2012 – Page 55 – Multiversity Comics

Review: Skullkickers #18

By Walt Richardson | Sep 27, 2012 | Reviews

The talents behind “Chew” and “Luthor Strode” should be enough to sell you on this anthology. A good anthology, though, offers a recognizable name or two that draws you in, but lesser known creators whose tales stick with you for extensive periods of time. Luckily, if ‘Son of Tavern Tales’ is anything, it’s sticky. That’s […]

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News

Phonogram v3 Delayed Until 2013, Silver Lining Given

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 27, 2012 | News

Sad news, everyone: that comic you’ve been wishing for has been temporarily put on hold. In a site update today by writer Kieron Gillen, Kieron notes that “Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl” will not in fact be happening this year. While it had been originally announced to come out towards the end of 2012, this is no […]

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Columns

Get GetGlue (Week of 9/26/2012)

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 26, 2012 | Columns

We don’t know about the rest of you, but we’re a bit addicted to GetGlue. If you haven’t checked it out before, it’s a silly thing, really: you check in to what you are watching, playing or reading and are rewarded a sticker for it. When you get a certain number of stickers, once a […]

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InterviewsPreviews

Ed Brisson and His Big “Comeback” at Shadowline/Image [Interview/Preview]

By David Harper | Sep 26, 2012 | Interviews, Previews

Today at MC, we have a chat with up-and-coming writer Ed Brisson. He’s been in the industry for a while as a writer, artist and letterer (namely on Image’s “Prophet” in the latter capacity), and this year he is taking his biggest leap yet as November brings the release of his Shadowline/Image Comics title “Comeback” […]

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Columns

Mignolaversity: B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: Return of the Master #2 [Review]

By Brian Salvatore | Sep 26, 2012 | Columns

The final “B.P.R.D.” miniseries issue of all time (minus trips to the past, like the upcoming “1948”) – how will this era of “B.P.R.D.” wrap up? Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi Illustrated by Tyler Crook An elite B.P.R.D. team hunts down a mad Russian scientist in the Scottish Highlands, only to be ambushed […]

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News

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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