May 2018 – Page 2 – Multiversity Comics

Robots From Tomorrow: Episode 496 – June Previews, Part 1

By Greg Matiasevich and Mike Romeo | May 31, 2018 | Podcasts

Thanks to the quirks of a five-Wednesday May, Mike & Greg flip things around for this month’s Previews walkthrough and start off with the Premier Publishers section: Dark Horse! DC! Image! IDW! Marvel! What’s coming to comic shops in August from these companies that catches the lads’ fancies? Plus, what a comics-centric “Nintendo Power” anthology […]

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News

The Rundown: May 31, 2018

By Matt Grazel | May 31, 2018 | 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@multiversity.com. In case you missed it, Marvel artist Stuart Immonen has apparently retired, and we spoke to Ivan Reis and Joe Prado about “The Man of Steel” #1. […]

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Television

Five Thoughts On Frisky Dingo‘s “XPO,” “Kidnapped!,” and “Emergency Room”

By Jonathan O'Neal | May 31, 2018 | Television

Welcome back to our review of Frisky Dingo, the Adult Swim series with a non-sequiter title for TV bingers on the go. Episodes four through six really kick the first season’s plot into high gear and double down on the absurd and deranged backbone of the show. Let’s take a look at some of the […]

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Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “Soul Hunter”

By Elias Rosner | May 30, 2018 | Television

The cast expands, the lore deepens and the MCU somehow sneaks into this 24-year-old series. Whoever knew diplomacy could be this intense? Welcome my friends. The year is 2258. The name of the place is Babylon 5. Spoilers ahead. 1. The Doctor and the Councilwoman Last week, I alluded to the presence of a couple […]

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Five Thoughts on Star Wars: The Clone Wars‘ “Kidnapped,” “Slaves of the Republic,” and “Escape From Kadavo”

By Brian Salvatore | May 30, 2018 | Television

The Clone Wars often puts its heroes in peril, but rarely as serious as this trio of episodes did. Let’s dig in. 1. Jedi power set? One frustrating aspect of The Clone Wars is the seeming lack of consistency in Jedi powers. There were a few moments in these episodes, especially for Obi-Wan, that it […]

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The Harrow County Observer: “Done Come Back” (Part III)

By Mark Tweedale | May 30, 2018 | Annotations, Interviews

Welcome to the Harrow County Observer, Multiversity Comics’ dedicated “Harrow County” column. Regular readers will know the latest arc, ‘Done Come Back,’ is also the final arc for the series, so we’re doing something a little different. Instead of talking about the arc after it’s finished, we’re discussing each issue as it comes out. This […]

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Columns

Don’t Miss This: “Bloodborne” by Aleš Kot and Piotr Kowalski

By Elias Rosner | May 30, 2018 | Columns

There are a lot of comics out there, but some 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 comic tie-in to the video game and meta-meditation on the nature of […]

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This Week in Shonen Jump: May 28, 2018

By Matt Lune and Zach Wilkerson | May 30, 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

Exploring the Work Space of “The Dregs” and “Eternal” Artist Eric Zawadzki

By Matt Lune | May 30, 2018 | Columns

We here at Multiversity are fascinated by everything comics, and that includes finding out all about the people that make the books that we love. With that in mind, welcome to WorkSpace! This is where creators let us into their homes and, by getting a glimpse at their surroundings, we uncover a little about their […]

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News

[UPDATED] Stuart Immonen “Retires” with “Amazing Spider-Man” #800

By Matthew Ledger | May 30, 2018 | News

Updated: This post has been updated to include a statement from Stuart Immonen. As if you needed another reason to pick up today’s “Amazing Spider-Man” #800, it may be the last time you see Stuart Immonen’s art for awhile. According to frequent inker Wade von Grawbadger, Immonen retired after finishing the landmark anniversary issue, though […]

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Interviews

Ivan Reis and Joe Prado, Art Team Behind “The Man of Steel” #1, Talk About What Makes Superman Special

By Brian Salvatore | May 30, 2018 | Interviews

Today sees the release of “The Man of Steel” #1, the first full issue of Brian Michael Bendis’s run on Superman. For this issue, Bendis is joined by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado on art, the duo behind books like “Blackest Night,” “Aquaman,” and “Justice League.” We had a chance to sit down and chat […]

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Columns

Soliciting Multiversity: Image’s Top 10 For August 2018

By Jaina Hill | May 30, 2018 | Columns

As summer winds down, Image is heading to the beach. Well, it’s sending a bunch of wizards and magical creatures there. We’ve also got our monthly requisite of spacemen, spies, murderers, and giant monsters. All that and a really bad case of sunburn. That’s right, it’s time to take a look at the insanity Image has planned […]

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