Matt Bors - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:27:46 +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 Matt Bors - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 EXCLUSIVE: Doctor Planet strikes in Fred Harper’s cover for AHOY’s The Toxic Avenger Comics #8 https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/12/exclusive-doctor-planet-strikes-in-fred-harpers-cover-for-ahoys-the-toxic-avenger-comics-8/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55263 BEHOLD … THE VISION I MEAN … DOCTOR PLANET! He is tired of Earth. These people. He is tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives. Guess that means it’s time to take out the trash. (The trash is the Toxic Avenger.) (But not reallly because Toxie is the hero of this book.)...

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]]> 55263 The Battle of Asbury Park in our EXCLUSIVE preview of AHOY’s The Toxic Avenger Comics #5 https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/19/toxic-avenger-comics-5-preview/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54901 About a month ago, we shared covers from AHOY’s Toxic Avenger Comics #5, in which ol’ Toxie gets his Frazetta on in a fantasy pastiche. Now, we get up in them guts with a special preview of the comic. And little did we know, it’s Jersey AF. Not because the Toxic Avenger is from the...

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]]> 54901 EXCLUSIVE: Check out these covers to AHOY’s Toxic Avenger Comics #5 and think about justice https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/06/toxic-avenger-comics-5-covers/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54368 Now, more than ever, we are all the Toxic Avenger. A bunch of weirdos, hideously deformed by a cruel, uncaring system, who have chosen to strap on our tutu, pick up our mop and seek justice through unhinged vigilantism. In an age where nearly every 30-50-year-old property has been licensed into a comic (Wild West...

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]]> 54368 Wolverine, Godzilla, the Toxic Avenger and more CXF mini reviews https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/29/toxic-avenger-wolverine-revenge-marvel-zombies-godzilla-monsterpiece-threatre/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50638 In a bid to broaden the number of comics we cover at ComicsXF, we give you, the reader, these one-paragraph reviews of some recent releases. Toxic Avenger #1 W: Matt Bors / A: Fred Harper / C: Lee Loughridge / L: Rob Steen / P: AHOY Comics In a year when it feels like there are more...

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]]> 50638 The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 322: Matt Bors & Ben Clarkson talk Justice Warriors Vol. 2 https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/01/tcxfip-322-matt-bors-ben-clarkson/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50319 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 322: Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson talk Justice Warriors: Vote Harder Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson join the show to talk about their new AHOY Comics graphic novel, Justice Warriors: Vote Harder. Plus, Bors talks about his upcoming Toxic Avenger series at AHOY. You can listen...

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]]> 50319 2 Pieces of [Poop Emoji], Plus Traveling to Mars and The Gimmick https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/13/2-pieces-of-poop-emoji-plus-traveling-to-mars-and-the-gimmick/ Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45701 Ron DeSantis is a pile of human excrement molded into human form and stuffed into a suit. The comic about him isn’t so great either. Political Power: Ron DeSantis is written by Michael Frizell, drawn and colored by Martin Gimenez, lettered by Benjamin Gilbert and published by TidalWave Productions. Roy remains the center of the...

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]]> 45701 We Make Heart Eyes at … Heart Eyes (and Justice Warriors and Immortal Red Sonja) https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/29/we-make-heart-eyes-at-heart-eyes-and-justice-warriors-and-immortal-red-sonja/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43194 The world may be over, and monsters might loom over the horizon, but don’t feel so bad: You’ve got a new girl in your life. There’s nothing ominous about that in Heart Eyes #1, written by Dennis Hopeless, drawn by Victor Ibáñez, colored by Addison Duke, lettered by Simon Bowland and published by Vault. The...

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]]> 43194 WMQ&A Episode 216: Justice Will Prevaricate with Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/28/wmqa-episode-116-justice-will-prevaricate-with-matt-bors-and-ben-clarkson/ Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41685 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 116: Justice Will Prevaricate with Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson visit the show to talk about their AHOY Comics series Justice Warriors. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You...

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]]> 41685 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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