MONKEYS FIGHTING ROBOTSCOMIC BOOK COMMENTARY

Reviews
- Comic Book Reviews
  
  X-O Manowar #4: The Power Vacuum Tears Itself Open
  
  January 21, 2021 0
  
  X-O Manowar #4 drops on January 27 to close out one subplot to focus on another more dire one. It's a plot that writer...
  
  Comic Book Reviews
  
  Review: FUTURE STATE: SHAZAM! #1 – The Big Red Cheese Has Changed
  
  January 21, 2021 0
  
  Future State: Shazam! #1, out now from DC Comics, introduces us to a colder and less caring version of the world's mightiest mortal and...
  
  Comic Book Reviews
  
  Review: RAIN LIKE HAMMERS #1 – Living The Stagnant Life In A Walking City
  
  January 20, 2021 0
  
  Master of weird and subversive comics, creator Brandon Graham (King City, Prophet) returns again with dead-future sci-fi comic "Rain Like Hammers" #1. This strangely...
  
  Comic Book Reviews
  
  Review: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: JENNIKA II #3 Solves A Mutant Town Mystery
  
  January 20, 2021 0
  
  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: JENNIKA II #3 hits comic book stores on Wednesday, January 20th, revealing the true culprit behind the unstable mutations in...
Previews
- Exclusive Preview
  
  4-Page Preview RED ATLANTIS #4 From AfterShock Comics
  
  Matthew Sardo - January 21, 2021 0
  
  RED ATLANTIS #4 hits your local comic book shop on February 10, but thanks to AfterShock Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page...
  
  Exclusive Preview
  
  5-Page Preview: SPECTER INSPECTORS #1 From BOOM! Studios
  
  Anthony Composto - EIC - January 15, 2021 0
  
  SPECTER INSPECTORS #1 hits your local comic book store on February 3, but thanks to BOOM! Studios, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive five-page...
  
  Exclusive Preview
  
  Marvel Comics Exclusive First Look: WOLVERINE: BLACK, WHITE, & BLOOD #3
  
  Anthony Composto - EIC - January 15, 2021 0
  
  WOLVERINE: BLACK, WHITE, & BLOOD #3 hits your local comic book store February 10th, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an...
  
  Exclusive Preview
  
  AfterShock Comics Exclusive Preview: MANIAC OF NEW YORK #1
  
  Anthony Composto - EIC - January 14, 2021 0
  
  MANIAC OF NEW YORK #1 hits your local comic book store February 3rd, but thanks to AfterShock Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive...
Features
- Comic Book Oped
  
  Comics Studies: STAGED And Television As Comics
  
  Darryll Robson - December 20, 2020 0
  
  Staged is a television show that borrows heavily for the Comics lexicon to create a challenging narrative form
  
  Comic Book Oped
  
  X OF SWORDS Aftermath: Looking Back on Jonathan Hickman’s Big X-Event
  
  Matthew Brake - December 20, 2020 0
  
  When Marvel Comics launched Jonathan Hickman's X-run, House of X/Powers of X was strong out of the gate. A lot of titles, particularly X-Men, seemed...
  
  Comic Book Oped
  
  X OF SWORDS Aftermath: 4 Ways That X OF SWORDS – DESTRUCTION #1 Is Like AVENGERS: ENDGAME
  
  Matthew Brake - December 7, 2020 0
  
  X of Swords - Destruction #1 brings to a close the long, drawn-out event which altered the status quo of the X-books moving forward, and...
  
  Comic Book Oped
  
  X OF SWORDS Aftermath: EXCALIBUR #15 Heralds the Arrival of a New Captain Britain Corps
  
  Matthew Brake - December 5, 2020 0
  
  With Annihilation/Genesis refusing to accept the results of her duel with Apocalypse, Amenthi forces attack Otherworld. There are a few cool moments in this book,...
Interviews
- Comics
  
  Interview: Darick Robertson on His Process in SPACE BASTARDS
  
  Zac Owens - January 19, 2021 0
  
  Chances are, if you visit Monkeys Fighting Robots a lot, you've heard a little about Space Bastards already. That's because the wonderful people at...
  
  Comics
  
  Interview: Writers Eric Peterson & Joe Aubrey Talk SPACE BASTARDS
  
  Zac Owens - January 18, 2021 0
  
  Eric Peterson and Joe Aubrey are the wild-minded writers behind the brand new series Space Bastards. Their first issue is out at your local comic...
  
