2019 – Page 13 – Multiversity Comics

2019 in Review: Best Reprinted Edition

By Multiversity Staff | Dec 12, 2019 | Columns

Every year, hundreds of comics get reprinted for a variety of reasons. We try to sort through the chaff and pull out the most deserving titles, whose reprints don’t just bring back old work, but enhance them. Here is our 2019 list: 3. Fullmetal Alchemist: Fullmetal Editions Over the last year, we’ve seen Hiromu Arakawa’s […]

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Reviews

“The Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child” #1

By Christopher Egan | Dec 12, 2019 | Reviews

Frank Miller continues his vision of an alternate future within the DC universe, that is beginning to look all too similar to our own world, with mixed results. Written by Frank Miller Illustrated by Rafael Grampa Colored by Jordie Bellaire Lettered by John Workman & Deron Bennett The children of Superman, Lana and Jonathan Kent, […]

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Reviews

Pick of the Week: “Hack/Slash 15th Anniversary Special” #1

By Matthew Blair | Dec 12, 2019 | Pick of the Week, Reviews

Full disclosure: One of our staffers (Greg Ellner) has contributed work to this particular title. While this has not affected the review in any way, I feel that it is important to inform you, the reader, that we have done our due diligence and are aware of the potential conflict of interest before the review […]

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News

Kaplan and Kowalski “Join the Future” in a New Sci-Fi Western Comic from AfterShock

By Erik Hyska | Dec 12, 2019 | News

AfterShock Comics have announced “Join the Future,” a new comic book series from writer Zack Kaplan (“Eclipse,” “The Lost City Explorers”) and artist Piotr Kowalski (“Terminal Hero,” “Bloodborne”) coming next March. The comic series is set in the future, when a small town is confronted with the demands of a rival city intent on reshaping […]

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Podcasts

Robots From Tomorrow: Episode 632 – December Previews, Part 1

By Greg Matiasevich | Dec 12, 2019 | Podcasts

Another month, another “Previews” catalog to dissect! As always, Mike & Greg start things off with the diverse Green and Purple sections, covering the majority of publishers in one fell swoop. What’s coming to comic shops in February and beyond that catches the lads’ fancies? Definitely something for everyone in the top half of this […]

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News

The Rundown: December 12, 2019

By Hugo Gomez-Vivas | Dec 12, 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, Image Comics announced the graphic novel “Paul Is Dead“; Marvel announced “Star Wars: Bounty Hunters” by writer Ethan Sacks and artist Paolo […]

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News

Ethan Sacks and Paolo Villanelli Wade Through the Underworld in “Star Wars: Bounty Hunters”

By Matthew Ledger | Dec 11, 2019 | News

This March, writer Ethan Sacks and artist Paolo Villanelli will tell a new tale about one of Star Wars‘ oldest bounty hunters. In the aptly named “Star Wars: Bounty Hunters,” Sacks and Villanelli will follow cyborg bounty hunter Beilert Valance as he seeks not just a bounty, but revenge. “We’ll get to see this world […]

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Longform

Chris Callahan Talks the Afterlife and “The Misplaced”

By Multiversity Staff | Dec 11, 2019 | Longform

Last month, Source Point Press released the first issue of “The Misplaced,” a new miniseries by Chris Callahan. The story is…well, let’s let the solicitation tell the story: Written and illustrated by Chris Callahan From the mind of television graphic designer Chris Callahan comes the first of a 4-issue supernatural mystery miniseries that will leave […]

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The Flash 609 Crisis on infinite earths part 3

Television

Schedule of Five Reviewers: A “Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part 3” Conversation

By Ramon Piña, Christopher Chiu-Tabet, Elias Rosner, Michael Mazzacane and Joe Skonce | Dec 11, 2019 | Television

It’s that time of year again. Time for the DCW TV Critics Society of Multiversity to come together and discuss the annual crossover. This year, though, we’ve got something a bit different thanks to the MASSIVE event that is “Crisis on Infinite Earths;” This time, there are five of us. Yup, five people in one […]

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Reviews

Don’t Miss This: “New Mutants”

By Kenneth Laster | Dec 11, 2019 | Reviews

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 are looking at the newest run of “New Mutants.” Who is this by? “New Mutants” […]

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Columns

2019 in Review: Breakout Artist

By Multiversity Staff | Dec 11, 2019 | Columns

The ‘breakout’ categories in our Year in Review always prove to be the most contentious. This is, mostly, due to the title itself being a bit amorphous. Our criteria, more or less comes down to three things: doing regular, interior, work for a notable publisher for 3ish years or less, no major award nominations yet, […]

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News

Robots Rule the Earth in BOOM! Studios’ “Origins”

By Kerry Erlanger | Dec 11, 2019 | News

BOOM! Studios has announced “Origin,” a new original graphic novel from writer Clay McLeod Chapman (“Typhoid Fever”) and artist Jakub Rebelka (“Judas”), set to debut in October 2020. Based on a story by Arash Amel (A Private War), Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Upgrade), Lee Toland Krieger (The Age of Adaline), and Joseph Oxford (Me + Her), the […]

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