April 2016 – Page 2 – Multiversity Comics

“Strawberry Shortcake” #1

By James Johnston | Apr 28, 2016 | Reviews

“Strawberry Shortcake” is a comic book where our hero faces off against a villain whose name kind of sounds like the bad guy’s from Jessica Jones. Of course we were going to talk about it. Spoilers ahead! Written by Georgia Ball Illustrated by Amy Mebberson Strawberry Shortcake returns to comics! And along with her comes the […]

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Columns

Soliciting Multiversity: Marvel’s Top 10 For July 2016

By James Johnston | Apr 28, 2016 | Columns

The watchful, completely objective and correct gaze of Soliciting Multiversity now falls upon Marvel’s crop of titles for July! Check out our picks below and let us know what stuck out to you in the comments. 10. My Boyfriend’s Back Two reasons I wanted to talk about “Squadron Supreme” #9. First of all, my husband […]

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Reviews

Pick Of The Week: “4 Kids Walk Into A Bank” #1

By Alice W. Castle | Apr 28, 2016 | Pick of the Week, Reviews

So get this: these four kids walk into a bank, right? You won’t believe what happens next! Matthew Rosenberg, writer of the excellent “We Can Never Go Home”, teams up with artist Tyler Boss for another comic at Black Mask Studios. With the unbelievably catchy title, Rosenberg and Boss create a crime caper that combines […]

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Podcasts

Robots From Tomorrow – Episode 289: Eisner Talk

By Greg Matiasevich | Apr 28, 2016 | Podcasts

With Mike on assignment this week, Greg taps Multiversity Comics editor & frequent RFT guest Brian Salvatore to sit in on this week’s episode, taking a look at the recent Eisner Award 2016 nominations. But while most of the internet chatter has been about the nominees, Greg & Brian aim this discussion at a slightly […]

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News

The Rundown: April 28, 2016

By Brian Salvatore | Apr 28, 2016 | 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. – There’s lots of Fox Marvel film news today, so let’s dig right into that. The Wolverine 2, or whatever it will actually be called, has added […]

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News

“Bone” Returns This July

By Matthew Garcia | Apr 27, 2016 | News

Jeff Smith’s seminal, “Bone,” first appeared on comic shelves about 25 years ago. Over the course of its thirteen-year, 52-issue run, the series was instrumental in changing the face and direction of comics, especially alternative and indie comics. It helped launch Scholastic’s Graphix imprint, quite possibly the most dominating comics publisher, with the fully colored […]

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Podcasts

Wrestleversity: Episode 1

By Jess Camacho, Alice W. Castle and James Johnston | Apr 27, 2016 | Podcasts

Welcome to the first episode of Wrestleversity, a new podcast by Jess Camacho, James Johnston, and Alice W. Castle! In this first episode, the gang talks about Wrestlemania 32 and much, much more. 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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Television

Five Thoughts on The Flash’s “Back to Normal”

By Brian Salvatore | Apr 27, 2016 | Television

A de-powered Barry Allen tries to deal with life as a normie, and we see the Flash team conspire to murder someone! 1. Emo Barry I know how off I feel when I’m a little under the weather, so I can’t imagine being Barry Allen post-speed loss. It has to be a huge bummer, not […]

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Columns

Art Of The Week: Week Of 04/27/2016

By Alice W. Castle | Apr 27, 2016 | Columns

Welcome, one and all, to Multiversity’s Art Of The Week! Each week, we scour the internet for the best artwork sourced from the blogs, tumblrs, twitters and instagrams of the best comic book artists out there and curate them here for your viewing pleasure. As ever, everything is collected down below so… enjoy! Prince by […]

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Reviews

Mignolaversity: Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953 #5

By Mark Tweedale | Apr 27, 2016 | Reviews

‘Beyond the Fences’ wraps up in a way that left me desperate for more “Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.” Bloody hell, this was an excellent debut from Christ Roberson! Written by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson Pencils by Paolo Rivera Inks by Joe Rivera Colored by Dave Stewart Lettered by Clem Robins Man’s best friend becomes […]

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Columns

Soliciting Multiversity: Image’s Top 10 For July 2016

By Alice W. Castle | Apr 27, 2016 | Columns

Another month, another Soliciting Multiversity! This time we’re looking into the far flung future of the post-Captain America: Civil War world of July 2016 and seeing what Image Comics has in store for us. The short answer is that most comics that you like from Image are continuing and there’s a handful of new #1s […]

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Interviews

Brandon Thomas and Juan Gedeon Talk Alien Invasions and “Horizon”

By Leo Johnson | Apr 27, 2016 | Interviews

Alien invasions are something that we a lot of in film, television, books, and comics. Something that we don’t see as much, however, is an alien invasion where we humans are the ones being the aggressor, the ones menacing an entire world full of people. This is the general premise of “Horizon” by Brandon Thomas […]

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