Zac Owens
@zacowens.bsky.social
I'm a comics reviewer/editor for Monkeys Fighting Robots. I'm also a world traveler. I've lived in Australia, Canada, Tanzania, Kenya, and the States. I studied theology in Switzerland and did humanitarian work in Egypt. Aspiring writer and Green Lantern.
Always a great time talking to my buddy AJ!
Did y'all know I used to review comics for @monkeysrobots.bsky.social?
That's part of what makes my interview with @zacowens.bsky.social so special and sweet! We talked about my Bangkok trip to celebrate the launch of Under the Castle and so much more! monkeysfightingrobots.co/interview-aj...
That's part of what makes my interview with @zacowens.bsky.social so special and sweet! We talked about my Bangkok trip to celebrate the launch of Under the Castle and so much more! monkeysfightingrobots.co/interview-aj...
Interview: AJ O. Mason – From MFR to Bangkok and Beyond
If AJ O. Mason is a familiar name to you, that might be because you've read some of his astounding web comics on Globalcomix. Or you've possibly r ...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Always a great time talking to my buddy AJ!
The next Ed Brubaker, @seanphillips.bsky.social and @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social joint is coming out soon! @imagecomics.com’s THE KNIVES! It’s so good. I wrote out some thoughts on it, which aren’t as good, but I hope you enjoy it anyway.
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Advanced Review: THE KNIVES — Hollywood Hell
I know, "Hollywood Hell" is a bit of a stupid title for an article, but when in doubt: alliterate! At least that’s always been my rule of thumb. B ...
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July 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The next Ed Brubaker, @seanphillips.bsky.social and @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social joint is coming out soon! @imagecomics.com’s THE KNIVES! It’s so good. I wrote out some thoughts on it, which aren’t as good, but I hope you enjoy it anyway.
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My grand finale about Chris Claremont’s grand finale! Give it a read and let me know your thoughts.
In the final part in our series, @zacowens.bsky.social discusses how Chris Claremont brings his 15-year X-Men opus to a brilliant conclusion and ushers in the beginning of a new era. www.howtolovecomics.com/2025/04/30/c...
April 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My grand finale about Chris Claremont’s grand finale! Give it a read and let me know your thoughts.
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The final five years of Chris Claremont’s X-Men run is so jam-packed that @zacowens.bsky.social had to split it into two pieces.
Chris Claremont’s X-Men: The Last Five Years (Part One)
The final five years of Chris Claremont's X-Men run is so jam-packed that we had to split it into two.
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April 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The final five years of Chris Claremont’s X-Men run is so jam-packed that @zacowens.bsky.social had to split it into two pieces.
One more after this one! I tackle the first half of the last five years of Claremont’s run on X-MEN here for @howtolovecomics.com. Take a look and hope you enjoy!
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Chris Claremont’s X-Men: The Last Five Years (Part One)
The final five years of Chris Claremont's X-Men run is so jam-packed that we had to split it into two.
www.howtolovecomics.com
April 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
One more after this one! I tackle the first half of the last five years of Claremont’s run on X-MEN here for @howtolovecomics.com. Take a look and hope you enjoy!
www.howtolovecomics.com/2025/04/20/c...
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The next five years of Chris Claremont’s X-Men shakes up the previously established status quo to create a masterclass in character development.
Chris Claremont’s X-Men: The Next 5 Years
The next five years of Chris Claremont's X-Men shakes up the previously established status quo to create a masterclass in character development.
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April 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The next five years of Chris Claremont’s X-Men shakes up the previously established status quo to create a masterclass in character development.
Here’s part two of four of my series for @howtolovecomics.com on Chris Claremont’s 15 year run on X-Men! The Brood Saga! God Loves, Man Kills and more! Hope you guys enjoy…
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Chris Claremont’s X-Men: The Next 5 Years
The next five years of Chris Claremont's X-Men shakes up the previously established status quo to create a masterclass in character development.
www.howtolovecomics.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Here’s part two of four of my series for @howtolovecomics.com on Chris Claremont’s 15 year run on X-Men! The Brood Saga! God Loves, Man Kills and more! Hope you guys enjoy…
www.howtolovecomics.com/2025/04/06/c...
www.howtolovecomics.com/2025/04/06/c...
