Disney - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 16 Nov 2025 23:15:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Disney - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 376: David Derrick Jr. talks Ghost of the Gulag https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/18/tcxfip-376-david-derrick-jr/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54892 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 376: David Derrick Jr. talks Ghost of the Gulag Animator and illustrator David Derrick Jr. joins the show to talk about his webcomic Ghost of the Gulag. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new...

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]]> 54892 Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch adds depth to a family’s grief but subtracts in other areas https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/25/lilo-and-stitch/ Sun, 25 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52822 There’s no question that Disney is going a little too hard on live-action remakes. The fatigue is to the point that Snow White bombed incredibly hard. But Lilo & Stitch was already in the can, ready for Memorial Day audiences. I’ll say first, the original animated film is one of my favorites. It’s the last...

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]]> 52822 The cancellation of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur has us missing Disney’s 65-episode rule https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/23/moon-girl-devil-dinosaur-canceled/ Sun, 23 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50509 Last night, I saw the unfortunate news that the Disney animated series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur had been canceled after only two seasons. Gabi Rode, the show’s storyboard artist, confirmed the cancellation, stating in a tweet, “What sucks is that a bunch of us at Disney knew about this for so long but couldn’t...

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]]> 50509 A tribute to Brooklyn, the character at the heart of a pulled Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur episode https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/17/moon-girl-devil-dinosaur-brooklyn/ Sun, 17 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50830 A few weeks ago, it was announced that Marvel would be canceling Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur after only two seasons, and I wrote an op-ed about why the show deserved better.  To add insult to injury, Disney has pulled an upcoming episode of Moon Girl from airing on Disney Channel due to the fact...

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]]> 50830 Remember that Halloween When Carnage Conquered Universal Studios? https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/31/flashback-to-the-halloween-when-carnage-conquered-universal-studios/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50659 When you think of getting scared at Halloween, you probably don’t think of Universal Studios’ Islands of Adventure theme park, or how the Marvel Universe could get scary. However, several years before Disney bought Marvel and later incorporated it into their theme parks’ Halloween celebrations, Universal Studios spooked up the House of Ideas, with some...

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]]> 50659 The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 324: Brandon Montclare talks DuckTales https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/15/tcxfip-324-brandon-montclare/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50438 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 324: Brandon Montclare talks DuckTales Writer Brandon Montclare joins the show to talk about his upcoming DuckTales series at Dynamite, and to play some Duck Trivia. Quack. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes...

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]]> 50438 ComicsXF goes looking for comics in the Happiest Place on Earth https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/08/marvel-comics-disney-universal/ Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49506 By complete coincidence, ComicsXF Editor-in-Chief Dan Grote and longtime writer and editor Tony Thornley ended up at the Walt Disney Company’s two American theme parks the same week in late June. While we were each prepared for a week of fun with our families, we issued each other a challenge — could we find a...

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]]> 49506 When Billionaires Fight, We Lose: What Disney Layoffs Mean To The Working Class https://comicsxf.com/2023/02/17/when-billionaires-fight-we-lose-what-disney-layoffs-mean-to-the-working-class/ Fri, 17 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44803 This editorial originally ran in the 2/14/23 edition of the weekly ComicsXF Newsletter. Subscribe here to get the latest in comics news, opinions and other assorted goodies every Tuesday morning. Last week The Walt Disney Company ($DIS) presented its Q1 earnings results and effectively ended a headline-grabbing proxy fight. You can get caught up in...

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