lead after some time apart, narrates: “Now I know…
Ten swords, ten champions, ten battles for the fate of the world. X Of Swords continues this week with three comics about two heroes. First Pierce Lightning & Tony Thornley set the stage with Benjamin Percy, Viktor Bogdanovic, Matthew Wilson, and Cory Petit’s Wolverine #6. Then Ari Bard & Kenneth Laster keep things moving with…
Up-and-coming indie comics creators and start-up publishers need to answer a lot of questions. How much money do I need to publish my comic? How can I work with comic shops to market the comics? How do I select a printer? Entertainment contracts attorney Gamal Hennessy seeks to answer those questions in The Business of Independent Comic…
Eliot Rahal is not a saint. Heâs not a hero. Heâs just a guy â albeit one who can write some great comics â who lives 15 minutes away from the Minneapolis Police Departmentâs Third Precinct, the den of corruption and indifference that became the epicenter of protests after George Floydâs death at the hands…
âI cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows of menâs thoughts lengthen in the afternoon, when the twin suns sink into the lake of Hali; and my mind will bear for ever the memory of the Pallid Mask.â Robert Chambers, The King In Yellow âWhen you are here and…