2019 – Page 60 – Multiversity Comics

Five Thoughts on Riverdale‘s “Fast Times at Riverdale High”

By Elias Rosner | Oct 17, 2019 | Television

This week, we’re back to the usual pulpy camp, gothic horror, and baffling sensuality that is sexy Archie -- I mean, Riverdale. Also, would it shock anyone that I haven’t seen Fast Times at Ridgemont High? If so, if I missed any allusions or references, let me know. It seems like one of those seminal pieces of high school media I probably should be more familiar with.

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Previews

Exclusive Preview: “Amazing Mary Jane” #1

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Oct 17, 2019 | Previews

During the mid-2000s, Mary Jane Watson starred in her own metaseries from writer Sean McKeever and artist Takeshi Miyazawa, which reimagined her adolescent crush on Spider-Man. Next week’s “Amazing Mary Jane” #1, written by Leah Williams with art by Carlos Gomez, will see the current day version starring in her first canonical series – which […]

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News

Ricardo Tercio, Marvel “Fairy Tales” Artist, Dead at 43

By Christopher Chiu-Tabet | Oct 17, 2019 | News

Portuguese news agency Lusa reports that illustrator Ricardo Tercio died this week, between Tuesday and Wednesday, at the age of 43. The cause of death will be confirmed after an autopsy. Tercio was best known in the English-speaking world for illustrating 2007’s “Spider-Man: Fairy Tales” #1, and 2008’s “Avengers Fairy Tales” #4, which respectively reimagined […]

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Reviews

“X-Men” #1

By Kenneth Laster | Oct 17, 2019 | Reviews

The Dawn of X is finally here and “X-Men” #1 delivers on strong character moments in a Brand New Mutant World. Written by Jonathan Hickman Illustrated by Leinil Francis Yu Inked by Gary Alanguilan Colored by Sunny Gho Lettered by Clayton Cowles Design by Tom Muller DAWN OF X! The X-Men find themselves in a […]

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Feature: Frankenstein Undone #1 (Stenbeck cover)

News

Mignolaversity Exclusive: Stenbeck and Mignola Reunite for “Frankenstein Undone”

By Mark Tweedale | Oct 17, 2019 | News

In the Hellboy Universe fan community, Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck’s “Frankenstein Underground” routinely comes up as a favorite one-shot spinoff—and we here at Mignolaversity love it too. However, if it left you wanting more, you’ll be happy to know it won’t be a one-shot spin-off for much longer. This January, Mignola and Stenbeck are […]

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Reviews

“The Mask: I Pledge Allegiance To The Mask” #1

By Rowan Grover | Oct 17, 2019 | Reviews

“The Mask” has always been one of those properties that have stuck in the back of everyone’s mind, whether it be in thanks to the movies, the brutal nineties comics, or simply that cartoonish, violent iconography. Now, Christopher Cantwell, Patric Reynolds, and others bring back the classic Dark Horse property and adapt it for the […]

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Reviews

Pick of the Week: “Superman Smashes the Klan!” #1

By Gustavo S Lodi | Oct 17, 2019 | Pick of the Week, Reviews

“Superman Smashes the Klan” is an excellent example of how a passionate creative team can infuse a new viewpoint to a character, while telling a story that is relevant on today’s climate, but still accessible to a wide audience. Written by Gene Luen Yang Illustrated & Colored by Gurihiru Lettered by Janice Chiang The year […]

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Podcasts

Robots From Tomorrow: Episode 80 – John Workman [Rebroadcast]

By Greg Matiasevich | Oct 17, 2019 | Podcasts

This episode was originally broadcast on May 15, 2014. Though it might not be the same in other circles, when someone in comics describes a job as “Workman-like”, that is a compliment of the highest order. John Workman has done just about every job in the industry and done so with a consistent excellence for […]

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News

The Rundown: October 17, 2019

By Evan Tyler Johnson | Oct 17, 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. – According to the letters pages in the latest issue of “Captain Marvel,” artist Carmen Carnero will be leaving the book for “X-Corp,” the latest of the […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Babylon 5‘s “The Long, Twilight Struggle”

By Elias Rosner | Oct 17, 2019 | Television

Assassination attempts are a drop in the bucket compared to war crimes, we witness loss the likes of which has only been visited upon the Markab, and the war of light and dark begins to step out from the hidden corners of space.

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Columns

Chronicles of Shazam: 1998-2000 Miscellany

By Brian Salvatore | Oct 16, 2019 | Columns

After an unplanned week off last Wednesday, I’m back with the penultimate installment of the Chronicles of Shazam! This brings us to the very end of 2000, aside from “Shazam: The Power of Hope,” which will be covered next week. Let’s dig into all the Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, CM3, Black Adam, and Wizard Shazam […]

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Television

Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Starling City”

By Michael Mazzacane | Oct 16, 2019 | Television

Welcome back to another, final season, of Arrow. How will Stephen Amell take his final bow? At the end of last season Oliver was charged to do a very Oliver thing: forsake his newly won friends and family to go it alone on an arduous journey to hopefully save those he loves. That journey just […]

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