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Ryan North had a long, modern classic run on the comic The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. He’s now returned to write a podcast about the character. It’s good. We talked to him about it. Zachary Jenkins: Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show is a new, six part audio mini-series from Marvel and Sirius XM. This is…
What if the war on drugs was just one guy, man, and he decided to give it up? Get real high and read The Secret History of the War on Weed, written by Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn, with art by Scott Koblish, colors by Hi-Fi, lettered by Clayton Cowles and published by Image. Ahhh,…
We had so much fun talking about the Starjammers last week, we decided to keep the party going by talking about our favorites like Cr+reee and Tolon Hawk. These are characters X-Men fans are deeply invested in right? Ranked this Episode: Uncanny X-Men #154-157 (Sidrian Hunters & Starjammers) Spotlight On Starjammers Starjammers vol 2
When I first read the graphic novel Window Horses in 2018, I was a poet struggling to find the courage to express myself. Coincidentally, Window Horses featured a Chinese Persian female protagonist dealing with a similar issue. That protagonist, Rosie Ming, is an emerging poet whose self published book of poems earns her an invitation…
On a remote mountain on the border between China and North Korea, young Bruce Wayne begins his martial arts training with the legendary master Kirigi and makes allies and enemies in Batman: The Knight #4, written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Carmine Di Giandomenico, colored by Ivan Plascencia and lettered by Pat Brosseau. As DC’s…
I’m working and doing this from my phone so no fancy SEO text. Victor LaValle and Leonard Kirk are doing the best book at Marvel. It’s Sabretooth #3. Here’s a preview.
In “Monsters,” Tallinn journeys into the final frontiers of Picard’s mind, Rios pulls a Captain Kirk in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and Seven and Raffi track down Jurati. Eventually, Picard meets back up with Guinan and they get arrested by Dutch from The Shield. Written by Jane Maggs, directed by Joe Menendez. Mark…
Wolverine and Deadpool go together like chocolate and peanut butter in Wolverine #20, written by Benjamin Percy, drawn by Adam Kubert, colored by Frank Martin and Dijjo Lima, and lettered by Cory Petit. Tony Thornley: Cassie! Welcome! From this first issue, I think this is going to be a lot of fun! Cassie Tongue: I…
This week was supposed to mark the real and true and totally final death of Batman in Justice League #75‘s “Death of the Justice League,” issue, but the vagaries of comic scheduling in a pandemic have forced that issue back a week. But still, that would not have been the first time Batman died, and this…
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…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 206: Caught in a Time Loop with Ibrahim Moustafa Writer/artist/custom toy builder Ibrahim Moustafa joins the show to talk about his new Humanoids graphic novel Retroactive. 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 can…
Arthur Harrow’s got the upper hand, and in that hand, the scarab. The release of the goddess Ammit, and the deaths of millions who will be judged unworthy for crimes they haven’t yet committed, is nigh. The minds that make up Moon Knight are running through Cairo, trying to track Harrow down, but his trail’s…
In a land of talking chainmail, the woman with the talkiest chainmail is queen. Probably — in Immortal Red Sonja #1, written by Dan Abnett, drawn by Alessandro Miracolo, colored by Ellie Wright, lettered by Jeff Eckleberry and published by Dynamite. It’s a quiet night in the ‘burbs … until your dad’s goon squad hauls…
What do superheroes do between fight scenes? What about the normies who live among them? Astro City, the long-running indie comic that answers those questions in every issue, is back, baby, back, with all the nostalgia and big feelings we missed when it went away. Astro City: That Was Then #1 is written by Kurt…
We spend the whole episode talking about Cyclops. You must understand, we love our son so much. He has so many daddy issues. Heck, I bet you could fill up a whole episode with them.Ranked This Episode: Cyclops vol 1 Avengers Vs X-Men: Consequences Cyclops vol 3 #1-5