Brian Azzarello - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:13:57 +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 Brian Azzarello - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 BatChat With Matt & Will: Black Label Batman (w/ Matt McThorn) https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/06/batchat-with-matt-will-black-label-batman-w-matt-mcthorn/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49173 In this week’s BatChat column, we read Detective Comics #1,085, Batman: Dark Age #3 and Batman: The Brave and the Bold #13. Check out the Big Board of rankings HERE. Thanks to Geri Nonnewitz for our podcast logo. Follow the show on Twitter @BatChatComics, and back us on Patreon.

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]]> 49173 BatChat With Matt And Will: Batman Across the Globe https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/10/batchat-with-matt-and-will-batman-across-the-globe/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46224 While Gotham City is an integral part of the Batman mythos, Batman is an international hero, and there are plenty of stories that take Batman out of the grim confines of his home city and out into a wider world. This week, we read three such stories: one a tour of the great cities of...

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]]> 46224 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 46: BatDad with Matt & Will https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/14/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-46-batdad-with-matt-will/ Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42025 Doctor. Philanthropist. Vigilante? Killer? For a character who was introduced to be killed and be the motivation to drive his son into a life of crime fighting, Thomas Wayne has worn a lot of hats (and cowls, for that matter). This week, we’re reading three stories that are about Thomas Wayne and his legacy. The...

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]]> 42025 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 41: Content Warnings Abound https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/30/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-41-content-warnings-abound/ Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41777 So, this week was supposed to see the release of the final issue of James Tynion IV’s ongoing Joker series, a series Matt & Will have unabashedly loved over on the BatChat column. But whether it’s supply chain shipping issues or something more related to the production of this particular issue, the comic has been...

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]]> 41777 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 35: Two Deaths and One Good Day For Jason Todd https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/19/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-35-two-deaths-and-one-good-day-for-jason-todd/ Thu, 19 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40843 Jason Todd is probably the unluckiest Robin (with apologies to Stephanie Brown): seemingly orphaned, lived on the streets, taken in by Batman only to be killed by the Joker only to be resurrected as a homicidal vigilante. But for decades, it was Jason’s death, not his life, that defined him as a character and added...

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]]> 40843 BatChat (Text) Gets into the Groove with I Am Batman, Urban Legends and Get Joker https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/13/batchat-text-gets-into-the-groove-with-i-am-batman-urban-legends-and-get-joker/ Fri, 13 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40747 Jace Fox is still hunting the mysterious and brutal killer in New York, and it’s starting to weigh on him. Will he be able to stop the killer with the help of friends and family? I Am Batman #9 is written by John Ridley, drawn by Christian Duce and Stephen Segovia, colored by Rex Locus...

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]]> 40747 BatChat With Matt & Will Ep.8: One Angry Batman https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/11/batchat-with-matt-will-ep-8-one-angry-batman/ Thu, 11 Nov 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35203 Batman may be the world’s greatest detective and martial artist, but he isn’t infallible, as much as some sections of fandom want you to believe. And this week, we look at three stories where Batman loses in very different ways. Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia Superheavy (Batman V.2 #41-50) Cold Days (Batman V.3 #51-53) If you...

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