July 2018 – Page 12 – Multiversity Comics

SDCC ’18: AfterShock Announces “Dead Kings” from Orlando and Dow Smith

By Matt Garza | Jul 18, 2018 | News

As announced by The Hollywood Reporter, AfterShock Comics will publish “Dead Kings,” a new series co-created by writer Steve Orlando (“Midnighter”) and artist Matthew Dow Smith (“Batman and Harley Quinn”), and featuring colors from Lauren Affe (“Spider-Gwen”) and letters by Thomas Mauer (“The Realm”). The new series will be what Orlando calls “post-post-apocalypse,” showing readers […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Star Wars: The Clone Wars‘ “Sabotage,” “The Jedi Who Knew Too Much,” “To Catch a Jedi,” and “The Wrong Jedi”

By Brian Salvatore | Jul 18, 2018 | Television

Star Wars: The Clone Wars more or less ends right here. Sure, there’s a sixth season, but that’s full of scraps and side stories. Ahsoka has been the heart and soul of the show, and her arc ends here. Let’s dig in. 1. Ahsoka’s build up From her first introduction as a somewhat annoying padawan […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “Deathwalker”

By Elias Rosner | Jul 18, 2018 | Television

Ambassador Kosh is now a creepy enigma wrapped in a riddle wrapped in an encounter suit, the monstrous is weighed against the good, and Diplomacy is once again the name of the game. Welcome my friends. This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. The year is 2258. The name of the […]

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News

SDCC ’18: ‘The Witching Hour’ Crossover Coming in October at DC

By Kevin Gregory | Jul 18, 2018 | News

The upcoming New Justice title, “Justice League Dark,” will be crossing over with “Wonder Woman” this October, in a five-part weekly event called ‘The Witching Hour.’ All five issues of the story, which pits the team against the Greek goddess of magic Hecate, will be written by “Justice League Dark” scribe James Tynion IV. The […]

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Columns

Art of the Week: Week of 7/18/18

By Matt Garza and Justin Beeson | Jul 18, 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, Matt Garza and Justin Beeson show off […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Luke Cage‘s “The Creator”

By Eric Goebelbecker | Jul 18, 2018 | Television

In Episode 11 of Luke Cage Season 2, we see John McIver’s past, how he became Bushmaster, the Stokes family in Jamaica, and an intriguing confrontation between Luke and Bushmaster. Here are five thoughts about “The Creator.” 1. The Real Creator This season’s episode titles are all taken from songs by Pete Rock & CL […]

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News

SDCC ’18: The Comics Journal to Return January 2019

By Matthew Garcia | Jul 18, 2018 | News

Fantagraphics have announced the return of The Comics Journal. Editorial duties are being shared by R. J. Casey and Kristi Valenti, though Fantagraphics publisher and co-founder, Gary Groth, plans to continue with his long, expansive interviews. The magazine is set to publish every six months in paperback format, with The Comics Journal #303 hitting shelves January 2019 […]

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SDCC ’18: Lion Forge Names Gail Simone Chief Architect of Catalyst Prime

By Kevin Gregory | Jul 18, 2018 | News

Gail Simone will be joining Lion Forge Comics, overseeing their Catalyst Prime line of superhero comic books as Chief Architect. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news ahead of SDCC, amid rumors that Simone would be joining Lion Forge after being added to their “More than Marketing: Lion Forge Comics Fall Preview” panel at the convention […]

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Columns

Don’t Miss This: “Ninja-K” by Christos Gage

By Michael Mazzacane | Jul 18, 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 “Ninja-K,” a series that looks into the secret history of Britain’s Ninja […]

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SDCC ’18: “Electric Warriors” Coming from Orlando and Foreman at DC

By Kevin Gregory | Jul 18, 2018 | News

Ahead of San Diego Comic-Con, DC has announced a new six-issue miniseries from writer Steve Orlando and artist Travel Foreman called “Electric Warriors.” The synopsis for the series reads: In 2735, the Earth emerges from the Great Disaster to rejoin the galaxy, finding a universe teetering on the brink of galactic war. To forestall Armageddon, […]

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This Week in Shonen Jump: July 16, 2018

By Matt Lune and Rowan Grover | Jul 18, 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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Interviews

“The West Boca Walk Out:” Tana Ford on Creating Through Collective Grief

By Nicholas Palmieri | Jul 18, 2018 | Interviews

Back in February, days after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, students at nearby high school (and my alma mater) West Boca Raton Community High School held a silent protest in their school courtyard. This protest spontaneously turned into a walk out, where the students then walked ten miles to […]

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