Author Archives: David Harper

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Five Image Comics to Watch for in 2012

By | Dec 7, 2011 | Columns

I don’t know if you caught this, but everyone at Multiversity is a big fan of 2011’s Publisher of the Year Image Comics. They had an amazing 2011, and we noted that 2012 – Image’s 20th anniversary – was looking to dwarf their previous greatness. Then, today at Image Publisher Eric Stephenson’s blog It Sparkles!, […]

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2011 in Review: Best New Series

By | Dec 7, 2011 | Columns

2011 was one hell of a year for new comic book series. If you look across the industry, there were huge launches from the DC (at least 52 of them), Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, and a whole lot more, even in the self-published depths of the comic book world. Our voters each ranked their own […]

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Bendis Leaving Avengers Titles at End of 2012

By | Dec 6, 2011 | News

According to an interview Brian Michael Bendis did with Comic Book Resources, it looks like 2012 will be his final year as the architect of the Avengers titles. After eight years and over 200 issues, it appears that Bendis will be leaving New Avengers, The Avengers and the upcoming Avengers Assemble title. Which is pretty […]

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2011 in Review: Most Overlooked Title

By | Dec 6, 2011 | Columns

In this day and age, is it possible for something to be “overlooked” or “underrated?” Anything and everything that is released seems to be not only found but analyzed to death, but somehow, it still seems like some comics never find the audience they deserve to have. This category – Most Overlooked Title – was […]

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Marvel Has Digital Cake, Eats It Too

By | Dec 5, 2011 | News

Much has been made about the vitriol many retailers have received the digital comics movement and the strategy of most publishers in that realm with. It’s been a hot button issue, with many high profile retailers taking hard stances against some publishers (no matter if logic dictates that they are making a huge mistake by […]

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2011 in Review: Best Publisher

By | Dec 5, 2011 | Columns

What a wild year 2011 was for the world of comics, and it was felt in a huge way across all publishers. Did you hear that DC relaunched all of their comics? That Marvel renumbered two of their biggest franchises? That Dark Horse offed maybe their biggest character? That Image didn’t wait until 2012 to […]

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Multiversity 101: Retail Madness

By | Dec 5, 2011 | Columns

Last week, Dark Horse Comics announced that they were going day-and-date digital for all new comics going forward. Most notably, they were even going to cut prices on their digital releases to $1.99, which is $1 to $1.50 less than their average release. They’re the first publisher to do that. It was received badly by […]

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