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Five Thoughts on Star Trek: Discovery‘s “There Is A Tide…”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Jan 2, 2021 | Television

On the penultimate episode of Star Trek: Discovery season 3, Osyraa used the ship to enter Federation HQ, and began negotiating a truce with Admiral Vance. Meanwhile, Burnham and Booker boarded Discovery to rescue the crew and retake control. “There Is A Tide…” Written by Kenneth Lin Directed by Jonathan Frakes 1. Is that a […]

Mutantversity: X-Men and Religion Part 1

By Elias Rosner and Jacob Hill | Jan 1, 2021 | Columns

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. “X-Men” comics have challenged us politically, existentially, and more recently, spiritually. A lot of us have been talking […]

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Worthy: King Thor

By Elias Rosner | Jan 1, 2021 | Annotations

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. In the end, there was darkness; a great yawning maw that filled the heavens with nothing but an […]

The Multiverse of Horror: “Aliens: Dead Orbit” by James Stokoe

By Christopher Egan | Jan 1, 2021 | Columns

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. As a lifelong fan of all things horror, it seemed right to come up with a mini-column for […]

Buffyversity: A Defense of “I, Robot… You, Jane”

By Laura Merrill | Jan 1, 2021 | Columns

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. In nearly every online ranking of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” episodes, season one’s “I, Robot… You, Jane” consistently […]

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Isu Codices: An Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Conversation

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet and Gregory Ellner | Jan 1, 2021 | Columns

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. Hard to believe, but it’s been roughly a month since Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was released, and two of […]

Star Wars: The Selfless Force

By Jacob Hill | Jan 1, 2021 | Longform

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. What makes someone strong with the Force? After all, it surrounds us, penetrates us, and binds the galaxy […]

We Want Comics: The Eurovision Song Contest

By Kate Kosturski | Jan 1, 2021 | Columns

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. Welcome back to We Want Comics, a column exploring intellectual properties, whether they’re movies, TV shows, novels or […]

Jews in DC and the Uncomfortable Anti-Semitism of One Harley Quinn

By Elias Rosner | Jan 1, 2021 | Longform

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. I recently caught up on season one of Harley Quinn, thirteen episodes of hilarious TV-MA comedy that focuses […]

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Reader Poll: What Was the Best OGN of 2020?

By Brian Salvatore | Dec 31, 2020 | Reader Poll

Last week, we shared our list of best original graphic novels for 2020, with the new adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughter-House Five topping our list. This year was an incredibly strong year for OGNs, and we felt like we could’ve waxed about far more, but we try to keep our lists manageable for folks. Today, […]

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In Memoriam: 2020

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet and Brian Salvatore | Dec 31, 2020 | Columns

2020 has been a very difficult year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and consequently, it felt like the passing of many of the comics creators, actors and artists who died this year did not fully receive the attention they deserved. Sometimes, saying something is better than saying nothing at all, and afterwards, if you’d like […]

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My Year in Comics: Return to What Brought Me to Comics

By Greg Lincoln | Dec 31, 2020 | Longform

2020 disrupted all our lives. It made us feel unsafe and uncertain about so much of everyday life. My work schedule before the pandemic made it possible for me to pick up my comics on Wednesday, just like when I worked in a comic shop. All that came to a screeching halt in March, when […]

My Comics Year: Read Like a Girl

By Kate Kosturski | Dec 31, 2020 | Columns

I didn’t do as much comics reading as I certainly would have liked this year. Like so many of us, life got in the way, whether it was my day job or other aspects of my personal life. But when I do look at that reading list, small as it may be, there’s one thing […]

My Comics Year: Momentum; Or, The Lack Thereof

By Elias Rosner | Dec 31, 2020 | Columns

I love comics; I have found that out over the last few years. I mean, it’s always been true, thanks to my dad and finding superheroes on Kids WB or Fox Kids or Cartoon Network, but since the middle of the last decade, it’s been more true than ever. I love the community and the […]

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The DC3cast, Episode 256: Crisis Management Part 24: “Final Crisis”

By Brian Salvatore, Vince Ostrowski and Zach Wilkerson | Dec 31, 2020 | Podcasts

The DC3cast is Multiversity’s weekly podcast digging into all things DC Comics. Each week, hosts Vince, Zach, and Brian dig into one of DC’s events from the past in a series we are calling ‘Crisis Management.’ We are still popping back to new stuff for bonus episodes, as well as discussion of news and exciting […]

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In Memoriam: Albert Uderzo

By Mark Tweedale | Dec 30, 2020 | Columns

Albert Uderzo was one of the pillars of my comics childhood. I spent so many lunch hours reading “Asterix” (co-created with René Goscinny) in the school library. I’ve bought the books multiple times, because I read them until the pages fell out. I have all the hardcovers in the bookcase by my bed. I’d be […]

