Todd McFarlane - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:58:49 +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 Todd McFarlane - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 DC Goes All In as the X-Men’s Storm flies solo in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/02/staff-picks-oct2/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50323 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: DC All In Special: Following the events of Absolute...

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]]> 50323 BatChat With Matt & Will: Classic Covers – Perfect for an Audio Medium https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/21/batchat-with-matt-will-classic-covers-perfect-for-an-audio-medium/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48332 Comic books are, by their very nature, a blended medium. They are a synthesis of words and pictures, and the best ones exist in a space where the two are speaking the same language. Podcasting is an aural medium, told entirely through words and sounds. That is all to say that it’s not always easy...

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]]> 48332 BatChat With Matt & Will: Batman With a Gun? https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/24/batchat-with-matt-will-batman-with-a-gun/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46331 Joker is Batman’s most dedicated foe. Ra’s al Ghul is the deadliest. The Penny Plunderer is the most ridiculous (that’s up for debate, but he’s my pick). But no criminal is more integral to the Batman mythos than Joe Chill, the man who killed the Waynes (except in Batman ’89, but the point still stands)....

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]]> 46331 Hoo! Hoo! Hoo Was Actually Entertained by Batman/Spawn? (and More BatChat) https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/16/hoo-hoo-hoo-was-actually-entertained-by-batman-spawn-and-more-batchat/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44227 It’s party night in the Owl Court Hotel, as the Scooby Gang and Bruce Wayne wind up attending a birthday soiree and running from a Talon in The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries #3, written by Matthew Cody, drawn and colored by Erich Owen, and lettered by Saida Temofonte. Lucius Fox comes to New York as...

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]]> 44227 BatChat With Matt & Will: Intercompany Crossovers (w/ Tony Thornley) https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/08/batchat-with-matt-will-intercompany-crossovers-w-tony-thornley/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44134 Fellow ComicsXF writer Tony Thornley joins us this week just in time for the new Batman/Spawn crossover to talk about other times that Batman has met characters from across the comic book omniverse. Batman meets alien hunters, an arachnid themed hero and the hellspawn he’ll be meeting again. Intercompany crossovers are a weird and wild...

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]]> 44134 Image’s Ghost Cage #1 Looks So Good You’ll Think Todd McFarlane Was Right https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/21/images-ghost-cage-1-looks-so-good-youll-think-todd-mcfarlane-was-right/ Mon, 21 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39012 When his megacorp power plant falls under attack by terrorists, the super-scientist who revolutionized and controls all energy on Earth sends his ultimate creation (and an adequate employee) in to destroy his most monstrous secrets. Find out what happens next in Ghost Cage #1, drawn by Nick Dragotta, written by Dragotta and Caleb Goellner, and...

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]]> 39012 King Spawn #2 Is Ripped from the Headlines, like a Bad Law & Order Episode https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/22/king-spawn-2-is-ripped-from-the-headlines-like-a-bad-law-order-episode/ Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33907 Al Simmons and his team return for a sophomoric sophomore installment in King Spawn #2, written by Sean Lewis and Todd McFarlane, drawn by Javi Fernandez, colored by FCO Plascencia and lettered by AndWorld Design. The ghoulish shape of Spawn’s Universe continues to form in King Spawn #2. Still reeling from the opening issue, Al...

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]]> 33907 The Todd & Co. Get the Wrong Kind of Gritty in Spawn #321 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/01/the-todd-co-get-the-wrong-kind-of-gritty-in-spawn-321/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33241 The Todd’s core text dips back into thematic excess amid some substantial worldbuilding as the Spawn’s Universe branding reaches Spawn #321, written by Todd McFarlane, drawn by Carlo Barberi and Thomas Nachlik, colored by Jay David Ramos and Andrew Dalhouse, and lettered by Tom Orzechowski. *TW/CW: This review contains mentions of sexual assault and trafficking.* ...

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]]> 33241 King Spawn #1 Is Some McFarlane Ish, but with a Deeper Bench https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/25/king-spawn-1-is-some-macfarlane-ish-but-with-a-deeper-bench/ Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33016 Spawn’s Universe crowns its monarch and assembles another crop of co-stars in King Spawn #1, written by Sean Lewis and Todd McFarlane; drawn by Javi Fernandez, Stephen Segovia, Marcio Takara, Philip Tan and Brett Booth; inked by Adelso Corona and Daniel Henriques; colored by FCO Plascencia, Andrew Dalhouse, Marcelo Maiolo, Peter Steigerwald and Dave McCaig;...

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]]> 33016 Another Introduction to the Spawn Universe in Spawn #320 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/28/another-introduction-to-the-spawn-universe-in-spawn-320/ Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31955 Spawn indulges in some old-school action even as his Universe continues to expand in Spawn #320. Written by Todd McFarlane. Drawn by Carlo Barberi. Colored by Jay David Ramos. Lettered by Tom Orzechowski. Spawn #320 might be a better pilot for Spawn’s Universe than Spawn’s Universe #1 was.  Leaping to the aid of his cybernetic...

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]]> 31955 Spawn’s Universe #1 a Mixed Bag of Ideas that Needs More Women https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/24/spawns-universe-1-a-mixed-bag-of-ideas-that-needs-more-women/ Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30042 The Toddfather introduces us to all his neat new toys in Spawn’s Universe #1, an introductory one-shot debuting the new line of Spawn characters and teasing their respective titles. Written by Todd McFarlane; drawn by Jim Cheung, Brett Booth, Stephen Segovia and Marcio Takara; inked by Adelso Corona and McFarlane; colored by Fco Plascencia, Andrew...

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