Happy new year! What, we can start celebrating Christmas on Nov. 1 but we canāt start prepping for New Yearās? You people make no sense. Anyway, we here at CXF took a peek at the January solicits, and here are a few of the things weāre excited for. MARVEL Ultimate Wolverine #1: The new iteration…
Some of us are lucky enough to find passions or interests that truly define us. These are pursuits weāre willing to go to the ends of the Earth for all while remaining uncompromising. But what about the cost that comes with this journey? Find out in Ice Cream Man #28, written by W. Maxwell Prince,…
At some point or another, weāre all forced to change with the times. You can either embrace the transformation or fight it kicking and screaming. So cozy up in your cocoon and prepare for a metamorphosis. Will what emerges be better than what entered? Were you ready to confront lifeās existential burdens? Find out in…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishalās pick: Swamp Thing: Green Hell #1: Itās the end of the world as we know it, and the Parliaments of the Green, the Red and the Rot agree to wipe the slate clean. Thereās…
Are you brave enough to climb down the twisting, gnarled trunk of your family tree? And honest enough to accept whatever you find? Discover those internal truths and more in Ice Cream Man #26, written by W. Maxwell Prince, drawn by Martin Morazzo, colored by Chris OāHalloran and lettered by Good Old Neon. Will Nevin:…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Mattās Pick: Destroy All Monsters: A Reckless Book: My Grishams! Writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips roll out the third volume in their series of Image Graphic Novels for Dads as PI Ethan Reckless…
Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum where the creepy, crawly things will slither over your bones as you decay into the dry dust of timelessness. But before that, before youāre just a line in a review or on a tombstone, youāve got to hit the ground in the overstuffed anniversary Ice Cream Man…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Mattās Pick: Cable Reloaded #1: The old man is back, and heās here to stop āThe Last Annihilationā and have a nice time. Written by Al Ewing (S.W.O.R.D.) and drawn by Bob Quinn (Way of…
Haha ā our favorite anthology series about clowns ā ends with a story that began in our other favorite anthology series, Ice Cream Man, and itās produced by the same creative team: written by W. Maxwell Prince, drawn by Martin Morazzo, colored by Chris OāHalloran and lettered by Good Old Neon. Content warning: This review…
Heavy on format changes and spies and assassins this week. Letās get to it. The Bottom (at the Top) 10. Spawn #1-2. Story, pencils and inks: Todd McFarlane; Colorists: Steve Oliff, Reuben Rude and Olyoptics; Letterer: Tom Orzechowski; Publisher: Image With the news of Todd McFarlane starting a shared āSpawnās Universe,ā I thought it would…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Coriās Pick: Future State: Superman: House of El #1: Journey into the far future and meet the descendants of Kal-El, including twins Rowan and Ronan Kent, the new Superman of Earth and a Blue Lantern,…
Years and years ago, in the days when I still lived at home and was fraught with teen mopiness, I had a blue overstuffed recliner in my room, a worn out hand-me-down that I loved until it literally fell apart. (If memory serves, I think the left arm gave out.) But in those days, Iād…
I have experimented with different columns and different formats over the five or so years Iāve been writing about comics, but you, Loyal Content Consumer, donāt necessarily care about that; no, you care about the comics, and I want to care about the comics with you. When Iām curled up in my big ratty office…
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick Excalibur #16: So Betsy is a sneering stained-glass mosaic, Saturnyne is keeping Jubilee’s son as her dragon pet that can melt reality and the Captain Britain Corps is back with a thicc-ass…
Everything is bad. And there are a few people to blame. The Splash When Iām good and angry and I want to wreck someone and the facts fit the moment, I reach for something special. Itās not āassholeā (vague, common), nor ābastardā (weak) nor āmotherfuckerā (got a nice sound to it, but itās not angry…