Zac Thompson - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 10 Aug 2025 15:43:36 +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 Zac Thompson - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 362: Zac Thompson talks Cemetery Kids Run Rabid https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/12/tcxfip-362-zac-thompson/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53769 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 362: Zac Thompson talks Cemetery Kids Run Rabid Writer Zac Thompson joins the show to talk about his new Oni Press series Cemetery Kids Run Rabid. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes...

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]]> 53769 WMQ&A Episode 290: Zac Thompson 3: Dream Warriors https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/23/wmqa-290-zac-thompson/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47760 WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · WMQ&A Episode 290: Zac Thompson 3: Dream Warriors Writer Zac Thompson returns to talk about his new Oni Press series, Cemetery Kids Don’t Die, his upcoming BOOM Studios series Blow Away and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Amazon...

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]]> 47760 The Logic of Cults and the Nature of Detection in Brother of All Men #2 https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/17/the-logic-of-cults-and-the-nature-of-detection-in-brother-of-all-men-2/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42472 Mysteries, conspiracies and sacred structures all rise up in the Canadian wilderness in Brother of All Men #2, written by Zac Thompson, drawn by Eoin Marron, colored by Mark Englert and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou for AfterShock. As before, I’d ask you to read Brother of All Men #2 before turning to the reflections here....

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]]> 42472 Let’s Join a Cult in AfterShock’s The Brother of All Men #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/20/lets-join-a-cult-in-aftershocks-the-brother-of-all-men-1/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42136 I don’t think you should read this until you have finished reading AfterShock’s The Brother of All Men #1, an engrossing beginning to what is sure to be a powerful, horrifying, gripping read. If you have any affinity for cult horror, folk horror or the previous work of the creators, Zac Thompson, Eoin Marron, Mark...

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]]> 42136 Devil’s Reign: Superior Four #1 Has Eight Arms To Hold Your Attention https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/12/devils-reign-superior-four-1-has-eight-arms-to-hold-your-attention/ Wed, 12 Jan 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37361 Otto Octavius is looking for a few good men…and they’re all him. Devil’s Reign: Superior Four #1 is written by Zac Thompson, drawn by Davide Tinto, colored by Matt Milla, and lettered by Ariana Maher. Otto Octavius has always been chasing something greater. The more we’ve learned about the villain and his motives and drive,...

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]]> 37361 Sad Dad Gets Mad in Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/17/sad-dad-gets-mad-in-ka-zar-lord-of-the-savage-land-3/ Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35292 The Savage Land needs no master, but when techno-organic organisms spread sickness and corruption, Ka-Zar and his family must protect their home. Zac Thompson, Germán García, Álvaro López, Matheus Lopes, Matt Milla & Joe Caramagna deliver Ka-Zar: Lord Of The Savage Land #3. Chris Eddleman: We’re back as we  crest the hump of this five...

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]]> 35292 Eco-Horror & Insurmountable Guilt In Our Exclusive Preview Of Ka-Zar: Lord Of The Savage Land #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/11/eco-horror-insurmountable-guilt-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-ka-zar-lord-of-the-savage-land-3/ Thu, 11 Nov 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35217 If you aren’t reading Ka-Zar: Lord Of The Savage Land you are making mistakes. What Zac Thompson and Germán García have been crafting with this series is a comic with the same intelligence and deconstruction as House Of X or Immortal Hulk. It is an evolution of what superhero comics can be, and you’re missing...

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]]> 35217 The Danger of Well-Meaning Whites in Ka-Zar #2 https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/14/the-danger-of-well-meaning-whites-in-ka-zar-2/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34616 Ka-Zar and his family bite off more than they can chew as the mystery deepens regarding the Polyscion in Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #2, written by Zac Thompson, drawn by Germán García, colored by Matheus Lopes and lettered by Joe Caramagna.  Chris Eddleman: What’s that? It’s another installment of our eco-mystery? I’m pretty...

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]]> 34616 Dinosaurs, Veganism and Invasive Species in Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/08/dinosaurs-veganism-and-invasive-species-in-ka-zar-lord-of-the-savage-land-1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33420 The Savage Land, a land that time forgot. A region of Antarctica filled with prehistoric beasts and tribes, undisturbed for millennia. It is protected by Ka-Zar and Shanna the She-Devil, outsiders who have become reborn in the soil of the realm. But something is wicked in this garden of Eden as Zac Thompson, Germán García,...

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]]> 33420 A Mirror, A Kaleidoscope, A Window: Social Media’s Effect On Our Soul https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/15/a-mirror-a-kaleidoscope-a-window-social-medias-effect-on-our-soul/ Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30467 Heads up, this piece contains some sexual images and my not be appropriate for all audiences. When do you feel seen? Whenever a relatable image, meme, statement, general piece of content, etc. appears on social media, there’s a barrage of “Wow, this is me!”, “I’m in this, and I don’t like it”, or “I feel...

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]]> 30467 Final Fungal Thoughts as AfterShock’s I Breathed a Body #5 Wraps the Series https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/27/final-fungal-thoughts-as-aftershocks-i-breathed-a-body-5-wraps-the-series/ Thu, 27 May 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28321 Everything ends, everything begins in the techno-organic hellscape of I Breathed a Body #5 by Zac Thompson, Andy MacDonald, Triona Farrell and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.  Robert Secundus: Flesh fades; data dissipates; even languages are someday lost; all is dust. Stories end. And so too, this comic, and our conversations about it. Still, I think, this is...

