Best Comics Ever

This week on Creannotators, I’m talking about Wingbearer and Monstress with creator Marjorie Liu. We chat about the inspiration behind her upcoming all ages graphic novel, her use of themes and the variations of those themes in her work, her run on Astonishing X-Men and comic shops in Appleton, Wisconsin.

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!

Wingbearer Is:

Writer: Marjorie Liu

Artist: Teny Issakhanian

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishing

Monstress Is:

Writer: Marjorie Liu

Artist: Sana Takeda

Letters: Rus Wooton

Publisher: Image Comics

About the Artist:

In addition to Wingbearer and Monstress, Marjorie Liu has also written X-23, Astonishing X-Men, Black Widow and a number of fantastic novels.

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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!

Previously: Past episodes of Hickmania

Hickmania on Youtube

Today we’re talking Pax Romana and I’m joined by Chris Eddleman and Robert Secundus of ComicsXF. We’ll analyze the work in depth, so expect spoilers! Topics today include:

“Pax Romana’ takes place in a future when Islam has overrun Western Europe and monotheism is on the wane in the East and the West,” Jonathan Hickman told CBR News. “There’s a breakthrough. They discover time travel in a scientific lab that’s secretly funded by the Vatican. The pope sends a private army back in time to conquer the world and maintain the dominance of Catholicism.”

Pax Romana is:

Everything: Jonathan Hickman

Publisher: Image

Referenced interviews:

https://www.cbr.com/hickman-saves-the-future-destroys-the-past-in-pax-romana/

https://www.academia.edu/14656528/Jonathan_Hickmans_Pax_Romana_and_the_End_of_Antiquity

Schedule:

January 2022 – The Nightly News

February 2022 – Pax Romana

March 2022 – Transhuman

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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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:

+ Does X Deaths of Wolverine #2 maintain the event momentum?

+ Who’s the X-Men writer who has most effectively fulfilled the promise of the Krakoa Era?

+ Why is Secret X-men?

+ Listener questions!

This week’s Comics:

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This week on Creannotators, I talk Love Everlasting and November with creator Elsa Charretier. We talk the strategy of marketing yourself as a comics creator, launching Love Everlasting #1 for free on Substack, challenges of working on November, Elsa’s Youtube comics breakdowns, 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!

Love Everlasting Is:

Writer: Tom King

Artist: Elsa Charretier

Colors: Matt Hollingsworth

Letters: Clayton Cowles

Publisher: Everlasting Productions

November Is:

Writer: Matt Fraction

Artist: Elsa Charretier

Colors: Matt Hollingsworth

Letters: Kurt Ankeny

About the Artist:

In addition to Love Everlasting and November, Elsa Charretier has written or drawn comics such as Infinite Loop, Unstoppable Wasp, Star Wars Adventures and more!

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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:

+ How’s the second issue of X Lives of Wolverine?

+ What do you need to know about the launch of Sabretooth’s miniseries?

+ Peter Milligan and Mike Allred are back on their X-Statix creations in The X-Cellent – Should you check it out?

+ Listener questions!

This week’s Comics:

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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:

+ Did X Deaths of Wolverine save the event?

+ What’s up with the X-Men in the pages of Black Panther?

+ Is Duggan and Larraz’s X-Men turning a corner?

+ Listener questions!

This week’s Comics:

X Deaths of Wolverine #1

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This week on Creannotators, I talk Falconspeare with writer and artist Warwick Johnson-Cadwell. We talk about being a part of Mike Mignola’s Mignolaverse, balancing humor and drama with vampire hunters, and favorite old monster movies!

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!

Falconspeare Is:

Writer: Warwick Johnson-Cadwell

Artist: Warwick Johnson-Cadwell

Colors: Warwick Johnson-Cadwell

Letters: Clem Robins

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

About the Artist:

In addition to Falconspeare, Warwick Johnson-Cadwell has written or drawn comics such as Mister Higgins Comes Home, Our Encounters With Evil, Helena Crash and more!

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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:

+ Should you be reading X Lives of Wolverine?

+ What’s going on with Kate Pryde at the end of Marauders?

+ How are The Death of Doctor Strange and Devil’s Reign impacting the X-Men?

+ Listener questions!

This week’s Comics:

X Lives of Wolverine #1

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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:

This week’s Comics:

Marauders #27

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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 Nightly News, and I’m joined by Zack Quaintance of Comics Bookcase. We’ll analyze the work in depth, so expect spoilers! Topics today include:

The Nightly News is:

Everything: Jonathan Hickman

Publisher: Image

Referenced interviews:

https://web.archive.org/web/20210126103611/https://www.cbr.com/mad-as-hell-hickman-talks-the-nightly-news/

Schedule:

January 2022 – The Nightly News

February 2022 – Pax Romana

March 2022 – Transhuman

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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