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In the first of four pieces, @zacowens.bsky.social dives into Chris Claremont’s legendary 15-year run on the X-Men comics.
Chris Claremont’s X-Men: The First 5 Years
In the first of four pieces, Zac Owens dives into Chris Claremont's legendary 15-year run on the X-Men comics.
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March 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In the first of four pieces, @zacowens.bsky.social dives into Chris Claremont’s legendary 15-year run on the X-Men comics.
Got to write an article series about Chris Claremont’s X-MEN run, starting off with Len Wein and Dave Cockrum’s debut issue. Loved writing this series for the amazing @howtolovecomics.com ! This covers the first 5 years, more to come…
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Chris Claremont’s X-Men: The First 5 Years
In the first of four pieces, Zac Owens dives into Chris Claremont's legendary 15-year run on the X-Men comics.
www.howtolovecomics.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Got to write an article series about Chris Claremont’s X-MEN run, starting off with Len Wein and Dave Cockrum’s debut issue. Loved writing this series for the amazing @howtolovecomics.com ! This covers the first 5 years, more to come…
www.howtolovecomics.com/2025/03/23/c...
www.howtolovecomics.com/2025/03/23/c...
Got to write this piece about the original CREATURE COMMANDOS run for the fabulous How To Love Comics a while back. As the show is coming out soon, maybe it’s worth a re-read!
Yes, they're monsters. But, as @zacowens.bsky.social points out, war is the real horror in Creature Commandos.
Creature Commandos: War Is Hell
Explore the original Creature Commandos comics before they become the first project of James Gunn's new look DC Studios.
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November 19, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Got to write this piece about the original CREATURE COMMANDOS run for the fabulous How To Love Comics a while back. As the show is coming out soon, maybe it’s worth a re-read!
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This massive list is a long time coming! I've been chipping away at this one for years.
Special thanks to @zacowens.bsky.social and Kathryn Hemmann for contributing! You both made the list bigger and better than what I could do on my own.
Special thanks to @zacowens.bsky.social and Kathryn Hemmann for contributing! You both made the list bigger and better than what I could do on my own.
Discover the 45 best horror comics this spooky season. The covers a broad range of horror sub-genres for plenty of frightening reads.
The 45 Best Horror Comics You Should Read
Discover the 45 best horror comics this spooky season. This list covers a broad range of horror sub-genres for plenty of frightening reads.
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October 16, 2024 at 10:04 AM
This massive list is a long time coming! I've been chipping away at this one for years.
Special thanks to @zacowens.bsky.social and Kathryn Hemmann for contributing! You both made the list bigger and better than what I could do on my own.
Special thanks to @zacowens.bsky.social and Kathryn Hemmann for contributing! You both made the list bigger and better than what I could do on my own.
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Discover the 45 best horror comics this spooky season. The covers a broad range of horror sub-genres for plenty of frightening reads.
The 45 Best Horror Comics You Should Read
Discover the 45 best horror comics this spooky season. This list covers a broad range of horror sub-genres for plenty of frightening reads.
www.howtolovecomics.com
October 16, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Discover the 45 best horror comics this spooky season. The covers a broad range of horror sub-genres for plenty of frightening reads.
It’s Spooky Season! One of my favourite times of the year and certainly the perfect time for some scary reads. The brilliant @trevorvanas.bsky.social put together a list or horror comic recs for you to peruse (I added a few of my favourites too). Check it out: www.howtolovecomics.com/2024/10/16/b...
The 45 Best Horror Comics You Should Read
Discover the 45 best horror comics this spooky season. This list covers a broad range of horror sub-genres for plenty of frightening reads.
www.howtolovecomics.com
October 16, 2024 at 9:52 AM
It’s Spooky Season! One of my favourite times of the year and certainly the perfect time for some scary reads. The brilliant @trevorvanas.bsky.social put together a list or horror comic recs for you to peruse (I added a few of my favourites too). Check it out: www.howtolovecomics.com/2024/10/16/b...
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Marvel and DC Comics got together to combine their superheroes together to create brand-new ones for the weird and wonderful Amalgam Comics line. @zacowens.bsky.social tells you all about it.
