John Lees - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 06 Apr 2023 00:57:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 John Lees - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 WMQ&A 2-for-1: Scott Koblish and John Lees https://comicsxf.com/2023/04/07/wmqa-2-for-1-scott-koblish-and-john-lees/ Fri, 07 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45154 Play catchup on your favorite interview podcast! Here are our two most recent episodes. Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 251: Doing The Nasty with John Lees First, writer John Lees joins the show to talk about his new Vault Comics series The Nasty, and the real-life horror history that inspired it. Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode...

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]]> 45154 It’s a No-Tell Motel in Hotell Because Almost Everyone Dies (Also: Little Monsters! Red Sonja!) https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/16/its-a-no-tell-motel-in-hotell-because-almost-everyone-dies-also-little-monsters-red-sonja/ Mon, 16 May 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40836 A “Hotel California” reference here would be pretty lame, right? But there are literally characters checking out and never leaving in Hotell Vol. 2 #5, written by John Lees, drawn by Dalibor Talajic, colored by Lee Loughridge, lettered by Sal Cipriano and published by Artists, Writers and Artisans.  There’s a “New Kid in Town,” and...

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]]> 40836 So What If It Was Published in 2009? Our 13-Years-Late Review of Irredeemable #1 (and More) https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/25/so-what-if-it-was-published-in-2009-our-13-years-late-review-of-irredeemable-1-and-more/ Fri, 25 Mar 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39233 What if a costumed superhero who looked and acted like Superman broke bad in a really terrible way? I mean, like, just started setting people on fire for no reason and shit? That’d freak you the hell out, wouldn’t it? It’s all right here in Irredeemable #1, written by Mark Waid, drawn by Peter Krause,...

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]]> 39233 Rent a Deadbox Flick and Check into Your Hotell to Die (And More Newburn, Too) https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/25/rent-a-deadbox-flick-and-check-into-your-hotell-to-die-and-more-newburn-too/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38163 My god, Bobby, didn’t you know those pants are for a woman? Deadbox #2 is written by Mark Russell, drawn by Benjamin Tiesma, colored by Vladimir Popov, lettered by AndWorld Design and published by Vault. A magical sketchbook and an artist with his head squarely up his ass doesn’t sound like a good combination, does...

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]]> 38163 WMQ&A Episode 194: Bayou Billy Shakespeare with John Lees https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/18/wmqa-episode-194-bayou-billy-shakespeare-with-john-lees/ Tue, 18 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37439 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 194: Bayou Billy Shakespeare with John Lees Writer John Lees joins the show to talk about his AWA wrestling-and-Shakespeare comic “Crimson Cage” and all the bodyslams and iambic pentameter that inspired it. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where...

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