Stillwater - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 29 Apr 2021 23:00:27 +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 Stillwater - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 The X Spot: Catching up on Too Many Books and Too Much News https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/23/the-x-spot-catching-up-on-too-many-books-and-too-much-news/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=13341 This is a week for catching up, for getting to a few of those books I’ve “been meaning to” for “an inordinate amount of time” which is now apparently “leading to an abuse of sarcastic quotes.” To the books, Geoffrey! 10. Batman: The Abduction. Writer: Alan Grant, Artist: Norm Breyfogle, Inker: James A. Hodgkins, Colorist:...

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]]> 13341 Swords, Satan and ‘Stillwater’ in our Staff Picks for Oct. 21 https://comicsxf.com/2020/10/19/swords-satan-and-stillwater-in-our-staff-picks-for-oct-21/ Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8945 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s Pick Excalibur #13: Get ready for some hot Braddock-on-Braddock action (Wait …), all written by “X of Swords” co-mastermind Tini Howard and drawn by guest artist R. “Powers” B. “Of” Silva “X.” ($3.99)...

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]]> 8945 Giant-Size Storm, Mega-Sized Batman, Regular-Sized Chip Zdarsky in our Sept. 16 Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/14/giant-size-storm-mega-sized-batman-regular-sized-chip-zdarsky-in-our-sept-16-staff-picks/ Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=8321 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Andrea’s Pick Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1: We can all agree the X-Men’s resident goddess has been underwritten since the dawn of dawn of X the Hickman era began the Disassembled stuff Blue and Gold...

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