Joe Harris wraps up Gibson Praise saga in truncated ‘X-Files: Season 11’ (Comic book reviews)
IDW’s “X-Files: Season 11 comic series (August 2015-March 2016) is the latest epic story to get truncated due to outside commercial forces. Usually, those outside forces are bad (see the cancellation of TV’s “Angel” and “Dollhouse” due to low ratings, or the cancellation of the “Star Wars” Expanded Universe – two years ago to this day
‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s 2015 Annual and X-Mas Special (Comic book reviews)
While the 2014 Annual and X-Mas Special featured multiple standalone yarns in each issue, IDW takes a different tactic with the 2015 installments, part of the new Season 11 banner. Both issues feature one double-length story, and while the Annual’s story is a standalone set during the heyday of the TV series, the X-Mas Special heavily ties
‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s 2014 Annual and X-Mas Special (Comic book reviews)
Resurrecting a tradition from the old Topps comics, IDW’s “X-Files” Season 10 comics have also featured special issues alongside the regular series, starting with 2014’s Annual (April) and X-Mas Special (December), both of which feature two stories. While Joe Harris, the writer of the main title, writes one story, he mainly gives other wordsmiths a chance to
‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s ‘Millennium’ miniseries (2015) (Comic book review)
While “The X-Files” was spun off into novels as far back as 1994 and into comics in 1995, its sister series, “Millennium” (1996-99), didn’t transition to another medium until 2015, 16 years after it left the airwaves. The fact that it’s written by Joe Harris, who also meticulously pens the “X-Files” title, makes the five-issue “Millennium” series
‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s ‘Year Zero’ miniseries (2014) (Comic book review)
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’ meets ‘TMNT’ in IDW’s ‘Conspiracy’ miniseries (2014)
‘X-Files’ flashback (Comic book review): “The X-Files” crosses paths with “TMNT,” “Ghostbusters,” “Transformers” and “The Crow.”
‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s Season 10 Issues 18-25 (2014-15) (Comic book reviews)
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
‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s Season 10 Issues 10-17 (2014) (Comic book reviews)
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
‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s Season 10 Issues 1-9 (2013-14) (Comic book reviews)
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
‘X-Files’ flashback: ‘X-Files’/‘30 Days of Night’ (2010-11) (Comic book review)
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