Stefano Landini - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:58:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Stefano Landini - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 ‘We’re Taking Everyone Down with Us’ sequel coming, in more good news for Dad Comics https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/14/were-taking-everyone-down-with-us-sequel/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:57:58 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54863 We’re living in a golden age of Dad Comics. Remember how your dad’s bookshelf had all those John Grisham and Tom Clancy novels on it? Dad Comics are John Grisham and Tom Clancy novels but for us (well, me at least. I don’t know your life). Instead of Jack Ryan and Jack Reacher and other...

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]]> 54863 ADVANCE REVIEW: We’re Taking Everyone Down with Us #1 brings to new life to ’60s genre fiction https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/30/were-taking-everyone-down-with-us-1/ Sun, 30 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51910 After her mad-scientist father is killed by the world’s greatest spy, 13-year-old Annalise is left all alone in the world. Sort of. Her dead dad’s robot bodyguard is following her around for some reason. Now Annalise has a choice: try to lead a normal life for the first time ever, or seek revenge and maybe...

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]]> 51910 Black Panther #8, Like Beyonce’s New Album, Won’t Be for Everyone https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/10/black-panther-8-like-beyonces-new-album-wont-be-for-everyone/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42399 T’Challa has owned the path his secrets paved for the Hatut Zeraze’s takeover, and ceded command of the resistance to his allies. But doing the right thing doesn’t always lead to the outcomes – or answers – one would prefer. T’Challa’s undue mistrust must face consequences – choices that will alter the fate of Wakanda...

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]]> 42399 Black Panther #7 Is Good… But It Could Be More https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/07/black-panther-7-is-good-but-it-could-be-more/ Thu, 07 Jul 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41910 T’Challa has to make major concessions to earn back the trust of the allies he’s hurt, as his enemies continue to grow their influence over his home in Black Panther #7, written by John Ridley, art by Stefano Landini, color art by Matt Milla, letters by Joe Sabino. Humility is a good, great, necessary trait...

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]]> 41910 Black Panther #6 Finds Pride Leading (Almost) to a Fall https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/01/the-women-in-his-life-bail-out-tchalla-in-black-panther-6/ Wed, 01 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41222 The women in his life bail out T’Challa in Black Panther #6 written by John Ridley with art by Stefano Landini, colors by Matt Milla, and letters by Joe Sabino. Black Women are the Foundation; Black Women are the Future.  At one point in the census track I grew up in, the average life expectancy...

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]]> 41222 Black Panther #5 Examines Loyalty and Leadership https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/13/black-panther-5-examines-loyalty-and-leadership/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40037 Secrets are revealed and loyalties are questioned in Black Panther #5 written by John Ridley with art by Juann Cabal and Stefano Landini, colors by Matt Milla, and letters by Joe Sabino. Is it a person, or is it the people? When change needs to happen; when revolutions occur; when the world is in need...

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]]> 40037 Caught in a Bad Romance in Daredevil #35 https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/29/caught-in-a-bad-romance-in-daredevil-35/ Fri, 29 Oct 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34916 Bonds are rekindled and scripts are flipped in Daredevil #35. Written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Stefano Landini and Francesco Mobili, colored by Marcio Menyz, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, Daredevil #35, part 5 of “Lockdown,” sees heroes getting help and villains getting themselves into new, old, and romantic forms of trouble.  Writing reviews of...

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]]> 34916 A Study in Re-Cid-Ivism in Daredevil #34! https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/09/a-study-in-re-cid-ivism-in-daredevil-34/ Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33453 Big revelations and bigger set-ups abound in Daredevil #34. Written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Stefano Landini, inked by Adriano Di Benedetto, colored by Marcio Menyz, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, Daredevil #34, part 4 of “Lockdown,” sees Matt getting out and Elektra gearing up – but they’re both just getting started.   Anna Peppard: Welcome...

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