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Wrapping Wednesday: Micro Reviews for the Week of 10/21/2020

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“Solutions and Other Problems”

By Kate Kosturski | Oct 29, 2020 | Reviews

The creator of “Clean All The Things!” and the pesky Alot returns after a seven year absence with her adorably quirky and wonderfully poignant look at her life and the world. Written and Illustrated by Allie Brosh For the first time in seven years, Allie Brosh—beloved author and artist of the extraordinary #1 New York […]

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

By Christopher Egan | Oct 29, 2020 | Columns

As a life long fan of all things horror, it seemed right to come up with a mini-column for the month of October, leading up to Halloween, with some of my personal favorites from the world of horror comics. I want to discuss the works through all of their components – the writing, the art, […]

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Exclusive Preview: “X-Men” #14

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Oct 29, 2020 | Previews

One of the most interesting aspects of the X-Men’s current ‘Dawn of X’ era is how the amnesty towards all mutants on Krakoa has given us the most sympathetic and nuanced portrayal of the original Apocalypse to date. That trend continues with this year’s crossover ‘X of Swords,’ which has centered on a reckoning with […]

Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “Shadow Dancing”

By Elias Rosner | Oct 29, 2020 | Television

Franklin’s inner monologue is scarily similar to my own, Ivanova just can’t catch a break, and a surprise guest appears.

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“Giga” #1

By Kenneth Laster | Oct 29, 2020 | Reviews

What if we lived in big robot gods huh? Haha jk…unless. beware spoilers! Written by Alex Paknadel Illustrated by John Lé Colored by Rosh Lettered by Aditya Bidikar Nobody knows why the skyscraper-sized mechs known as ‘Giga’ fought their bitter, centuries’ long war. All they know is that when the fighting finally stopped, the dormant […]

Soliciting Multiversity: Top 10 Manga for January 2021

By Elias Rosner | Oct 29, 2020 | Columns

It’s 2021. We’re in the Future^™. What will this new land and new year bring? Probably more of the same but HEY, that means that I can highlight a bunch of really cool shit I just caught up on. Not yet though. The release schedule is a cruel one sometimes. Maybe I’ll even throw in a couple isekai or light novel adaptations.

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Justin Jordan and Tradd Moore’s “The Strange Talent of Luther Strode” to be Adapted as a Film

By James Dowling | Oct 29, 2020 | News

The 2011 Image Comics series “The Strange Talent of Luther Strode,” a book that launched the careers of writer Justin Jordan and artist Tradd Moore, is set to be adapted into a feature film, with a screenplay by Jordan. The film will be produced by Allnighter, the new production studio from Dinesh Shamdasani, Amanda Kruse, […]

“Colonel Weird: Cosmagog” #1

By Christopher Egan | Oct 29, 2020 | Reviews

Spinning out of the World of Black Hammer and life as he has become accustomed to it, Colonel Weird finds himself separated from the other superheroes; zapping through time and space on a journey from which even he may not be able to return. Mild Spoilers Ahead Written by Jeff Lemire Illustrated, Colored & Lettered […]

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Robots From Tomorrow: Episode 704 – October 2020 Previews, Part 1

By Greg Matiasevich | Oct 29, 2020 | Podcasts

Another month, another “Previews” catalog to dissect! As always, Mike & Greg start things off with the diverse Green and Purple sections, covering the majority of publishers in one fell swoop. What’s coming to comic shops in December (and beyond) that catches the lads’ fancies? Definitely something for everyone in the top half of this […]

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The Rundown: October 29, 2020

By Reid Carter | Oct 29, 2020 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at rundown@multiversitycomics.com. – Panel Syndicate has launched the five-issue series “The One You Feed,” a “fantasy terror tale” from the “Cosmic Ghost Rider” team of Donny Cates and Dylan […]

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Five Thoughts on Swamp Thing’s “Darkness on the Edge of Town”

By Frank Skornia | Oct 28, 2020 | Television

To coincide with the airing of Swamp Thing on the CW, we are re-broadcasting our reviews of the series from its original airing on the DC Universe platform. If there are any differences in the episodes aired on the CW (edits for time or content, for example), those changes will not be reflected in our […]

Pageturn: American Vampire Comics That Aren’t “American Vampire”

By James Dowling | Oct 28, 2020 | Columns

Hey you! Have you ever wanted to read some different comics? Hopefully! Do you have a friend who you are always trying to get into comics? Yeah, you probably have 20! Are you looking for a comic list made in tribute to Snyder and Alburquerque’s “American Vampire” returning even though the list doesn’t actually have […]

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This Week in Shonen Jump: Week of 10/25/20

By Ken Godberson III and Robbie Pleasant | Oct 28, 2020 | Columns

Welcome to This Week in Shonen Jump, our weekly check in on Viz’s various Shonen Jump series. Viz has recently changed their release format, but our format will mostly remain the same. We will still review the newest chapters of two titles a week, now with even more options at our disposal. The big change […]

