The Recount - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 08 Apr 2021 20:41:41 +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 The Recount - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 The X Spot: Turncoat Bond Slinks His Way to the Top (Again) https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/08/the-x-spot-turncoat-bond-slinks-his-way-to-the-top-again/ Thu, 08 Apr 2021 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=24592 Would you like to know a lot of the things I hate, like state legislators, Peacock and steak fries? READ ON, FRIENDO.   The Bottom (at the Top) 10. Tribute: Rush Limbaugh. Writers: Don Smith and Michael Frizell, Artist: J.B. Fernandes, Colorist: Simon Wright, Letterer: Wilson Ramos Jr., Publisher: Tidalwave Productions The central thesis of this...

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]]> 24592 The X Spot: AWA’s Casual Fling Comes Back for Seconds https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/09/the-x-spot-awas-casual-fling-comes-back-for-seconds/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22572 Live your life with the stupid confidence of Michael Larson. But be less stupid. Ten comics — including a familiar one in the pole position — and a little game show history coming your way in this week’s X Spot. The Bottom (at the Top) 10. Black Cotton #1. Story: Patrick Foreman and Brian Hawkins,...

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]]> 22572 The X Spot: Shadow Doctor Leads a Tight Grouping of Solid Books https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/23/the-x-spot-shadow-doctor-leads-a-tight-grouping-of-solid-books/ Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21620 In his concurring opinion in 1989’s Texas v. Johnson, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote, “And so great is our commitment to the process that, except in the rare case, we do not pause to express distaste for the result, perhaps for fear of undermining a valued principle that dictates the decision. This is one...

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