DC Pride - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:28:34 +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 DC Pride - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 BatChat With Matt & Will: BatChat Pride 2026 https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/04/batchat-with-matt-will-batchat-pride-2026/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56991 It’s our annual Pride episode of BatChat. It’s nice to see that we have plenty of stories we can cover about queer, out Bat characters, you know? We’re covering the first of DC’s big Pride anthologies, which features stories including Batwoman, The Question (Renee Montoya), Harley and Ivy and Alan Scott Green Lantern, who might...

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]]> 56991 BatChat With Matt & Will: A Pride Tribute to Kevin Conroy https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/19/batchat-with-matt-will-a-pride-tribute-to-kevin-conroy/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53086 The evolution of representation of queer characters in mainstream superhero comics is something that entire books can, and should, be written about. So I’m not going to wax rhapsodic about all the changes here, but it’s June and thus Pride Month, and so we’re back with queer Bat characters. First we wrap up Greg Rucka’s...

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]]> 53086 Hickman rewrites Marvel’s cosmic order, DC kicks off Pride Month and more CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/04/staff-picks-june4/ Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52905 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Adam’s pick: Imperial #1: Hickman’s doing his thing again, taking his...

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]]> 52905 DC’s 2024 Pride Features YA Stories and Rachel Pollack Tributes https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/11/dcs-2024-pride-features-ya-stories-and-rachel-pollack-tributes/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49206 Who’s afraid of a little trans history? Maybe you should be: comics’ trans elder flowers, posthumously, in one of DC’s Pride specials, while the other looks to younger readers with stories about queer teens. DC Pride: A Celebration of Rachel Pollack, writing by Rachel Pollack and Joe Corallo, line art by Scott Eaton, Tom Sutton,...

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]]> 49206 DC Pride Offers One Great Morrison Story, YMMV on Others https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/28/dc-pride-offers-one-great-morrison-story-ymmv-on-others/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45848 Three pride specials from both of the Big Two companies, two CXF regulars with a lot to say about them. Welcome to Part 2 of our Pride issue coverage. This time we’re focusing on DC Pride 2023. Check out Part 1 here. Sean: So DC’s Pride special was the obvious winner of Pride 2023, if...

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]]> 45848 WMQ&A Episode 262: Hawk(girl) Talk with Jadzia Axelrod https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/27/wmqa-episode-262-hawkgirl-talk-with-jadzia-axelrod/ Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45817 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 262: Hawk(girl) Talk with Jadzia Axelrod Writer Jadzia Axelrod joins the show to talk about her upcoming Hawkgirl series, the DC Book of Pride and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You...

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]]> 45817 We’re Choosing Chaos (and Night Fever) in This Week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/14/were-choosing-chaos-and-night-fever-in-this-weeks-staff-picks/ Wed, 14 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45690 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Armaan’s pick: Night Fever: In Europe on a business trip, Jonathan Webb can’t sleep. Instead, he finds himself wandering the night in a strange foreign city with his new friend, the mysterious and violent Rainer,...

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