Comics - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 04 Jan 2026 15:16:36 +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 Comics - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 382: What were the best comics of 2025? https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/30/the-cxf-interview-podcast-episode-382-what-were-the-best-comics-of-2025/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55422 Tony Thornley, Dr. Anna Peppard and John Bush join Dan and Matt to talk about the best comics of 2025, along with picks for best writer, best artist, best publisher and hopes for 2026.

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]]> 55422 ComicsXF follows up on our 2025 geeky resolutions https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/29/following-up-on-our-2025-geeky-resolutions/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55398 It’s the end of the year, and at the beginning of 2025, the ComicsXF team set some new year’s resolutions. So how did we do with our resolutions from 2025?

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]]> 55398 Trek Talks: Star Trek The Last Starship #2 Drops Captain Kirk Into A Bold New Storytelling Era https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/21/trek-talks-star-trek-the-last-starship-2-drops-captain-kirk-into-a-bold-new-storytelling-era/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54974 James T. Kirk lives again in the Federation’s darkest hour, as the USS Omega undergoes a dangerous mission with an ill-matched crew. Star Trek: The Last Starship #2, written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly with art by Adrián Bonilla, colors by Heather Moore and letters by Clayton Cowles.  Mark Turetsky: Gentlemen, I’ve created you...

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]]> 54974 The 2024 ComicsXF Holiday Gift Guide Part I https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/02/2024-comicsxf-holiday-gift-guide/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50970 Can it really be the holidays again so soon? That’s right, folks, we’ve taken another trip around the sun, and it’s time to gather those you love close and enjoy the holidays! No matter what you’re celebrating, you just have to get that special something for those special someones in your life. That’s where we...

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]]> 50970 I am once again begging academics to remember that comics have pictures https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/16/begging-academics-to-remember-comics-have-pictures/ Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50143 "...this essay is about why so many academics don’t seem to realize comics have pictures. It’s also about the consequences of this ignorance, which may or may not be willful but is always, nonetheless, harmful."

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]]> 50143 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 Alien Bugs, God-like Beings, and Data’s Head in the Latest Trek Talks! https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/31/alien-bugs-god-like-beings-and-datas-head-in-the-latest-trek-talks/ Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49747 Trek Talks returns with a fistful of Trek comics! Star Trek #21-22, written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing with art by Megan Levens, colors by Lee Loughridge and letters by Clayton Cowles. Star Trek: Defiant #16, written by Christopher Cantwell, with art by Ángel Unzueta, colors by Marissa Louise and letters by Clayton Cowles....

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]]> 49747 INTERVIEW: Anthony Marques on moving Dewey’s Comic City back to Madison, NJ https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/15/interview-deweys-comic-city-anthony-marques/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47629 Union, New Jersey, the town where I grew up, was a victim of the comic shop implosion of the 1990s. By the time I left town for college in 1998, a couple of the stores where I had bought books over the years had closed. I had no idea whether there were any stores near...

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]]> 47629 A pirate’s life for Cindy Moon in Silk #3! https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/01/a-pirates-life-for-cindy-moon-in-silk-3/ Fri, 01 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46452 Cindy Moon hits the dreamy high seas in Silk #3, written by Emily Kim, drawn by IG Guara, colored by Ian Herring and lettered by Ariana Maher. Even though Cindy Moon being stuck in a loop of dreams sucks, I like how writer Emily Kim allows Cindy takes a moment to enjoy the fact that...

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]]> 46452 Doom Comes Calling in Midnight Suns #2 https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/01/doom-comes-calling-in-midnight-suns-2/ Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43652 The Midnight Suns…Are Doomed! The new team of Midnight Suns – Magik, Wolverine, Blade, Spirit Rider, And Nico Minoru – face their first brutal test when DOCTOR DOOM lays siege to Strange Academy! What is Doom after?! And an even bigger threat awaits IF they survive – a threat tied to the Sorcerer Supreme and...

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]]> 43652 X-Cess Deviation in A.X.E. Judgment Day #1! https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/21/x-cess-deviation-in-a-x-e-judgment-day-1/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42157 In which there is no longer life on Mars, the Eternals learn the wrong lesson from Alan Moore’s Glycon worship, and the Avengers prepare to buy a liquor store to deal with this shitshow. A.X.E.: Judgment Day #1 is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Valerio Schiti, colored by Marte Gracia, and lettered by Clayton...

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]]> 42157 The Search for Gwens in Spider-Gwen: GwenVerse #3! https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/16/the-search-for-gwens-in-spider-gwen-gwenverse-3/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41496 Stylish but frazzled, overworked yet cheerful, our hero Gwen Stacy from Earth-65 (Spider-Gwen) must travel the timeline and the multiverse to find five alternate Gwens before the apocalyptic baddie Finale can invade, or erase, or rewrite, or something, Earth-65’s New York! What will she find when she dares to visit…. the late 1980s? Spider-Gwen: Gwen-Verse...

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]]> 41496 Chrises on Infinite Earths: Nineties Podcast Revival (The New Frontier Part 3) https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/22/chrises-on-infinite-earths-nineties-podcast-revival-the-new-frontier-part-3/ Fri, 22 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34766 Christi and Chris conclude their read of Darwyn Cooke’s love letter to the Silver Age, DC’s The New Frontier. Support The Chrises Patreon Kofii Contact The Chrises Twitter: @ChrisesPod Facebook: @ChrisesPod chrisesoninfiniteearths@gmail.com Music Credits  “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Get Away” by Scott Holmes is licensed...

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]]> 34766 What Is the Future of Comics? Take the Xavier Files 2021 Comics Survey and Tell Us https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/27/what-is-the-future-of-comics-take-the-xavier-files-2021-comics-survey-and-tell-us/ Sun, 27 Sep 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8620 These past few months, for the average person, it’s been hard to look at anything long-term. There are too many questions. When will COVID-19 stop being a controlling factor in our daily lives? What happens with and after the election? Was 22 chapters too much Sword Content? Even within the smaller world of the comics...

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]]> 8620 What Will Be Seen Down Below in Immortal She-Hulk #1 https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/23/what-will-be-seen-down-below-in-immortal-she-hulk-1/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8523 After her victory over death and the Cotati, Jennifer Walters ruminates over her deaths and resurrections, leading back to her experiences Down Below in this issue by Al Ewing, Jon Davis-Hunt, Marcio Menyz, and VC’s Cory Petit. Cori McCreery: Taking a slight detour this week with The Immortal She-Hulk one-shot, which I know I’ve been...

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