Ryan North - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 14 Feb 2025 02:05:30 +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 Ryan North - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Everybody wants to rule the world, but only Victor gets to, in One World Under Doom #1 https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/14/one-world-under-doom-1/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51724 Victor Von Doom takes over the world, and our heroes may not be able to stop him. One World Under Doom #1 is written by Ryan North, drawn by R.B. Silva, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Travis Lanham. Tony Thornley: Welcome friends, and peace and prosperity to Doom, long may he reign. Rasmus...

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]]> 51724 Trek Talks tackles reality rewrites, wild AI, and death by vacuums https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/13/trek-talks-tackles-reality-rewrites-wild-ai-and-death-by-vacuums/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51716 A new batch of Trek Tales hit especially close to home in our newest “Trek Talks!” Star Trek #28, written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing with art by Tess Fowler and letters by Clayton Cowles. Star Trek: Defiant #23, written by Christopher Cantwell, with art by Ángel Unzueta, colors by Marissa Louise and letters...

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]]> 51716 The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 339: Ryan North talks Marvel’s One World Under Doom https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/11/tcxfip-339-ryan-north/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51669 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 339: Ryan North talks Marvel's One World Under Doom Writer Ryan North joins the show to talk about Marvel’s One World Under Doom, Fantastic Four, IDW’s Star Trek: Lower Decks and more. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and...

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]]> 51669 Ryan North talks Star Trek: Lower Decks ― Warp Your Own Way, CYOA Hamlet and more https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/22/ryan-north-star-trek-lower-decks/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50508 Once again, I’ve reached Ryan Qwantz North as he travels the highways of Canada, ever his constant remote companion, this time to discuss Star Trek, chooseable path stories and Star Trek: Lower Decks — Warp Your Own Way, the upcoming chooseable path graphic novel from IDW, with art by Chris Fenoglio, colors by Charlie Kirchoff...

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]]> 50508 Marvel turns 85, and no one’s asking it not to run for president again https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/02/marvel-85th-anniversary-special/ Mon, 02 Sep 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49996 What’s it like to visit a Marvel museum? In space? With Deadpool and Wolverine?* Is it all nostalgia-bait, or will our heroes find something more? Discover the answer in Marvel’s 85th Anniversary Special, written and drawn by Ryan North, Joshua Cassara, Iman Vellani, Sabir Pirzada, Stephen Byrne, Alan Davis, Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Yuji...

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]]> 49996 Ben and Johnny get jobs, shirtless in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Fantastic Four #20 https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/02/fantastic-four-20-preview/ Thu, 02 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48797 I’ve never been a Fantastic Four guy, but I gotta say, every time I dip into this current iteration of the series, I have a great time. I read the previous issue, #19, where the Trapster uses a Cosmic Cube to trap the FF in a noir where Alicia Masters plays the private dick and...

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]]> 48797 Ryan North loves brain stuff in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Fantastic Four #15 https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/28/fantastic-four-15-preview/ Thu, 28 Dec 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47524 Ryan Q. “Dinosaur Comics” North loves a disembodied brain. Look at his epic run on The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, in which he reforms Nazi scientist villain Brain Drain – a disembodied brain and eyes in a robot body – into Werner Herzog-style comic relief. God, that series was good. Marvel used to be a proper...

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]]> 47524 “Day of Blood” concludes & Shaxs has his best day in an all new Trek Talks! https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/29/day-of-blood-concludes-shax-has-his-best-day-in-an-all-new-trek-talks/ Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46701 The Day of Blood has led to the ultimate showdown, both on the surface and in orbit above Qo’noS! Star Trek: Defiant #7, written by Christopher Cantwell, with art by Ángel Unzueta, colors by Marissa Louise and letters by Clayton Cowles. Star Trek #12, written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing with art by Ángel...

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]]> 46701 Star Trek: Lower Decks #1 Captures the Feel of the Show https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/29/star-trek-lower-decks-1/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43175 While the USS Cerritos prepares to make second contact with an advanced civilization, Ensigns Mariner, Boimler and Tendi visit the holodeck for some R&R and nothing could possibly go wrong. Or could it? Star Trek: Lower Decks #1 is written by Ryan North, with art by Chris Fenoglio and letters and design by Johanna Nattalie....

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]]> 43175 Ryan North Talks Lower Decks #1, Star Trek AI, and Pizza Shakes https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/15/ryan-north-talks-lower-decks-1-star-trek-ai-and-pizza-shakes/ Mon, 15 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42471 Somewhere on the Trans-Canada highway, that great artery connecting all ten Canadian provinces, Ryan North speeds along in his car. There, among the anonymous byroads of rural Quebec, where the Internet is spotty, the white-throated sparrows serenade with their call of “oh-sweet-Canada-Canada!” and the cabanes à sucre provide the vital, sugary lifeblood to the world’s...

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]]> 42471 Wolverine Yeets Younglings In Power Pack #5 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/14/wolverine-yeets-younglings-in-power-pack-5/ Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25029 The helpful Agent Aether, mentor to super-kids, turned out to be the evil Wizard (that’s actually his villain name), with a plan to steal the Power kids’ powers! Can they un-disempower themselves and foil his plans, now that they’ve got help from another adult…Wolverine? Power Pack #5, written by Ryan North, drawn by Nico Leon,...

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]]> 25029 No Parental Supervision in Power Pack #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/10/no-parental-supervision-in-power-pack-3/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14968 Hey kids! Make sure your state-approved mentor, as per Kamala’s Law, knows you’re about to read the latest Power Pack, in which our youthful quartet discover too late that Agent Aether is a big old jerk! Power Pack #3, writing by Ryan North, art by Nico Leon, colored by Rachelle Rosenberg, lettered by Travis Lanham....

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]]> 14968 From Vonnegut to North, We Review BOOM’s Adaptation of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/17/from-vonnegut-to-north-we-review-booms-adaptation-of-slaughterhouse-five/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8436 The adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five is here thanks to BOOM Studios, Ryan North and Albert Monteys. Color assistance comes courtesy of Richard Zaplana. The graphic novel adaptation brings Billy Pilgrim’s journey to life and updates it for a new generation of humans toiling with the cost of war, violence and insecurity. Jason Large: Kurt...

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