The origin of the FBI’s X-Files was somewhat convoluted in the TV series, and it becomes more convoluted in the five-issue miniseries “X-Files: Year Zero” (2014) — but also more compelling. This second miniseries tying in with IDW’s Season 10 comics is a dramatic step up from the uneven “Conspiracy.”
‘X-Files’ flashback (Comic book review): “The X-Files” crosses paths with “TMNT,” “Ghostbusters,” “Transformers” and “The Crow.”
Movie review: Batman and Superman could’ve avoided fighting if they had just talked it out.
This final batch of IDW’s “X-Files” Season 10 comics continues the slight downward trend since the series’ beginning but provides a kinda, sorta satisfying wrap-up – and also a cliffhanger leading into Season 11, fitting with the TV series’ approach. The final mytharc, “Elders” (Issues 21-25), has the epic feel of a mythology episode – a trick […]
After a strong first nine issues, IDW’s “X-Files” Season 10 comics hit a dip in quality from Issues 10-17 (2014). On my first read, this was the point where I started to sour a bit on Joe Harris’ storytelling. On my second read, I realize this was mostly because of the one-month gap between issues. Reading them […]
In my past posts about “The Walking Dead,” I’ve analyzed how some communities stand as metaphors for forms of government – Woodbury as a fascist state, Terminus as a communist state, the Hospital as an autocratic state, and so forth. I may have jumped the gun, though, because now I think the show serves as an examination […]
IDW’s “X-Files” Season 10 comics mark the first time Chris Carter has a story credit on an “X-Files” comic – he co-wrote Issues 1-5, “Believers,” with series helmer Joe Harris – but, ironically, IDW’s series now seems less canonical than Topps’ or Wildstorm’s. Although neither Carter nor Harris has issued a statement about the canonicity of […]
As a fan delves deeper into his favorite TV series, he’ll inevitably start to wander down the rabbit hole of crossovers. In addition to the obvious connections to “Millennium” and “The Lone Gunmen,” “The X-Files” is arguably also part of the same universe as “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Law & Order: SVU” due […]
Kicking off the second phase of the “X-Files” franchise, creator Chris Carter and fellow executive producer Frank Spotnitz were interested in checking in on Mulder and Scully’s relationship and job statuses in the 2008 movie “I Want to Believe.” However, they weren’t interested in continuing the mythology at that time, much to the consternation of […]
The 41 regular issues of the Topps “X-Files” comics featured many Monster of the Month standalones, plus a handful of issues that felt like mythology episodes (mostly during the Stefan Petrucha run) and one Scully character piece (“N.D.E.”). One notably missing style of “X-Files” story is the comedic piece. But the special issues – two annuals, three […]