Crossover - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Tue, 10 May 2022 02:06:41 +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 Crossover - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Donny Cates Realizes the World Doesn’t Revolve Around Him in Crossover #13 https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/11/donny-cates-realizes-the-world-doesnt-revolve-around-him-in-crossover-13/ Wed, 11 May 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40616 It’s fair to say that back in November 2020, I was harsh to Crossover #1. It was the day after the U.S. presidential election, and the last thing I needed was a book jerking off to the idea that superheroes would save us and that comics fans were the real oppressed people. I was bringing...

The post Donny Cates Realizes the World Doesn’t Revolve Around Him in Crossover #13 first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 40616 Sunday Editorial: The Art of the Fill-in Issue https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/14/sunday-editorial-the-art-of-the-fill-in-issue/ Sun, 14 Nov 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35251 The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the week’s best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. Drawing comics takes time. That’s all there is to it. Artists cannot maintain a 20-page-a-month pace without burning themselves out...

The post Sunday Editorial: The Art of the Fill-in Issue first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 35251 Some Hot Chip on Chip Action in Image’s Crossover #7 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/30/some-hot-chip-on-chip-action-in-images-crossover-7/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30315 Finally, this issue answers the important question: What happened to Chip Zdarsky when the superheroes crossed over into our world? Zdarsky, artist Phil Hester and inker Ande Parks kick Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw off their own book to get weird with it, alongside colorist Dee Cunniffe and letterer John J. Hill, in Image’s Crossover...

The post Some Hot Chip on Chip Action in Image’s Crossover #7 first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 30315 Green Arrow’s Birthday, X-Factor’s Finale and More Staff Picks for June 30 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/28/green-arrows-birthday-x-factors-finale-and-more-staff-picks-for-june-30/ Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30174 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick: Greek Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular: Celebrate eight decades of the Emerald Archer with this all-star anthology featuring stories by Mariko Tamaki, Tom Taylor, Stephanie Phillips, Benjamin Percy, Otto Schmidt, Javier Rodriguez,...

The post Green Arrow’s Birthday, X-Factor’s Finale and More Staff Picks for June 30 first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 30174 6 Issues in, We Get an Actual Crossover in, uh, Crossover https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/28/6-issues-in-we-get-an-actual-crossover-in-uh-crossover/ Wed, 28 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25882 We doubted — honestly, we were very mean about this in the past — but look at that, Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hill delivered on the promise of the book. For all our complaining, all our criticism, the team delivered an action-packed finale to the first arc in Crossover #6....

The post 6 Issues in, We Get an Actual Crossover in, uh, Crossover first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 25882 Product Placement and Tonal Whiplash Abound in Image’s Crossover #4 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/24/product-placement-and-tonal-whiplash-abound-in-images-crossover-4/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21670 Journey to the strange, magical land of Colorado as our intrepid team of heroes searches for a way to shatter the dome and expose the truth behind The Event. It’s Image’s Crossover #4 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hill. Zachary Jenkins: Once more into the fray, Dano? Dan McMahon: Let’s...

The post Product Placement and Tonal Whiplash Abound in Image’s Crossover #4 first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 21670 Watchmen Discourse, the Ol’ Cates & Switch, and an Actual Crossover in Crossover #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/06/watchmen-discourse-the-ol-cates-switch-and-an-actual-crossover-in-crossover-3/ Wed, 06 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12109 Monsters and robots falling from the sky! Mysterious (and familiar?) superheroes joining our intrepid gang on their journey to event ground zero! Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J. Hill’s Crossover continues, whether Zack Jenkins and Dan McMahon want it to or not. Zachary Jenkins: The most hyped book in comics keeps on...

The post Watchmen Discourse, the Ol’ Cates & Switch, and an Actual Crossover in Crossover #3 first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 12109 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...

The post The X (Ten) Spot: A Dark Interlude’s Density and the Joy of Sweet Smut first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 11450 Look, We Really Like the Art, but Everything Else Is Just … Dammit, Donny, in Image’s Crossover #2 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/09/look-we-really-like-the-art-but-everything-else-is-just-dammit-donny-in-images-crossover-2/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:00:58 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9923 The event continues to unravel as Ellie, Otto and Ava rise from the ashes of their comic shop to begin their four-color odyssey to find the truth beyond the dome. Meanwhile: Super-prisons! Magic guns! Mysterious government agents! And other stuff! Zachary Jenkins and Dan McMahon break down Image’s Crossover #2 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw,...

The post Look, We Really Like the Art, but Everything Else Is Just … Dammit, Donny, in Image’s Crossover #2 first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 9923 Why, Will: How Did Donny Do It? ‘Crossover’ and the Magic of Fair Use https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/11/why-will-how-did-donny-do-it-crossover-and-the-magic-of-fair-use/ Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:00:34 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9459 Beyond this point lie spoilers for “Crossover” #1. Ye be warned… The Splash “Crossover,” the meta comic-book-about-comic-books from the mind of writer Donny Cates and artist Geoff Shaw, has a heap of stuff to talk about — the merits of which have already been ably discussed by Big Boss Zack and Dan “the Man” McMahon....

The post Why, Will: How Did Donny Do It? ‘Crossover’ and the Magic of Fair Use first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 9459 Crossover #1 by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw Is a Laughable Misunderstanding of the Reality of Comics Fandom https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/04/crossover-1-by-donny-cates-and-geoff-shaw-is-a-laughable-misunderstanding-of-the-reality-of-comics-fandom/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9348 Zachary Jenkins: It’s here, the biggest indie launch in a very long time. Donny Cates, possibly the creator with the most heat in the direct market right now, continues with his established collaborator Geoff Shaw to tell a story about superheroes. It’s a big, meta, high-concept tale that is blessedly not told in a nine-panel...

The post Crossover #1 by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw Is a Laughable Misunderstanding of the Reality of Comics Fandom first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 9348 Swords Keep a-Stabbin’, New Donny Cates and More Staff Picks for Nov. 4 https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/02/swords-keep-a-stabbin-new-donny-cates-and-more-staff-picks-for-nov-4/ Mon, 02 Nov 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9285 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick X-Men #14: Presumably we get more Apocalypse: Mutantdom’s first Wife Guy in this “X of Swords” tie-in by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Mahmud Asrar. ($3.99) Previously, in “X-Men” … Zack’s Pick...

The post Swords Keep a-Stabbin’, New Donny Cates and More Staff Picks for Nov. 4 first appeared on COMICSXF.

]]> 9285