Caspar Wijngaard - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:27:29 +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 Caspar Wijngaard - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Masumi is the black orb over Tokyo in The Power Fantasy #4 https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/20/power-fantasy-4/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50870 Masumi’s latest art exhibit opens tonight. Tokyo is petrified. Will any critic dare say what they think and risk unleashing her wrath? Meanwhile, Etienne discovers the dangers of long-haul flights when you’ve just murdered a world leader. The Power Fantasy #4 is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Clayton Cowles and...

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]]> 50870 No cow, but plenty of Valentina in The Power Fantasy #3 https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/03/power-fantasy-3/ Sun, 03 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50647 On July 16, 1945, the world changed forever. Santa Valentina was born. There was also the Trinity test, but that’s not as important. As the world hangs in the balance, we explore the life and times of the girl who fell … skipped? … to Earth. Also: check out that cow!  The Power Fantasy #3...

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]]> 50647 The Power Fantasy #2 turns it up, brings the noise https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/20/power-fantasy-2/ Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50255 Tension builds in the Cold War between the Atomics in the fallout to Etienne’s retaliatory strike, even as Brother Heavy reveals a secret which threatens to destabilize the détente even further in The Power Fantasy #2, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Clayton Cowles and designed by Rian Hughes.   Sean...

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]]> 50255 The Power Fantasy #1 is here! Come dance to the ticking of the doomsday clock! https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/07/the-power-fantasy-1-is-here-come-dance-to-the-ticking-of-the-doomsday-clock/ Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49767 Ed. Note: This review contains spoilers for The Power Fantasy #1. If you’d like to read a spoiler-free version of this review, check it out here. “Superpowered.” You have certain preconceptions. They’re incorrect. Here, that word has a specific technical definition. Namely, “any individual with the destructive capacity of the nuclear arsenal of the USA.” There are six...

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]]> 49767 The Eternal Fight Against Fighting Starts Now in The Power Fantasy #1 https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/02/the-eternal-fight-against-fighting-starts-now-in-the-power-fantasy-1/ Fri, 02 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49770 Ed. Note: This is a special spoiler-free advance review of The Power Fantasy #1. Check back next Wednesday for the full review, with spoilers. “Superpowered.” You have certain preconceptions. They’re incorrect. Here, that word has a specific technical definition. Namely, “any individual with the destructive capacity of the nuclear arsenal of the USA.” There are...

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]]> 49770 EXCLUSIVE: Meet Morishita Masumi, one of the leads of Gillen & Wijngaard’s The Power Fantasy https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/02/power-fantasy-masumi/ Tue, 02 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49460 We here at ComicsXF are pretty much in the tank for The Power Fantasy, Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard’s new Image Comics series about six superpowered individuals who cannot fight or else the world will blow up. It is the perfect Gillen concept in that it is big and colorful and witty while also, at...

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]]> 49460 CXF Interview Podcast Episode 309: Kieron Gillen & Caspar Wijngaard talk The Power Fantasy https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/25/tcxfip-309-kieron-gillen-caspar-wijngaard/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49409 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 309: Kieron Gillen & Caspar Wijngaard talk The Power Fantasy Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard join the show to talk about their upcoming Image Comics series The Power Fantasy. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com,...

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]]> 49409 Alex Paknadel On Embracing, Elevating, The Alien In All Against All https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/08/alex-paknadel-on-embracing-elevating-the-alien-in-all-against-all/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43798 Alex Paknadel is irritated by writers who think they are too good for “genre fiction.”  “No one wants to be Ian McEwan, who absolutely insisted what he was doing wasn’t science fiction,” he tells me over Zoom, and he would know.  Paknadel holds a Ph.D. in English literature. His master’s thesis was titled, “‘They’re Nuts...

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]]> 43798 A Final Farewell (or Two) in Home Sick Pilots #15 https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/28/a-final-farewell-or-two-in-home-sick-pilots-15/ Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41746 Everything ends. In fire. In truth. In a lot of house-punching, in the final issue of Home Sick Pilots, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Aditya Bidikar and designed by Tom Muller. Dan Grote: Those motherfuckers got us! They Sixth Sensed us! They last-episode-of-Lost-ed us! They. Are. GhoOoOoOoOosts! Forrest, let’s just...

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]]> 41746 Something Something Ghosts of America in Home Sick Pilots #14 https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/29/something-something-ghosts-of-america-in-home-sick-pilots-14/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40390 A haunted battle rages across the West Coast, watched by the whole world … including the world’s ghosts. Let’s hope they don’t get any bright ideas. Or really stupid ones. We’re almost at the end in Home Sick Pilots #14, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Aditya Bidikar and designed by...

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]]> 40390 Rage Against the Toilet Machine in Image’s Home Sick Pilots #13 https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/21/rage-against-the-toilet-machine-in-images-home-sick-pilots-13/ Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39127 Hell on Earth will rise if the final ghost cannot be quieted, which is rather a lot for the Pilots to be managing as a band that struggles with three-chord songs. And yet they persevere in Home Sick Pilots #13, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Aditya Bidikar and designed by...

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]]> 39127 Go Back to Where It All Began in Home Sick Pilots #12 https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/21/go-back-to-where-it-all-began-in-home-sick-pilots-12/ Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38055 The history of the ghosts is laid bare as Rip and Buzz’s hunt for the final missing ghost of the Old James House takes them deep into the past sins of America in Home Sick Pilots #12, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Aditya Bidikar and designed by Tom Muller for...

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]]> 38055 Deus Ex Toilet Seat in Home Sick Pilots #11 https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/21/deus-ex-toilet-seat-in-home-sick-pilots-11/ Fri, 21 Jan 2022 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37632 The Old James House might turn out to be Ami’s only hope, but it’s still missing a piece. And if anyone’s going to survive, that final ghost must be found. Home Sick Pilots returns for a new set with issue #11, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Aditya Bidikar and designed...

