Lonely Receiver - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:14:28 +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 Lonely Receiver - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 A Mirror, A Kaleidoscope, A Window: Social Media’s Effect On Our Soul https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/15/a-mirror-a-kaleidoscope-a-window-social-medias-effect-on-our-soul/ Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30467 Heads up, this piece contains some sexual images and my not be appropriate for all audiences. When do you feel seen? Whenever a relatable image, meme, statement, general piece of content, etc. appears on social media, there’s a barrage of “Wow, this is me!”, “I’m in this, and I don’t like it”, or “I feel...

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]]> 30467 A Batman Team-Up, the Avengers Come Narc-ing and More Staff Picks for 4/14 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/12/a-batman-team-up-the-avengers-come-narc-ing-and-more-staff-picks-for-4-14/ Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=24778 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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]]> 24778 WMQ&A Episode 145: Mushrooms and MySpace with Zac Thompson https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/02/wmqa-episode-145-mushrooms-and-myspace-with-zac-thompson/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14073 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 145: Mushrooms and MySpace with Zac Thompson Writer Zac Thompson returns to the show to talk about his new AfterShock series I Breathed a Body, the miracles of mushrooms, the evils of social media and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at...

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]]> 14073 More Future State, More S.W.O.R.D. and Clowns in Our Staff Picks for 1/13 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/11/more-future-state-more-s-w-o-r-d-and-clowns-in-our-staff-picks-for-1-13/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=12371 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Justin’s Pick  Future State: Justice League #1: Jon Kent, Tim Fox, Yara Flor, Jo Mullein, Andy Curry and Jess Chambers are the Justice League of the future, and they’re here to remind y’all that...

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]]> 12371 S.W.O.R.D. Returns to Orbit, a Haunted House Walks and More Staff Picks for 12/9 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/07/s-w-o-r-d-returns-to-orbit-a-haunted-house-walks-and-more-staff-picks-for-12-9/ Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9827 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Forrest’s Pick S.W.O.R.D. #1: Mutants! In! Spaaaaaaaaace! Krakoa gets its own Space Force in once and future SWORD Director Abigail Brand, frequent space-dwelling mutant leader Magneto, former Acolytes Fabian Cortez and Frenzy, current Galadorian...

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]]> 9827 Swords Keep a-Stabbin’, New Donny Cates and More Staff Picks for Nov. 4 https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/02/swords-keep-a-stabbin-new-donny-cates-and-more-staff-picks-for-nov-4/ Mon, 02 Nov 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9285 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick X-Men #14: Presumably we get more Apocalypse: Mutantdom’s first Wife Guy in this “X of Swords” tie-in by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Mahmud Asrar. ($3.99) Previously, in “X-Men” … Zack’s Pick...

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]]> 9285 #1 Double Play: Reviews of ‘Lonely Receiver’ and ‘Grendel, Kentucky’ https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/03/1-double-play-reviews-of-lonely-receiver-and-grendel-kentucky/ Thu, 03 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7998 She’s a futuristic techno-horror story about the obsessions of a toxic-relationship. He’s a modern-day retelling of Beowulf that pits biker against beast. Let’s see if sparks fly when Zoe Tunnell reviews AfterShock’s Lonely Receiver #1 and Robert Secundus reviews AWA’s Grendel, Kentucky #1. Lonely Receiver #1 Writer: Zac Thompson, Artist: Jen Hickman, Letterer: Simon Bowland,...

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]]> 7998 Al Ewing Wrote a Fifth of This Week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/31/al-ewing-wrote-a-fifth-of-this-weeks-staff-picks/ Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7966 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick We Only Find Them When They’re Dead #1: A spacefaring crew harvests the bodies of dead gods to sustain civilization, while its captain desperately seeks to find a live one, in a...

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