2017 – Page 63 – Multiversity Comics

Five Thoughts on The Gifted: “eXposed”

By Kate Kosturski | Oct 3, 2017 | Television

If you’ve been missing the X-Men on the big screen . . . they’re back on your small screen! The Gifted mixes mutants with a hefty dose of social commentary. Oh, and Stephen Moyer, aka True Blood’s Vampire Bill. That part alone gets a thumbs up from me. How I’ve missed Vampire Bill…. In case you missed […]

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Columns

Comics Should Be Cheap! (10/4/2017)

By Multiversity Staff | Oct 3, 2017 | 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

Comics Syllabus 017 – The Untold Legend of the Batman by Len Wein, Jim Aparo, & John Byrne; Pull Call

By Paul Lai | Oct 3, 2017 | Podcasts

Welcome to the Comics Syllabus podcast, where we read widely and we dig deep. Your host Paul, a literacy researcher and English teacher, sometimes partnering with comics critics, creators, and scholars and sometimes solo on the mic, introduces curious readers to a range of current and classic comics, and then engages in closer discussion and […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Cowboy Bebop‘s “Cowboy Funk”

By Matthew Garcia | Oct 3, 2017 | Television

1. Anyone Who Has a Price on His Head Knows You For 22 sessions, we’ve watched our plucky crew cross paths with gangsters, assassins, immortal musicians, other bounty hunters, space truckers, analog system salesman, themselves, and convicts on the run. While the show delights in the Bebop crew losing their target, it does feel like there’s […]

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News

The Rundown: October 3, 2017

By Justin Beeson | Oct 3, 2017 | 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. – Marvel Television released the images of four exclusive posters that they will be bringing to NYCC this year, highlighting Marvel’s offerings across various services. ABC’s Agents […]

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News

Are Batman and Catwoman Getting Married? [SPOILERS]

By Kevin Gregory | Oct 2, 2017 | News

The wait is over, DC Comics spoiled Catwoman’s answer to Batman’s marriage proposal earlier today. Bruce asked Selina to marry him back in “Batman” #24 written by Tom King with art by David Finch and Clay Mann. This proposal kicked off the current arc with Batman having to tell Selina the worst thing he’s ever […]

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News

NYCC ’17: Scavone, Albuquerque Adapting Neil Gaiman’s “A Study in Emerald” for Dark Horse

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Oct 2, 2017 | News

Dark Horse Comics have announced that Neil Gaiman’s Hugo Award-winning short story “A Study in Emerald” will be adapted into an 80-page graphic novel. In a press release sent to us, it was announced Rafael Scavone (“Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special”) is writing the script, Rafael Albuquerque (“Ei8ht,” “American Vampire”) is illustrating the book, and […]

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Columns

Multiversity Keeps It Real: “Photobooth: A Biography”

By Michelle White | Oct 2, 2017 | Columns

Rich with history and detail, “Photobooth: A Biography” from Conundrum Press is a surprising exploration of a dying phenomenon and the community that cherishes it. Written and illustrated by Meags Fitzgerald For almost a century chemical photobooths have occupied public spaces; giving people the opportunity to quickly take inexpensive, quality photos. In the last decade […]

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Previews

Exclusive Preview: “Judge Dredd: The Blessed Earth” #6

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 2, 2017 | Previews

IDW has been the American home for Judge Dredd stories for some time now, and Ulises Fariñas has become one of the go-to creators for the Dredd stories that take place outside of the 2000AD/Megazine world. Daniel Irizarri (“Americatown,” “Cloudia and Rex”) returns to the title after Jason Copland penciled the prior three issues, and […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on DuckTales‘ “The Beagle Birthday Massacre!”

By Justin Beeson | Oct 2, 2017 | Television

DuckTales is back! And luckily, it’s pretty great. I’m a big fan of the original series, and even watched the sort-of-a-reboot, Quack Pack, that came out in the mid-90s. So, let’s dive in! This week’s episode had Webby and her new friend crashing Ma Beagle’s birthday party, and was the first misstep of the series. […]

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Interviews

Talking “Maxwell’s Demons” With Deniz Camp & Vittorio Astone

By Matt Lune | Oct 2, 2017 | Interviews

The upcoming “Maxwell’s Demons” from Vault Comics explores the life of a child super genius and the amazing alternate worlds he travels to via a door in his bedroom. The book is primarily an adventure series, but there’s also a depth to the storylines, and the first issue touches on universal tsuch asch as loss, […]

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Previews

Exclusive Preview: “Justice League” #30

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 2, 2017 | Previews

Hands down, the best arc of Bryan Hitch’s “Justice League” run is its current one, ‘Legacy,’ which sees the future children of the Justice League travel to the past to warn their parents about the destruction of their world. With pencils by Fernando Pasarin, the book has kept the Hitch-ian sci-fi elements and gravitas of […]

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