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]]> 28321 The Mushroom Apocalypse Draws Closer in I Breathed a Body #4 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/03/the-mushroom-apocalypse-draws-closer-in-i-breathed-a-body-4/ Mon, 03 May 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=26137 The cult of Mylo grows, but the mystical mushroom secret has roots in the much deeper, darker world of I Breathed a Body #4 by Zac Thompson, Andy MacDonald, Triona Farrell and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.  CW: I Breathed a Body #4 features images of suicide and self-harm, and this article will be discussing those images. Zachary...

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]]> 26137 We Rank I Breathed a Body #3 from Anne to Zoe https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/01/we-rank-i-breathed-a-body-3-from-anne-to-zoe/ Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23887 As Anne architects a social media campaign of looming dread, she begins to doubt her actions and fear her co-workers. Locked in a terror-shrouded fortress of her own design, with nowhere left to run, Anne confronts the fury of a Fungal God long thought dead in I Breathed a Body #3 by Zac Thompson, Andy...

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]]> 23887 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 People Pulling the Strings Are What’s Most Grotesque about I Breathed a Body #2 https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/24/the-people-pulling-the-strings-are-whats-most-grotesque-about-i-breathed-a-body-2/ Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=21652 As the world reels from the most depraved livestream ever put online, Anne and her co-workers lean into the violence. Horrific appetites are revealed, death is made into spectacle, and the world changes in an instant. Step behind the curtain of online outrage to see the people pulling the strings. Become those who push the...

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]]> 21652 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 Advance Review: Social Media Is Disturbing, Even without Mushrooms, in I Breathed a Body #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/01/19/advance-review-social-media-is-disturbing-even-without-mushrooms-in-i-breathed-a-body-1/ Tue, 19 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=13208 When the world’s biggest influencer posts something irredeemably horrific online, the world changes in an instant. Now it’s up to his social media manager, Anne Stewart, to fan the flames of outrage and create a sensationalist campaign that rewrites the rules of “banned content.” Thus begins a carnival of lust, revulsion, desire and disgust —...

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]]> 13208 No One’s Rose Writers on Parallels with V for Vendetta, Walt Whitman & Game of Thrones https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/29/no-ones-rose-writers-zac-thompson-emily-horn/ Tue, 29 Dec 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=10290 No One’s Rose by Emily Horn, Zac Thompson, Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque, Raúl Angulo and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou is an adventure story that explores ecology, utopia and life after calamity. I spoke with Horn and Thompson about the series and their perspectives on utopian fiction, climate change, destructive cycles, Waterworld and more.  Click here for Part I....

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]]> 11455 Zac Thompson & Emily Horn Talk about the Philosophy behind No One’s Rose, Gut Bacteria and (Checks Notes) Waterworld https://comicsxf.com/2020/12/24/zac-thompson-emily-horn-talk-about-the-philosophy-behind-no-ones-rose-gut-bacteria-and-checks-notes-waterworld/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=10261 No One’s Rose by Emily Horn, Zac Thompson, Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque, Raúl Angulo and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou is an adventure story that explores ecology, utopia and life after calamity. I spoke with Horn and Thompson about the series and their perspectives on utopian fiction, climate change, destructive cycles, Waterworld and more.  The following transcription has been...

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]]> 10261 #1 Double Play: Reviews of ‘Lonely Receiver’ and ‘Grendel, Kentucky’ https://comicsxf.com/2020/09/03/1-double-play-reviews-of-lonely-receiver-and-grendel-kentucky/ Thu, 03 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7998 She’s a futuristic techno-horror story about the obsessions of a toxic-relationship. He’s a modern-day retelling of Beowulf that pits biker against beast. Let’s see if sparks fly when Zoe Tunnell reviews AfterShock’s Lonely Receiver #1 and Robert Secundus reviews AWA’s Grendel, Kentucky #1. Lonely Receiver #1 Writer: Zac Thompson, Artist: Jen Hickman, Letterer: Simon Bowland,...

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]]> 7998 Interview: Zac Thompson talks about a key episode of ‘Angel’ ahead of his BOOM run (Part II of II) https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/28/interview-zac-thompson-talks-about-a-key-episode-of-angel-ahead-of-his-boom-run-part-ii-of-ii/ Fri, 28 Aug 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7873 Bryan Edward Hill and Gleb Melnikov revitalized and reimagined Angel for a new age in Angel & Spike. This September, Zac Thompson and Hayden Sherman are continuing that reimagination, starting Sept. 23 in Angel & Spike #14, and hoping to create stories in the BOOM!-fyverse that both capture the magic of the original series and critically reevaluate the source material....

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]]> 7873 Interview: Zac Thompson on his plans for the next arc of ‘Angel & Spike’ (Part I of II) https://comicsxf.com/2020/08/21/interview-zac-thompson-on-his-plans-for-the-next-arc-of-angel-spike-part-i-of-ii/ Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=7788 Bryan Edward Hill and Gleb Melnikov revitalized and reimagined Angel for a new age in Angel & Spike. This September, Zac Thompson and Hayden Sherman are continuing that reimagination, starting Sept. 23 in Angel & Spike #14, and hoping to create stories in the BOOM!-fyverse that both capture the magic of the original series and...

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]]> 7788 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 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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