Amalgam: A Celebration of the Whole Range of Superhero Comics
Marvel and DC Comics got together to combine their superheroes together to create brand-new ones for the weird and wonderful Amalgam Comics line.
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June 23, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Marvel and DC Comics got together to combine their superheroes together to create brand-new ones for the weird and wonderful Amalgam Comics line. @zacowens.bsky.social tells you all about it.
The new Ed Brubaker, @seanphillips.bsky.social, and @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social joint is unsurprisingly another masterpiece. @imagecomics.bsky.social’s HOUSES OF THE UNHOLY is a brilliant story about how past traumas can creep into our present day.
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Review: Demons and Disillusionment in HOUSES OF THE UNHOLY
The first image we see in Image Comics' Houses of the Unholy is that of a pentagram. It's shown in a brilliant red that makes it looks like it ...
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May 24, 2024 at 9:19 PM
The new Ed Brubaker, @seanphillips.bsky.social, and @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social joint is unsurprisingly another masterpiece. @imagecomics.bsky.social’s HOUSES OF THE UNHOLY is a brilliant story about how past traumas can creep into our present day.
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It was great fun writing this article. @ronmarz.bsky.social, Dan Jurgens, Claudio Castellini, and Peter David created a truly brilliant and entertaining cross-company ad with DC VS MARVEL
The 1996 DC vs. Marvel miniseries is at it’s most fun when it highlights what makes characters from each publisher unique. @zacowens.bsky.social
DC vs. Marvel: Who Said Ads Couldn't Be Fun?
The 1996 DC vs. Marvel miniseries is at it's most fun when it highlights what makes characters from each publisher unique.
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May 8, 2024 at 4:54 PM
It was great fun writing this article. @ronmarz.bsky.social, Dan Jurgens, Claudio Castellini, and Peter David created a truly brilliant and entertaining cross-company ad with DC VS MARVEL
My goodness... @darkhorsecomics.bsky.social's HELEN OF WYNDHORN just keeps getting better. @tomking.bsky.social, @bilquis.bsky.social, @matlopes.bsky.social, and Clayton Cowles deliver a second issue that is stunning and understated. Read it! You must!
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Review: HELEN OF WYNDHORN #2 is Beautifully Understated
After the explosive ending of Dark Horse Comics' Helen of Wyndhorn #1, you'd expect the next issue to be full of fire and bombast. Instead, writer ...
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April 20, 2024 at 2:59 PM
My goodness... @darkhorsecomics.bsky.social's HELEN OF WYNDHORN just keeps getting better. @tomking.bsky.social, @bilquis.bsky.social, @matlopes.bsky.social, and Clayton Cowles deliver a second issue that is stunning and understated. Read it! You must!
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When I saw that @darkhorsecomics.bsky.social was coming out with a new run of Eric Powell's THE GOON, I knew I had to talk about it. Even better, I knew who to talk to! Check out my conversation with my brilliant EIC, Anthony Composto about this awesome read:
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A Conversation About THE GOON: THEM THAT DON'T STAY DEAD #1
What in the World is Going On? Zac: This is not our typical format at Monkeys Fighting Robots, but my lovely Editor-in-Chief Anthony Composto and I thought ...
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March 29, 2024 at 8:14 PM
When I saw that @darkhorsecomics.bsky.social was coming out with a new run of Eric Powell's THE GOON, I knew I had to talk about it. Even better, I knew who to talk to! Check out my conversation with my brilliant EIC, Anthony Composto about this awesome read:
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If you haven’t read Emily Carroll before, you must check them out. Their use of evasive storytelling is downright terrifying.
Emily Carroll’s Through the Woods delves into the horror of the unknown through a collection of short stories that will haunt readers. @zacowens.bsky.social
The Horror Of Not Knowing In Emily Carroll's Through The Woods
Emily Carroll's Through the Woods delves into the horror of the unknown through a collection of short stories that will haunt readers.
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March 20, 2024 at 12:53 PM
If you haven’t read Emily Carroll before, you must check them out. Their use of evasive storytelling is downright terrifying.
I finally managed to gather my thoughts about @darkhorsecomics.bsky.social’s HELEN OF WYNDHORN. This comic is all about how we choose to tell stories. @tomking.bsky.social, @bilquis.bsky.social, @matlopes.bsky.social, and Clayton Cowles are masterful! 5/5!!