Art of the Week: Week of 10/28/20

By Matt Garza | Oct 28, 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. There’s no particular theme this week, just great art. As always, […]

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Mignolaversity: “Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Return of Effie Kolb” #2

By Mark Tweedale | Oct 28, 2020 | Reviews

After an eight-month wait courtesy of the pandemic, we finally get the second half of “Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Return of Effie Kolb,” and it is well worth the wait. With the story returning to the Appalachian Mountains of 2008’s “Hellboy: The Crooked Man,” which featured art by none other than the great Richard […]

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Soliciting Multiversity: Marvel’s Top 10 for January 2021

By Robbie Pleasant | Oct 28, 2020 | Columns

New year, new comics! But also: more comics tied into the “King in Black” event, including bringing older teams and overlooked characters back into the spotlight. Still, calling out all of those would neglect the other great comics coming for us in January, so we kept those to a minimum and went on to look […]

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Multiver-City One: 2000 AD Prog 2205 – Hanging by a Thread!

By Noel Thorne, Ryan Pond, Michael Mazzacane, Rowan Grover and Greg Lincoln | Oct 28, 2020 | Columns

Welcome, Earthlets, to Multiver-City One, our “2000 AD” weekly review column! Every Wednesday we examine the latest offerings from Tharg and the droids over at Rebellion/2000 AD, the galaxy’s leading producers of Thrill-Power entertainment. Let’s get right to it! THIS WEEK IN 2000AD Judge Dredd: They Shoot Talking Horses, Don’t They?, Part 2 Credits: Rob […]

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The DC3cast, Episode 246: Crisis Management Part 21: “Sinestro Corps War” Vol 1

By Brian Salvatore, Vince Ostrowski and Zach Wilkerson | Oct 28, 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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The Rundown: October 28, 2020

By Chris Cole | Oct 28, 2020 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at rundown@multiversitycomics.com. In case you missed it, Random House will be adapting the Magic Tree House books into a series of graphic novels. – DC has revealed their new […]

Five Thoughts on Marvel’s Spider-Man: Maximum Venom‘s “Maximum Venom”

By Joe Skonce | Oct 27, 2020 | Television

Hello there, true believers! Thanks for swinging by for another installment of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Maximum Venom on Disney XD. After saving the earth from the threat of the symbiote known as Venom, Spidey’s work is far from over! Being a teenage superhero can be hard, especially when your first date is ruined by a villainous […]

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“Magic Tree House” Graphic Novels Announced

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Oct 27, 2020 | News

The Associated Press reports American children’s author Mary Pope Osborne’s fantasy series Magic Tree House are being adapted into graphic novels by playwright Jenny Laird, and artists Kelly and Nichole Matthews. The adaptation of the first book, “Magic Tree House: The Graphic Novel — Dinosaurs Before Dark,” will be published by Random House on May […]

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Robots From Tomorrow: Episode 704 – October 2020 Previews, Part 1

By Greg Matiasevich | Oct 29, 2020 | Podcasts

Another month, another “Previews” catalog to dissect! As always, Mike & Greg start things off with the diverse Green and Purple sections, covering the majority of publishers in one fell swoop. What’s coming to comic shops in December (and beyond) that catches the lads’ fancies? Definitely something for everyone in the top half of this […]

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 246: Crisis Management Part 21: “Sinestro Corps War” Vol 1

By Brian Salvatore, Vince Ostrowski and Zach Wilkerson | Oct 28, 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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The Multiverse of Horror: “Aliens: Dead Orbit” by James Stokoe

By Christopher Egan | Oct 29, 2020 | Columns

As a life long fan of all things horror, it seemed right to come up with a mini-column for the month of October, leading up to Halloween, with some of my personal favorites from the world of horror comics. I want to discuss the works through all of their components – the writing, the art, […]

Soliciting Multiversity: Top 10 Manga for January 2021

By Elias Rosner | Oct 29, 2020 | Columns

It’s 2021. We’re in the Future^™. What will this new land and new year bring? Probably more of the same but HEY, that means that I can highlight a bunch of really cool shit I just caught up on. Not yet though. The release schedule is a cruel one sometimes. Maybe I’ll even throw in a couple isekai or light novel adaptations.

