Skip to content
May 9, 2025
  • Al Ewing saves the day in Detective Comics Annual 2025
  • No more working for the man in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s X-Factor #10
  • Marvel teases return to the Age of Apocalypse (like we’re not already living it)
  • Cheetah and Cheshire Pull the Heist of the Century in New DC Series

COMICSXF

The comics criticism you crave

  • HOME
  • Articles
    • Opinions
    • Issue Overviews
    • Television Overviews
    • Interviews
    • Odds & Ends
    • Redesigning
  • Battle of The Atom
  • TCXFIP
  • BatChat
  • Primer
    • Creator Primers
    • The Pull List
    • Character Primers
    • Team Primers
  • Patreon
  • Shop
  • About Us
  • Home
  • Van Jensen

Van Jensen

  • Issue Overviews

A Dirty Bible, a Sexy Nurse and Extra, Un-American Vowels in This Week’s Freshest Leftovers

Will Nevin and Ian Gregory3 years ago3 years ago023 mins

A hidden king is uncovered … with the help of some makeup, in Bylines in Blood #4, written by Erica Schultz and Van Jensen, drawn by Aneke, lettered by Cardinal Rae and published by AfterShock. Former New York City police Detective Easton Newburn met a New York City resident who became his assistant. This is…

Read More
  • Issue Overviews

2004’s Most Shocking Comic Is Super Lame, but Slumber #1 Is Pretty Cool

Will Nevin and Ian Gregory3 years ago3 years ago021 mins

While you sleep, nightmare warrior Stetson works to kill the things that torment you in your dreams. But she’s got a thing or two bothering her in Slumber #1, written by Tyler Burton Smith, illustrated by Vanessa Cardinali, colored by Simon Robins, lettered by Steve Wands and published by Image. A couple of prime ministers…

Read More
  • AfterShock

Bylines in Blood Dabbles in the Obvious, Strikes at Post-Truth Society

Will Nevin and Ian Gregory3 years ago3 years ago019 mins

We’ve had a pandemic. A global economic crash. And a journalist has been murdered. But one hard-drinking female reporter-turned-detective is on the case. Bylines in Blood #1 is written by Erica Schultz and Van Jensen, illustrated by Aneke, lettered by Cardinal Rae and published by AfterShock. Will Nevin: OK, I know why I was interested…

Read More
2016-2025, ComicsXF Powered By BlazeThemes.