Peter Milligan - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 20 Aug 2025 20:11:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Peter Milligan - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 BatChat With Matt & Will: Time Travel Hypnosis (w/ Dan Grote) https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/21/batchat-with-matt-will-time-travel-hypnosis-w-dan-grote/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53881 It’s a very special week on BatChat. We have now recorded 200 episodes. 600 stories. It’s a whole lot. And to celebrate, Matt and Will are together in one room, face to face, along with our first fan, our first Patreon backer, Matt’s bestest pal in the whole world, Dan Grote, to read a milestone...

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]]> 53881 BatChat With Matt & Will: Rowing the Amazon in a Cadillac https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/25/batchat-with-matt-will-rowing-the-amazon-in-a-cadillac/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47768 Ah, my sweet summer children, let me tell you of a time called the early 90s. It was a time of hope. It was a time of questionable fashion. And it was a time when there were only three monthly Batman family titles, and one of them very rarely interacted with the others. This week,...

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]]> 47768 Killin’ for Fun (and Revenge and Profit) in Rogues’ Gallery, Absolution and Above Snakes https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/12/killin-for-fun-and-revenge-and-profit-in-rogues-gallery-absolution-and-above-snakes/ Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42826 If you go after the queen of TV superheroes, you’d better not miss. Or you could think about sucking less as a person. Your choice, really, in Rogues’ Gallery #1, written by Hannah Rose May, with story by May and Declan Shalvey, drawn by Justin Mason, colored by Triona Farrell, lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and...

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]]> 42826 BatChat With Matt & Will Ep.45: This is an Anti-Discourse Comic (w/ Rob Secundus) https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/28/batchat-with-matt-will-ep-45-this-is-an-anti-discourse-comic-w-rob-secundus/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42241 Batman has a complicated relationship with religion. He is a rationalist living in a world with real angels and demons. So what happens when Batman intersects with religion? Well, we don’t really answer that specific question. But we do have three stories where Batman confronts people and creatures with specific religious ties. And we’re joined...

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]]> 42241 Come on, Everybody, and Get AfterShook with These Recent #1s https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/10/come-on-everybody-and-get-aftershook-with-these-recent-1s/ Tue, 10 May 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40630 Sometimes dead is better. Especially when you’re trying to hide a trio of corpses in Dogs of London #1, written by Peter Milligan, drawn by Artecida, colored by Valentina Bianconi, lettered by Rob Steen and published by AfterShock. The only thing harder than an art heist during a monster attack is stealing gold from the...

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]]> 40630 Are We X-Static for The X-Cellent #1? A Spoiler-Free Review https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/31/are-we-x-static-for-the-x-cellent-1-a-spoiler-free-review/ Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37741 They were loved by their adoring fans. They were reviled by the harsh press. They lived, they loved, they fought and they died…a lot – all for the sake of fame. They were the X-Statix, a team of mutant celebrities fighting for a brighter world and an even brighter spotlight! But they’re old news now...

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]]> 37741 WMQ&A Episode 136: In Search of Zest with Peter Milligan https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/01/wmqa-episode-136-in-search-of-zest-with-peter-milligan/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9720 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 136: In Search of Zest with Peter Milligan We pelt writer Peter Milligan with questions about the evils of capitalism as he talks about “Happy Hour,” “American Ronin” and updates us on the status of his “X-Statix” spinoff, “The X-Cellent.” As always, you can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts,...

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]]> 9720 ‘It Is Happening’: Milligan Provides an Update on X-Statix Spinoff ‘The X-Cellent’ (EXCLUSIVE) https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/24/it-is-happening-milligan-provides-an-update-on-x-statix-spinoff-the-x-cellent-exclusive/ Tue, 24 Nov 2020 17:00:20 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9656 Writer Peter Milligan and artist Mike Allred returned to their early 2000s X-team, the celebrity mutant X-Statix, last year in “Giant-Size X-Statix,” a one-shot that pitted a new version of the team, with a new U-Go-Girl, against a rogue splinter group led by famously dead former member Zeitgeist (Y’know, the one who died again on...

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]]> 9656 Happiness Is a Warm Glass of Nice Bourbon: AHOY’s ‘Happy Hour’ and the Right to be Miserable https://comicsxf.com/2020/11/06/happiness-is-a-warm-glass-of-nice-bourbon-ahoys-happy-hour-and-the-right-to-be-miserable/ Fri, 06 Nov 2020 17:00:30 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=9382 Happy Hour #1 Writer: Peter Milligan, Artist: Michael Montenat, Colorist: Felipe Sobreiro, Letterer: Rob Steen, Publisher: AHOY It’s 12:48 a.m. Central Standard Time. I am watching what seems to be my 86th consecutive hour of MSNBC (because it is a Rick Santorum-free zone), but all I really want is to go to bed. Well, that’s...

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