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Exclusive Preview: “Juggernaut” #5

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Dec 30, 2020 | Previews

One of the quirks of Marvel’s shared universe is that the Juggernaut/Cain Marko, one of the X-Men’s most iconic adversaries, is not a mutant, but a human empowered by the mystical Crimson Gem of Cyttorak. Consequently, he’s not allowed on his stepbrother Charles’s new Krakoan paradise, but he has met someone who could: D-Cel, a […]

Art of the Year: 2020

By Brian Salvatore, Christopher Chiu-Tabet, Michael Mazzacane, Matt Garza and Daniel Balyeat | Dec 30, 2020 | Columns

Welcome, one and all, to Multiversity’s Art of the Week! Each week, we scour the internet for artwork sourced from the blogs, Tumblrs, Twitters, and Instagrams of the best comic book and manga artists out there and curate them here for your viewing pleasure. This week, our Art of the Week contributors said goodbye to […]

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Michael Walsh Dreams Up “The Sleep Stories” Kickstarter

By Brian Salvatore | Dec 30, 2020 | Interviews

Ralph Wiggum once described sleep as “where I’m a viking!” For every person that joins Ralph in adventuring while in slumber, there is someone whose dreams are more often sources of fear and despair than fun revelry. Michael Walsh is one of the latter folks, who experiences night terrors, intense nightmares that straddle the line […]

Comics and COVID: A Roundtable Discussion

By Kate Kosturski, Christa Harader, Elias Rosner and James Dowling | Dec 30, 2020 | Columns

[Header image from Cory Turner and Malaka Gharib’s COVID-19 comic for NPR’s Goats and Soda] The COVID-19 pandemic was the top story of 2020, and will certainly continue to be at the forefront in 2021. No industry was spared the effects of this global pandemic, including comics. From postponements and cancellations of series to the […]

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2019 Holiday Wishlists Revisited

By Multiversity Staff | Dec 30, 2020 | Comics

Every year, we ask the three big shared universes – DC, Marvel, and Valiant – to listen to our harebrained ideas for how to improve their lines. While sometimes we step backwards into being correct, the point of these is more to express our ideas, frustrations, and hopes for comics that we absolutely love. That […]

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Robots From Tomorrow: Episode 718 – Pull List for December 30, 2020

By Greg Matiasevich | Dec 28, 2020 | Podcasts

Need suggestions for your LCS trip this week? Let Mike & Greg point out the books hitting shelves on Wednesday they’re most excited about in this four hundred fifty-second installment of their ongoing “Pull List” series! These episodes are the perfect way for anyone to kick off their comics: from the most curious newcomer to […]

The Best of PCH – Episode 238: Reminiscing about Angoulême Festival 2017

By Chris Thompson | Feb 11, 2018 | Podcasts

Due to popular demand, we’ll be featuring The Best of Pop Culture Hound every second Sunday here at Multiversity Comics. Before we get into Chris’ coverage of this year’s Festival International de la Bande Dessinée (Angoulême), we present one final look back with this report from the 44th edition last year. In keeping with their […]

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The DC3cast, Episode 256: Crisis Management Part 24: “Final Crisis”

By Brian Salvatore, Vince Ostrowski and Zach Wilkerson | Dec 31, 2020 | Podcasts

The DC3cast is Multiversity’s weekly podcast digging into all things DC Comics. Each week, hosts Vince, Zach, and Brian dig into one of DC’s events from the past in a series we are calling ‘Crisis Management.’ We are still popping back to new stuff for bonus episodes, as well as discussion of news and exciting […]

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Wrestleversity, Episode 5

By James Johnston, Jess Camacho and Alice W. Castle | Jul 13, 2016 | Podcasts

Welcome back to Wrestleversity, a new podcast by Jess Camacho, James Johnston, and Alice W. Castle! This week, Alice, James, and Jess do a mock Raw/Smackdown draft, ahead of next week’s WWE draft. You can listen to the show below, or download it directly by clicking here. It should be up on iTunes, Stitcher, and […]

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Mutantversity: X-Men and Religion Part 1

By Elias Rosner and Jacob Hill | Jan 1, 2021 | Columns

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. “X-Men” comics have challenged us politically, existentially, and more recently, spiritually. A lot of us have been talking […]

The Multiverse of Horror: “Aliens: Dead Orbit” by James Stokoe

By Christopher Egan | Jan 1, 2021 | Columns

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. As a lifelong fan of all things horror, it seemed right to come up with a mini-column for […]

Buffyversity: A Defense of “I, Robot… You, Jane”

By Laura Merrill | Jan 1, 2021 | Columns

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. In nearly every online ranking of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” episodes, season one’s “I, Robot… You, Jane” consistently […]

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Isu Codices: An Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Conversation

