Denys Cowan - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:13:55 +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 Denys Cowan - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 BatChat With Matt & Will: Farewell, Darwyn Cooke https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/23/batchat-with-matt-will-farewell-darwyn-cooke/ Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51447 Over the past 169 episodes, we have covered work from a lot of creators. And I can’t think of one that we have unanimously and consistently lauded than the late Darwyn Cooke. A writer artist like few others, Cooke passed away at a tragically young age, leaving a body of work that would have only...

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]]> 51447 Bane fights a T-rex as ‘Tec gets to the workin’ overtime part in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/12/batchat-batman-androbin-detective/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49557 At the end of “Gotham War,” a thief broke into Bruce Wayne’s brownstone and discovered that he is Batman. Now he is trying to use that information to his advantage, to make one big score and get out of the life. But things aren’t all that easy in Batman #150, written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled...

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]]> 49557 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 50: Live & In Person Anniversary Spctacular! https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/01/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-50-live-in-person-anniversary-spctacular/ Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42675 Who would have thought we’d have made it to 50 episodes? But we did it! This week, for the first time ever, Matt & Will were in the very same place, Matt’s dining room, where they discussed three stories that wrap up in big number anniversary issues to tie in with this special anniversary. Knightfall...

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]]> 42675 Bonus Reading Examines Socially Conscious Comics through the Decades https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/02/bonus-reading-examines-socially-conscious-comics-through-the-decades/ Thu, 02 Jul 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=6708 Welcome to Bonus Reading, a weekly feature in which Matthew Lazorwitz looks at four (or so) comics linked by a common character, creator or theme. Patreon backers of the WMQ&A podcast can request a custom Bonus Reading column built around their fave. Sign up here. Comics have always been political. Even during the years when...

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