Lumberjanes - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 03 Dec 2020 02:58:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Lumberjanes - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Just in Time for the End of the Series, a Primer on BOOM Studios’ Lumberjanes https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/03/just-in-time-for-the-end-of-the-series-a-primer-on-boom-studios-lumberjanes/ Thu, 03 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9782 This week marks the end of a series I’ve been following since its inception six years ago: Lumberjanes from BOOM Studios. This charming all-ages series, created by Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters, explores friendship, various camp skills, romance and a forest full of mythical creatures, interdimensional portals and magic. So it’s not exactly like any...

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]]> 9782 The Bat, the Cat & the King in Black, and a Whole Bunch More Staff Picks for 12/4 https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/30/the-bat-the-cat-the-king-in-black-and-a-whole-bunch-more-staff-picks-for-12-4/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9705 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan M.’s Pick King in Black #1: IT’S RAININ’ GOOP! HALLELUJAH, IT’S RAININ’ GOOP! Now that “X of Swords” is over, it’s time for Marvel to go all in on its next big linewide...

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]]> 9705 The Ice Cream Man Cometh and Kate Pryde Seeks Revenge in Our Staff Picks for Sept. 9 https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/07/the-ice-cream-man-cometh-and-kate-pryde-seeks-revenge-in-our-staff-picks-for-sept-9/ Mon, 07 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8120 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Will’s Pick Ice Cream Man Presents Quarantine Comix Special #1: During the height of the pandemic in the spring, Team Ice Cream Man – writer W. Maxwell Prince, artist Martin Morazzo, colorist Chris O’Halloran...

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