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet and Gregory Ellner | Jan 1, 2021 | Columns

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. Hard to believe, but it’s been roughly a month since Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was released, and two of […]

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Star Wars: The Selfless Force

By Jacob Hill | Jan 1, 2021 | Longform

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. What makes someone strong with the Force? After all, it surrounds us, penetrates us, and binds the galaxy […]

Jews in DC and the Uncomfortable Anti-Semitism of One Harley Quinn

By Elias Rosner | Jan 1, 2021 | Longform

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. I recently caught up on season one of Harley Quinn, thirteen episodes of hilarious TV-MA comedy that focuses […]

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My Year in Comics: Return to What Brought Me to Comics

By Greg Lincoln | Dec 31, 2020 | Longform

2020 disrupted all our lives. It made us feel unsafe and uncertain about so much of everyday life. My work schedule before the pandemic made it possible for me to pick up my comics on Wednesday, just like when I worked in a comic shop. All that came to a screeching halt in March, when […]

On Ahsoka Tano

By Jacob Hill | Dec 17, 2020 | Longform

Ahsoka Tano was first introduced in 2008’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars. And from this appearance alone, I hated her. She was meant to be the Padawan of Anakin Skywalker, a huge part of his life who he had never mentioned in any of the movies. Young Ahsoka had a real plucky attitude. She didn’t […]

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“Redfork”

By Elias Rosner | Dec 28, 2020 | Reviews

The horror of “Redfork” is both obvious and not, eldritch and all too human. It is a story of hope in a place that feels hopeless, but reminds us that the world is a cruel place made crueler by our indifference and greed. It’s a book by Brit writing about a swath of rural America […]

Wonder Woman 1984

By Kate Kosturski | Dec 28, 2020 | Reviews

It’s the most high profile of 2020 film releases to go the video-on-demand route, and set the precedent for WarnerMedia to move all their 2021 releases to a simultaneous theater and video-on-demand release on HBO Max. But will that be Wonder Woman 1984‘s legacy? Please note there will be spoilers throughout this review. If given […]

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Mignolaversity: “Hellboy: Krampusnacht”

By Brian Salvatore | Dec 25, 2020 | Reviews

We are taking a few days off from publishing new content for the holidays, so enjoy some of our favorite Christmas-themed writing over the past 11 years! Merry Christmas to all! Over the past few years, a Hellboy Christmas book has been one of the nicer holiday comics released. This year, instead of a collection […]

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“Giant Days” 2017 Holiday Special

By Kate Kosturski | Dec 25, 2020 | Reviews

We are taking a few days off from publishing new content for the holidays, so enjoy some of our favorite Christmas-themed writing over the past 11 years! Merry Christmas to all! Happy Holidays from your favorite Sheffield co-eds! The girls are off for a London adventure that pays tribute to Love Actually and the films of […]

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Michael Walsh Dreams Up “The Sleep Stories” Kickstarter

By Brian Salvatore | Dec 30, 2020 | Interviews

Ralph Wiggum once described sleep as “where I’m a viking!” For every person that joins Ralph in adventuring while in slumber, there is someone whose dreams are more often sources of fear and despair than fun revelry. Michael Walsh is one of the latter folks, who experiences night terrors, intense nightmares that straddle the line […]

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Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins Brave The World Of Horror Comics With “Fear Case”

By Kyle Welch | Dec 18, 2020 | Interviews

A new comic from the creative team of Matt Kindt and Tyler Jenkins is always news. The first real horror comic from Kindt and Jenkins is news on scale we have not be able to chart as a human species. Following their successes on “Black Badge” and “Grass Kings,” Kindt, Jenkins, and colorist Hilary Jenkins […]

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It’s Hard Not to be a Bit “Reckless” Chatting with Ed Brubaker

By Elias Rosner | Dec 17, 2020 | Interviews

Multiversity is no stranger to Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ recent comics. From “Criminal” to their first OGN “My Heroes Have Always been Junkies” to their last OGN “Pulp”, it’s safe to say we’re big fans so we are very excited to bring you an interview with Brubaker about their newest, and most ambitious project […]

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DC Announces “Crime Syndicate” Miniseries, and We Speak to Writer Andy Schmidt About the Title

By Brian Salvatore | Dec 15, 2020 | Interviews

For some time now, we’ve been hearing about how “Dark Nights: Death Metal” was going to be shaping the future of the DC Universe, and today, we have the first official confirmation of that with the announcement of “Crime Syndicate.” The six issue miniseries by Andy Schmidt (“Challenger Deep,” “G.I. Joe: Future Noir”) and Kieran […]

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Worthy: King Thor

By Elias Rosner | Jan 1, 2021 | Annotations

Before we bid 2020 a final farewell, we share some of our favorite writing from the past year. We wish all of you a happy and healthy New Year, with the hope for brighter days in 2021. In the end, there was darkness; a great yawning maw that filled the heavens with nothing but an […]

