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Good-bye 2025

David Palumbo

It is my randomly assigned honor to close out this calendar year for Muddy Colors and I would like to look back on some works which caught my eye in 2025.  This is not a "years best" or in any way claiming to be a complete survey of the field.  These are merely a selection of pieces that were made or released this year, so far as I can tell, which I felt deserve a…

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Happy Thanksgiving (X-Men Edition)

Lauren Panepinto

November 27, 2025 - Since I've pulled the Thanksgiving post this year, here's a personal fave of fantasy art thanksgiving: Uncanny X-Men #308. This issue was published in 1994, written by Scott Lobdell with cover & interior art by John Romita Jr. I was a sophomore in high school, working at the famous comic book store Jim Hanley's Universe in New York, and reading every X-comic that came in the door. This issue was an adorable one, and I loved "normal life" scenes in comic books. The issue also happens to have the engagement of Jean and Scott, and as I was 15 at the time, I was still a Scott and Jean stan. (I'm pretty sure looking back now, as a 46 year old woman, I would say go for Wolverine, but hey, that's a whole other article.)…

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