Brian K. Vaughan - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 12 Oct 2023 03:17:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Brian K. Vaughan - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 BatChat With Matt & Will: His Father’s Mustache https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/12/batchat-with-matt-will-his-fathers-mustache/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46788 Everyone knows that Batman is also billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. But what most people outside of Batman comics fans don’t know is that Batman has another alter ego: two-bit mobster Matches Malone, an identity Batman uses to infiltrate the mob. This week, we’re reading three stories where Batman uses the Matches identity: an arc that...

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]]> 46788 The Family and Its Foes Return in Saga #61 https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/30/the-family-and-its-foes-return-in-saga-61/ Mon, 30 Jan 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44625 Saga #61 finds our little family without a home, trying to hide from a war they can’t avoid. With art by Fiona Staples, writing by Brian K. Vaughan, and letters and design by Fonografiks.  Mark Turetsky: Hey Matt! It’s been a while. But only a few months this time, just the standard “between story arcs”...

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]]> 44625 Kid, Saga #60 Will Break Your Heart https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/08/kid-saga-60-will-break-your-heart/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41963 Now that Alana is fully licensed, everything is good, right? Right? Saga #60 is drawn by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan and lettered/designed by Fonografiks. Matt Lazorwitz: Well, that’s a way to end an arc. Staples and Vaughan always know exactly where to punch; it’s the place you weren’t expecting. Mark Turetsky: Hazel’s...

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]]> 41963 Break-ups, Farewells and Fish-o-cide in Saga #59 https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/27/break-ups-farewells-and-fish-o-cide-in-saga-59/ Fri, 27 May 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41145 Multiple farewells, none of them friendly, and the cost of magic are in the spotlight in the penultimate chapter of the return arc of Saga in Saga #59, drawn by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan and lettered/designed by Fonografiks. Matt Lazorwitz: You know, you can only be around so many disastrous relationships before...

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]]> 41145 Two Widows, Three Chords, One Kinky Agent in Saga #58 https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/28/two-widows-three-chords-one-kinky-agent-in-saga-58/ Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40369 Alana meets a fellow survivor, Hazel learns that learning is hard, and the Skipper learns the truth about Bombazine in Saga #58, drawn by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan and lettered/designed by Fonografiks. Matt Lazorwitz: Well, isn’t it nice when a plan comes together, Mark? We do a three-section column, and this issue...

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]]> 40369 Dig into the Space between Saga #54 and #55 in Saga #57 https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/28/dig-into-the-space-between-saga-54-and-55-in-saga-57/ Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39264 Alana forges an uneasy alliance, The Will makes a delivery and Hazel learns guitar in Saga #57, drawn by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan and lettered/designed by Fonografiks. Matt Lazorwitz: Three issues into the return of Saga, and I remain riveted. I shouldn’t be surprised, granted, since I was riveted through the entire...

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]]> 39264 Yarrrr, There Be Pirates in Saga #56! https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/24/yarrrr-there-be-pirates-in-saga-56/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38124 Alana, Hazel and the gang meet a crew of friendly pirates, but things aren’t what they seem. Plus, we get an inside look at another of the universe’s factions in Saga #56, drawn by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan and lettered/designed by Fonografiks. Matt Lazorwitz: If Saga does anything well, it’s bend and...

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]]> 38124 Saga’s Back, and There’s a Koala Man Now! https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/28/sagas-back-and-theres-a-koala-man-now/ Fri, 28 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37703 Three and a half years ago, Saga ended on something of a major moment. What was supposed to be a longish hiatus turned into a long hiatus, but that’s over. Hazel, Alana, The Will and some other friends old and new are back in Saga #55, drawn by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan...

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