Billionaire Island - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 22 Aug 2021 17:09:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Billionaire Island - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 WMQ&A Episode 174: Mark Russell Life Story https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/24/wmqa-episode-174-mark-russell-life-story/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32969 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 174: Mark Russell Life Story Writer Mark Russell joins the show to talk about a range of books, from AWA’s Not All Robots to Marvel’s Fantastic Four Life Story to AHOY’s Second Coming to Vault’s Deadbox, and to tease future projects. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud,...

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]]> 32969 ‘I Didn’t Expect a Series Involving a Pandemic to Actually Be Interrupted by a Pandemic’: Mark Russell on ‘Billionaire Island’ & More https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/13/i-didnt-expect-a-series-involving-a-pandemic-to-actually-be-interrupted-by-a-pandemic-mark-russell-on-billionaire-island-more/ Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9495 Mark Russell and Steve Pugh’s AHOY Comics series “Billionaire Island” 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 world’s billionaires moving to a floating island...

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]]> 9495 Three Jokers and 9 Staff Picks for Aug. 26 https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/24/three-jokers-and-9-staff-picks-for-aug-26/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7842 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...

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]]> 7842 Why, Will: Tom King was right (but we all still lost) https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/27/why-will-tom-king-was-right-but-we-all-still-lost/ Mon, 27 Jul 2020 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7229 Just when you think you have all the answers, it’s 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 aren’t intolerable assholes, there are no winners. Not King, who now looks like a bully for taking...

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]]> 7229 Why, Will Weekly Planner: DC’s New ‘Rorschach’-Style Slate of Books https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/20/why-will-weekly-planner-dcs-new-rorschach-style-slate-of-books/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 17:35:27 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7044 Big, big news that I am proud to break this week. Let’s get right to it. Today (July 20): DClassified: Week of Announcements Begins After last week’s news that DC will be releasing Rorschach, a 12-issue maxiseries by writer Tom King and artist Jorge Fornés that represents a mystifying return to the Watchmen well, the...

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]]> 7044 2 Image Debuts, an Archie Crisis and More Staff Picks for the Week of July 22 https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/20/2-image-debuts-an-archie-crisis-and-more-staff-picks-for-the-week-of-july-22/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7020 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. DAN’S PICK: Chu #1: Tony Chu’s criminal sister Saffron steals the spotlight – and other stuff – in the debut issue of this prequel to John Layman and Rob Guillory’s classic Image series “Chew.”...

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]]> 7020 ‘Devil’s Highway,’ ‘Billionaire Island’ & ‘The Plot’: Your indie triple play for July 1 https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/01/devils-highway-billionaire-island-the-plot-your-indie-triple-play-for-july-1/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=6701 Bam! Pow! Zap! Xavier Files isn’t just for X-Men anymore! In case you missed the memo, the site you love is now covering the wider comics industry. And so this week we have a roundup of reviews from across the indie spectrum, including Benjamin “X-Force” Percy’s latest crime thriller (reviewed by Zachary Jenkins), Mark Russell’s...

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]]> 6701 Image Gives Comic Shops the Gift of Negan, Return to ‘Billionaire Island’ and More Staff Picks for July 1 https://comicsxf.com/2020/06/29/image-gives-comic-shops-the-gift-of-negan-return-to-billionaire-island-and-more-staff-picks-for-july-1/ Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=6633 Each week, XavierFiles staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Check with your local comic shop to make sure they’re open or offering pickup or shipping services. Negan Lives #1: Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard return to the world of “The Walking Dead” in a...

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