comiXology - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:41:18 +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 comiXology - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 WMQ&A Episode 285: The Legacy of Bob with Jason Loo https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/05/wmqa-285-jason-loo/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47339 WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 285: The Legacy of Bob with Jason Loo Jason Loo joins the show to talk about his new Sentry series at Marvel, his Marvel Infinity Comics, The All-Nighter and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music,...

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]]> 47339 Will Found the Softcore on ComiXology (Also: Traveling to Mars, Where Monsters Lie, Paklis) https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/02/will-found-the-softcore-on-comixology-also-traveling-to-mars-where-monsters-lie-paklis/ Fri, 02 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45606 Some tiny boys go to the beach, and some big girls are mean to them. Yup, softcore porn has come to ComiXology in Cousins #1 by Tonara Cluric. Roy is still drifting toward the red planet, accompanied only by memories and his faithful rovers and otherwise alone. Or is he? Traveling to Mars #5 is...

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]]> 45606 Editorial: GlobalComix and the Start of the Replace-ComiXology Wars https://comicsxf.com/2023/03/24/editorial-globalcomix-and-the-start-of-the-replace-comixology-wars/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45116 The following first appeared Tuesday in the ComicsXF newsletter. Sign up using the form on this web page to get editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and our Staff Picks in your inbox every week. I spent about 10 minutes chatting with Eric Tapper and Chris Carter from GlobalComix last year at New York...

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]]> 45116 We Become the First People to Read Comixology Original Books (We Think) https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/02/we-become-the-first-people-to-read-comixology-original-books-we-think/ Fri, 02 Dec 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44075 In an all-too-plausible future, the nation is split. The old country is dead. This is New America #1, written by Curt Pires, drawn by Luca Casalanguida, colored by Mark Dale, lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and published by Comixology Originals. It’s a ballad of love, murder, sketchy flyboys and at least one creepy robot in Barnstormers...

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]]> 44075 INTERVIEW: Scott Snyder Talks about a Year of Creator-Owned Work https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/15/interview-scott-snyder-talks-about-a-year-of-creator-owned-work/ Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42854 It’s been a little over a year since Scott Snyder left DC to pursue a massive line of creator-owned work at Comixology, IDW and other publishers. A lot has changed across the industry and in the work, so I sat down with Scott to talk about the new genres he’s branching out into, the craft...

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]]> 42854 So What If It Was Published in 2009? Our 13-Years-Late Review of Irredeemable #1 (and More) https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/25/so-what-if-it-was-published-in-2009-our-13-years-late-review-of-irredeemable-1-and-more/ Fri, 25 Mar 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39233 What if a costumed superhero who looked and acted like Superman broke bad in a really terrible way? I mean, like, just started setting people on fire for no reason and shit? That’d freak you the hell out, wouldn’t it? It’s all right here in Irredeemable #1, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Peter Krause,...

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]]> 39233 It Shouldn’t Be This Difficult: ComiXology and Accessibility https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/06/it-shouldnt-be-this-difficult-comixology-and-accessibility/ Sun, 06 Mar 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38214 The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to editorials like this, a roundup of the week’s best content and our weekly Staff Picks by subscribing right here. As a teenager, I loved superhero comics. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say I badly wanted to love them. Growing up in...

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]]> 38214 WMQ&A Episode 200: Scott Snyder Helps Us Celebrate https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/01/wmqa-episode-200-scott-snyder-helps-us-celebrate/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38186 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 200: Scott Snyder Helps Us Celebrate Writer Scott Snyder returns to help us mark a big, round number of an episode by talking about his ComiXology Originals series, his Substack classes, his Image books and more. Plus: Dan and Matt answer listener questions, and an anniversary greeting from the World’s...

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]]> 38186 King in Black Tie-ins, All-Ages Star Wars & More Staff Picks for 2/3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/01/king-in-black-tie-ins-all-ages-star-wars-more-staff-picks-for-2-3/ Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14040 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zoe’s Pick: King in Black: Black Knight #1: Because YOU demanded it (and he was supposed to be in a movie by now), Dane Whitman is back in Black and stabbing goo dragons. Wait, did...

