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Xaviar Xerexes

Xaviar Xerexes is the publisher, editor and all-around web monkey for ComixTALK. If that's not enough -- check out his website to see what other projects he's working on.

Three Years of Comixpedia

February 5, 2006 - 18:03 | Xaviar Xerexes

A little love letter to the magazine that could.It's the third anniversary of Comixpedia this issue.

2006 is the fourth year we've been writing about webcomics. We've put out 38 monthly issues of the magazine and published more than 600 reviews, interviews and other articles about webcomics. We've posted more than 2500 news posts (that's not counting the magazine).

The State of the Press

January 5, 2006 - 18:03 | Xaviar Xerexes

Who gets to write about webcomics?

A Conversation With Joe Zabel

January 5, 2006 - 18:03 | Xaviar Xerexes

Joe Zabel is both a webcomics creator (most recently he finished The Ice Queen: A Trespassers Mystery) and the founder of The Webcomics Examiner. I really enjoyed our conversation - the topics ran all over -- from Joe's webcomic work to Harvey Pekar and journal webcomics to the future for webcomics in general.

The Comixpedia End of 2005 Roundtable

December 5, 2005 - 18:03 | Xaviar Xerexes

A freewheeling discussion about the wide world of webcomics with Eric Burns, Wednesday White, Phil Kahn, Giland Pellaeon, Bob Stevenson, Ping Teo, Daku, Karl Kuras, Doctor Setebos and William G, moderated by Xaviar Xerexes.

You may have noticed that in 2005, the "webcomics blogosphere" took off like never before. There were almost as many people writing about webcomics as making them (okay not really, but there were a whole lot more blog posts about webcomics this year.) We gathered together several popular bloggers for an online roundtable discussion on webcomics here at the tail end of 2005.

We talked about webcomics and creators, art and commerce and of course, webcomics drama. Plus some predictions for the year ahead.

Will Eisner's John Law by Gary Chaloner, Reviewed by Xaviar Xerexes

November 21, 2005 - 00:05 | Xaviar Xerexes

NOTE: This is a parallel review in which we have two reviewers looking at the same comic. The other review is by Andrew Leal.

John Law is a character, originally created by Will Eisner in the 1940s, whom he ultimately did not actually publish. Instead he repurposed the work he did for this character into stories for his more well-known comic, The Spirit. Despite some claims to the contrary, the full-fledged character of John Law only appeared in print when Eclipse Comics published a one-shot book in 1983 titled John Law, Detective #1.

Keep on Schlockin’ in the Free World by Xaviar Xerexes

March 11, 2005 - 01:44 | Xaviar Xerexes

Howard Tayler loves the puns. And the guns. Oh, does he love the guns.

Tayler’s Schlock Mercenary is one of the monster strips of old school webcomics with archives stretching back to June of 2000. Tayler has been plotting the adventures of one androgynous blob named Schlock for almost 5 years now, every day of every week of the year.

And to think it all started with one little "ommmmminous hummmmmmmm…"

Five Years of American Elf, Reviewed by Xaviar Xerexes

November 29, 2004 - 01:35 | Xaviar Xerexes

American Elf: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries of James Kochalka compiles five years of Kochalka's journal comic into one volume. Most narrative artforms engage in at least some bit of hyper-reality, that is condensing stories to leave out the boring or nonessential parts. What can we make of a book then, that is comprised entirely of bits and pieces, and is just as likely to leave out important events as include them?

More PREviews: In Contempt, Xoverboard and Debt On

October 11, 2004 - 01:04 | Xaviar Xerexes

Another week and three more short reviews of topical webcomics including In Contempt by Kevin Moore, Xoverboard by August J. Pollak, and Debt On by Scott Morris.

In Contempt by Kevin Moore

PREviews: Three Topical Webcomics Reviewed By Xaviar Xerexes

October 4, 2004 - 01:05 | Xaviar Xerexes

There's a lot of smarty-pants webcomics out there happy to tell you what they think about the world. Here's a quick look at three that are not just opinionated, but pretty funny. Obviously, your funny mileage may vary depending on your view of the world and your tolerance for opposing points of view. Read on for reviews of (Th)ink, Big Fat Whale, and The Boiling Point.

Transitions: Comixpedia Begins Second Act

September 27, 2004 - 00:11 | Xaviar Xerexes

As we roll out the final week of this issue it's a good time to say thanks to the many folks who have worked hard to create this magazine and website called Comixpedia. Why now? Well besides the fact that the September 2004 issue is the 20th installment of Comixpedia, Frank "Damonk" Cormier is turning over the editorial reins of Comixpedia magazine to Xaviar Xerexes (See, I'm already writing in the third person - this EiC thing is going to go to my head!) and in many ways this marks the end of the first chapter for Comixpedia. It is also the beginning of a second act for Comixpedia, o­ne where I fully intend to bring new voices and new features to this project to continue to make it a worthwhile resource for the webcomics community as well as a great read every month.