September 2012 – Page 3 – Multiversity Comics

Hicks and Shen Launch “Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong”

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 26, 2012 | News

Those of you who are long time readers of the site might remember our unabashed love for “Friends With Boys,” a graphic novel by Faith Erin Hicks serialized in its entirety online before being released through First Second (on sale now). Well, it looks like Hicks is back for another serialized interweb graphic novel, and […]

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Podcasts

The Next Issue 89: Comics From The Upper Shelf

By Mike Romeo | Sep 25, 2012 | Podcasts

Welcome back to to the show! Another SPX has come and gone, and Greg was there to see the sights and report back to you, our cherished listeners. Spoiler alert: it was awesome. From there, it’s comics galore as the guys talk some Conan, Adam and Eve: Bizarre Love Triangle, The Judas Coin, and a […]

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Columns

The New 52’s Zero Issues: Week Three Roundup

By Brian Salvatore | Sep 25, 2012 | Columns

DC Comics is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the New 52 by releasing Zero issues, line wide, to fill in some key backstories and drop hints to what year two might entail for these titles. We wanted to take a look at each week’s releases and attempt to see themes, patterns, or trends in them, […]

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Columns

Boomb Tube: Turn Off the Dark!

By James Johnston | Sep 25, 2012 | Columns

Welcome to Boomb Tube, where all of your favorite TV adaptions of comics books and Ultimate Spider-Man are recapped on a weekly basis! This week: Captain America runs out of aloe vera and Ultimate Spider-Man somehow doesn’t make a Turn off the Dark joke! Spoilers ahead! Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes starts off by continuing from last […]

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Columns

Multiversity Keeps It Real: The Beats — A Graphic History

By Michelle White | Sep 25, 2012 | Columns

Non-fictional comics are unusual animals: setting out, like any non-fictional book, to tell you about a subject in a largely objective manner, the fact that they’ve got the subtle tools of the comic medium to work with entails that they’ve got quite a bit of flexibility in terms of what flavour of objectivity they want […]

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Interviews

Jay Faerber Talks Near Death’s Hiatus And Point Of Impact’s Arrival [Interview]

By Drew Bradley | Sep 25, 2012 | Interviews

This week sees the release of the second “Near Death” trade, collecting issues 6-11. Last month, we talked with series artist Simone Guglielmini, and now writer Jay Faerber sits down to tell us more about the title. He also discusses his upcoming project, “Point of Impact”, with artist Koray Kuranel. For those who are unfamiliar, […]

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Columns

Comics Should Be Cheap (9/26/2012)

By Walt Richardson | Sep 25, 2012 | Columns

Buying comics can be an expensive hobby. A lot of fans simply can’t afford everything they’re interested in, due to rising prices and the over-saturation of the market with superhero titles. That’s why we’re here. Every week, the Multiversity staff is asked “What would you buy this week if you couldn’t go over $20?” and […]

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Previews

Hype Machine: LP [Preview]

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 25, 2012 | Previews

We’ve had a lot of words to say about a little book called “LP.” We ran an interview with artist Ramon Villalobos for Artist August and did an interview with Curt just because we like him, each of which featured little teases of the book, and I’ve done nothing but talk about how much I enjoyed […]

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News

This Week In Comics!

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 25, 2012 | News

We figure it might help to let you guys know what’s coming out this week in comics, so welcome to our weekly feature! Our reviews come out Thursday (with perhaps some advances for tomorrow if you’re lucky), so be sure to look over this list to get a preview of what we may or may […]

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Podcasts

The Next Issue: Pull List #38

By Mike Romeo | Sep 24, 2012 | Podcasts

Welcome to the thirty-eighth installment of our weekly series, The Next Issue — Pull List! For this show, the boys will be picking out a couple of comics on their pull lists this week and talking about why they’re excited to read them. Clocking in at around 15 minutes, this bite sized audio nugget is […]

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Interviews

Valiant (Re)visions: Robert Venditti Talks “X-O Manowar,” the Arrival of Ninjak [Interview]

By David Harper and Chad Bowers | Sep 24, 2012 | Interviews

If you haven’t been paying attention to Multiversity or comics in general for the last 6 months, Valiant Comics have returned and they are undoubtedly better than ever. Part of the reason why is the top notch list of creators they brought in to bring their world to life, such as “X-O Manowar” writer Robert […]

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Reviews

Dredd: The Least Dreddful Movie of the Year! [Review]

By James Johnston | Sep 24, 2012 | Reviews

Seventeen years ago, movie goers were first exposed to the wildly famous British “superhero” Judge Dredd in the form of a movie adaptation starring Sylvester Stallone, Diane Lane, and Rob Schneider’s screeching voice. Critically reviled, Judge Dredd was silently sweeped under the carpet and many people tried to forget the cinematic abomination they kept wishing […]

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