Marvel comics of 1993. We talk the most famous issue of Peter David’s X-Factor, and then Deadpool
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Rorschach by King & Fornes: The Independent Sequel
“‘In the end?’ Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.”
Least of all, Watchmen itself. For more than four decades, Alan Moore and Gibbon’s hit has endured as the genre-defining standard in comics. Not just a masterpiece, but the rare kind of cultural touchstone capable of transforming comic books themselves from a once disposable genre into an artform, one capable of masterpieces at all. Watchmen isn’t just a comic book, but the comic book.
And now, after a Warner Brothers film, a hit HBO show, and more accolades than I can think of, the title has come back to some different beginning with Rorschach.
Like its source material, Rorschach’s a 12-issue DC comic mini-series penned by two of the biggest names in comics — Tom King (Vision, Mister Miracle) and artist Jorge Fornés (Batman, Daredevil). But what is it? A continuation of the classic? Or simply more of it? Another echo of Manhattan’s threat that nothing ever ends? [Read more…] about Rorschach by King & Fornes: The Independent Sequel
(Re)Read Hickman’s X-Men: All Too Worldly – Marauders #2-6
Really, the superficially cynical maneuverings of these worldly aristos are potentially as compelling as those happening in the mysteriously remade Otherworld. Yet while I’ve enjoyed Marauders, its overall execution is flawed in ways quite different from Excalibur’s challenges. Indeed, it’s been the least consistent ongoing, both in terms of direction and quality. But throughout, we’ve certainly gotten a better-than-average series, and dear daddy Duggan shows he’s still got his finger on the pulse of the present. That doesn’t mean it’s not quite literally all over the map!
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Casual Krakoa: Trial of Magneto #3!
On my weekly livestream, Casual Krakoa Live, I review the week’s X-Men comics, and answer big questions about what’s going on with Marvel’s merry mutants! You can listen or watch below:
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This week’s Casual Krakoa will answer:
+ What’s new for X-Men in 2022 that we should look forward to?
+ Why we’re all just playing a waiting game for Inferno to end now
+ Why Trial of Magneto should have just stayed an X-Factor story!
Creannotators #63: “Nuclear Power” with writers Desiree Proctor & Erica Harrell!
This week on Creannotators, I talk Nuclear Power with co-creators Desiree Proctor and Erica Harrell. We talk alternate histories of the Cuban Missile Crisis, what it’s like in DC Comics’ Talent Workshop, their upcoming Disney+ series, Ultra Violet and Black Scorpion, and much more!
On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!
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