February 2018 – Page 11 – Multiversity Comics

“Xena” #1

By Alexander Jones | Feb 15, 2018 | Reviews

With the rise of female-driven action titles and a demand for similar content in the direct market, we need Xena, Warrior Princess now more than ever before. To hold fans over for a reboot of the television show, Dynamite is back with a new ongoing series starring the tough-as-nails action hero. Will writer Meredith Finch […]

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Reviews

Pick of the Week: “The Prince and the Dressmaker”

By John Schaidler | Feb 15, 2018 | Pick of the Week, Reviews

With bold, colorful illustrations and delightfully anachronistic dialogue, “The Prince and the Dressmaker” delivers an utterly charming postmodern fairytale about gender fluidity, love, self esteem, and acceptance. (Warning: contains minor spoilers.) Written, Illustrated and Lettered by Jen Wang Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride—or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian […]

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Podcasts

Robots From Tomorrow: Episode 175 – Jaco The Galactic Patrolman by Akira Toriyama [Rebroadcast]

By Greg Matiasevich and Mike Romeo | Feb 15, 2018 | Podcasts

Can we ever go home again? It’s a question so many creators ask themselves when they revisit work from their earlier days. Mike & Greg take a look at how Toriyama has cracked that particular code with “Jaco”, a book that touches on several themes and tones from the manga-ka’s early “Dragon Ball” days while […]

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News

The Rundown: February 15, 2018

By Samuel Reynolds-Oosting | Feb 15, 2018 | News

Welcome 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. – In case you missed it yesterday Dark Horse previewed the end of “ElfQuest,” and former BOOM! Studios President Jack Cummins passed away over the weekend, he was […]

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News

Dark Horse Previews the End of “ElfQuest”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Feb 14, 2018 | News

Begun in 1978, Wendy and Richard Pini’s cult fantasy series “ElfQuest” follows the struggle of the Wolfrider elves to survive humanity’s colonization of their home planet. The saga concludes with “ElfQuest: The Final Quest” #24 on February 28, and publisher Dark Horse have released a preview and a guide for latecomers to get to speed […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Star Wars: The Clone Wars‘ “Senate Murders,” “Cat and Mouse,” and “Bounty Hunters”

By Brian Salvatore | Feb 14, 2018 | Television

This week: Padme doing stuff on her own! A Bail Organa two-fer! The chronological start of the series! Wait, what? 1. War in the senate While it obviously doesn’t make for amazing TV, I’ve been wanting some more Senate stuff on the show. The politics of Star Wars are not exactly well represented in the […]

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Star Trek Discovery Will You Take My Hand

Television

Five Thoughts on Star Trek: Discovery‘s “Will You Take My Hand?”

By Liz Farrell | Feb 14, 2018 | Television

Season Finale! In my mind, this introductory season of Star Trek: Discovery functioned as 3 separate shows. The first third showed us a utopian version of Starfleet, the middle third showed us a scientific vessel led by a warlike captain, and the final third showed us those utopian ideals of Starfleet shining through the overwhelming […]

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Columns

Don’t Miss This: “Paradiso” by Ram V, Dev Pramanik, Dearbhla Kelly, and Aditya Bidikar

By Rowan Grover | Feb 14, 2018 | Columns

There are a lot of comics out there, but some just stand out head and shoulders above the pack. With “Don’t Miss This” we want to spotlight those series we think need to be on your pull list. This week we look at the high-concept, post-apocalyptic, and infinitely describable sci-fi series “Paradiso” from Image Comics. […]

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Columns

This Week in Shonen Jump: February 12, 2018

By Darcy Forrester and Walt Richardson | Feb 14, 2018 | Columns

Welcome to This Week in Shonen Jump, in which a rotating duo of Multiversity staffers take a look at two stories contained in each installment of Viz Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump. For the uninitiated, Weekly Shonen Jump is an anthology that delivers more than 200 pages of manga of all varieties. We hope that you’ll […]

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Columns

Art of the Week: Week of 2/14/18

By Justin Beeson | Feb 14, 2018 | 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 and manga artists out there and curate them here for your viewing pleasure. This week, Justin Beeson takes the reins for the […]

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Reviews

Mignolaversity: “Jenny Finn” #4

By Mike Romeo and Mark Tweedale | Feb 14, 2018 | Reviews

“Jenny Finn” #4, the final issue of the miniseries, undergoes a transformation as Farel Dalrymple steps in as artist on the series. Meanwhile, the plot struggles to come together as its tone and subject matter don’t quite mesh. Written by Mike Mignola and Troy Nixey Illustrated by Farel Dalrymple Colored by Dave Stewart Lettered by […]

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News

Jack Cummins, Former BOOM! Studios President, Dead at 50

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Feb 14, 2018 | News

Newsarama reports BOOM! Studios director Jack Cummins died during the weekend after February 9, 2018, after complications from the flu. He was only 50 years old. An entrepreneur and attorney, Cummins was a graduate of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, and owned a law firm, Cummins & Associates, Ltd. He grew up reading “Fantastic Four” […]

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