2019 – Page 116 – Multiversity Comics

Kindt, Hurtt, and Enger launch HEK Studio, Kickstart New Treasury

By Brian Salvatore | Aug 13, 2019 | Interviews

Brian Hurtt (“The Damned,” “The Sixth Gun”), Marie Enger (“Nosferatu,” Casket Land), and Matt Kindt (“Mind MGMT,” “Dept. H”) are the three creators behind HEK Studio (Hurtt, Enger, Kindt). The St. Louis-based creators are not just the co-owners of a new studio space that they have big plans for, but are also collaborating on “The […]

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News

Valiant Announces New “Rai” Series from Abnett and Ryp

By Kevin Gregory and Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Aug 13, 2019 | News

As announced at The Wrap, Valiant Entertainment is returning to the future of the 41st century with a new ongoing “Rai” series from writer Dan Abnett, artist Juan José Ryp, colorist Andrew Dalhouse, and letterer Dave Sharpe this November. This new series will see the cyborg samurai go seeking for his creator, the artificial intelligence […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Pennyworth‘s “Martha Kane”

By Matthew Vincenty | Aug 13, 2019 | Television

Pennyworth is back with another episode following our favorite future butler on his way to becoming Batman’s butler. As the title indicates, we are introduced to Bruce’s mom Martha for the first time. Martha makes Alfred an offer he can’t refuse and we get a B plot with Alfred’s army buddies. Plus we get another […]

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Reviews

“Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden” – Volume 9

By Justin McGuire | Aug 13, 2019 | Reviews

Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden volume nine is a book of connections. A lot of plot threads that I didn’t even know were still open are suddenly being tying together. Written and carefully illustrated by Yuu Watase Into China’s past, a young girl fights for love! Back in her own world, Takiko tries to forget about […]

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Columns

We Want Comics: Capepunk Cavalcade

By Gregory Ellner | Aug 13, 2019 | Columns

Admittedly, terms like “capepunk” can be rather ridiculous at face value. In short, the idea is a take on superhumans and superheroes (no, not just ones that wear capes) that applies real-life problems such as the terror of the general populace, the psychological strain of the superhero and supervillain lifestyles, and more besides. At its […]

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Reviews

The Webcomics Weekly #48: Friendship, Magic, and Surrealism (8/13/19 Edition)

By Multiversity Staff | Aug 13, 2019 | Reviews

Webcomics Weekly is back in your life. This Week: A heartfelt scene of friendship is interrupted by a GIANT SPIDER in “Agents of the Realm.” The Obligatory Guest Artist Webcomic Duration continues in “Sam and Fuzzy.” The adventure continues in “Tigress Queen.” Things get surreal in “Warm Blood” and their many artists. Agents of the […]

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Reviews

“Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight”

By Kate Kosturski | Aug 13, 2019 | Reviews

A half century after Neil Armstrong took that “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” Jonathan Fetter-Vorm revisits the events that birthed all that led up to that historic July 1969 moment in richly drawn and researched detail. Written and Illustrated by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm On a summer night in 1969, two men […]

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Columns

Comics Should Be Cheap! (8/14/2019)

By Multiversity Staff | Aug 13, 2019 | 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: On “Hot Comb” by Ebony Flowers

By Paul Lai | Aug 13, 2019 | Podcasts

[audio: https://paulflai.com/podcast-download/1726/comics-syllabus-201-hot-comb-by-ebony-flowers-drawn-quarterly.mp3?ref=download] Or download the podcast episode here. On the return of the Comics Syllabus podcast, we talk about “Hot Comb” by Ebony Flowers (Drawn & Quarterly), a memoir in vignettes about Flowers coming-of-age in the Baltimore area black community as a young woman and her experiences surrounding hair, touching poignantly on race, gender, growing […]

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News

The Rundown: August 13, 2019

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Aug 13, 2019 | 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. In case you missed it, we have a preview of DC’s “Collapser” #2, out tomorrow, and the results of this weekend’s reader poll determining the biggest retcon […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Gargoyles‘ “The Reckoning” and “Possession”

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Aug 13, 2019 | Television

Welcome back to our Summer TV Binge of Disney’s Gargoyles, this week looking at “The Reckoning” (aired May 7, 1996) and “Possession” (May 8, 1996), which respectively see the well overdue return of Demona and Coldstone. 1. Silence of the Moms “The Reckoning” is an appropriate title: the episode sees Demona allowing herself to be […]

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Reviews

“X-Factor” #246-256

By Jaina Hill | Aug 12, 2019 | Reviews

This is pretty much it friends, the end of the world as we know it. Well, the end of “X-Factor” anyway, as we go through the last two major arcs. There is still the final arc, an epilogue called ‘The End of X-Factor,’ but all of the simmering conflicts come to a head as we […]

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