Gavin Guidry - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 06 Apr 2025 11:30:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Gavin Guidry - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 The adventures of young Gambit in Uncanny X-Men #12 https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/06/uncanny-xmen-12/ Sun, 06 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52134 The smoothest X-man, Remy LeBeau, aka Gambit, faces his past as an unstoppable force comes to collect a debt, whether from the Cajun’s pocket or his hide. Details of Remy’s life are revealed in Uncanny X-Men #12, written by Gail Simone, drawn by Gavin Guidry, colored by Matt Wilson and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Adam...

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]]> 52134 The Vig comes for Gambit in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Uncanny X-Men #12 https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/23/uncanny-xmen-12-preview/ Sun, 23 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52026 Webster’s defines “vig” (short for vigorish) as “a charge taken (as by a bookie or a gambling house) on bets” or “interest paid to a moneylender.” Normally, opening with information from the dictionary would be cliché (I mean, it’s still cliché), but it felt important to share because next week’s issue of Uncanny X-Men features...

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]]> 52026 A Trio of Deuces in Blink, Patrick Todd and A Calculated Man https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/08/a-trio-of-deuces-in-blink-patrick-todd-and-a-calculated-man/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43817 We go deeper into the prison of our own construction and get a sense of what first opened the door in Blink #2, written by Christopher Sebela, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Nick Filardi, lettered by Frank Cvetkovic and published by Oni Press. He’s not right, certainly, but what’s to blame? The bodies piling...

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]]> 43817 Is There Something Wrong with This Column *and* Patrick Todd? https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/01/is-there-something-wrong-with-this-column-and-patrick-todd/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42311 I thought they got rid of that ol’ Deadbox? Guess it’s still out there fading in the sun, huh? Bad choices and bad movies continue in Deadbox #3, written by Mark Russell, drawn by Benjamin Tiesma, colored by Vladimir Popov, lettered by AndWorld Design and published by Vault. Thom is a bad dad, and his...

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]]> 42311 It’s National Lampoon’s John Wick in Thirty-Three, now on Kickstarter https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/16/its-national-lampoons-john-wick-in-thirty-three-now-on-kickstarter/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35287 If you’ve ever wondered what would happen in an alternate universe where John Wick is a dad on a road trip with his family, look no further than Thirty-three, currently on Kickstarter. Writer Juan Ponce displays humor that’s sorely needed right along with his tense plot. We meet Andrew West on the toilet, facing an...

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]]> 35287 New Publisher Dauntless Stories Kicks Off Their Line With Deadly Living https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/08/new-publisher-dauntless-stories-kicks-off-their-line-with-deadly-living/ Thu, 08 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=24553 With the tagline ‘What if the X-Men existed in the world of Harry Potter?,’ Deadly Living gives itself some pretty big shoes to fill. Mikey Zee gives his thoughts in this spoiler-free review of the book by Marcus Jimenez, Gavin Guidry, Addison Duke, Taylor Esposito, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. (Disclosure: I backed this book on Kickstarter...

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