  AfterShock
  
  ZACK KAPLAN Talks JOIN THE FUTURE, A Spaghetti Western Perfect For 2020 And Beyond
  
  Matthew Sardo - January 4, 2021 0
  
  The trade paperback collecting the entire series of JOIN THE FUTURE from AfterShock Comics hits your local comic book shop on January 6th. Writer...
  
  Comic Book Videocast
  
  Comic Books’ Unsung Heroes with AJ & Zac: Clayton Cowles Interview
  
  AJ O. Mason - December 28, 2020 1
  
  Join us for our first episode of a new interview series called “Unsung Heroes!” In this series, we interview the folks that don’t get...
Publishers
- Action Lab - Danger Zone AfterShock Ahoy Comics Antarctic Press Archie Comics Boom! Studios comiXology Dark Horse DC Comics Dynamite IDW Image Comics Independent Comics Digital Comics Kickstarter Marvel Comics ONI Press Scout Comics TITAN Comics Valiant Entertainment Vault Comics
  
  Comic Book Reviews
  
  X-O Manowar #4: The Power Vacuum Tears Itself Open
  
  January 21, 2021 0
  
  X-O Manowar #4 drops on January 27 to close out one subplot to focus on another more dire one. It's a plot that writer...
  
  Comic Book Reviews
  
  Review: FUTURE STATE: SHAZAM! #1 – The Big Red Cheese Has Changed
  
  January 21, 2021 0
  
  Future State: Shazam! #1, out now from DC Comics, introduces us to a colder and less caring version of the world's mightiest mortal and...
  
  Exclusive Preview
  
  4-Page Preview RED ATLANTIS #4 From AfterShock Comics
  
  Matthew Sardo - January 21, 2021 0
  
  RED ATLANTIS #4 hits your local comic book shop on February 10, but thanks to AfterShock Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page...
  
  Comic Book Reviews
  
  Review: RAIN LIKE HAMMERS #1 – Living The Stagnant Life In A Walking City
  
  January 20, 2021 0
  
  Master of weird and subversive comics, creator Brandon Graham (King City, Prophet) returns again with dead-future sci-fi comic "Rain Like Hammers" #1. This strangely...
  
  Comic Book Reviews
  
  Review: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: JENNIKA II #3 Solves A Mutant Town Mystery
  
  January 20, 2021 0
  
  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: JENNIKA II #3 hits comic book stores on Wednesday, January 20th, revealing the true culprit behind the unstable mutations in...
  
  Comic Book Reviews
  
  Review: KING IN BLACK #3 – “Oh Shit!” Moments A Plenty
  
  January 20, 2021 0
  
  King in Black #3 hits your local comic book shop this week, and Donny Cates throws out one of my favorite insult lines which...
  
  Comic Book Reviews
  
  Review: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #113 – Can We Change Fate?
  
  January 20, 2021 0
  
  TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #113, available in comic book stores on Wednesday, January 20th, dives into the mysteries of time travel. A future version...
  
  Comic Book Reviews
  
  Review: BARBALIEN: RED PLANET #3 Begins Finding Its Balance
  
  January 20, 2021 0
  
  There's so much to love about Dark Horse's Barbalien: Red Planet #3. That might be why it gets a little frustrating when it feels it's...

Exclusive Preview

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4-Page Preview RED ATLANTIS #4 From AfterShock Comics

Matthew Sardo - January 21, 2021 0

RED ATLANTIS #4 hits your local comic book shop on February 10, but thanks to AfterShock Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page...

Boom! Studios

5-Page Preview: SPECTER INSPECTORS #1 From BOOM! Studios

Anthony Composto - EIC - January 15, 2021 0

SPECTER INSPECTORS #1 hits your local comic book store on February 3, but thanks to BOOM! Studios, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive five-page...

Exclusive Preview

Marvel Comics Exclusive First Look: WOLVERINE: BLACK, WHITE, & BLOOD #3

Anthony Composto - EIC - January 15, 2021 0

WOLVERINE: BLACK, WHITE, & BLOOD #3 hits your local comic book store February 10th, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an...