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]]> 37632 We’re Headed for a Clash in Image’s Home Sick Pilots #10 https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/15/were-headed-for-a-clash-in-images-home-sick-pilots-10/ Fri, 15 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34632 It’s the Home Sick Pilots vs. the Nuclear Bastards in a final battle of the bands that could well be the final battle of the bands on the planet. No advance tickets, drink tokens available at the door. The second arc ends in Home Sick Pilots #10, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard,...

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]]> 34632 We Totally Called the Reveal in Image’s Home Sick Pilots #9 (Plus, Monkeys!) https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/15/we-totally-called-the-reveal-in-images-home-sick-pilots-9-plus-monkeys/ Wed, 15 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33770 A national trauma has been successfully weaponized, which is probably fine and very unlikely to end in tears or provoke an army of ghosts to flood from the Earth to seek revenge. But let’s keep an eye on it anyway in Home Sick Pilots #9, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by...

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]]> 33770 Let’s F up a Monster Made of Nazi Corpses in Home Sick Pilots #8 https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/18/lets-f-up-a-monster-made-of-nazi-corpses-in-home-sick-pilots-8/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32843 As its horrors emanate across America, the Home Sick Pilots must return to the Old James House. Which could be difficult, as they did leave it at the bottom of the ocean. Let’s plug into issue #8, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard, lettered by Aditya Bidikar and designed by Tom Muller for...

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]]> 32843 Image’s Home Sick Pilots #7 Shows Us the Many Flavors of Codependence https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/21/images-home-sick-pilots-7-shows-us-the-many-flavors-of-codependence/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31473 Presumed dead, traveling across the country, Ami just might finally be happy. But you can’t outrun your problems forever — which is particularly a problem if your problems take the form of a one-hundred-ton haunted house. Let’s go on a road trip in Home Sick Pilots #7, written by Dan Watters, drawn by Caspar Wijngaard,...

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]]> 31473 Hack the Planet, er, Afterlife in Image’s Home Sick Pilots #6 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/23/hack-the-planet-er-afterlife-in-images-home-sick-pilots-6/ Wed, 23 Jun 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29907 It’s been three months since a haunted house walked through Santa Manos, and now the U.S. military would like a walking ghost-powered weapon of their own, thank you very much. The Home Sick Pilots might be the key to their getting one. If they can be convinced to sell out, that is. A new arc...

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]]> 29907 It’s House vs. VHS Tape as Home Sick Pilots Wraps Its First Arc https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/15/its-house-vs-vhs-tape-as-home-sick-pilots-wraps-its-first-arc/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25255 The Old James House turns on Ami. If she can’t conquer her own demons, how can she expect to conquer those that haunt its hallways? Perhaps demons aren’t for conquering. Perhaps we must fight alongside them. Also, a house fistfights a monster. Dan Watters writes, Caspar Wijngaard draws, Aditya Bidikar letters and Tom Muller designs...

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]]> 25255 Ghostbusters, Good Art and VINDICATION in Image’s Home Sick Pilots #4 https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/10/ghostbusters-good-art-and-vindication-in-images-home-sick-pilots-4/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22632 The Home Sick Pilots are reunited, but not for long. Who else knows about the ghosts? Who is killing for them? What has been crawling out of the VHS machine at night with blood on its rewindable mind? Be kind as we rewind Home Sick Pilots #4 by Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard, Aditya Bidikar and...

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]]> 22632 Street Punks, VHS Ghosts and More Await in Home Sick Pilots #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/10/street-punks-vhs-ghosts-and-more-await-in-home-sick-pilots-3/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=15014 The rest of the Home Sick Pilots continue their search for Ami through the Old James House. But the house doesn’t want them to find her … and is now full of very angry, restless spirits. Will the Pilots live to cover “Blitzkrieg Bop” another day? Wait, I thought Buzz said the Ramones suck. Let’s...

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]]> 15014 Home Sick Pilots #2 Explains What Happens When a Haunted House Gives You Ghost Powers https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/13/home-sick-pilots-2-explains-what-happens-when-a-haunted-house-gives-you-ghost-powers/ Wed, 13 Jan 2021 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12622 The Old James House has lost its ghosts. With her new powers, it’s up to Ami to bring them back, whether they want to come home or not. Even when they’re really big ghosts wrapped in metal, with lots of sharp edges and things. Let’s unpack Image Comics’ Home Sick Pilots #2 by Dan Watters,...

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]]> 12622 ’90s Punk Culture Meets Haunted House Sentai Fiction in Image’s Home Sick Pilots #1 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/08/90s-punk-culture-meets-haunted-house-sentai-fiction-in-images-home-sick-pilots-1/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9848 In the summer of 1994, a haunted house walks across California. Inside is Ami, lead singer of a high school punk band who’s been missing for weeks. How did she get there, and what do these ghosts want? Expect three-chord songs and big bloody action that’s Power Rangers meets The Shining. It’s Home Sick Pilots...

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]]> 9848 What We’re Hype for: ‘Home Sick Pilots’ by Watters & Wijngaard at Image https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/25/what-were-hype-for-home-sick-pilots-by-watters-wijngaard-at-image/ Fri, 25 Sep 2020 17:46:20 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8608 In the summer of 1994, a haunted house walks across California. Inside is Ami, lead singer of a high school punk band—who’s been missing for weeks. How did she get there, and what do these ghosts want? Expect three-chord songs and big bloody action that’s Power Rangers meets The Shining (yes, really). Hook this book directly to my goddamn...

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