Grendel - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:43:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Grendel - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Absolute Power begins absolutely at the top of this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/03/staff-picks-july3/ Wed, 03 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49469 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. Starting this week, new DC books come out Wednesdays along with everything else. Tony’s pick: Absolute Power #1: DC’s big summer event kicks off with a bang, as the combined might of Failsafe and the Brainiac Queen has at last given Amanda Waller the...

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]]> 49469 Marvel returns to Secret Wars in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/22/staff-picks-nov-22/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47197 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s pick: Secret Wars: Battleworld #1: Forty years ago, Jim Shooter focus-grouped a bunch of kids and found out they loved the words “secret” and “wars.” He used that to create a story intended to...

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]]> 47197 WMQ&A Episode 280: Dracula, motherf***ers with Matt Wagner & Kelley Jones https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/31/wmqa-280-matt-wagner-kelley-jones/ Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47004 WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 280: Dracula, motherf***ers with Matt Wagner & Kelley Jones Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones join the show to talk about their Kickstarter campaign for Dracula Vol. 1: The Impaler. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible and...

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]]> 47004 Bat Chat With Matt & Will: The Players On the Other Side https://comicsxf.com/2023/05/25/bat-chat-with-matt-will-the-players-on-the-other-side/ Thu, 25 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45552 Of all superheroes, Batman seems to have spawned more characters that are dark reflections of him than any other. Sure, Superman has Bizarro, and Spider-Man has Venom, but Batman has a legion of the them: Killer Moth, Bane, Hush, Owlman (the Lincoln March one), Wrath, Prometheus. There are enough to fill multiple episodes, so we...

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]]> 45552 Planet-Sized X-Men, Static Returns and More Staff Picks for 6/16 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/14/planet-sized-x-men-static-returns-and-more-staff-picks-for-6-16/ Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29389 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s Pick (but honestly, aren’t we all hype?): Planet-Sized X-Men #1: It’s a red issue, drawn by Pepe Larraz (and written by “Uncle” Gerry Duggan). THE X-MEN ARE GOING TO MARS, BABY! I mean, no,...

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]]> 29389 The Pull List: June 2021 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/10/the-pull-list-june-2021/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29169 How can there be both too many comics and still not nearly enough? The idea of finding something new to read can seem daunting. If you’re looking to jump into a new book, the staff of ComicsXF can point you in the direction of some of our favorite recent releases and currently ongoing titles. Looking...

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]]> 29169 WMQ&A Episode 122: The Story Mike Hawthorne Didn’t Want to Tell https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/25/wmqa-episode-122-the-story-mike-hawthorne-didnt-want-to-tell/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7856 Longtime Deadpool artist Mike Hawthorne joins the show to talk about his BOOM Studios graphic memoir, "Happiness Will Follow," which tells the story of growing up with his single Puerto Rican mother.

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