AfterShock

AfterShock Comics Exclusive Preview: MANIAC OF NEW YORK #1

Anthony Composto - EIC - January 14, 2021 0

MANIAC OF NEW YORK #1 hits your local comic book store February 3rd, but thanks to AfterShock Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive...

Comics

Marvel Comics Exclusive Reveal: WOLVERINE #11

Anthony Composto - EIC - January 14, 2021 0

WOLVERINE #11 is due to hit your local comic shop in April, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has the privilege of...

Exclusive Preview

Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: AVENGERS #41

Anthony Composto - EIC - January 14, 2021 0

AVENGERS #41 hits your local comic book store January 20th, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page preview for...

Boom! Studios

5-Page Preview: ORCS! #1 From BOOM! Studios

Matthew Sardo - January 12, 2021 0

ORCs! #1 hits your local comic book shop on February 10, but thanks to BOOM! Studios, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive five-page preview...

Comics

4-Page Preview: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #57 “Last Remains: Post-Mortem, Part 2”

Matthew Sardo - January 7, 2021 0

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #57 hits your local comic book shop next week, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page...

AfterShock

AfterShock Comics: MISKATONIC #3 Four-Page Preview

Matthew Sardo - January 7, 2021 0

MISKATONIC #3 hits your local comic book shop on January 20, but thanks to AfterShock Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page preview...

AfterShock

AfterShock Comics Exclusive Preview: WE LIVE #4

Anthony Composto - EIC - December 31, 2020 0

WE LIVE #4 hits your local comic book store today, January 20th, but thanks to AfterShock Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page...

Comics

Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #56

Matthew Sardo - December 30, 2020 0

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #56 hits your local comic book shop next week, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page...

Exclusive Preview

Marvel Comics Exclusive Preview: KING IN BLACK: IRON MAN/DOCTOR DOOM #1

Anthony Composto - EIC - December 23, 2020 0

KING IN BLACK: IRON MAN/DOCTOR DOOM #1 hits your local comic book store December 30th, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has...

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Marvel Comics Exclusive Reveal: KING IN BLACK: GWENOM VS CARNAGE #3

Anthony Composto - EIC - December 18, 2020 0

KING IN BLACK: GWENOM VS CARNAGE #3 is due to hit your local comic shop in March, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting...

comiXology

ComiXology Exclusive Preview: BREAKLANDS Season Two #2 (of 5)

Matthew Sardo - December 18, 2020 0

BREAKLANDS Season Two #2 (of 5) hits ComiXology on December 22, but thanks to the publisher, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive five-page preview...

comiXology

ComiXology Exclusive Preview: STONE STAR Season Two #2 (of 5)

Matthew Sardo - December 18, 2020 0

STONE STAR Season Two #2 (of 5) hits ComiXology on December 22, but thanks to the publisher, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive five-page...

Exclusive Preview

Marvel Exclusive Preview: KING-SIZE CONAN #1

Matthew Sardo - December 17, 2020 1

KING-SIZE CONAN #1 hits your local comic book shop next week, but thanks to Marvel Comic, we have an exclusive preview for our reader....

AfterShock

AfterShock Comics Exclusive Preview: WE LIVE #3

Anthony Composto - EIC - December 16, 2020 0

WE LIVE #3 hits your local comic book store today, December 16th, but thanks to AfterShock Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page preview for...

Exclusive

Exclusive First Look: Marvel’s KING IN BLACK: GHOST RIDER #1

Anthony Composto - EIC - December 11, 2020 0

KING IN BLACK: GHOST RIDER #1 is a one-shot hitting your local comic shop in March, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots...

Boom! Studios

BOOM! Studios Exclusive First Look: ORIGINS #3

Anthony Composto - EIC - December 11, 2020 0

ORIGINS #3 hits your local comic book store January 13th, but thanks to BOOM! Studios, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive five-page preview for...

Comics

Exclusive Preview: DEADPOOL #9 “Enter The Bone Zone”

Matthew Sardo - December 10, 2020 0

DEADPOOL #9 hits your local comic book shop on December 16, but thanks to Marvel Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots has an exclusive four-page preview...

TALES OF MFR

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The war between monkeys and robots has raged on for eons; these are the stories that have survived. With art by Jamie Jones and the occasional words by Matt Sardo, Tales of Monkeys Fighting Robots hits the web every Sunday.

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