August 2018 – Page 3 – Multiversity Comics

The Rundown: August 30, 2018

By Matthew Ledger | Aug 30, 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. – Oni Press dropped a surprise “Dream Daddy” comic on comiXology, Google Play et al., the first of five standalone stories being released digitally. For those not in […]

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Reviews

Five Thoughts on Star Wars: The Clone Wars “Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir”

By Brian Salvatore | Aug 29, 2018 | Reviews

As detailed last week, I’m going to close out my Clone Wars reviews with looking at the various bits of ephemera that trickled out from the ashes of the series’ cancellation. First up, “Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir,” a four issue miniseries that was originally published by Dark Horse but now, like all Star Wars […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “Grail”

By Elias Rosner | Aug 29, 2018 | Television

The ending of “Watchmen” makes an appearance, the holy grail is hunted, and the history of the Babylon stations are unveiled. Welcome my friends. This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. The year is 2258. The name of the place is Babylon 5. Spoilers ahead. 1. Gotta Break ‘Em All It’s […]

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Columns

Don’t Miss This: “Runaways” by Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka

By Reed Hinckley-Barnes | Aug 29, 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 “Runaways,” one of the most heartfelt and honest portrayals of life as […]

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Columns

This Week in Shonen Jump: August 27, 2018

By Ken Godberson III and Robbie Pleasant | Aug 29, 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 8/29/18

By Daniel Balyeat | Aug 29, 2018 | Columns

Welcome, one and all, to Multiversity’s Art of the Week! Each week, we scour the internet for 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 the comic’s world lost Russ Heath, one of the […]

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Reviews

“The Ghost Script”

By Paul Lai | Aug 29, 2018 | Reviews

“The Ghost Script” (Liveright, 2018) is the third book of Jules Feiffer’s “Kill My Mother” trilogy, taking some familiar characters into adventurous American (and “un-American”) activities of the 1950s with artistic and literary aplomb. Written and Illustrated by Jules Feiffer Eighty-nine-year-old Jules Feiffer delivers the tour de force of his illustrious career in this epic […]

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Columns

Soliciting Multiversity: Image’s Top 10 For November 2018

By Jaina Hill | Aug 29, 2018 | Columns

After a few months packed with exciting number one issues, Image is taking a turn for the peculiar. November still has plenty of exciting number ones, but now they run the gamut from moody period pieces to Keith Giffen writing about bunnies. I think I’m going to like November. I think you will too. As […]

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Columns

Multiver-City One: 2000 AD Prog 2096 – Warriors on the Edge!

By Greg Lincoln, Tom Shapira, Kent Falkenberg, Rowan Grover and Michael Mazzacane | Aug 29, 2018 | Columns

Welcome, Earthlets, to Multiver-City One, our “2000 AD” weekly review column! Every Wednesday we examine the latest offerings from Tharg and the droids over at Rebellion/2000 AD, the galaxy’s leading producers of Thrill-Power entertainment. Let’s get right to it! THIS WEEK IN 2000AD Judge Dredd: The Booth Conspiracy Part 3 Credits T.C. Eglington (script), Staz […]

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Podcasts

The DC3cast, Episode 133: “Action Comics” Garners Controversy, “Suicide Squad Annual” Creates a New Team, and ‘Rebirth’ Titles, Round 114

By Brian Salvatore, Vince Ostrowski and Zach Wilkerson | Aug 29, 2018 | Podcasts

[audio: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/6e05789c-f4ba-4f31-a235-70ccb6634997.mp3] ‘Rebirth’ is upon us, and so your fearless hosts are going to talk (at least) all the first issues of each ‘Rebirth’ title! This week, the boys announce their first con appearance, they continue to debate the various Young Animal books, and discuss whether or not the Guardian is, indeed, just called Guardian. […]

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News

The Rundown: August 29, 2018

By Matt Garza | Aug 29, 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 we received an exclusive preview of “Lex Luthor/Porky Pig Special” #1. – Following his tweet denouncing the comicsgate movement, Jeff Lemire took […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Young Justice‘s “Runaways”

By Kevin Gregory | Aug 29, 2018 | Television

Welcome back to the adventures of Earth-16 and our coverage of Young Justice‘s second season as a part of our 2018 Summer TV Binge! With only seven episodes left we get what seems like a bottle episode this week as The Reach abductees become runaways and Blue Beetle is sent to rescue them! Let’s dive […]

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