Pageturn: American Vampire Comics That Aren’t “American Vampire”

By James Dowling | Oct 28, 2020 | Columns

Hey you! Have you ever wanted to read some different comics? Hopefully! Do you have a friend who you are always trying to get into comics? Yeah, you probably have 20! Are you looking for a comic list made in tribute to Snyder and Alburquerque’s “American Vampire” returning even though the list doesn’t actually have […]

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This Week in Shonen Jump: Week of 10/25/20

By Ken Godberson III and Robbie Pleasant | Oct 28, 2020 | Columns

Welcome to This Week in Shonen Jump, our weekly check in on Viz’s various Shonen Jump series. Viz has recently changed their release format, but our format will mostly remain the same. We will still review the newest chapters of two titles a week, now with even more options at our disposal. The big change […]

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Ten Comic Books That Would Make Great Video Games

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Oct 2, 2020 | Longform

It’s an exciting time to be a comic book reader and video gamer, between Marvel’s Avengers and Spider-Man: Miles Morales; DC’s newly announced Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League; and the upcoming Sam & Max VR game, as well as The Wolf Among Us 2. Your thoughts may vary wildly on the […]

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The Surprising Success of Stargirl

By Brian Salvatore | Aug 10, 2020 | Longform

In a lot of ways, Stargirl should have been anathema to my tastes. James Robinson’s “Starman” is my favorite comic series of all time, and I have a deep, deep love for the way that Robinson, David Goyer, Tom Peyer, and Geoff Johns took the inactive Justice Society of America and brought them back to […]

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“Black Stars Above,” Cosmic Horror that Looks Forward by Peering Back

By James Dowling | Jul 27, 2020 | Longform

Sometimes you find comics or films or really any kind of media that you wish everyone was talking about. You fall in love with something that feels special and you’re left waiting for the rest of the world to notice it, “Black Stars Above” is that for me. It comes from three criminally underappreciated talents: […]

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The Best Case Scenario: A Hollywood “Sailor Moon” Movie

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Jul 22, 2020 | Longform

If you spend a lot of time in the artistic circles of Twitter, you may have noticed the “Redraw Sailor Moon” challenge was a popular trend in May 2020, with everyone offering their own (sincere or comedic) take on an intense screenshot from the anime. It seems, 28 years after her debut, Naoko Takeuchi’s manga […]

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“Solutions and Other Problems”

By Kate Kosturski | Oct 29, 2020 | Reviews

The creator of “Clean All The Things!” and the pesky Alot returns after a seven year absence with her adorably quirky and wonderfully poignant look at her life and the world. Written and Illustrated by Allie Brosh For the first time in seven years, Allie Brosh—beloved author and artist of the extraordinary #1 New York […]

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“Giga” #1

By Kenneth Laster | Oct 29, 2020 | Reviews

What if we lived in big robot gods huh? Haha jk…unless. beware spoilers! Written by Alex Paknadel Illustrated by John Lé Colored by Rosh Lettered by Aditya Bidikar Nobody knows why the skyscraper-sized mechs known as ‘Giga’ fought their bitter, centuries’ long war. All they know is that when the fighting finally stopped, the dormant […]

“Colonel Weird: Cosmagog” #1

By Christopher Egan | Oct 29, 2020 | Reviews

Spinning out of the World of Black Hammer and life as he has become accustomed to it, Colonel Weird finds himself separated from the other superheroes; zapping through time and space on a journey from which even he may not be able to return. Mild Spoilers Ahead Written by Jeff Lemire Illustrated, Colored & Lettered […]

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Mignolaversity: “Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Return of Effie Kolb” #2

By Mark Tweedale | Oct 28, 2020 | Reviews

After an eight-month wait courtesy of the pandemic, we finally get the second half of “Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Return of Effie Kolb,” and it is well worth the wait. With the story returning to the Appalachian Mountains of 2008’s “Hellboy: The Crooked Man,” which featured art by none other than the great Richard […]

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Demons and Dirty Diapers: Conquering the Fears of “Scarenthood”

By Kate Kosturski | Oct 21, 2020 | Interviews

Facing down the supernatural should be nothing once you’ve dealt with the monster of a picky eater. At least that’s what the families in IDW Publishing’s new title”Scarenthood” think. While the kids are away on a field trip to the zoo, their parents uncover something not of this world in their pursuit of a local […]

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Multiversity Coffee Break, Episode 6: Liana Kangas on the Drums!

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 14, 2020 | Interviews

Earlier today, we chatted with Liana Kangas about the drums on our weekly Twitch show. Click here to watch future episdoes, and see below for the YouTube embed: So, pour yourself a cup of joe – or your beverage of choice – and join us to discuss the instrument that everyone thinks they can play, […]

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Ava’s Demons Come Out In Support Of A Successful Kickstarter With Michelle Czajkowski Fus

By Kyle Welch | Oct 14, 2020 | Interviews

Kickstarter has been a great way for fans to get behind projects they believe in and being an active participant in helping fund the creation of the work they love. Over 400,000 dollars of a 25,000 dollar goal is a clear statement from a lot of readers and fans that they believe in project. As […]

