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Every year, in the waning days of summer, Minnesotans gather for the “Great Minnesota Get Together,” aka the Minnesota State Fair. For “12 days of fun ending Labor Day,” this bacchanalia of agriculture and arts, culture and community, and food — the whackier and deeper-fried the better — defines the local zeitgeist. This year, in…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · CXF Interview Podcast Episode 320: Pornsak Pichetshote & Terry Dodson talk The Horizon Experiment Pornsak Pichetshote and Terry Dodson join the show to talk about The Manchurian, the first comic in Pichetshote’s Horizon Experiment at Image. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and…
The guys get spicy. And by spicy we mean that Zack tries to explain ACOTAR to Adam even though he is only vaguely aware of it and Adam tries to stop us from getting the explicit tag. This episode is about Chris Bachalo, we promise. Ranked This Episode:
In May, housing rental behemoth Airbnb announced a new promotion called Icons, a series of “extraordinary experiences” including overnights in museums, mingling with celebrities, and recreations of fictional locations like Carl’s house from Pixar’s Up. If you are a fan of the X-Men, one of these locations might have activated your portable Cerebro unit. The…
Back in Gotham, Damian talks to the school counselor about who he is, and has to answer somewhat vaguely since he’s thinking about his and Batman’s confrontation with Bane and the Cult of Kobra on Dinosaur Island. Batman & Robin #13 is written by Joshua Williamson, drawn and colored by Juan Ferreyra and lettered by…
Is there a worse couple in comics than Havok and Polaris? Let’s go through some of the other offenders. Joker and Harley Quinn: Toxic, violent, abusive, but Harley eventually had the sense to leave her man and find love and acceptance with Poison Ivy. Storm and Black Panther: Shoved together on the thinnest of continuity…
From the Ashes has been about a lot of X-Men characters reverting to type, possibly as a coping mechanism after the fall of Krakoa. But many of them have gotten new uniforms in the relaunch, as new artists come aboard and seek to put their stamp on characters. And then there’s Illyana Rasputin, Magik, who…
In a bid to broaden the number of comics we cover at ComicsXF, we give you, the reader, these one-paragraph reviews of some recent releases. This feature doesn’t have a name yet, but if we keep doing this and anyone has a good idea for a name, let us know! Avengers Assemble #1 W: Steve…
Batman is a loner. Except for Alfred, the Robins, the Batgirls, Signal, Batwoman and the Justice League. But before many of those characters, there was Ace the Bathound, the first of numerous Bat pets, mostly brought into the cave by Damian, another noted loner , and that club now includes Titus, Alfred the tuxedo cat…
From the ashes emerge new mutants, new monsters, new conflicts – and a new backstory for Charles Xavier? We’ve got all that and Jubilee too in this month’s installment of the uncanny adventures of Team Rogue. Uncanny X-Men #2 is written by Gail Simone, drawn by David Marquez, colored by Matthew Wilson and lettered by…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Jake’s pick: Wolverine #1: There’s a killer in the woods, and…
If you’re a frequent reader of my comic book articles here or elsewhere, then you’re aware how I’m a huge fan of the magical girl genre. Originating in Japan in the 1960s with manga and anime such as The Secret of Akko-Chan and Sally the Witch, it established staples such as the magical girl witch…
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 319: Flame Con 2024 with Shannon Watters and more Matt went to Flame Con last month and came back with interviews with Carey Pietsch (The Adventure Zone), Karen Charm, Jeremy Whitley (Navigating with You), Mad Cave Studios editor James Emmett, Molly Knox Ostertag (The Owl…
So you may not know this, but the Valiant Universe is back … again! After the COVID-19 pandemic slowed the publisher’s release schedule to a crawl of about a comic a month, a licensing deal last year with international publisher Alien Books has breathed new life into the shared superhero universe, and it’s all building…
Last fall, the inaugural Uncanny Experience, an immersive convention for fans of the X-Men, was held at the historic Minneapolis Club in Minnesota. This year, the show is returning for year 2 on the final weekend of September, featuring more Chris Claremont, more animated X-Men voice actors and more twists on the traditional convention experience….