Hotell - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Mon, 16 May 2022 12:07:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Hotell - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 It’s a No-Tell Motel in Hotell Because Almost Everyone Dies (Also: Little Monsters! Red Sonja!) https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/16/its-a-no-tell-motel-in-hotell-because-almost-everyone-dies-also-little-monsters-red-sonja/ Mon, 16 May 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40836 A “Hotel California” reference here would be pretty lame, right? But there are literally characters checking out and never leaving in Hotell Vol. 2 #5, written by John Lees, drawn by Dalibor Talajic, colored by Lee Loughridge, lettered by Sal Cipriano and published by Artists, Writers and Artisans.  There’s a “New Kid in Town,” and...

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]]> 40836 So What If It Was Published in 2009? Our 13-Years-Late Review of Irredeemable #1 (and More) https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/25/so-what-if-it-was-published-in-2009-our-13-years-late-review-of-irredeemable-1-and-more/ Fri, 25 Mar 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39233 What if a costumed superhero who looked and acted like Superman broke bad in a really terrible way? I mean, like, just started setting people on fire for no reason and shit? That’d freak you the hell out, wouldn’t it? It’s all right here in Irredeemable #1, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Peter Krause,...

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]]> 39233 Rent a Deadbox Flick and Check into Your Hotell to Die (And More Newburn, Too) https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/25/rent-a-deadbox-flick-and-check-into-your-hotell-to-die-and-more-newburn-too/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38163 My god, Bobby, didn’t you know those pants are for a woman? Deadbox #2 is written by Mark Russell, drawn by Benjamin Tiesma, colored by Vladimir Popov, lettered by AndWorld Design and published by Vault. A magical sketchbook and an artist with his head squarely up his ass doesn’t sound like a good combination, does...

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]]> 38163 WMQ&A Episode 194: Bayou Billy Shakespeare with John Lees https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/18/wmqa-episode-194-bayou-billy-shakespeare-with-john-lees/ Tue, 18 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37439 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 194: Bayou Billy Shakespeare with John Lees Writer John Lees joins the show to talk about his AWA wrestling-and-Shakespeare comic “Crimson Cage” and all the bodyslams and iambic pentameter that inspired it. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where...

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]]> 37439 The X Spot: Shadow Doctor Leads a Tight Grouping of Solid Books https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/23/the-x-spot-shadow-doctor-leads-a-tight-grouping-of-solid-books/ Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21620 In his concurring opinion in 1989’s Texas v. Johnson, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote, “And so great is our commitment to the process that, except in the rare case, we do not pause to express distaste for the result, perhaps for fear of undermining a valued principle that dictates the decision. This is one...

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