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Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 183: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 with Cullen Bunn The Three Amigos reunite to celebrate Halloween with a discussion of 1987’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors,” with special guest Cullen Bunn. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and…
In 1999, Fiona Apple released her second album, When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He’ll Win the Whole Thing ‘fore He Enters the Ring There’s No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s Pick: House of Slaughter #1: James Tynion IV’s Tiny Empire expands with this prequel spinoff of his BOOM Studios series Something Is Killing the Children, focused on monster hunter Aaron Slaughter, co-written by Tate…
I miss conventions. Last week’s editorial talked about the experiences of people at one of the first truly big cons since the Dark Times© began, and I’m personally not ready for that, so for now I’ll still get something close to my fix from the virtual experience. This weekend I “attended” DC’s FanDome, a celebration of all…
Miracle Molly helps Batman discover another facet of Scarecrow’s master plan, Peacekeeper-01 is taken by Scarecrow to set up his endgame and Simon Saint picks a new target in Batman #115, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Bengal and Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles….
Writer, editor and podcaster Dan Grote, who just happens to be Matt’s co-host on the other podcast he does, WMQ&A, and has been his best friend for nigh-on 30 years, stops by as the first guest on BatChat with Matt & Will. This week, we discuss four stories over three issues, and they’re all stories…
Forrest Hollingsworth: Rob, we’re gathered here today to celebrate the lives and numerous deaths in TKO’s newest horror anthology, TKO Presents: Tales of Terror, which collects all of their previously released horror shorts. First, though, I want to know how you feel about framing narratives for anthologies. There’s a storied history for them in horror,…
If you’ve been keeping up with our reviews of Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans’ Image Comics series DIE, you may have caught on that we’re big fans. With the publication of the series finale last month, we wanted to take the opportunity to look back on the comic’s creation and development. To accomplish this, in…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 182: Gold's Fools with Si Spurrier Writer Si Spurrier joins the show to talk about his new Vault Comics series THE RUSH (It’s an acronym; we didn’t just start leaving the caps lock on like your aunt), the Klondike gold rush of the late 1800s, and to gently tease some…
Walter Mosley shouldn’t need any introduction. The acclaimed author of more than 50 books, including his famed series of Easy Rawlins mysteries, Mosley’s work has been adapted into film and television, and earned him a series of honors ranging from the O. Henry Award to the National Book Foundation Medal. What comic readers might not…
While the Superman of Earth Prime gets ready for Warworld, over in other Earths, other Superman have more classic villains to face – and Brainiac’s the brains behind it all. An older Superman and his recruits thwart Brainiac’s varied contingency plans, truly coming together as a team for the first time in the conclusion to…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s Pick: Destroy All Monsters: A Reckless Book: My Grishams! Writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips roll out the third volume in their series of Image Graphic Novels for Dads as PI Ethan Reckless…
Diana adjusts back to life again in Wonder Woman #780 written by Becky Cloonan and Michael Conrad, pencils and inks by Travis Moore and Steve Pugh, colors by Tamra Bonvillain and Kendall Goode, and letters by Pat Brosseau. Andrea Ayres: Cat, I am a day late and a dollar short (as my mom used to…
So, how was your New York Comic Con? One of pop culture’s biggest conventions returned to the Javits Center this year after a COVID-19 induced hiatus last year. Acknowledging that there’s still a pandemic, this year’s show required vaccination for attendees 12 and up, masks, reduced capacity, increased sanitization, social distancing signage and all the…