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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…
We’ve established a definition for tournament arcs and identified their function in a story, as well as some of their standard tropes (and if you don’t know what I’m 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….
Kelly Thompson and Lee Garbett have taken Carol Danvers to the apocalyptic world of 2052, one ruled by Ove, the tyrant son of Namor and Amora the Enchantress. Now, powered by the mystic mallet Mjolnir itself, Captain Marvel has to save the future from Ove, and find here way back to the present. Make sure…
We’re not too far removed from the end of X of Swords, a 22-issue X-Men mega-crossover that many have characterized as a “tournament arc.” But, other than being a staple of manga and anime, what is a tournament arc? Is a tournament arc like hardcore pornography (you know it when you see it), or does…
It was August 27th, 2005. I arrived in Houston with only a box of photos, a camera, my computer, and my favorite jeans: 22 years of life distilled into a few disparate possessions. What I assumed would be an erstwhile vacation turned into a trauma that’s never subsided, leaving behind a New Orleans that would…
Hollow Heart #1 Written and lettered by Paul Allor, drawn and colored by Paul Tucker. Published by Vault. Here’s a lovely and promising start to a super-gay near-future science fiction story that’s nonetheless tropey as all get out. El (as in Spanish “the,” as in the Chicago El, but also as in the Hebrew divinity)…
My first exposure to Sherlock Holmes in print was going into this little shop and finding a selection of small paperbacks that were Classics Illustrated-esque comics from Pendulum Press. I walked out with a bunch, because they were a dollar each and my mom was more than willing to buy them for me since they…
Declan Shalvey is the acclaimed artist of Moon Knight, Return Of Wolverine, and Injection. He has also gained praise for his Irish crime fiction, Bog Bodies and Savage Town. He sat down with ComicsXF to discuss his upcoming one-shot Immortal Hulk: Flatline, out February 17th 2021. Zachary Jenkins: You’re best known as an artist but…
No One’s Rose by Emily Horn, Zac Thompson, Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque, Raúl Angulo and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou is an adventure story that explores ecology, utopia and life after calamity. I spoke with Horn and Thompson about the series and their perspectives on utopian fiction, climate change, destructive cycles, Waterworld and more. The following transcription has been…
Winter may have just started but Spring will soon have sprung. We found 10 things in the Marvel Solicits for March 2021 that we can’t wait to thaw out and enjoy! King In Black Comes To A Close We’ve had feelings about King In Black. Some folks have not liked those feelings. But all of…
Like mutantkind in the age of Krakoa, X-Twitter has never flourished more than in the era of comics from HOXPOX onward. From hot takes and #xspoilers, to thoughtful dialogues and good natured roasts, X-Fans have been able to come together to celebrate the incredible characters and stories that have inspired them for decades. Artists on…
This article comes to us from Kevin, a historian in his day job and an X-fan in his spare time who sometimes gets the two confused. He tweets at @MagnetoRocks. It was written in 2019. The newest era of X-Men opens with something old. In the first pages of this summer’s House of X #1,…
Art by the Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Team Name: Elizabeth Braddock Code Names: Psylocke, Captain Britain First Appearance: Captain Britain #8 (1978) Powers: Telepathy, Telekinesis, the ability to teleport though shadows on occasion Teams Affiliation: STRIKE, RCX, X-Men, Exiles, X-Force About The X-Men have always been closely related to the adolescent experience and few things are more crucial to…