Change came by force to the comics industry in 2020. A two-month pause in shipping by Diamond Comic Distributors ā until this summer the lone distributor of single-issue comics in North America ā laid bare the industryās weaknesses. It sent comic shops into survival mode, led DC to seek out new distributors, lured creators to…
Look what [my editors] made me do. Get it? Iām told thatās a reputation reference. Well whatever, it doesn’t matter because weāre not here to talk about 2017 Taylor Swift. No, this is about 2020 Taylor Swift. Specifically evermore, her second full length album release this year which dropped last week. While we already established…
I have experimented with different columns and different formats over the five or so years Iāve been writing about comics, but you, Loyal Content Consumer, donāt necessarily care about that; no, you care about the comics, and I want to care about the comics with you. When Iām curled up in my big ratty office…
Zoe Tunnell: Hi there! I’m Zoe Tunnell, and I think the Eternals are pretty neat. I’ve got a weird history with the team as they somehow were one of my first forays into the Marvel Universe! After getting into comics via the Ultimate Universe as a teen in the mid-2000s, I started scouring my local…
X-Men writer Jonathan Hickman has a passion for graphic design. His love of charts has become nearly as memetic as his pithy interviews. Since we at ComicsXF are evolving our graphic design with the relaunch, we figured it was the perfect time to invite Jon over to talk about charts. Zachary Jenkins: Design elements have…
Christi and Chris get weird in this patron-requested Weird War III episode! What’s the deal with Excalibur and Nazis? How brutal is Kitty Pryde? Why does Lockheed routinely vanish mid-issue? All this and more in this episode! Patreon Kofii Album Art by Kate Foray Music Credits: āEvening Melodramaā Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By…
About ComicsXF We used to be an X-Men site, but then we started covering other Marvel stuff, and indie comics, and Batman. We used to be a one-podcast website. Now, in addition to ranking every X-Men story from A to Z on Battle of the Atom, we also interview creators weekly on WMQ&A: The ComicsXF…
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Wolverine reminisces as X-Force bleeds into his solo. Benjamin Percy, Adam Kubert, Antonio Fabela, Viktor Bogdanovic, Matthew Willson, and Cory Petit present Wolverine #8.Which is also Wolverine #350.Don’t ask. TT: Hey Pierce! Welcome to our first column talking about our little corner of the Rain of X! Itās like the Dawn of X except thereās…
No Oneās Rose by Emily Horn, Zac Thompson, Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque, RaĆŗl Angulo and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou is an adventure story that explores ecology, utopia and life after calamity. I spoke with Horn and Thompson about the series and their perspectives on utopian fiction, climate change, destructive cycles, Waterworld and more. Click here for Part I….
What if the last 60 years of American history was a carefully orchestrated conspiracy designed to teach the president who really runs the country? Wouldnāt that be something? Vishal Gullapalli, Forrest Hollingsworth and Will Nevin team up to talk over The Department of Truth #4 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds, Aditya Bidikar, Dylan Todd…
Batman and Robin (?) swing in to save the rest of the Bat family from Hush, a new mayor of Gotham is elected and Bruce says goodbye to Wayne Manor in Detective Comics #1,033 from Peter J. Tomasi, Brad Walker, Andrew Hennesy, Dave McCaig and Rob Leigh. Meanwhile, Harley, Duke Thomas and FBI profiler Hector…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick X-Men #16: When the mutant nation of Krakoa was formed, the X-Men were disbanded as a concept both to keep power on the island balanced among the Quiet Council and to move…
No Oneās Rose by Emily Horn, Zac Thompson, Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque, RaĆŗl Angulo and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou is an adventure story that explores ecology, utopia and life after calamity. I spoke with Horn and Thompson about the series and their perspectives on utopian fiction, climate change, destructive cycles, Waterworld and more. The following transcription has been…
Hello friends and readers! We have a pint-sized week as this devil year slowly comes to an end! Our very own Double A-Lister Andrea Ayres looks into U.S.Agent #2 and our Conan aficionado Tony Thornley travels to Cimmeria for a comic sized specifically for royalty in King-Sized Conan #1! U.S.Agent #2 Written by: Christopher Priest…