April 2014 – Page 8 – Multiversity Comics

Soliciting Multiversity: DC’s Top 10 in July 2014 (and September 2014, Sort Of)

By Brian Salvatore | Apr 23, 2014 | Columns

Yesterday, DC did something really interesting – they released both the July solicitations and the September solicitations simultaneously. Part of this is due to the fact that September is a “flash forward” month, tying into the weekly “New 52: Futures End” series. Because of that, the solicits are not exactly spoiler-y, and the early release […]

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Podcasts

Robots From Tomorrow Presents: Shawn Martinbrough and Joseph Illidge

By Greg Matiasevich | Apr 23, 2014 | Podcasts

This week, Greg gets a chance to talk with the creative duo of artist Shawn Martinbrough and editor Joseph Illidge. Their partnership started in turn-of-the-century Gotham City, with Shawn’s run on Detective Comics, and has spanned the last 15 years. Over that time the two have collaborated on Shawn’s art book How To Draw Noir […]

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Reviews

Five Thoughts on Agents of SHIELD’s “The Only Light in the Darkness” [Review]

By Matthew Meylikhov | Apr 23, 2014 | Reviews

Last night on Agents of SHIELD, Amy Acker guest starred as Nathaniel Ayers and somehow never played Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 Prelude. Apparently SHIELD didn’t want to be that show. Meanwhile, Agent Ward proved that he doesn’t like good comedy and everyone learned how to win at Two Truths and a Lie. Read on […]

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News

Exclusive: Take a Look at Duncan Fegredo’s Interlocking “MPH” Covers

By Matthew Meylikhov | Apr 23, 2014 | News

Debuting next month from Image Comics, the latest in Mark Millar’s shared superhero universe will be hitting the stands with “MPH.” Illustrated by Duncan Fegredo, the book stars a group of kids who find themselves using a drug called MPH that gives them the power of superspeed. So what do they do? Rob shit, obviously. […]

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News

The Rundown: Chris Samnee and Matt Wilson Cover Our Dreams, Greg Rucka Talks Recent Controversy, and more

By David Harper | Apr 23, 2014 | 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 either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com. – While you could argue that other news stories below are bigger, I don’t care. How amazing is this Elektra #2 variant from Chris […]

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News

“Chew” Gets Animated with Steven Yeun and Felicia Day Leading Voice Cast

By David Harper | Apr 22, 2014 | News

In what I am going to deem the best news of the day, one of Multiversity’s favorite comics “Chew” is getting adapted into an animated feature starring Steven Yeun of “The Walking Dead” fame as Tony Chu (nailed it) and Felicia Day of “The Guild” fame as Amelia Mintz (nailed it again). Not only that, […]

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News

DC Releases September Solicitations, Sans Creative Teams, and Announces New “Booster Gold” Series

By Brian Salvatore | Apr 22, 2014 | News

Along with the slow roll out of their July solicitations today, they also released their September 2014 Solicitations for the “Futures End,” 5 year leap forward month, replete with lenticular covers and one-month only #1 relaunches for all 41 ongoing series. Two things about this are surprising. First of all, “Booster Gold” is listed as […]

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MoviesReviews

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Fails To Electrify [Advance Review]

By Alice W. Castle | Apr 22, 2014 | Movies, Reviews

Note: This is an advance review of a film that has not yet been released to North American cinemas. And this is a spoiler alert because some of the things discussed here may ruin your enjoyment of the movie. You have been warned. Okay, let me address this right off the bat: I didn’t like […]

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Longform

Are Weeklies the Cure to What Ails DC Comics?

By David Harper | Apr 22, 2014 | Longform

Much ado has been made about the sales slump comics have had in 2014, and as people are starting to figure out, a big part of that drop has been due to DC’s linewide drop. In fact, DC’s average issue sales have dropped by 13% over the past year, with their market share in dollars […]

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News

Warren Ellis’ New Novel “Normal” Revealed

By Matthew Meylikhov | Apr 22, 2014 | News

Man, Warren Ellis is on a hot streak right now, isn’t he? “Moon Knight” is a hit, he’s got two new Image books with “Trees” and a “Supreme” revamp. What else could be coming? Well, how about another novel. Spied over at Upcoming4.me, it looks like Ellis’ follow-up to “Gun Machine” will be a book […]

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Columns

The History of Comic Lettering: 1940 to 1990

By Drew Bradley | Apr 22, 2014 | Columns

Adding letters to images, as a practice, dates back centuries. We examined the early methods and the thoughts behind them in part 1. Largely, the work was crudely done by cartoonists who were uninterested in the finer points of letter design and aesthetics, and unwilling to share their meager profits with the people who were […]

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Columns

Looking at Lettering: CAPS vs Mixed Case

By Drew Bradley | Apr 22, 2014 | Columns

Have you ever wondered why comics are lettered in all caps? If you’ve been a comic reader for any amount of time, you’ve probably heard a variety of reasons, but unless you’ve heard of the Ames Guide, you’ve only heard the excuses. The true motivation for leaving out lower case letters has nothing to do […]

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