Dan Grote Ā· WMQ&A Episode 161: Feelin' Blue (Flame) with Adam Gorham Artist Adam Gorham joins the show to talk about his new Vault series The Blue Flame, his upcoming Dune book, Ninja Turtles, the pandemic year, his pets and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at…
After a time-travelling turtle from the future brings dire warnings of a dark timeline should Jennika not pursue her passions, Jennika challenges Bebop and Rocksteady to a Battle of the Bands. With the weight of a dark future pressing in on her, Jennikaās got a lot riding on this battle ā but first, she needs…
What do you say after nearly 40 years? What more can I say about Stan Sakaiās lifeās work that hasnāt been said better by others over and over again? I want to be a cynic. If you have read how I cover other books, I tend to be aggressive, nearly bloodthirsty, going after flaws that…
Dan Grote Ā· WMQ&A Episode 156: Yes We Canto with David Booher and Drew Zucker The co-creators of Canto, David M. Booher and Drew Zucker, talk to us about the little clockwork knight that became a creator-owned hit for IDW. Also: Dogs! Stephen King! Grogu? You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify,…
The Tengu War comes to its conclusion as Usagi, Sojobo, Lady Nozomi and the whole Tengu clan fight to retain their honor in Stan Sakai and Hi-Fi Designās Usagi Yojimbo #18. After binge-reading the previous 255 issues of Usagi Yojimbo over the past few months, I think what strikes me the most about Sakaiās work…
The year is 1927, and two houses across the Atlantic are about to collide. At Keyhouse in Lovecraft, Massachusetts, Locke family patriarch Chamberlain is dying and regrets the loss of his son to Hell. On Fawney Rig in Sussex, England, Roderick Burgess holds court over his debauched followers and keeps the King of Dreams in…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chrisā Pick: The Silver Coin #1: Artist Michael Walsh (Black Hammer/Justice League) invites his writer friends to tell horror stories centered on the titular coin. First up, Chip Zdarsky (Daredevil) tells the story of a…
Transformers ’84: Secrets & Lies Writer: Simon Furman, Artist: Guido Guidi, Colorist: John-Paul Bove, Letterers: Jake M. Wood and Tom B. Long, Publisher: IDW The Quote Unquote āMarvel Continuityā of Transformers vaguely resembles an Inception-like flow chart. There is the 80-issue run of the Transformers series, minis like G.I.Joe vs. Transformers and Headmasters, filler stories…
If I were a comics creator, I would hate Stan Sakai. The man has been drawing a funny animal comic for nearly 40 years now and hasnāt lost a step. Heās been coursing a path for the rabbit ronin Miyamoto Usagi for decades, and continues to execute some of the most exciting cartoons in the…
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,…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chrisā Pick: Radiant Black #1: What if Peter Parker became a Tokusatsu hero? Find out in this new Image series by former Mighty Morphin Power Rangers writer Kyle Higgins and artist Marcelo Costa. ($3.99) Check…
Even when I was a kid, something about Transformers: Beast Wars felt different. Maybe it was the early and ugly CGI, but I like to think that even back then, I noticed the writing. Now, Iām not going to get up here and make some claim about it being an underappreciated masterpiece, but as a…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zoeās Pick: King in Black: Black Knight #1: Because YOU demanded it (and he was supposed to be in a movie by now), Dane Whitman is back in Black and stabbing goo dragons. Wait, did…
Space. The final frontier. These are the comics of the Federation from IDW Publishing. Weāre looking at the complete miniseries Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Too Long a Sacrifice, where a series of murders on Deep Space Nine at the height of the Federation and its alliesā war with the Dominion sets Constable Odo on…
Dan Grote Ā· WMQ&A Episode 144: Celebrating Imbolc with Conor McCreery Writer Conor McCreery joins the show to talk about his new BOOM Studios series, The Last Witch, Gaelic mythology, Shakespeare and the time he worked as a journalist in Ghana. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com,…