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Review: HELEN OF WYNDHORN #1: How Stories Get Told
Dark Horse Comics' Helen of Wyndhorn #1 is complex and understated all at once. The all-star creative team behind Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow — writer ...
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March 18, 2024 at 9:07 AM
I finally managed to gather my thoughts about @darkhorsecomics.bsky.social’s HELEN OF WYNDHORN. This comic is all about how we choose to tell stories. @tomking.bsky.social, @bilquis.bsky.social, @matlopes.bsky.social, and Clayton Cowles are masterful! 5/5!!
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Keep with controversial stories, @zacowens.bsky.social dived into Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight. Looking at more analytically, he discussed the story's themes of loss and the Hal Jordan’s villainous reaction to it.
Emerald Twilight: Loss, Compassion, and Indifference [90s Week]
We look back at Emerald Twilight, the controversial 1994 Green Lantern that explores loss and the Hal Jordan's villainous reaction to it.
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March 1, 2024 at 4:02 AM
Keep with controversial stories, @zacowens.bsky.social dived into Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight. Looking at more analytically, he discussed the story's themes of loss and the Hal Jordan’s villainous reaction to it.
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90s Week keeps on truckin' along. @zacowens.bsky.social knocked it out of park with an awesome piece about Emerald Twilight, looking at it from a character study perspective. (With none of the fandom nonsense.)
For 90s Week, @zacowens.bsky.social looks back at Emerald Twilight, the controversial 1994 Green Lantern story that explores loss and the Hal Jordan’s villainous reaction to it.
Emerald Twilight: Loss, Compassion, and Indifference [90s Week]
We look back at Emerald Twilight, the controversial 1994 Green Lantern that explores loss and the Hal Jordan's villainous reaction to it.
www.howtolovecomics.com
February 21, 2024 at 3:22 AM
90s Week keeps on truckin' along. @zacowens.bsky.social knocked it out of park with an awesome piece about Emerald Twilight, looking at it from a character study perspective. (With none of the fandom nonsense.)
Reposted by Zac Owens
For 90s Week, @zacowens.bsky.social looks back at Emerald Twilight, the controversial 1994 Green Lantern story that explores loss and the Hal Jordan’s villainous reaction to it.
Emerald Twilight: Loss, Compassion, and Indifference [90s Week]
We look back at Emerald Twilight, the controversial 1994 Green Lantern that explores loss and the Hal Jordan's villainous reaction to it.
www.howtolovecomics.com
February 20, 2024 at 11:12 PM
For 90s Week, @zacowens.bsky.social looks back at Emerald Twilight, the controversial 1994 Green Lantern story that explores loss and the Hal Jordan’s villainous reaction to it.
ANIMAL POUND from @boom-studios.com is a must-read! Writer @tomking.bsky.social, artist Peter Gross, colorist @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social, and letterer Clayton Cowles fill this spiritual successor to Orwell's tale with nuance, tension, and dread.
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Review: ANIMAL POUND #2 — "For the Animals, By the Animals..." | Monkeys Fighting Robots
There are dark clouds gathering on the horizon of BOOM! Studios' Animal Pound. The first pages show us a rabbit running from a hungry dog. In the face ...
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February 20, 2024 at 8:22 PM
ANIMAL POUND from @boom-studios.com is a must-read! Writer @tomking.bsky.social, artist Peter Gross, colorist @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social, and letterer Clayton Cowles fill this spiritual successor to Orwell's tale with nuance, tension, and dread.
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People talk about Batman: Year One but not so much about Batman: Year Two - a story that explores the different approaches to moving forward from tragedy and processing trauma. @zacowens.bsky.social explains: www.howtolovecomics.com/2024/02/11/b...
Batman: Year Two – Coping With Trauma
Batman: Year Two is a story that explores the different approaches to moving forward from tragedy and processing trauma.
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February 11, 2024 at 10:23 PM
People talk about Batman: Year One but not so much about Batman: Year Two - a story that explores the different approaches to moving forward from tragedy and processing trauma. @zacowens.bsky.social explains: www.howtolovecomics.com/2024/02/11/b...