Mike Mignola - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 22 Jan 2026 01:27:26 +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 Mignola - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 BatChat With Matt & Will: 666- The Story of the Beast https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/22/batchat-with-matt-will-666-the-story-of-the-beast/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55678 We read three stories an episode. So with that math, episode 222 means we are ranking story 666, which is certainly a portentous number. It’s a number that screams horror. And it’s not like we haven’t covered plenty of Batman horror on this show. But as we get to that number here, we figured there’s...

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]]> 55678 The 2024 ComicsXF Holiday Gift Guide Part I https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/02/2024-comicsxf-holiday-gift-guide/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50970 Can it really be the holidays again so soon? That’s right, folks, we’ve taken another trip around the sun, and it’s time to gather those you love close and enjoy the holidays! No matter what you’re celebrating, you just have to get that special something for those special someones in your life. That’s where we...

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]]> 50970 BatChat With Matt & Will: Weaponized Memories https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/25/batchat-with-matt-will-weaponized-memories/ Sun, 25 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=48019 Of all of Jack Kirby’s creations at DC, the Fourth World is probably the most well known, the most expansive, and the most ill used by other creators over the years. Some really get the wild cosmic and Shakespearean vibe the King of Comics was putting down. Some don’t and just try to make the...

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]]> 48019 BatChat With Matt & Will: Elseworlds of Horror https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/01/batchat-with-matt-will-elseworlds-of-horror/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45597 The beauty of DC’s Elseworlds concept, rather than a more traditional What If? or imaginary story, is the variety it opened up. This wasn’t a simple small recasting of one event, butterfly effect style, but creators imaginations could go wild and choose different times, places, and even twist the most basic concepts of the character...

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]]> 45597 Newburn is Still Delicious in Our Freshest Leftovers Yet (Also: Radio Spaceman, Rogue Sun) https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/07/newburn-is-still-delicious-in-our-freshest-leftovers-yet-also-radio-spaceman-rogue-sun/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38289 If it’s not mobsters dropping dead, it’s the cops. Whatever it is, it’s more trouble for Easton Newburn in Newburn #3 and #4, written by Chip “Big Daddy” Zdarsky, drawn by Jacob Phillips and published by Image. When the Sun goes down in the Crescent City, a new one rises in Rogue Sun #1, written...

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]]> 38289 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 3: A Batman By Any Other Name https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/07/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-3-a-batman-by-any-other-name/ Thu, 07 Oct 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34382 There are more comics about alternate versions of Batman than of any other hero in the DC Universe, if not all of comics. And so, this week, Matt and Will are going to take a trip through three tales of Dark Knights of different eras and origins. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight Batman: Holy Terror Superman:...

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]]> 34382 Writer Christopher Golden Talks about Expanding the Outerverse with Lady Baltimore https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/02/writer-christopher-golden-talks-about-expanding-the-outerverse-with-lady-baltimore/ Fri, 02 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23923 The Baltimore legacy lives on in Lady Baltimore. Picking up nearly 13 years after the last Baltimore epic, The Red Kingdom, the Outerverse (the name provided to this separate arm of the Mignola umbrella of titles) finds itself expanding. Led by a new leading lady and two new titles, writer Christopher Golden and a full...

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]]> 23923 Adam Hughes’ Art Subtracts by Adding to ‘Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Seven Wives Club’ https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/12/adam-hughes-art-subtracts-by-adding-to-hellboy-and-the-b-p-r-d-the-seven-wives-club/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9486 Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Seven Wives Club Writer: Mike Mignola, Artist: Adam Hughes, Letterer: Clem Robins, Publisher: Dark Horse Hellboy lives and dies on tone. It’s the reason every Hellboy movie is missing that little bit of magic Mike Mignola brings. It’s gothic, reflective, tinged with sorrow and regret. That’s what ghost stories are...

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