Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick Future State: Immortal Wonder Woman #1: In our top “Future State” story this week, Diana takes on a new threat, the Undoing, at the end of time with help from writers Becky Cloonan…
Here we are in the future, and it’s bright, ComicsXF faithful. DC’s “Future State” event is in its second week, and this time we have Justin Partridge writing on not one, not two, but three books: Superman/Wonder Woman, Justice League and Kara Zor-El, Superwoman. Then, half of our Bat Chat team, Matt Lazorwitz, comes in…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). In the police state of Gotham City, Bruce Wayne is dead. Or so the Magistrate thinks. With nothing but the tattered costume on his back, Batman must fight to save his city. Elsewhere, Grifter plays some cards and breaks some heads. We see these two new…
Welcome to the world of tomorrow! Superhero comics have regularly featured time travel, possible futures and glimpses of tomorrow for much of their history. Some are utopias, some are dystopias and most are somewhere in between. DC is in the midst of a two-month event, “Future State,” that gives readers a glimpse into the future…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Justin’s Pick Future State: Justice League #1: Jon Kent, Tim Fox, Yara Flor, Jo Mullein, Andy Curry and Jess Chambers are the Justice League of the future, and they’re here to remind y’all that…
Vegetables have taken over the world in Future State: Swamp Thing #1, written by Ram V, penciled by Mike Perkins, colored by June Chung and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. Vishal Gullapalli: Hey Ari, what do you know about plants? Ari Bard: Oh boy, I haven’t taken anything to do with biology in eight years, so…
Future State: Superman of Metropolis #1Writers: Sean Lewis and Brandon EastonArtists: John Timms, Valentine de Landro, Cully Hamner and Michael Avon OemingColorists: Gabe Eltaeb, Marissa Louise and Laura MartinLetterers: Dave Sharpe and AndWorld Design The Action Comics of the far future reveals itself in Future State: Superman of Metropolis #1. Headlined by writers Sean Lewis…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt & Chris’ Pick Future State: Next Batman #1: DC begins rolling out its two-month Future State event with this look at a future Gotham City ruled by a private law enforcement group and…
Mark Russell and Steve Pugh’s AHOY Comics series “Billionaire Island” arrived in early March as an uneasy world watched what would soon be declared a pandemic spread across the globe and collectively tugged on its collar and made a big cartoon gulping sound. Suddenly, the idea of the world’s billionaires moving to a floating island…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 133: The House That Walks Like a Man with Dan Watters Writer Dan Watters joins the show to talk about his upcoming Image series “Home Sick Pilots,” his upcoming Vault series “The Picture of Everything Else,” punk rock, cigarettes, Victorian gothic literature and to make co-host Dan Grote feel old…
We’ve been pretty rough on DC lately. Maybe it was all those layoffs. Maybe it’s Watchmen fatigue. Maybe it’s all those comic shops that have complained about not getting their UCS/Lunar books on time. Maybe it was the Fandome virtual pep rallies (although to be fair, we’re out on virtual cons in general). Maybe it’s…