Author Archives: Brian Salvatore

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X-O Manowar 2020 1 Featured Art Feature
Exclusive Art Process: “X-O Manowar” #1 From Pencils to Inks to Colors

By | Jan 9, 2020 | Art Feature

On March 25, Valiant will release “X-O Manowar” #1. The new volume of the flagship series is written by Dennis “Hopeless” Hallum (“Avengers Arena,” “Spider-Woman”), illustrated by Emilio Laiso (“Star Wars: Doctor Aphra,” “3 Guns”), colored by Ruth Redmond (“Deadpool,” “Storm”), and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (“Red Sonja,” “Killer Groove”). We are very excited about […]

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Superman of Smallville Featured Reviews
“Superman of Smallville”

By | Jan 7, 2020 | Reviews

Despite, perhaps, the most well-known origin in all of comics, folks keep re-telling stories about young Superman across all media. Often times, the stories are meant to recontextualize the story, add some edge to it, or make it about a deep underbelly of Smallville that only its favorite son can crack. Thankfully, the “Aww Yeah […]

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Gotham City Monsters 5 Featured Previews
Exclusive Preview: “Gotham City Monsters” #5

By | Jan 6, 2020 | Previews

There is something very, very satisfying about seeing a series and its creators perfectly paired up. “Gotham City Monsters” is just that for Steve Orlando and Amancay Nahuelpan. Nahuelpan’s art is equal parts superhero sparkle and horror sludge, placing the book firmly where it needs to be, visually. And Orlando’s playfulness in scripting keeps the […]

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My Comics Decade: An Uneasy Alliance

By | Jan 3, 2020 | Longform

It is incredible to think about to just how different comics fit into the cultural landscape in 2010 versus 2020. By January 3, 2010, exactly two entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe had been released, one of which was a meager success at best. It had been years since comics themselves, not adaptations, had been […]

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2000 AD 2019 Sci Fi Special Featured Columns
Multiver-City One: 2000AD in 2019

By | Dec 31, 2019 | 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, we are looking back at the year that was 2019. See what our staff […]

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