Best Comics Ever

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:

* Spoilers Follow *

This week’s Comics:

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Hello and welcome to Comic Book Herald’s Hickmania, a series running through 2022 where we’ll be reading and analyzing the creator-owned works of writer Jonathan Hickman, from his debut The Nightly News through to his most recent output. We’ll be reading one creator-owned work a month through 2022, and each month I’ll release a new analysis with a new guest discussing the comic!

Today we’re talking The Manhattan Projects and I’m joined by Celice B! We’ll analyze the work in depth, so expect spoilers!

Previously: Past episodes of Hickmania

Hickmania on Youtube

Topics today include:

The Manhattan Projects is:

Writer: Jonathan Hickman

Artist: Nick Pitarra, Ryan Browne

Colors: Jordie Bellaire

Letters: Rus Wooten

Publisher: Image

Referenced interviews / essays:

Schedule:

January 2022 – The Nightly News

February 2022 – Pax Romana

March 2022 – Transhuman / Ultimates

April 2022 – A Red Mass For Mars

May 2022 – The Red Wing

June 2022 – The Manhattan Projects

July 2022 – Secret

August 2022 – God is Dead

August/Sept 2022 – East of West

October 2022 – The Dying and the Dead

November 2022 – The Black Monday Murders

December 2022 – Decorum

December 2022 – 3W3M

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This week on Creannotators, I’m talking Shifting Earth with writer Cecil Castellucci! We talk integrating climate change into fiction, writing Shade, The Changing Girl for DC’s Young Animal, revisiting the Plain Janes with artist Jim Rugg, the challenges of a feminist Female Furies, 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!

Shifting Earth Is:

Writer: Cecil Castellucci

Artist: Flavia Biondi

Colors: Fabiana Mascolo

Publisher: Berger Books

About the Artist:

Cecil Castellucci is the writer of comics and graphic novels like Plain Janes, Shade the Changing Girl, Batgirl and Female Furies.

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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:

* Spoilers Follow *

This week’s Casual Krakoa will answer:

+ What happened in the 8 zillion X-Men comics released today?

+ How did Al Ewing salvage an X-Office editorial flub?

+ What’s better Immortal X-Men or New Mutants?

+ Listener questions!

This week’s Comics:

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This week on Creannotators, I’m talking Ax-Wielder Jon with writer and artist Nick Pitarra! We talk how fatherhood shaped the crowd-funded graphic novel, leveling up your art, the future of The Manhattan Projects with Jonathan Hickman, 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!

Ax-Wielder Jon Is:

Writer/Artist: Nick Pitarra

Colors: Mike Garland

Letters: Ferran Delgado

Design: Ben Didier

Campaign page: https://zoop.gg/c/axwielderjon

About the Artist:

Nick Pitarra is the artist of comics and graphic novels like The Manhattan Projects, Leviathan, and now Ax-Wielder Jon.

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Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com.

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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:

* Spoilers Follow *

This week’s Casual Krakoa will answer:

+ What are all the biggest reveals from X-Men stories in Free Comic Book Day?

+ Unholy Guacamole, what do we make of that final page reveal in X-Men #11?!

+ How is Zeb Wells bringing X-Men into the Amazing Spider-Man?

+ Listener questions!

This week’s Comics:

X-Men #11

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Hello and welcome to Comic Book Herald’s Hickmania, a series running through 2022 where we’ll be reading and analyzing the creator-owned works of writer Jonathan Hickman, from his debut The Nightly News through to his most recent output. We’ll be reading one creator-owned work a month through 2022, and each month I’ll release a new analysis with a new guest discussing the comic!

Today we’re talking The Red Wing and I’m joined by Sean Dillon! We’ll analyze the work in depth, so expect spoilers!

Previously: Past episodes of Hickmania

Hickmania on Youtube

Topics today include:

The Red Wing is:

Writer: Jonathan Hickman

Artist: Nick Pitarra

Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg

Letters: Rus Wooten

Publisher: Image

Referenced interviews / essays:

https://www.cbr.com/hickman-bodenheim-hold-a-red-mass-for-mars/

Schedule:

January 2022 – The Nightly News

February 2022 – Pax Romana

March 2022 – Transhuman / Ultimates

April 2022 – A Red Mass For Mars

May 2022 – The Red Wing

June 2022 – The Manhattan Projects

July 2022 – Secret

August 2022 – God is Dead

August/Sept 2022 – East of West

October 2022 – The Dying and the Dead

November 2022 – The Black Monday Murders

December 2022 – Decorum

December 2022 – 3W3M

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This week on Creannotators, I’m talking Tuki and Bone with living legend Jeff Smith! We talk remixing Jeff’s current project Tuki, exploring human pre-history, the cancellation of Netflix Bone, and what’s next in Boneville.

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!

Tuki Is:

Writer/Artist: Jeff Smith

Publisher: Cartoon Books

Pre-Order for “Fight For Family”

About the Artist:

Jeff Smith is the creator of Bone, RASL, and writer/artist of Shazam and the Monster Society of Evil.

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Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com.

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To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald

For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com

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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:

* Spoilers Follow *

This week’s Casual Krakoa will answer:

+ How’s the debut issue of Knights of X?

+ What’s making Sabretooth one of Marvel’s best comics?

+ What is was like interviewing Bone’s Jeff Smith!

+ Listener questions!

This week’s Comics:

Knights of X #1

Sabretooth #3

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This week on Creannotators, I’m talking Squire, one of my favorite comics of 2022, with creators Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfagee. We talk about Squire’s themes of omitted histories and racial wars, the all ages charm of Aiza and this cast of characters, the comics influence of Kamala Khan, 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!

Squire Is:

Writer: Nadia Shammas

Artist: Sara Alfagree

Publisher: Quill Tree Books

About the Artist:

Nadia Shammas is the writer of Ms. Marvel: Stretched Thin, X-Force Annual, and many great self-published comics.

Sara Alfagee is a brilliant illustrator and co-founder of One More Multiverse

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Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com.

Subscribe on iTunes

To learn how you can support Best Comics Ever and receive more exclusive content from Comic Book Herald, check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookherald

For the Comic Book Herald reading club through every year of Marvel Comics, check out mymarvelousyear.com

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