WMQ&A Episode 119: Dad Chat with Jason Howard
Jason Howard, creator of Image’s new series “Big Girls,” joins Dan and Matt to talk about gender roles, drawing crazy stuff with Robert Kirkman, the NBA bubble, schooling under COVID-19 and more.
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Fantomex, Funny Creek, Far Sector and More Staff Picks for Aug. 5
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. ZACK’S PICK: Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1: Remember that time Jonathan Hickman casually mentioned in an interview that the version of Xavier we saw in HOX/POX was the version that had commandeered Fantomex’s body? Man,…
Image’s Hedra a Journey through Space, Time, Shapes and Semantic Memory
Hedra took my breath away. I’ve read it three times, each time unearthing something different. It may be wordless, but it’s left me with a lot to say. Writer and artist Jesse Lonergan is the powerhouse behind Hedra, published by Image Comics. Translating the comic’s name from the ancient Greek, Hedra means “face of a…
Your Western Double-Play: Pulp and That Texas Blood
Yee-haw! We do Westerns now, pardner! OK, enough of that. We’re breaking form from your regular (as of the past month) Indie Triple Play to bring you two reviews of comics of a similar bent, as Matthew Lazorwitz reviews Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ latest OGN, Pulp, and Will Nevin looks at the second issue…
Get spurred to read these 4 great comics Westerns
High noon in a desert town. Two men face off, hands on the butts of their holstered revolvers. [Grote’s note: Heh heh, butts.] A blur of motion, a crack of gunfire, and one (or both) falls. This scene is a hallmark of the American Western, a genre that was popular in comics throughout the 1950s…
You guys! X-Factor’s here! … and some other comics that are also out July 29
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. CORI’S PICK (BUT REALLY EVERYONE’S, BUT MOSTLY CORI’S BECAUSE SHE’S REVIEWING IT THIS WEEK, BUT MAN, WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED): X-Factor #1: After a tantric, monthslong wait, Leah Williams and David Baldeon’s series…
Indie Triple Play: Chu, Ranger Slayer and Angel & Spike
Here comes the BOOM! … Studios. This week in our indie review roundup, Dan Grote cracks open Image’s Chu #1, Zachary Jenkins looks at Power Rangers: Ranger Slayer #1 and Robert Secundus continues his exploration of the BOOM!-fyverse (TM) with Angel & Spike #12. Chu #1 Writer/Letterer: John Layman, Artist: Dan Boultwood, Publisher: Image Tony…
2 Image Debuts, an Archie Crisis and More Staff Picks for the Week of July 22
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. DAN’S PICK: Chu #1: Tony Chu’s criminal sister Saffron steals the spotlight – and other stuff – in the debut issue of this prequel to John Layman and Rob Guillory’s classic Image series “Chew.”…
Indie Triple Play: Snake Eyes: Deadgame, Savage Dragon and Rick & Morty Go to Hell
This week in our roundup of indie comics, Ian Gregory examines The Rob’s latest attempt to shake up a storied franchise, Robert Secundus jumps all the way into the deep end of Savage Dragon, and Will Nevin goes to Hell (or a simulation thereof?) with Rick and Morty. G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes: Deadgame Story/Art: Rob…
WMQ&A Episode 116: Sanford Greene on ‘Bitter Root,’ conventions, the NBA and more
Artist Sanford Greene joins Dan and Matt to talk about his Eisner-nominated Image Comics series “Bitter Root,” looking for content during a pandemic, his sweet studio spinner rack and more.
An X-Men freebie and Giant-Size Magneto cap our staff picks for July 15
Each week, XavierFiles staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. CHRIS’ PICK: FCBD X-Men #1: Free Comic Book Summer begins with a sneak peek at this fall’s “X of Swords” by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Pepe Larraz (aka Team “House of X”) and a…
Writer W. Maxwell Prince on Dropping Cameron Stewart, His ‘Ice Cream Man’ Plans and Remaking the World
Writer W. Maxwell Prince — the man behind the scripts behind the surreal “Ice Cream Man” anthology series at Image Comics and the similarly weird “King of Nowhere” at BOOM Studios — is reclusive…ish. He escaped Twitter (genius), and he gets his comic book industry news, he says, from friends — like when one told…
Image’s ‘The Goddamned: The Virgin Brides’ a hard sell and a harder read
The Goddamned: The Virgin Brides #1 Writer: Jason Aaron, Artist: r.m. Guera, Colorist: Giulia Brusco, Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher, Publisher: Image Content warning: The following review of “The Goddamned: Virgin Brides” contains discussion of child sexual abuse. Animal sacrifice. Blood drinking. Child sexual abuse. The McMartin Preschool case — a criminal trial that consumed Manhattan…
Image Gives Comic Shops the Gift of Negan, Return to ‘Billionaire Island’ and More Staff Picks for July 1
Each week, XavierFiles staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Check with your local comic shop to make sure they’re open or offering pickup or shipping services. Negan Lives #1: Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard return to the world of “The Walking Dead” in a…