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Krisis has been creating Crushing Krisis since 2000, writing songs since 1996, and reading comics since 1991. He is a Customer Success and Digital Brand Strategy executive, serial organizer, parent, and feminist, among other things. Based in Philly through 2017, he now resides in Wellington, NZ.
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It’s the fifth week of X of Swords, and we’ve got a pair of issues by the events architects, Tini Howard and Jonathan Hickman.
Did Peter, Tyler, and Fariha enjoy Excalibur (2019) #13 and X-Men (2019) #13? In this episode we discuss sibling rivalry, the 180° Rule, unreliable narrators, survival of the fittest, if Apocalypse believes in life after love (we really don’t think he’s strong enough, no), and more!
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Join Peter, Tyler, and Fariha as we dissect the fourth week of the 22-chapter X of Swords crossover in three issues – Hellions (2020) #5, New Mutants (2019) #13, and Cable (2020) #5.
In this episode we fawn over Sinister’s plumage, discuss Krakoa’s decadent phase, talk about violence as language, ponder if Cyclops & Jean are acting weirder than their normal Dawn of X selves, and more!
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In this bonus video from the This Week in X crew, Tyler, Fariha, and Peter share our favorite mutant fashions both of the many DOX redesigns as well as from the long history of X-Men costumes.
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Join the former HiX-Men Report as we dive into the third week of the 22-chapter X of Swords crossover in two stories across three issues, as Wolverine seeks the deadly Muramasa blade in Wolverine (2020) #5 and X-Force (2020) #13, while Storm returns to Wakanda as a sister, daughter, wife, diplomate, and thief in Marauders (2019) #13.
In this episode we discussed how comics leave representation to “alien” characters/cultures, how colors help to sell time changes, why Shuri is the better Panther sibling, Storm’s many identities, and more!
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Join the former HiX-Men Report as we dive into the second week of the 22-chapter X of Swords crossover as it hits Leah Williams’ X-Factor (2020) #4.
In this episode we discuss the philosophy & bureaucracy of resurrection, the dissent inherent in community, the value of internal monologues, root cause analysis, my love for a certain rocky mutant, and more!
Want to relive the deepest dive into HOXPOX on the entire internet? In 2019 we recorded nearly 24hrs of content covering House of X and Powers of X (with me providing musical interludes for most of the episodes) on The HiX-Men Report.
Need help making sense of the X-Men? Visit my comprehensive guides to reading and collecting Marvel Comics or my definitive X-Men Reading Order.
Want to read more X-Factor? Visit my Definitive Guide to X-Factor!