A new era dawns on Gotham City, as Batman has to face some harsh truths and figure out what to do now that the Joker War is over in āBatmanā #101 from James Tynion IV, Guillem March, Tomeu Morey and Clayton Cowles Matt Lazorwitz: So, I have to say, with one big caveat weāll get…
You got me, Robert Kirkman. The Splash There is something so unabashedly commercial in re-releasing āThe Walking Deadā in color that I canāt help but like it. Tellinā fans it wonāt be collected and makinā āem snap up those floppies? For a series thatās already made dump trucks of television and licensing* money? Itās so…
Welcome to the first of our new review feature: āBat Chat with Matt (and Will!).ā Weāre starting off with a big one, folks (Or is it? Weāll get to that), the end of the āJoker Warā story. As Gotham burns and the Bat-family tries to hold it together, Batman and Joker face down in a…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. This Week, in ‘X of Swords‘ Marauders #13: Storm visits her former in-laws in Wakanda to request their aid against the forces of Arakko as the X-Men event continues. Vita Ayala (Children of the…
One Joker down, two to go. Batman, Batgirl and Red Hood are on a collision course with each other and the remaining two Jokers, and fresh wounds will be laid over their scars in Batman: Three Jokers #2 from Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson.
He is the lone avenger of the night. He sits atop gargoyles in Gotham City, eternally alone in his quest for justice. He is Batman. He is the father figure to a group of young people who fight in his endless war against crime. He works with them to make them better, stronger and frankly…
Dan Grote Ā· WMQ&A Episode 125: Scott Snyder's eternal darkness BIG GUEST ALERT! Writer Scott Snyder (“Batman,” “Justice League,” “Undiscovered Country”) joins Dan and Matt to talk about his Kickstarter for a collector’s edition of the first issue of NOCTERRA, his upcoming Image series with Tony Daniel, his (many) plans for independent projects and a…
Five years ago, Batman made a startling discovery in the pages of Justice League #50: There are three Jokers. Teased since then, this week readers finally begin to get an answer to the mystery, and heās taking Batgirl and Red Hood along for the ride. Does this really pay off that much lead time and…
If youāre going to do a thing ā any stupid thing at all ā it should be done right. The Splash I donāt know who runs social media for IMDb (which, by the way, is one more part of the Amazon empire if you didnāt know), but they should be fired ā preferably into the…
The original version of this piece appeared on my blog, The Matt Signal, on Aug. 23, 2013, shortly after news broke — and stink rose — that Ben Affleck would be playing Batman in a yet-to-be-named live action movie. Seven years later, we find ourselves in a similar situation, so I think itās time to…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Batman: Three Jokers #1: No one picked this, but it feels silly to ignore the elephant in the room of this week’s releases, DC’s long-threatened Black Label Bat-mini by writer Geoff Johns and artist…
Just when you think you have all the answers, itās time to change the questions. The Splash In the fracas between writer Tom King, artist Jae Lee and comic book fans who want works created by people who arenāt intolerable assholes, there are no winners. Not King, who now looks like a bully for taking…
Dracula, as created by Bram Stoker, is one of the most written about and filmed literary characters. As with Sherlock Holmes, it feels like everyone has a Dracula story. Sometimes theyāre comedies (Mel Brooksā āDracula: Dead and Loving Itā), sometimes theyāre rooted in history (Elizabeth Kostovaās novel āThe Historianā) and sometimes theyāreā¦ odd choices (āBlade:…
Big, big news that I am proud to break this week. Letās get right to it. Today (July 20): DClassified: Week of Announcements Begins After last weekās news that DC will be releasing Rorschach, a 12-issue maxiseries by writer Tom King and artist Jorge FornĆ©s that represents a mystifying return to the Watchmen well, the…
Comics are a visual medium, a combination of written words and pictures. But movie adaptations have taught us that comic book stories, whether superhero, crime, biographical or otherwise, can be translated to other media. But even before there were superhero serials on the big screen, comic books were translated to another medium: radio plays, whether…