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Mignolaversity: The Hellboy Universe Reading Order ― 2020

By Mark Tweedale | Dec 9, 2020 | Annotations

Back in 2014, Multiversity Comics published our reading order for the Hellboy Universe and we’ve updated in annually ever since. We almost skipped this year. Thanks to the pandemic there wasn’t really much to update. However, with all the new omnibuses that have been announced for 2021, a new reading order was really required. So […]

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Isu Codices, Volume 14: Catching up with “Assassin’s Creed”

By Gregory Ellner | Dec 1, 2020 | Annotations

Welcome back to the Isu Codices. Since our last journey into pre-unification Norway, the latest installment in the Assassin’s Creed game franchise was released, and with it a bit more information about the world. Not nearly as much as we may have hoped, but it may color what is said here. However, there will only […]

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The Devil in Detail, A Daredevil Retrospective #7: Roulette, The King of Hell’s Kitchen and One More Day

By James Dowling | Nov 10, 2020 | Annotations

Welcome to the Devil in Detail, where I’m going to trace our way through 40 years of Daredevil and the seminal runs that began each era: Frank Miller in the 1980s, Brian Michael Bendis in the 2000s and Chip Zdarsky in the 2020s. This week we have the end of Miller and Janson in ‘Roulette’ […]

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Five Thoughts on Star Trek: Discovery‘s “There Is A Tide…”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Jan 2, 2021 | Television

On the penultimate episode of Star Trek: Discovery season 3, Osyraa used the ship to enter Federation HQ, and began negotiating a truce with Admiral Vance. Meanwhile, Burnham and Booker boarded Discovery to rescue the crew and retake control. “There Is A Tide…” Written by Kenneth Lin Directed by Jonathan Frakes 1. Is that a […]

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The Adventures of Superman Closing Ceremonies

By Brian Salvatore | Dec 29, 2020 | Television

After two and a half years, we’re finally wrapping up our coverage of Adventures of Superman. Now, last week, we discussed the three final episodes of the series, but this series had a few non-episodes that felt essential to talk about, as well as two attempts at spinoffs. Initially, I was going to catalog the […]

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Five Thoughts on Hilda’s “The Witch”

By Matthew Garcia | Dec 29, 2020 | Television

The Librarian has gone missing. Hilda and Frida wait at the front desk, sure she’s about to suddenly appear with the book that helps explain Erik Ahlberg. But the Librarian is nowhere to be seen. She’s left behind a cart of books that still need to be shelved and the doorway to the secret room […]

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Five Thoughts on Pennyworth’s “The Belt and The Welt”

By Matthew Vincenty | Dec 29, 2020 | Television

We’re back with another episode of Pennyworth. Without a kidnapping this week, what’s Alfred to do? Let’s find out. Spoilers ahead. 1. Aleister Crowley and the Prime Minister Archbishop Potter Crowley makes short work of the Archbishop this week. First tempting him with his group of sex addicts and then photographing him after what looks […]

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Now That Man of Steel is Out, Let’s Talk About Why the World Needs a Wonder Woman Movie

By Matthew Meylikhov | Jun 25, 2013 | Longform

In the wake of Man of Steel, a lot has been said. We talk about its merits, its impact, its relevance, its content and quality — and all of these are valid discussions assuredly. But today I’d like to move away from yet another article about Superman’s problems and instead talk about a different problem […]

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Teaching Comics, Learning Comics: A Conversation with Gene Luen Yang (Part 1 of 3)

By Paul Lai | Sep 28, 2015 | Longform

Gene Luen Yang is a little nervous about his next book. Why would the 2015 Eisner winner for Best Writer have even the faintest apprehensions about his latest graphic novel, “Secret Coders,” drawn by Mike Holmes, and releasing today, September 28th, from First Second? Holmes’ art is adept and charming. First Second’s publishing record is enviable and […]

Orbital In Conversation – Episode 199: Rabbiting About Usagi Yojimbo with Stan Sakai

By Chris Thompson | Jun 24, 2016 | Podcasts

Hello and welcome to Orbital In Conversation – the podcast of Orbital Comics in central London! Dark Horse Month comes to a close as Chris sits down for a chat with Usagi Yojimbo creator, Stan Sakai. They discuss how he started doing comics, his friendship with Sergio Aragones, the longevity of the character, and what […]

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Robots From Tomorrow presents: Paul Pope

By Mike Romeo | Nov 5, 2013 | Podcasts

At this year’s New York Comic Con Mike had the opportunity to sit and chat with Paul Pope about his latest work Battling Boy. They talk about the story, writing for an all-ages audience, and the influences that went into it. Last week Mike and Greg talked in depth about the story, so if you […]