I Walk with Monsters - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 01 Jul 2021 02:31:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 I Walk with Monsters - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 I Walk with Monsters, Girl from Nowhere and Learning to Feel https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/01/i-walk-with-monsters-girl-from-nowhere-and-learning-to-feel/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30323 “You’ve always been drawn to buses.” Helen, Baby with the Bathwater Of all the media I have ever experienced, this is the single most memorable line. I am not sure if it was a particularly striking performance when I saw Christopher Durang’s 1983 play, if it’s the absurdity of the line or if it is...

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]]> 30323 The Fantastic Four Get Old, the Hulk Goes Prehistoric and More Staff Picks for 5/19 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/17/the-fantastic-four-get-old-the-hulk-goes-prehistoric-and-more-staff-picks-for-5-19/ Mon, 17 May 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=27520 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: Fantastic Four Life Story #1: Marvel attempts to replicate the formula behind 2019’s Spider-Man Life Story by sending the FF aging through the decades, courtesy of writer Mark Russell (Second Coming) and artist...

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]]> 27520 It’s -[A]- vs. His Ex as ‘X of Swords’ Draws to a Close, and More Staff Picks for 11/25 https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/23/its-a-vs-his-ex-as-x-of-swords-draws-to-a-close-and-more-staff-picks-for-11-25/ Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9629 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zach’s Pick X-Men #15: Pretty sure Apocalypse fights his wife in this one. But also, nothing’s really gone as predicted in “X of Swords. I mean, Magik arm wrestled a croco-monster that turned out...

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