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Coriâs Pick: Batgirls #1: Fresh off their backups in Batman, Stephanie Brown and Cassandra Cain patrol the streets of Gotham under the tutelage of Barbara Gordon and powered by friendship in a new series by writers Becky Cloonan and Michael Conrad (Wonder Woman) and drawn by Jorge Corona (The Me You Love in the Dark)….
GOLD SILVER BRONZE The Canadian-born, California-bred cartoonist Chris Bachalo (buh-CHA-lo) is one of the most visually energetic and inventive cartoonists working, infusing every project with an overabundance of detail and passion. A breakout star of the 90s, Bachalo successfully transplanted his Vertigo aesthetic to Marvel comics. His style is constantly evolving, becoming more exaggerated and…
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the weekâs best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. I gave up being a Wednesday warrior sometime in 2004. Grant Morrison had just left New X-Men. Chuck Austen had done…
Luke Skywalker gets back to Jedi business in Star Wars #19, written by Charles Soule, drawn by Marcos Castiello, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In terms of Luke Skywalker, the big hook to any of his stories set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi is the question…
Big dumb action scenes, gratuitous airplane terminology? Sign us up. Larry Hama delivers some good, dumb fun in X-Men Legends #9
With DC continuity a mess of Crises, reboots, Rebirths and New 52s, some stories get rewritten and some stories get retold. Batman’s first year has been rewritten numerous times. But his first meeting with Dick Grayson, the first Robin? That one gets retold, and each time it’s tinkered with just a little. This week, Matt…
Itâs Monster Month in the worldâs weirdest horror/humor anthology, AHOY Comics’ Edgar Allan Poe’s Snifter of Death! Who is killing the classic creatures? Find out in âEdgar Allan Poeâs Gore of Frankenstein!â How stupid were 19th century doctors? Learn the giant, bloodsucking answer in âAnnabelâs Leech!â Plus: prose, pix, post and possibly poetry! EDGAR ALLAN…
For the first time in his life, Lou Prado is on a winning streak. Maybe itâs the new casino or maybe itâs the lucky coin in his pocket, but all of a sudden, Loser Louâs bets canât go wrong. Heâs about to make the gamble of his life â and the stakes are deadly high…
Schemes within plans within machinations all come to fruition in Inferno #3 by Jonathan Hickman, R.B. Silva, Stefano Caselli, Valerio Schiti, Adriano Di Benedetto, David Curiel and Joe Sabino. Chris Eddleman: Well, this was the one that did me in. Two days ago I was ruminating on how I was kind of tired of comics,…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 188: Just Zoop It with Jordan Plosky It’s business time! Dan and Matt chat with Jordan Plosky, one of the founders of Zoop, a new comics-specific crowdfunding platform. Check out Zoop’s current campaign for The Nightcrawlers, an all-ages supernatural adventure comic by Marco Lopez and Rachel Distler. You can listen…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Danâs Pick: One Star Squadron #1: What if Heroes for Hire but for goofs? Red Tornado puts together a team of heroes-on-demand in this six-issue series by writer Mark Russell (Not All Robots) and artist…
The following first appeared in the ComicsXF newsletter. You can get early access to our editorials, a roundup of the weekâs best content and get to know the members of the ComicsXFamily by subscribing right here. Every year, almost inevitably, two things happen. First, Marvel or DC will announce some big reset to a characterâs status…
Some people get married, others get wet, but everyoneâs getting busy in Daredevil #36. Written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Manuel Garcia, inked by Cam Smith, Scott Hana, and Victor Nava, colored by Marcio Menyz and Brian Valenza, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, Daredevil #36 is the mega-sized final issue of this volume before we…
As part of their ongoing Marvel Voices line, Marvel has provided us an exclusive preview of Marvel Voices: Comunidades #1, highlighting Latinx creators and characters. This anthology features work by Daniel JosĂ© Older, Karla Pacheco, Terry Blas, Juan Ponce, Leonardo Romero, Amparo Ortiz, Alex Segura, Nico Leon, GermĂĄn Peralta and more. It promises the introduction…
“Fear State” wraps up in the monthly Bat comics this week, so Matt and Will are reading three stories that feature the mastermind behind the most recent Batman crossover: Jonathan Crane, the Scarecrow. See him be whimsical, see him be pathetic, see him be epic. And find out which three of these stories features the…