Donny Cates - 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=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Donny Cates - 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...

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]]> 40616 Perform Kluh Erasure in Hulk #6 https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/20/perform-kluh-erasure-in-hulk-6/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40175 The first arc of Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley’s Hulk reaches its climax as Bruce Banner’s control over Starship Hulk slips … and something much worse takes the wheel in Hulk #6, written by Cates, drawn by Ottley, inked by Cliff Rathburn, colored by Frank Martin and lettered by Cory Petit. When I wrote on...

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]]> 40175 It’s Hard To Advocate For Hulk #1 Without Talking About Everything Around It https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/23/its-hard-to-advocate-for-hulk-1-without-talking-about-everything-around-it/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35379 Immortal Hulk asked, “Does God have a Hulk?” Hulk #1, by Donny Cates, Ryan Ottley, Frank Martin and Cory Petit, dares to ask the logical next question: What does Hulk need with a starship? Bear with me for a bit. Before I talk about Hulk #1, I need to talk about a lot of stuff around...

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]]> 35379 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....

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]]> 25882 More Tales of…Well, Carnage in Carnage: Black, White, and Blood #2 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/21/more-tales-of-well-carnage-in-carnage-black-white-and-blood-2/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25491 Land, sea, and air? This Carnage guy is a creep everywhere in Carnage: Black, White, and Blood #2 by Donny Cates, Kyle Hotz, Rachelle Rosenberg, Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, Ram V, Javier Fernandez, and Joe Sabino. Carnage Shark – Donny Cates, Kyle Hotz, Rachelle Rosenberg Opening immediately after King in Black’s finale, Cates and Hotz’s...

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]]> 25491 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...

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]]> 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...

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]]> 12109 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,...

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]]> 9923 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...

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