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]]> 14040 The X (Ten) Spot: A Dark Interlude’s Density and the Joy of Sweet Smut https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/01/the-x-ten-spot-a-dark-interludes-density-and-the-joy-of-sweet-smut/ Fri, 01 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=10334 I have experimented with different columns and different formats over the five or so years I’ve been writing about comics, but you, Loyal Content Consumer, don’t necessarily care about that; no, you care about the comics, and I want to care about the comics with you. When I’m curled up in my big ratty office...

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]]> 11450 Kodansha Goes Day-and-Date on ComiXology Unlimited, PLUS: More Responses to the 2021 Xavier Files Comics Survey https://comicsxf.com/2020/10/13/kodansha-goes-day-and-date-on-comixology-unlimited-plus-more-responses-to-the-2021-xavier-files-comics-survey/ Tue, 13 Oct 2020 16:00:40 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8865 Last month, we reported on Archie Comics going day-and-date on comiXology Unlimited, releasing new comics direct to the subscription arm of Amazon’s digital comics service. On Monday, manga publisher Kodansha Comics became the second company to go that route, announcing it will drop new chapters of series such as Attack on Titan, Card Captor Sakura: Clear...

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]]> 8865 WMQ&A Episode 129: Coffee and Comics with Johnnie Christmas https://comicsxf.com/2020/10/13/wmqa-episode-129-coffee-and-comics-with-johnnie-christmas/ Tue, 13 Oct 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8851 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 129: Coffee and Comics with Johnnie Christmas Writer/artist Johnnie Christmas joins the show to talk about his Image sci-fi series “Tartarus,” his comiXology original graphic novel “Crema,” his upcoming middle grade work and more. As always, you can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at xavierfiles.com,...

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]]> 8851 Why, Will: Stupid Wrestling, ComiXology Sales and Duck Business https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/23/why-will-stupid-wrestling-comixology-sales-and-duck-business/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8563 Because we can’t start with wrestling *every* week. William C. Nevin Memorial Pick of the Week Bourbon. Comics. Whatever. It’s my pick.  This week? A big-ass IDW sale at comiXology. In prepping for our next “Assigned Reading” piece here at Xavier Files, I hit up comiXology to grab the first trade in the IDW TMNT...

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]]> 8563 In a First, Archie Comics to Release Day-and-Date on ComiXology Unlimited https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/23/in-a-first-archie-comics-to-release-day-and-date-on-comixology-unlimited/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 17:12:11 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8575 In an industry first, Archie Comics on Wednesday announced its new titles would available to read day-and-date on comiXology Unlimited, the subscription arm of Amazon’s digital comics service. The move took effect immediately with the publication of this week’s Sabrina: Something Wicked #3 by Kelly Thompson and Veronica and Andy Fish, Archie and comiXology announced in...

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]]> 8575 Indie Double Play: Reviews of the Mueller Report Graphic Novel and Chuck Austen’s ‘Edgeworld’ #1 https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/18/indie-double-play-reviews-of-the-mueller-report-graphic-novel-and-chuck-austens-edgeworld-1/ Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8454 They can’t all be winners. Find out why Will Nevin’s not mad, just disappointed in IDW’s Mueller Report Graphic Novel, and why Robert Secundus shrugged at the first issue of the comiXology original series Edgeworld. The Mueller Report Graphic Novel Written by Steve Duin and Shannon Wheeler, Illustrated by Shannon Wheeler, Published by IDW Gary,...

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]]> 8454 Fantomex, Funny Creek, Far Sector and More Staff Picks for Aug. 5 https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/03/fantomex-funny-creek-far-sector-and-more-staff-picks-for-aug-5/ Mon, 03 Aug 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7344 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. ZACK’S PICK: Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1: Remember that time Jonathan Hickman casually mentioned in an interview that the version of Xavier we saw in HOX/POX was the version that had commandeered Fantomex’s body? Man,...

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