September 2014 – Multiversity Comics

Wicked Intervention: The Wicked + The Divine #4

By James Johnston | Sep 30, 2014 | Annotations

Welcome to Wicked Intervention, Multiversity’s monthly annotations for Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matthew Wilson’s “The Wicked + The Divine”. This week, the mystery deepens, the Pantheon stands revealed, and everyone swoons over Baal. Oh, like you wouldn’t? As always, this column is going to feature hella spoilers. So, uh, go read this comic that […]

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News

Amy Reeder Designs NYCC’s 2014 Anti-Harassment Signs

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 30, 2014 | News

Posted on her blog (with a hat tip to Robot 6), Amy Reeder has apparently been contacted by the people behind NYCC to design their new anti-harassment signs, which you can see above and below and which will be all around the con. As Reeder writes on her blog, In addition to designing the Brooklyn […]

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News

BOOM! Unveils NYCC Exclusives with 6 Debuts, Hardcovers and More

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 30, 2014 | News

Every year we are given quite a few conventions to celebrate the medium with, and at most of the bigger shows we now get various exclusives. Whether it’s the sheer spending money overload at SDCC with lines and tickets, the quiet dignity and grave of ECCC’s various show exclusives or that strange middle-ground that is […]

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News

Spread, Wytches and a COWL Hardcover Highlight Image’s NYCC 2014 Exclusives

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 30, 2014 | News

Every year we are given quite a few conventions to celebrate the medium with, and at most of the bigger shows we now get various exclusives. Whether it’s the sheer spending money overload at SDCC with lines and tickets, the quiet dignity and grave of ECCC’s various show exclusives or that strange middle-ground that is […]

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News

Noelle Stevenson’s “Nimona” Comes to a Close, Set for Print in 2015

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 30, 2014 | News

After two years, Noelle Stevenson’s wonderful fantasy webcomic “Nimona” has come to a close. A fantasy series in which the young Nimona becomes the sidekick of the supervillain Lord Blackheart, the book has gone from a rambunctious comedy to a rather moving epic, to the extent that when I read that the comic was ending […]

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Annotations

Hell Notes: Religions of the Apocalypse

By Mark Tweedale | Sep 30, 2014 | Annotations

Welcome to another Hell Notes. Lately it seems every few months a new cult of religion pops up in Abe Sapien or B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, and it was rapidly approaching the point where I was loosing count of them. In fact, even after finishing this one, I’m still not sure I caught them all. […]

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News

Dominic Cooper Returns as Howard Stark in “Agent Carter”

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 30, 2014 | News

Looks like the gang really is getting back together, as Marvel has announced that Dominic Cooper will reprise his role as Howard Stark for Agent Carter. Now poising this show as Captain America 1.5 more than ever, Cooper will be joining an already impressive cast for the 1946-set series that deals with what happens after […]

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Interviews

David Rubín Talks the Magic of Comics and “The Rise of Aurora West” [Interview]

By David Harper | Sep 30, 2014 | Interviews

As I mentioned in my review of the book earlier today, “The Rise of Aurora West” artist David Rubín is not someone I was familiar with before that book. I’d seen him announced for the project, but the first time I read his sequential work was in this book, and now that I have, I’m […]

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Reviews

Pope, Petty and Rubín’s “The Rise of Aurora West” and the Power of the Prequel [Review]

By David Harper | Sep 30, 2014 | Reviews

Following in the footsteps of a universally praised project like “Battling Boy” would be tough for anyone. That book – which won 2014’s Eisner Award for Best Comic for Teens as well as the praise of nearly anyone who read it – was the rare highly anticipated release from a preeminent creator that lived up […]

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Columns

Five Ways That The Flash Can Zoom Past The Competition of Superhero Television Shows

By Brian Salvatore | Sep 30, 2014 | Columns

Can you feel the electricity in the air? One week from today, The Flash debuts on the CW. After a few very successful appearances on Arrow last season, Grant Gustin stars in the new series as Barry Allen, aka The Flash, one of the most iconic heroes in all of comics. The early buzz for […]

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Columns

Comics Should Be Cheap! (10/1/2014)

By Multiversity Staff | Sep 30, 2014 | 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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Podcasts

Robots From Tomorrow Episode 123: Pull List for October 1 [Podcast]

By Mike Romeo | Sep 30, 2014 | Podcasts

Welcome to Robots From Tomorrow! For this episode the guys have picked a couple of comics that will be hitting shelves this week and talk about why they’re excited to read them. Clocking in at around 15 minutes, this bite-sized audio nugget is the perfect companion for any Wednesday Warrior! Picks for Wednesday, October 1, […]

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