Jason Howard - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 13 Aug 2020 14:29:56 +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 Jason Howard - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Review: ‘Big Girls’ #1 and the perils of gender essentialism https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/13/review-big-girls-1-and-the-perils-of-gender-essentialism/ Thu, 13 Aug 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7576 [Ed. note: Contains spoilers for Image’s Big Girls #1.] Let’s get straight into it. The premise of Big Girls #1 by Jason Howard appears interesting at first glance, right? A future world, big people fighting monsters? Yes. Cool. Cool. Except that’s about as exciting as it ever gets. Big Girls #1 wants to say more...

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]]> 7576 4 lesser-known Robert Kirkman stories https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/13/4-lesser-known-robert-kirkman-stories/ Thu, 13 Aug 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7564 When someone says “Robert Kirkman,” what title springs to mind? For most people outside comic fandom, and many in, it’s likely his cross-media hit, “The Walking Dead.” For many other comic fans, it might be his superhero title, “Invincible.” There might even be some people who jump to “Outcast,” his demonic possession drama that was...

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]]> 7564 WMQ&A Episode 119: Dad Chat with Jason Howard https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/04/wmqa-episode-119-dad-chat-with-jason-howard/ Tue, 04 Aug 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7369 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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