Normally I’d review these separately, but since they’re two chapters of the same event, written and drawn by the same creative team, and releasing the same week, here you go with both Wolverine and X-Force! Wolverine #6 and X-Force #13 Victor Bogdanovic (Art), VC’s Joe Caramagna (Letters, X-Force), Tom Muller (Design), Benjamin Percy (Writing), VC’s Cory Petit (Letters,…
Previously on Comics: I’m Not Allowed To Say I Hope Donald Trump Dies On Twitter
Good morning! Happy first full week of Halloween. I definitely hope Donald Trump dies. Ngozi Ukazu, creator of Check, Please!, has had her first strip printed in the New Yorker! Congratulations! …and now for the rest. LA Comic Con is moving ahead full steam in December! This seems like a terrible idea. Houghton Mifflin has shuttered its 14 year…
Previously On Comics: Ex-Farce
Good morning. Rob Liefeld really wants you to pay attention to him. He’s mad about X-Men comics again, and he’s learned exactly the right way to stir up a mob on social media. Anyway, on to news that actually matters: Allie Brosh has a new book, and Buzzfeed has an interview with her. Mark Trail’s…
Previously On Comics: Noteworthy Events
I gotta say, as normal as social distancing is starting to feel these days, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to keep track of con season digitally. It’s frustrating to me that Christian Cooper is known primarily now as the man who was involved in the altercation with the racist birdwatching lady, and not,…
REVIEW: A Question of Identity in New Mutants #12
I really, really want New Mutants to be great. It’s been…solid, for the first year, but against the rest of the current X-Men line, is solid really enough?
REVIEW: X-Force #12: Fuck Off, Hank
The thing about X-Force is that somehow, after a full twelve issues, what would’ve been a year’s worth of comics in non-COVID times, I still keep wanting to come back to it, review work aside. That it accomplishes this despite featuring two characters I’ve come to despise is impressive.
REVIEW: Cable #3 Misses Its Target
I was along for the ride in the first couple of issues, but I have to say that Cable #3 has a little too much of some things I am absolutely not fond of. Chief among them? Well, it starts with Dead and ends with Pool.
REVIEW: X-Force #11: Fuck Off, Piotr
Right off the bat, I have to say that the cover to X-Force #11 is one of my favorites so far.
REVIEW: G.I. Joe #7 Finds A Life Worth Living
It’s been nearly a year since I reviewed G.I. Joe #1; we should be right on the cusp of issue #12, where writer Paul Allor said he had the series mapped to in our interview. Instead, a pandemic hit on top of all the fascism, and we’re only halfway there.
REVIEW: Empyre: X-Men #2: She Talks to Himbo Angels
The Cotati have invaded Genosha! And there they find…zombies! And…old ladies? The X-Men are in for one of their strangest fights yet, and we’re here to talk about it!
REVIEW: Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1 is All Style, No Substance
Under the pen of Rod Reis, Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex is a beautiful comic. But that’s really…all it is.
REVIEW: Cable #2 Provides A First-Page Stinger
I mentioned last time that Cable had been among my lowest expectations for the current line of X-Books, and how happy I was to be surprised. While the second issue feels a little slight in comparison, it’s got some really, really gratifying moments.