Miskatonic - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 31 Mar 2021 02:16:58 +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 Miskatonic - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 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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