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This week on Creannotators, I talk with Aditya Bidikar about his work lettering everything from Blue in Green to The Department of Truth to Future State: Batman and beyond! We talk about what it’s like to letter all my favorite comics, the importance of lettering in a comics narrative flow, and how to balance a virtuoso approach to your creative […] The post Creannotators #36: Interview With Letterer Aditya Bidikar! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Kelly Thompson about Black Widow and her Marvel Universe comics. We talk all things Natasha, writing a comic with a huge upcoming MCU film, & whether she’d return to Krakoa (among many other things)! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about […] The post Creannotators #35: “Black Widow” Interview With Writer Kelly Thompson! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Ryan North about Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel, an incredible comics adaptation of the Kurt Vonnegut classic novel. We talk Vonnegut, Squirrel Girl, Power Pack, and a whole lot more! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels […] The post Creannotators #34: “Slaughterhouse-Five” Interview With Writer Ryan North! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talk with Chip Zdarsky about the Eisner-winning Afterlift, Daredevil, and a whole bunch more. We dig into the religious themes of Afterlift, Chip’s upcoming work on Marvel What If works like Spider-Man: Spider’s Shadow, and the challenge of writing in the shadow of Daredevil’s legacy! Note: Some spoilers for discussed comics follow! On Comic […] The post Creannotators #33: “Afterlift” & “Daredevil” Interview With Writer Chip Zdarsky! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talked with Danny Lore (the recently announced new writer of Marvel’s Champions!) about Queen of Bad Dreams, an excellent five issue graphic novel from Vault Comics. We talk about the message of Queen of Bad Dreams, writing James Bond, writing a Captain America King in Black tie-in, and more! On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll […] The post Creannotators #32: “Queen of Bad Dreams” Interview With Writer Danny Lore! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talked with Vali Chandresakran and Jun-Pierre Shiozawa, the creators of webcomic Genius Animals, one of my favorite reads of 2020 and available online for free! We talk about Vali’s crossover from writing for the likes of 30 Rock to comics, Jun-Pierre’s artistic progression on a first formal graphic novel, and the trouble […] The post Creannotators #31: “Genius Animals” Interview With Vali Chandrasekaran & Jun-Pierre Shiozawa! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talked with comics writer Jed MacKay about Black Cat, one of the best Marvel comics since launch in 2019! We talk about Felicia Hardy, heists across the Marvel Universe, and what it’s like launching a new #1 comic into the King in Black event. On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some […] The post Creannotators #30: “Black Cat” Interview With Writer Jed MacKay! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talked with comics writer John Jennings about After the Rain, the first graphic novel from the Jennings curated Megascope line of comics, adapted from a short story written by Nnedi Okorafor! We talk about adapting prose into comics, Jennings approach to curating Megascope around Black speculative fiction, and what it was like […] The post Creannotators #29: “After the Rain” Interview With Writer John Jennings! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

2020 was the first full year of Jonathan Hickman era X-Men comics, following the summer 2019 House of X / Powers of X status quo reconfiguration, and the launch of the Dawn of X. We started the year early in the formation of Krakoa with Professor X, Magneto, and Apocalypse convening with world leaders in […] The post Krakin’ Krakoa #139: 2020 X-Men Fast Track – 11 Biggest X-Men Stories in Dawn of X! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

In late 1988 and 1989, Marvel’s X-Men line built to a decade in the making universe-wide crossover event, Inferno! The world outside your window became infested with a demonic takeover, literalizing Hell on Earth, and arguably the first and largest all-hands-on-deck Marvel Comics invasion, in what has now become an event staple, from Secret Invasion […] The post Krakin’ Krakoa #133: X-Men Inferno Event Legacy! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Year-end picks for the best comics of 2020! Zack Quaintance (Comics Bookcase, the Beat) and I share our picks for top 5 comics of the year, best single issue, best surprise, and biggest disappointment. For full lists from Zack and myself: Zack’s picks on Comics Bookcase My picks on Comic Book Herald ——————————————————————————————————- Music for […] The post Best Comics of 2020 (w/ Zack Quaintance)! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

The conclusion of the X-Men’s X of Swords crossover event teased the upcoming Reign Of X, as the Hickman era of X-Men comics moves out of the Dawn of X and into the Reign. It’s a wonderful teaser, full of references and possibility, hot on the heels of a satisfying conclusion to the Dawn of X […] The post Krakin’ Krakoa #126: 17 Reign of X Theories, Pt. 1 — What’s NeXt for Hickman’s X-Men? appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talked with comics writer Fred Van Lente about The Comic Book Story of Basketball, a history of the game and the global, societal, and political forces that have shaped it. We talk basketball, shaping non-fiction comics, and Fred’s various superhero comics like Taskmaster and MODOK’s 11. On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing […] The post Creannotators #28: “Comic Book Story of Basketball” Interview With Writer Fred Van Lente! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Did X of Swords live up to the hype? What predictions did we nail? Was there anything missing that we wished would have been included? Where do we go from here? How do you feel about the ending of X of Swords and what it means for X-Men comics moving forward! I talk all things […] The post Krakin’ Krakoa #125: X of Swords Post-Game (Live w/ Blerd Without Fear and The Cerebros) appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talked with comics writer Tate Brombal about Barbalien: Red Planet, a five issue miniseries in the world of Black Hammer, centered around Black Hammer’s queer Martian hero Barbalien, both on Mars and on Earth during the 80’s AIDS Crisis. We talk about what it’s like working in the Black Hammer […] The post Creannotators #27: “Black Hammer – Barbalien: Red Planet” Interview With Writer Tate Brombal! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

Despite three chapters in X-Men X of Swords as the all hands on deck event hurls towards a conclusion, the biggest X-Men news this week likely came in the pages of Fantastic Four, over the course of only a few panels featuring Franklin Richards and Professor X. Today I’ll answer: + Why would Marvel make […] The post Krakin’ Krakoa #121: Omega Level Retcon: Dan Slott’s Franklin Richards Isn’t a Mutant? appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talked with comics writer Karla Pacheco about her first arc on Marvel’s Spider-Woman, preparing for the King in Black event, and what’s up next for her and Jessica Drew! 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 […] The post Creannotators #26: “Spider-Woman” Interview With Writer Karla Pacheco appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

In 1988, Marvel Comics’ X-Men Universe combined to tell the Fall of the Mutants, a crossover event built around three major devastating separate events spanning the X-Men, X-Factor, and the New Mutants. Fall of the Mutants is the follow-up to Mutant Massacre, and part of the build to 1989’s Inferno, with some of the stranger […] The post Krakin’ Krakoa #117: Fall of the Mutants Event Legacy! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This week on Creannotators, I talked with novelist Carrie Harris about her work X-Men: Liberty and Justice For All, the first entry in Aconyte Books line of Marvel’s Xavier School prose stories! We talk about Carrie’s history with X-Men comics, the specific era of X-Men and characters Harris is working with (right down to the in-continuity […] The post Creannotators #25: “X-Men Liberty and Justice For All” Interview With Writer Carrie Harris appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

In general, Marvel event handbooks are a quick recap, a visual Wikipedia, of story details that can help readers understand the players, reasons, and storylines applicable to the event comic. While this is true of the X-Men: X of Swords handbook, there’s so much we still don’t know, and so many fascinating mysteries in the […] The post Krakin’ Krakoa #110: 8 Major Secrets in the X of Swords Handbook! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.