Jacob Phillips - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 07 Sep 2025 13:20:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Jacob Phillips - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 A heartbreaking new take on the zombie story in Image’s Everything Dead & Dying #1 https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/07/everything-dead-and-dying-1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53998 Jack Chandler is the sole survivor of the zombie apocalypse in his rural farming community, but rather than eliminate them, he has chosen to continue living alongside the undead — including the husband and adopted daughter he fought so hard to have. But when his town is discovered by outsiders, Jack suddenly becomes the one...

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]]> 53998 We Covered ‘The Boys’ #1 Because We Hadn’t Gotten to ‘The Boys’ #1 Yet https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/02/we-covered-the-boys-1-because-we-hadnt-gotten-to-the-boys-1-yet/ Sat, 02 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41834 When you need someone to watch the watchers and engage in some gratuitous sex, you know whom to call. The Boys #1 is written by Garth Ennis, illustrated by Darick Robertson, colored by Tony Avina, lettered by Greg Thompson and published (originally) by WildStorm. It’s the end of the line for someone. Someone that’s not...

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]]> 41834 Things Are Getting Messier Than a Faceful of Poutine for Easton and Emily in Newburn https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/31/things-are-getting-messier-than-a-faceful-of-poutine-for-easton-and-emily-in-newburn/ Tue, 31 May 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41169 Easton and Emily face down the mob and a trap. And the cops … kinda help? … in Newburn #7, written by Chip Zdarsky and drawn by Jacob Phillips, with “Spook-a-Rama” backup written by Casey Gilly, drawn by Soo Lee and lettered by Toben Racicot. Published by Image. Whether you only “hate” this place or...

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]]> 41169 A Dirty Bible, a Sexy Nurse and Extra, Un-American Vowels in This Week’s Freshest Leftovers https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/29/a-dirty-bible-a-sexy-nurse-and-extra-un-american-vowels-in-this-weeks-freshest-leftovers/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40402 A hidden king is uncovered … with the help of some makeup, in Bylines in Blood #4, written by Erica Schultz and Van Jensen, drawn by Aneke, lettered by Cardinal Rae and published by AfterShock. Former New York City police Detective Easton Newburn met a New York City resident who became his assistant. This is...

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]]> 40402 Newburn Goes to Jail (on Purpose), and We Spend Some Time on Archie World https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/01/newburn-goes-to-jail-on-purpose-and-we-spend-some-time-on-archie-world/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39628 So his big plan was to get arrested for a murder he didn’t commit? You do you, Easton. Newburn #5 is written by Chip “Secret Canadian Big Daddy” Zdarsky, drawn by Jacob Phillips and published by Image. What would happen if the Batman from Dark Knight Returns got to chill out with the gang in...

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]]> 39628 Newburn is Still Delicious in Our Freshest Leftovers Yet (Also: Radio Spaceman, Rogue Sun) https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/07/newburn-is-still-delicious-in-our-freshest-leftovers-yet-also-radio-spaceman-rogue-sun/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38289 If it’s not mobsters dropping dead, it’s the cops. Whatever it is, it’s more trouble for Easton Newburn in Newburn #3 and #4, written by Chip “Big Daddy” Zdarsky, drawn by Jacob Phillips and published by Image. When the Sun goes down in the Crescent City, a new one rises in Rogue Sun #1, written...

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]]> 38289 Your Western Double-Play: Pulp and That Texas Blood https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/30/your-western-double-play-pulp-and-that-texas-blood/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7303 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...

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