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BatChat With Matt & Will: Conceived Behind a Dumpster

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Big Two superhero comics are an iterative process. What was conceived in the 1930s and 40s has evolved and changed over the intervening three quarters of a century. Usually? That’s for the better. Characters get deeper and develop more of an internal life. Plots become more mature. Art becomes more realistic, or more stylized. And...

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BatChat With Matt & Will: Snyder’s Nightmares

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Of the many writers who have written tales of the Dark Knight over the past 15 years, few if any have left their mark as much as Scott Snyder. Creator of the Court of Owls, with an impressive 52 issue run on Batman proper, not counting many other series and mini-series, Snyder explores the fears...

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The C2E2 Tapes: Kyle Higgins and Ryan Parrott Get Supermassive

Zachary Jenkins, Ritesh Babu, Ari Bard and Dan Grote — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 17:00:00 +0000

In December, ComicsXF’s intrepid head honcho, Zachary Jenkins, hit the floor of C2E2 with a microphone in his hand and a hankering to talk to as many creators as he could get five minutes alone with. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing some of those interviews. Thirty years ago, Image Comics introduced the...

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MS Awareness and Pretty Art Liven Up an Otherwise Dull Darkhawk #3

Stephanie Burt — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 17:00:00 +0000

Darkhawk is a Marvel Comics character whose trademark must periodically be refreshed. Darkhawk #3 is written by Kyle Higgins, with art by Juanan Ramírez, colors by Erick Arcienaga, and letters by Travis Lanham. After three issues of Darkhawk Juanan Ramírez has become one of my favorite action-and-combat artists. The last half of Darkhawk #3, an...

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Darkhawk #2 Doesn’t Innovate But Has Potential

Stephanie Burt — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 20:00:00 +0000

Connor Young just discovered the amulet that makes him a masked, flying hero. He’s also just discovered that he has MS. He’s not the same confident teenage hoops star everyone thought he was. So who’s he gonna be? Darkhawk #2, written by Kyle Higgins, art by Juanan Ramirez, colors by Erick Arciniega, letters by VC’s...

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Darkhawk #1 Balances Health & Heroics In A Promising Debut

Stephanie Burt — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000

Connor Young was a high school basketball star till his MS diagnosis last week. Today he feels like an ex-basketball star: nothing special. Tonight he’s an armored superhero. What will he make of his new life? Darkhawk #1, written by Kyle Higgins, art by Juanan Ramirez, colors by Erick Arcienega, letters by VC’s Travis Lanham,...

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Get Ready for a Color-Coded Team-Up in Image’s Radiant Black #7

Tim Rooney — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 14:00:00 +0000

Picking up from the shocking ending of issue #5, Radiant Black’s life just got a whole lot more complicated. Pursued by a new enemy and not sure whom to trust, will our hero escape with his life? Or is this the beginning of the end? Issue #7 is written by Kyle Higgins, drawn by Marcelo...

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Interview: Kyle Higgins Breaks Down the First Arc of Image’s Radiant Black

Tim Rooney — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0000

Note: This feature discusses plot points through the first six issues of Radiant Black. Trade waiters be warned. Image Comics’ new series Radiant Black, created by writer Kyle Higgins (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Nightwing) and artist Marcelo Costa, introduced readers to failed writer Nathan Burnett. Nathan is 30, debt-ridden and recently moved back home with...

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The Gods Have Awakened Again in Image’s Ordinary Gods #1

Armaan Babu and Ari Bard — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 14:00:00 +0000

Gods walk the Earth — and have always done so, from the moment life crawled out of the ocean, hidden hands influencing events throughout history. The biggest catch — they do not necessarily know who they are. Christopher, a young man of 22, does not know anything about the war of eons he’s been a...

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WMQ&A Episode 157: Kyle Higgins’ Radiant Black Bath Bombs

Dan Grote and Matthew Lazorwitz — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000

Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 157: Kyle Higgins' Radiant Black Bath Bombs Writer Kyle Higgins joins the show to talk about his Image series Radiant Black, writing about writing, finding out as a kid that none of his friends liked Power Rangers anymore, and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify,...

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Advance Review: Image’s Radiant Black Charming Enough to Hook Even Non-Tokusatsu Fans

Zoe Tunnell — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:00:00 +0000

I’m not a Tokusatsu gal. The Japanese tradition of costumed superheroes with outrageous names fighting endless goons and flamboyant monsters in a seemingly infinite sea of quarries should, by all accounts, be extremely my kind of thing. But whether it’s Power Rangers, Kamen Rider or Ultraman, every attempt I’ve made to dive into the genre...

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