Undone by Blood - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 16 May 2021 03:17:33 +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 Undone by Blood - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 The Fantastic Four Get Old, the Hulk Goes Prehistoric and More Staff Picks for 5/19 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/17/the-fantastic-four-get-old-the-hulk-goes-prehistoric-and-more-staff-picks-for-5-19/ Mon, 17 May 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=27520 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: Fantastic Four Life Story #1: Marvel attempts to replicate the formula behind 2019’s Spider-Man Life Story by sending the FF aging through the decades, courtesy of writer Mark Russell (Second Coming) and artist...

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]]> 27520 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 Advance Review: Undone by Blood Returns to Pull off a Heist during the Depression https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/02/advance-review-undone-by-blood-returns-to-pull-off-a-heist-during-the-depression/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22030 The early 1930s: The height of the Great Depression and the beginning of the Dust Bowl. Silvano Luna Del Rio works as a postman in Buttar, Texas. Reeling from a tragic past, with only a gun and a Western novel to his name, Silvano sets out to take back from the country that took so...

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]]> 22030 The Rarefaction of Long Running Series, The “Anthology Format” and Undone by Blood https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/02/the-rarefaction-of-long-running-series-the-anthology-format-and-undone-by-blood/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21855 Most modern comic book creators are rarely afforded the opportunity to tell long-running stories. Though my generation grew up on serialized original titles like Sandman, Preacher, and Y: The Last Man the industry and artform have changed immensely over the last two decades and, outside of superhero books, those types of ongoing narratives are becoming...

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]]> 21855 DC Enters the Infinite Frontier, and Some Indie #1s Fill out Our 3/3 Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/01/dc-enters-the-infinite-frontier-and-some-indie-1s-fill-out-our-3-3-staff-picks/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21962 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Infinite Frontier #0: First, there was the New 52, and the people saw that it was mostly a mixed bag. Then there was Rebirth, and the people saw that it was pretty strong...

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]]> 21962 WMQ&A Episode 145: Mushrooms and MySpace with Zac Thompson https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/02/wmqa-episode-145-mushrooms-and-myspace-with-zac-thompson/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=14073 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 145: Mushrooms and MySpace with Zac Thompson Writer Zac Thompson returns to the show to talk about his new AfterShock series I Breathed a Body, the miracles of mushrooms, the evils of social media and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at...

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]]> 14073 Review: ‘Undone by Blood’ sticks the landing, is coming back for more https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/13/review-undone-by-blood-sticks-the-landing-is-coming-back-for-more/ Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7542 Undone by Blood #5 Writers: Zac Thompson and Lonnie Nadler, Artist: Sami Kivela, Colorist: Jason Wordie, Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Publisher: AfterShock I call it the Knives Out effect. Sometimes a piece of media is so beloved by those who have consumed it, that when they hear someone else has experienced it, their voice takes on...

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]]> 7542 The ‘Undone by Blood’ Finale, a Funeral for Kate Pryde & More 8/12 Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/10/the-undone-by-blood-finale-a-funeral-for-kate-pryde-more-8-12-staff-picks/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7467 Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. DAN’S PICK: Undone by Blood #5: Will Ethel Grady Lane get revenge for the murder of her family? Find out in the conclusion to this AfterShock series by co-writers Zac Thompson and Lonnie Nadler,...

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]]> 7467 Get spurred to read these 4 great comics Westerns https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/30/get-spurred-to-read-these-4-great-comics-westerns/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7283 High noon in a desert town. Two men face off, hands on the butts of their holstered revolvers. [Grote’s note: Heh heh, butts.] A blur of motion, a crack of gunfire, and one (or both) falls. This scene is a hallmark of the American Western, a genre that was popular in comics throughout the 1950s...

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]]> 7283 An X-Men freebie and Giant-Size Magneto cap our staff picks for July 15 https://comicsxf.com/2020/07/13/an-x-men-freebie-and-giant-size-magneto-cap-our-staff-picks-for-july-15/ Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=6877 Each week, XavierFiles staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. CHRIS’ PICK: FCBD X-Men #1: Free Comic Book Summer begins with a sneak peek at this fall’s “X of Swords” by writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Pepe Larraz (aka Team “House of X”) and a...

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