Giant Robots and Deep Questions with Alex Paknadel & John Lê

By Elias Rosner | Oct 12, 2020 | Interviews

Giant Robots? A sci-fi series with mythic elements but remain grounded? What more could you ask for! An interview with the writer and artist of Vault’s newest series, “Giga,” out October 28th? Well, how can we say no? Thanks to Alex and John for taking the time to answer our questions. The world of “Giga” […]

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The Devil in Detail, A Daredevil Retrospective #6: The Last Hand, Hardcore and Inferno

By James Dowling | Oct 13, 2020 | Annotations

Welcome to the Daredevil Retrospective, 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 Miller and Janson’s ‘The Last Hand’ and other stories, […]

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The Devil in Detail, A Daredevil Retrospective #5: The Assassination of Matt Murdock, Lowlife and Through Hell

By James Dowling | Sep 9, 2020 | Annotations

Welcome to the Daredevil Retrospective, 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, Brain Michael Bendis in the 2000s and Chip Zdarsky in the 2020s. This week we have Klaus Janson taking up art duties in “The Assassination […]

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The Devil in Detail, A Daredevil Retrospective #4: Elektra, Out and Through Hell

By James Dowling | Aug 18, 2020 | Annotations

Welcome to the Daredevil Retrospective, 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, Brain Michael Bendis in the 2000s and Chip Zdarsky in the 2020s. This week we have Frank Miller’s bold debut as Writer/Artist on “Daredevil,” Matt’s […]

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Haunted Trails: “Shadow Roads” Recap

By Mark Tweedale | Jul 28, 2020 | Annotations

Welcome back to Haunted Trails, Multiversity Comics’ column exploring the world Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt’s “The Sixth Gun” and “Shadow Roads.” This Wednesday there’s a new issue of “Shadow Roads” coming out, the first in over a year. Unfortunately, the series took an unplanned break mid-arc after June 2019’s “Shadow Roads” #8, so I’m […]

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Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “Shadow Dancing”

By Elias Rosner | Oct 29, 2020 | Television

Franklin’s inner monologue is scarily similar to my own, Ivanova just can’t catch a break, and a surprise guest appears.

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Five Thoughts on Swamp Thing’s “Darkness on the Edge of Town”

By Frank Skornia | Oct 28, 2020 | Television

To coincide with the airing of Swamp Thing on the CW, we are re-broadcasting our reviews of the series from its original airing on the DC Universe platform. If there are any differences in the episodes aired on the CW (edits for time or content, for example), those changes will not be reflected in our […]

Five Thoughts on Marvel’s Spider-Man: Maximum Venom‘s “Maximum Venom”

By Joe Skonce | Oct 27, 2020 | Television

Hello there, true believers! Thanks for swinging by for another installment of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Maximum Venom on Disney XD. After saving the earth from the threat of the symbiote known as Venom, Spidey’s work is far from over! Being a teenage superhero can be hard, especially when your first date is ruined by a villainous […]

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Five Thoughts on Adventures of Superman‘s “Money to Burn” and “Close Shave”

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 27, 2020 | Television

One of the notes I have made consistently since the colorization of Adventures of Superman started was how somehow, with the influx of color, the criminals have gotten smarter. The first episode I write about this week, “Money to Burn,” furthers that narrative. The second, “Close Shave,” goes so far in the other direction that […]

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Death Wish, Punisher and Teen Angst Collide in “Revenger”

By Mike Romeo | Aug 30, 2016 | Longform, Reviews

Hyper-violence is no stranger to funny books. Copious amounts of blood have been spilled on countless comics pages for nearly a century. I mean, it’s part of the reason we had the Comics Code, right? And through it all, there was a decade that was especially great for mass market brutality: the 1980s. It was […]

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Mignolaversity: The Hellboy Universe Reading Order ― 2015

By Mark Tweedale | May 18, 2015 | Annotations

This is an older reading order. Please check out the 2019 version. Last year, I created a reading order for the Hellboy Universe with the help of Scott Allie. It was an involved process. We considered the publishing order, the internal chronology, the order of certain reveals, the development of certain themes… The order we […]

DJMC #9 – An Interview with Namor!

By Brian Salvatore | Sep 11, 2013 | Columns

This week, Marvel announced that there would be a revival of the Invaders team, “All New Invaders” starting in January. We wasted no time in reaching out to one of the cast members of the book, Namor, the Sub-Mariner, about some of his favorite songs for this column. So, without further ado, Namor on Music! […]

The Hour Cosmic, Episode 61: The Mysteries of Knish with Dean Haspiel

By Brian Salvatore, Chad Bowers and Matthew Meylikhov | Mar 17, 2014 | Podcasts

Welcome to another installment of The Hour Cosmic, your favorite comics game show! This week, our guest is artist and writer Dean Haspiel! On this week’s show, among other things, we discuss: – (The lack of) Optimism in comics! – Kiss! – Dean’s early misadventures with DC Comics! Let’s meet our guests, shall we? Dean […]