Mike Hawthorne - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:16:22 +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 Mike Hawthorne - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Bat-Cat in space, Mystery Inc. have a ball and Gotham by Gaslight grows in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/06/batchat-batman-batscoob-gothambygaslight/ Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:16:18 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50062 Batman and Catwoman are on an alien world, trying to steal a Mother Box from Amanda Waller, while dodging the Suicicde Squad. So it’s a Tuesday. Oh, wait, what’s that creeping dread?  Batman #152’s main story is written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled by Mike Hawthorne, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Romulo Fajardo Jr....

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]]> 50062 BatChat catches up with the latest issues of Batman, & Robin, and Detective Comics https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/23/batchat-batman-robin-tec/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49931 Amanda Waller’s war on superheroes is in full swing, and Batman has asked Catwoman to help him steal something that will help put Waller on the backfoot. This should be easy with the world’s greatest thief, right? No, because he didn’t expect to find Waller’s newest Suicide Squad in a secret U.S. military base. Batman...

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]]> 49931 The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 306: Philly Special 2024 https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/04/tcxfip-306-philly-special-2024/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49127 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 306: Philly Special 2024 Matt and Dan go to Fan Expo Philly for interviews with Mike Hawthorne (Batman, Daredevil), Ryan Dunlavey (The Illustrated Al), Peter Tomasi (Sinister Sons) and IDW editor Heather Antos. Plus, an extended, rambling intro! You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple...

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]]> 49127 Batman and Catwoman go to war (plus Gordon’s Knight Terrors, Riddler) in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/01/batchat-gotham-war-battle-lines/ Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46444 After months of exhaustion, Batman collapses and awakens weeks later to find Gotham changed. Crime is down, and the city is quiet. But the reason is not what he would like it to be: Catwoman has organized the city’s small-time crooks and is enforcing rules. As he and the family meet with Selina, lines are...

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]]> 46444 Batman Turns 900 and Also Peacemaker Is Here in BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/05/05/batman-turns-900-and-also-peacemaker-is-here-in-batchat/ Fri, 05 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45391 Batman faces down Red Mask on a journey through the Multiverse, where we see some very familiar cowls in Batman #135, written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled by Mike Hawthorne, Mikel Janin and Jorge Jimenez, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, Jimenez and Janin, colored by Tomeu Morey and Romulo Fajardo Jr., and lettered by Clayton Cowles....

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]]> 45391 BatChat Goes Under the Red Mask as Joker Runs for President https://comicsxf.com/2023/04/07/batchat-goes-under-the-red-mask-as-joker-runs-for-president/ Fri, 07 Apr 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45164 Batman comes mask to mask with Red Mask, the man behind this alternate Gotham, and learns the full extent of his plan in Batman #134, written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled by Mike Hawthorne, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, Tim Drake makes a quick...

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]]> 45164 BatChat Isn’t Mad at This Week’s Bat Books, It’s Just Disappointed https://comicsxf.com/2023/02/10/batchat-isnt-mad-at-this-weeks-bat-books-its-just-disappointed/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44708 After being blasted by Failsafe, Batman wakes up in a world very different from the Gotham he knows. Batman #132 is written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled by Mike Hawthorne, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, Tim Drake is sure that Batman is alive and...

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]]> 44708 Is It an AU, or Is It a Psychic Prison? Either Way, It’s BatChat https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/06/is-it-an-au-or-is-it-a-psychic-prison-either-way-its-batchat/ Fri, 06 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44444 After being blasted by Failsafe, Batman wakes up in a world very different from the Gotham he knows. Batman #131 is written by Chip Zdarsky, penciled by Mike Hawthorne, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In the backup, Tim Drake is sure that Batman is alive and...

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]]> 44444 A Spree of Terror in Daredevil #32 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/29/a-spree-of-terror-in-daredevil-32/ Thu, 29 Jul 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32023 Everyone but Bullseye’s locked down in Daredevil #32. Written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Mike Hawthorne, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Marcio Menyz, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, Daredevil #32, part 2 of “Lockdown,” sees NYC forced inside by Bullseye’s killing spree, while Matt forces himself out of solitary – and into more...

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]]> 32023 A Mission of Death in Daredevil #31 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/01/a-mission-of-death-in-daredevil-31/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30334 The former and current Daredevils have had enough and Bullyseye’s just getting started in Daredevil #31. Written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Mike Hawthorne, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Marcio Menyz, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, Daredevil #31 sees Matt waking up to realities of life on the inside, while Elektra wakes up...

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]]> 30334 A Pointed Return in Daredevil #30 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/20/a-pointed-return-in-daredevil-30/ Thu, 20 May 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=27869 Elektra’s still great at being Daredevil and Matt Murdock’s still great at being stubborn in Daredevil #30. Written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Marco Checchetto and Mike Hawthorne, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Marcio Menyz, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, Daredevil #30 finds Matt recovering from the yard attack that nearly killed him...

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]]> 27869 Daredevil Tangles with Inner (and Outer) Evil in Daredevil #27 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/12/daredevil-tangles-with-inner-and-outer-evil-in-daredevil-27/ Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14974 Matt faces the beast within while Elektra takes care of the the ones outside! It’s Daredevil #27 written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Marco Chechetto and Mike Hawthorne, inked by Marco Chechetto and Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Marcio Menyz, and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Vishal Gullapalli: Justin! We’ve almost gotten through “King in Black”!...

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]]> 14974 Ol Hornhead Gets Goopy In Daredevil #26 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/28/ol-hornhead-gets-goopy-in-daredevil-26/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=13686 Hell’s Kitchen gets gooped in Daredevil #26. Written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Mike Hawthorne & Marco Checchetto, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Marcio Menyz, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, this twenty-sixth installment finds Matt Murdock and Elektra’s lives interrupted by the God of Symbiotes. Inside Matt struggles to survive a Knull-infested Rikers...

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]]> 13686 WMQ&A Episode 122: The Story Mike Hawthorne Didn’t Want to Tell https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/25/wmqa-episode-122-the-story-mike-hawthorne-didnt-want-to-tell/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7856 Longtime Deadpool artist Mike Hawthorne joins the show to talk about his BOOM Studios graphic memoir, "Happiness Will Follow," which tells the story of growing up with his single Puerto Rican mother.

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