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Lots of Explosions and Complaining about Deathstroke in This Week’s Bat Chat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago010 mins

It’s the Magistrate vs. the Unsanity Collective, and the Scarecrow makes his play in Batman #111, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Two-Face faces the GCPD in interrogation and his story includes some new twists and new characters. The…

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  • Batman

Legends’ First Arc Ends and We Dive Deeper into Joker’s Puzzlebox in Bat Chat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago011 mins

It’s catch-up week here at Bat Chat. With none of the main-continuity Bat titles dropping, we’ll be discussing three out-of-continuity digital first tales: two released physically in the past couple weeks, and one that is still digital for a couple more months. The inaugural arc of the new volume of Legends of the Dark Knight…

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  • Batman

Hue Vile, Year One Revisited, Black Mask and More in a Busy Bat Chat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago011 mins

It’s another busy Bat week, with a full slate of titles! In Detective Comics #1,039, many answers about Hue Vile come to light in both the main and backup stories, with the feature written by Mariko Tamaki; penciled by Viktor Bogdanovic; inked by Daniel Henriques, Norm Rapmund and Bogdanovic; colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered…

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  • Batman

A Dearth of Bat Books Leads Us to a Good Old Fashioned Bat Chat Q&A

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago09 mins

Welcome to a special fifth week BatChat. For those not deeply entrenched in comics distribution, when there are five Wednesdays in a month, shipping can get … weird. So this week there are no comics with Batman as a lead! What are we to do? Well, to start, we’ll look at last week’s digital release…

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  • CXF Interview Podcast

WMQ&A Episode 165: Cartoon Logic with Juni Ba

Dan Grote and Matthew Lazorwitz5 years ago5 years ago01 mins

Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 165: Cartoon Logic with Juni Ba Writer/artist Juni Ba joins the show to talk about the influences behind his TKO Studios graphic novel Djeliya. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You can follow the show on…

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  • Batman

Bat Chat Catches Up with Scooby-Doo, Legends and Joker’s Puzzlebox

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin5 years ago5 years ago012 mins

It’s catch-up week here at Bat Chat. With none of the main continuity Bat titles dropping, we’ll be discussing three out-of-continuity digital first tales: two released physically in the past couple weeks, and one that is still digital for a couple more months. The annual Gotham Dog Show has two special guest judges this year:…

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  • Batman

It’s a Bat Chat 3-for-All as We Talk Batman, Joker and Detective Comics

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin5 years ago5 years ago012 mins

Thanks to some shipping-related hijinks due to the holiday, and the fact that Matt insists on reading things physically, we skipped last week’s Bat Chat, so this week is a hat trick of the three main-continuity Bat books. Simon Saint’s plan becomes more clear and Harley makes a connection in Batman #109 with a lead…

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  • Staff Picks

Pride, More Hellfire Gala, Six Sidekicks & Other Staff Picks for 6/9

Dan Grote5 years ago5 years ago05 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: DC Pride: DC spotlights its LGBTQIA+ characters in an anthology featuring stories about Batwoman by James Tynion IV and Trung Le Nguyen, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn by Mariko Tamaki and Amy Reeder,…

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  • Batman

We Draw Double Jokers in Joker #3 and Batman/Scooby-Doo #2

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin5 years ago5 years ago010 mins

The hunt for the Joker reaches a climax (We don’t really believe that, but we’ll see) as Jim Gordon comes face to face with the boogeyman in The Joker #3, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Ari Prianto and lettered by Tom Napolitano. A much less…

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  • Staff Picks

Business Mutants, Summer Camp, Cyclops Racism and More Staff Picks for 5/12

Dan Grote5 years ago5 years ago04 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: X-Corp #1: The mutants are doing a business! Warren Kenneth Worthington III and Monet St. Croix run Krakoa’s corporate arm in a new series written by Tini Howard (Excalibur) and drawn by Alberto…

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  • The X Spot

The X Spot: Injustice, Wrestlemania, Batman and Steve Orlando

Will Nevin5 years ago5 years ago017 mins

Loyal Content Consumer, I’d like to start out this week by apologizing for an error that was brought to my attention by my colleague Cori McCreery. In my review of Tidalwave Productions’ Tribute: Rush Limbaugh, I offered a script for my own Rush bio comic that was fundamentally flawed and tragically incomplete. I’d like to…

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  • Batman

Joker Remains a Surprising Breath o’ Fresh, While Batman/Scooby-Doo Delights, in Bat Chat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin5 years ago5 years ago011 mins

Jim Gordon prepares to hunt down the Joker, as forces align against the Clown Prince of Crime, in The Joker #2, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Ari Prianto and lettered by Tom Napolitano.  And in a much less somber corner of DC’s publishing line, Batman…

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  • Staff Picks

A Batman Team-Up, the Avengers Come Narc-ing and More Staff Picks for 4/14

Dan Grote5 years ago5 years ago04 mins

Matt’s Pick: Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #1: When the Dark Knight’s original purple gloves go missing, the Scooby gang travels back in time to find them in a new all-ages, digital-first series written by Ivan Cohen and drawn by Dario Brizuela. ($2.99) Check out the latest from Matt. Liz’s Pick: Children of the Atom #2:…

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  • The X Spot

The X Spot: Superman Flies High, Scumbag Continues to Suck

Will Nevin5 years ago5 years ago018 mins

Loyal Content Consumer, how I have missed you. Let’s get to it. The Bottom (at the Top) 10. Deep Beyond #2. Writers: Mirka Andolfo and David Goy, Artist: Andrea Broccardo, Colorist: Barbara Nosenzo, Letterer: Fabio Amelia, Publisher: Image Deep Beyond is the sort of book that casts a sheen over my eyes thick enough to…

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  • Batman

Bat Chat’s Light on Bat as We Talk Joker, Red Hood, and Harley & Ivy

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin5 years ago5 years ago016 mins

It’s a week of first issues, as Jim Gordon begins a hunt for the Joker and Bluebird hunts for evidence to convict Punchline in The Joker #1, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Ari Prianto and lettered by Tom Napolitano, and a backup written by Sam…

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