Though theyāve been stuck in a bad place on their respective worlds, our Supermen each rally themselves in their own ways on this weekās Superchat. One Superman finally escapes a bottled city, taking the fight to Brainiac to save all bottled cities everywhere, in Superman ā78 #5, written by Robert Venditti, drawn by Wilfredo Torres,…
Batman and Lex Luthor cross figurative swords as the investigation into the death of Abyss continues in Batman #119 written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Jorge Molina and Mikel Janin, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the new backup feature, Gotham Academy character Maps Mizoguchi returns to investigate the disappearance of…
Christi and Chris cover their first Young Justice crossover event ever, A World Without Young Justice (Young Justice #44, Impulse #85, Robin #101, Superboy #99, and Young Justice #45). Who is Young Justice? Who isnāt Young Justice? Can Christi figure it out before the episodeās done? Support The Chrises Patreon Ko-fi Contact The Chrises Twitter:…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zackās pick: Monkey Meat #1: Cartoonist Juni Ba (Djeliya) works his magic on a new Image anthology series about a meat manufacturing company operating in an absurd capitalist hellscape. ($3.99) Listen to Ba on WMQ&A….
Welcome back to BatChat! In Detective Comics #1,046, we are treated to the setup of many plots that will come to fruition in the upcoming āShadows of the Batā arc in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. In the backup, Batman is…
Christopher Chance is a man on a deadline and working to solve a crime that might be unsolvable. Despite his better judgment, heās falling for his lead suspect, and her violent ex-boyfriend isnāt happy about it. Oh, and that ex? Heās a Green Lantern. Grab a bagel and find out what happens next in Human…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishalās pick: Swamp Thing: Green Hell #1: Itās the end of the world as we know it, and the Parliaments of the Green, the Red and the Rot agree to wipe the slate clean. Thereās…
Looks like we oopsed up and called it too early before, but this time itās really the last issue of the new volume of Legends of the Dark Knight. This issue features two shorts: āThe Ghost and the Knight,ā written by Che Grayson, drawn by Belen Ortega, colored by Alejandro Sanchez and lettered by Aditya…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zachās Pick: Darkhold: Spider-Man #1: Yāall know the Darkhold, right? Itās that spooky book that shows up in Marvel comics sometimes. Well, what if Spider-Man read it? What then, huh? Heās not a Midnight Son,…
Itās catch-up week for SuperChat, as we see what the Supermen of three worlds are up to. On Warworld, Superman and his team find themselves vastly overpowered – but what does that mean for the rest of the galaxy? Action Comics #1037 written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, drawn by Miguel Mendonca, colored by Adriano Lucas…
Comics came roaring back in 2021 and we couldn’t be happier for it. As we look to close out the year, our staff wanted to highlight some of the best comics we read in 2021. Each person was asked to pick on title that resonated with them and stretched what comics could be. We all…
Gotham has survived the Fear State, and it feels ā¦ different. Batman has to reckon with the changed Gotham and with the fall from grace of some old allies in Batman #118, the first issue by the flagship titleās new creative team, written by Joshua Williamson, drawn by Jorge Molina and Mikel Janin, colored by…
Coriās Pick: Batgirls #1: Fresh off their backups in Batman, Stephanie Brown and Cassandra Cain patrol the streets of Gotham under the tutelage of Barbara Gordon and powered by friendship in a new series by writers Becky Cloonan and Michael Conrad (Wonder Woman) and drawn by Jorge Corona (The Me You Love in the Dark)….
GOLD SILVER BRONZE The Canadian-born, California-bred cartoonist Chris Bachalo (buh-CHA-lo) is one of the most visually energetic and inventive cartoonists working, infusing every project with an overabundance of detail and passion. A breakout star of the 90s, Bachalo successfully transplanted his Vertigo aesthetic to Marvel comics. His style is constantly evolving, becoming more exaggerated and…
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the weekās best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. I gave up being a Wednesday warrior sometime in 2004. Grant Morrison had just leftĀ New X-Men. Chuck Austen had done…