Maniac of New York - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:05:13 +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 Maniac of New York - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Maniac of New York Kinda Ends, while Bunny Mask Cranks up the Weird https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/24/maniac-of-new-york-kinda-ends-while-bunny-mask-cranks-up-the-weird/ Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29997 It’s the end for Harry and the brave, hopeless people trying to stop him. Or is it? Let’s carve into Maniac of New York #5 by writer Elliott Kalan, artist Andrea Mutti, letterer Taylor Esposito and publisher AfterShock. What’s a few chisel-chipped teeth, psychosis and forced labor between friends? Let’s find out in Bunny Mask...

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]]> 29997 Maniac of New York Slashes His Way … into Our Hearts? https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/03/maniac-of-new-york-slashes-his-way-into-our-hearts/ Thu, 03 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28962 One fully automated New York City subway train full of dead bodies. Two women trying to stop a killer. And three survivors in what could be the last moments of their lives. By writer Elliott Kalan, artist and colorist Andrea Mutti and letterer Taylor Esposito, it’s Maniac of New York #3 and 4. Will Nevin:...

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]]> 28962 One Dread Door Closes and Another Opens as Miskatonic Goes and Maniac Grows https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/31/one-dread-door-closes-and-another-opens-as-miskatonic-goes-and-maniac-grows/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23703 Can FBI agent Miranda Keller save the day, or will dark forces consume her and the rest of a sleepy little valley’s humanity? It’s curtains for Miskatonic, the riff on H.P. Lovecraft’s lore and personal lousiness by writer Mark Sable, artist Giorgio Pontrelli, colorist Pippa Bowland and letterer Dave Sharpe.  Harry’s on a train. The...

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]]> 23703 The X Spot: Superman Flies High, Scumbag Continues to Suck https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/29/the-x-spot-superman-flies-high-scumbag-continues-to-suck/ Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23527 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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]]> 23527 AfterShock Double Feature: Maniac of New York Slays as Miskatonic Nears its Dread End https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/27/aftershock-double-feature-maniac-of-new-york-slays-as-miskatonic-nears-its-dread-end/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21949 A killer emerges and horrifies a city and the world … but then sticks around in Maniac of New York #1 by writer Elliott Kalan, artist Andrea Mutti and letterer Taylor Esposito. The dead rise and the Old Ones awaken. More Lovecraftian horror abounds in Miskatonic #4 by writer Mark Sable, artist Giorgio Pontrelli, colorist...

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]]> 21949 Interview: Writer Elliott Kalan on Jeopardy!, The Daily Show and Crafting Maniac of New York https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/25/interview-writer-elliott-kalan-on-jeopardy-the-daily-show-and-crafting-maniac-of-new-york/ Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21639 Maniac of New York, the new AfterShock series from writer Elliott Kalan, artist Andrea Mutti and letterer Taylor Esposito, begins with a simple idea: A big, tough Jason Voorhees-type abomination climbs out of the camp swamps and heads to the big city to kill a lot of people. And that would be a fun slasher...

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]]> 21639 What Horrors Will Miskatonic Unleash This Time, and What Will Come Next? https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/27/what-horrors-will-miskatonic-unleash-this-time-and-what-will-come-next/ Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=13624 If the dead rise in Arkham and no one is alive to scream, are they still scary? It’s time for Miskatonic #3 as written by Mark Sable, penciled by Giorgio Pontrelli, colored by Pippa Bowland and lettered by Thomas Mauer. Will Nevin: So. We have news. Justin Partridge: Such WONDROUS news, Little Monsters! Just as...

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