Black Stars Above - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Mon, 27 Jul 2020 18:57:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Black Stars Above - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Lonnie Nadler Part II: On ‘Black Stars Above,’ Margaret Atwood and why trains are weird https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/28/lonnie-nadler-part-ii-on-black-stars-above-margaret-atwood-and-why-trains-are-weird/ Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7235 MISSED PART I OF OUR INTERVIEW? READ IT HERE! Black Stars Above is an existential, cosmic and survival horror comic written by Lonnie Nadler, drawn by Jenna Cha, colored by Brad Simpson and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. It follows Eulalie, a Métiswoman living in 1887 Canada, who flees the trap her family has set for her...

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]]> 7235 You guys! X-Factor’s here! … and some other comics that are also out July 29 https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/27/you-guys-x-factors-here-and-some-other-comics-that-are-also-out-july-29/ Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7211 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. CORI’S PICK (BUT REALLY EVERYONE’S, BUT MOSTLY CORI’S BECAUSE SHE’S REVIEWING IT THIS WEEK, BUT MAN, WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED): X-Factor #1: After a tantric, monthslong wait, Leah Williams and David Baldeon’s series...

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]]> 7211 Interview: Lonnie Nadler on Vault’s Black Stars Above, telling a Canadian story and moving past Lovecraft https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/24/interview-lonnie-nadler-on-vaults-black-stars-above-telling-a-canadian-story-and-moving-past-lovecraft/ Fri, 24 Jul 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7178 “I cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows of men’s 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.” Robert Chambers, The King In Yellow “When you are here and...

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