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It’s hard being a teen. Harder still when your part of a secret magic school where the Scarlet Witch is your teacher and the son of Dormammu one of your classmates. Such is the life of the charming children of Strange Academy. To make matters worse, Skottie Young and Humberto Ramos are making sure everyone…
Award-winning writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, who spent the last 5 years writing comics for Marvel, will reportedly write a live action Superman film. Outside of an Instagram post (does that silver âSâ look kinda Steel-ish? How should I read Ava DuVernay liking the post?), we have no other information about the film. No plot, no star,…
[Content Warning for blood and descriptions of violence.] Itâs Nov. 9, 2019, and Iâm watching a manâs psyche unravel. Itâs not clean; in fact, itâs about as messy as it can be. Iâve only been back into wrestling for two months at this point, inexplicably pulled back in 20 years after I stopped watching altogether….
Robbie MacNiven has spent several years writing licensed novels for franchises like Warhammer 40k. Today marks his first foray into the world of X-Men with First Team: A Marvel: Xavier’s Institute Novel from Aconyte Books. He sat down to talk to the ComicsXF team about the title. Zachary Jenkins: Whatâs your background with comics, and…
Most modern comic book creators are rarely afforded the opportunity to tell long-running stories. Though my generation grew up on serialized original titles like Sandman, Preacher, and Y: The Last Man the industry and artform have changed immensely over the last two decades and, outside of superhero books, those types of ongoing narratives are becoming…
Tyler Boss is an award winning cartoonist and creator of Dead Dog’s Bite, out this week. He sat down with CXF to talk about this long awaited title. Zachary Jenkins: This book is billed as âTwin Peaks means Lady Birdâ. Weâve seen from the pages released, a sense of unease already. With comics being a…
I revere Malcolm X. His autobiography changed my life. I emulate his pose and prose when I portend power projection – especially when I find myself in places where Iâm assumed powerless. I donât always succeed, but I always try. Magneto represents unapologetic authenticity. He experienced the worst of man; he knows how sordid humans…
You ever think about how there’s a book where Mister Sinister is leading a team with Nanny and Orphan Maker under the guise of therapy but really its some very convoluted plot for him to do his very specific brand of chaotic evil? You ever think about how that book owns? What Zeb Wells and…
Lorna Dane, aka the mutant Polaris, was one of the first members of the X-Men, first appearing back in 1968âs X-Men #49. Created by Arnold Drake and Jim Steranko, her presence over the decades has been often inconsistent, but at her best, Lorna is powerful, sensitive, and nuanced. Lorna recently turned heads as the frontrunner…
Maniac of New York, the new AfterShock series from writer Elliott Kalan, artist Andrea Mutti and letterer Taylor Esposito, begins with a simple idea: A big, tough Jason Voorhees-type abomination climbs out of the camp swamps and heads to the big city to kill a lot of people. And that would be a fun slasher…
At long last, we enter…the Vault in X-Men #18 written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Mahmud Asrar, colors by Sunny Gho, and letters by Clayton Cowles. Chris Eddleman: Well, it seems like itâs been awhile since weâve talked but, frankly I donât think we missed anything of value. Anyhow, itâs time to check in with…
Stephanie Williams has become a sensation in comics journalism, webcomics, and is making her debut in tomorrow’s Marvel Voices: Legacy. She sat down with us to talk about the journey she has taken to get where she is today. Zachary Jenkins: What was your path from journalist to Marvel writer like? Stephanie Williams: Itâs been…
The beauty of art lies in experiencing another personâs perception. Marvel Voices: Legacy is an exhibition of diverse talent, where writers, artists and inkers of color can tell tales through characters in the Marvel universe. The six stories are diverse in tone, look, and purpose, yet unified in their goal: to give a fuller, more…
Danny Lore is one of the hottest up-and-coming creators in the market today. They sat down with us to talk about all their upcoming work. And also building robots. Zachary Jenkins: Much of your recent work, it’s been co-written with Vita Ayala, and you’re moving away from that so far with something’s been announced with…
Weâve established a definition for tournament arcs and identified their function in a story, as well as some of their standard tropes (and if you donât know what Iâm talking about, read the previous installment in this series). There are a surplus of manga tournament arcs, but they occur significantly less frequently in superhero comics….