Mark Sable - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Mon, 12 Dec 2022 19:23:58 +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 Mark Sable - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Let’s Get AfterShook in Fear of a Red Planet https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/12/lets-get-aftershook-in-fear-of-a-red-planet/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 19:23:50 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44154 By Ian Gregory and Will Nevin No one can hear you scream about labor rights in space. Fear of a Red Planet #1 is written by Mark Sable, drawn and colored by Andrea Olimpieri, lettered by Dave Sharpe and published by AfterShock. Ted Walsh wants one more run on top. And he’ll get it by...

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]]> 44154 Where Starships Go to Die, Men Go to Calculate and Poo Cops Go to Police https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/23/where-starships-go-to-die-men-go-to-calculate-and-poo-cops-go-to-police/ Thu, 23 Jun 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41600 In a world ruined by climate change, hope rests on humanity’s first interstellar mission. Oh, and there’s a Confederate rocket. And ghosts or something. Where Starships Go to Die #1 is written by Mark Sable, drawn by Alberto Locatelli, colored by Juancho!, lettered by Rob Steen and published by AfterShock. The streets are mean and...

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]]> 41600 WMQ&A Episode 189: Chicago Chi-nanigans https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/14/wmqa-episode-189-chicago-chi-nanigans/ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35903 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 189: Chicago Chi-nanigans We ain’t here to start no trouble, we’re just here to interview creators and publishing folks on the floor of C2E2 2021 in Chicago. Guests include Mark Sable, Kami Garcia, Gavin Smith, Stephanie Phillips, AfterShock Publisher Joe Pruett and AWA representatives Dulce Montoya and Lisa Wu. You...

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]]> 35903 It’s a Comic! It’s a Game! It’s Mark Sable Talking about His Chaotic Neutral Kickstarter https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/27/its-a-comic-its-a-game-its-mark-sable-talking-about-his-chaotic-neutral-kickstarter/ Mon, 27 Sep 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34086 RPGs and comics: two great tastes that taste great together. From the Dungeons & Dragons comics of the ’80s to Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans’ meditation on games and aging, DIE, there is a history of comics and gaming blending together. A new addition joins the ranks this week, when Mark Sable (Miskatonic) and Chris...

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]]> 34086 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 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 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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]]> 13624 All the Lovecraft Easter Eggs in AfterShock’s Miskatonic #2 https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/22/all-the-lovecraft-easter-eggs-in-aftershocks-miskatonic-2/ Tue, 22 Dec 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=10175 Miskatonic’s Magical Misery Tour continues with a trip to Arkham in AfterShock Comics’ Miskatonic #2. Written by Mark Sable, penciled by Giorgio Pontrelli, colored by Pippa Bowland and lettered by Thomas Mauer, Miskatonic #2 finds our intrepid investigators on the run from the Dagon cultists, aiming toward deeper, darker corners of Lovecraft Country. We open...

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]]> 10175 ADVANCE REVIEW: AfterShock’s ‘Miskatonic’ #1 Pokes at Lovecraft While Playing with Noir https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/10/advance-review-aftershocks-miskatonic-1-pokes-at-lovecraft-while-playing-with-noir/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 17:00:53 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9419 In its solicit text, AfterShock’s “Miskatonic” promises “a mix of historical crime fiction and Lovecraftian horror that dives deep into the American nightmare.” Let’s get into the new series from Mark Sable, Giorgio Pontrelli, Pippa Bowland and Thomas Mauer and see if it pays off those dark and abominable promises.

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