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Ricardo Mo Talks Wormholes and Giants With “Colossi”

By Leo Johnson | Aug 17, 2016 | Interviews

As we covered yesterday in a chat with the editor in chief and publisher, Vault Comics is a new publisher that’s ready and eager to make a big splash in comics. Focusing on science fiction and fantasy comics, Vault is hoping to keep their momentum going from their announcement at SDCC and grow from their. […]

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Interviews

Vault Comics Talks Launching A New Publisher

By Leo Johnson | Aug 16, 2016 | Interviews

Launching a new publisher is never an easy task. It always appears to be a balancing act of engaging readers, engaging stores, and actually making quality, consistent comics. With a market that’s already producing more comics than most can keep up with, it’s tough to grab attention with a new publisher. The guys at Vault […]

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Columns

MS Masterpaint Theater: Deformed Hands Shoot Bumpy Guns

By Kyle Welch and Leo Johnson | Aug 6, 2016 | Columns

There are three for-sure things all people love in life: comic covers, cover bands, and MS Paint. Some warned us to never combine this holy trinity. We here at Multiveristy Comics said no, threw caution to the wind, and combined mankind’s three favorite things into our new weekly feature: MS Masterpaint Theater! Each week, we will highlight […]

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News

SDCC 2016: New Publisher Vault Comics Debuts at Comic Con

By Leo Johnson | Jul 18, 2016 | News

San Diego Comic Con is the place where a lot of comic publishers make big announcements about the future of their comics, but very few companies actually debut at the show. Vault Comics is a new publisher that is debuting at SDCC, offering previews of their five debut titles that will go on sale early […]

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News

SDCC 2016: Z Nation Prequel Comic Coming From Dynamite

By Leo Johnson | Jul 18, 2016 | News

As fan gets ready for the third season of the SyFy series Z Nation, it was announced prior to San Diego Comic Con by Bleeding Cool that Dynamite Entertainment will be publishing a canonical prequel Z Nation comic series. The comic series will be written by Fred Van Lente and series co-creator Craig Engler and will take place […]

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News

SDCC 2016: Image To Publish Familiar Looking “All-America Comix”

By Leo Johnson | Jul 18, 2016 | News

With the uproar that Captain America caused when he hailed Hydra, some might be looking for a new hero to believe in. Joe Casey and Nick Dragotta want to give us that hero with America Vasquez, the star of their upcoming “All-America Comix.” She’s ready to kick some ass and figure out the secrets of […]

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News

SDCC 2016: Marvel Plans More Hip-Hop Variant Covers

By Leo Johnson | Jul 18, 2016 | News

Last year, Marvel Comics married comics and hip-hop with a series of 50 variant covers that recreated album covers of influential rap and hip-hop albums. With the success they saw with Spider-Man paying homage A Tribe Called Quest and Ant-Man taking on Notorious B.I.G’s Ready to Die, Marvel is unveiling another wave of hip-hop variant […]

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Interviews

Steve Bryant and Mark Stegbaurer Talk “Ghoul Scouts”

By Leo Johnson | Jun 6, 2016 | Interviews

“The Walking Dead” might be one of the most successful comics out there, but all the imitators that it spawned have pretty much killed the zombie genre of comics unless they do something really different. A bunch of kids fighting a zombie invasion in a story that’s more Scooby Doo than “The Walking Dead” is exactly […]

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Longform

ComiXology Unlimited, Or I Don’t Think That Word Means What You Think It Means

By Leo Johnson | May 26, 2016 | Longform

I just want to start by saying that I love comiXology a whole lot. It allows me, a comics fan who doesn’t live anywhere near a comic shop, to keep up with the books I love and stay current in discussions relevant to one of my favorite hobbies. ComiXology is basically my lifeline to comics […]

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Interviews

Brandon Thomas and Juan Gedeon Talk Alien Invasions and “Horizon”

By Leo Johnson | Apr 27, 2016 | Interviews

Alien invasions are something that we a lot of in film, television, books, and comics. Something that we don’t see as much, however, is an alien invasion where we humans are the ones being the aggressor, the ones menacing an entire world full of people. This is the general premise of “Horizon” by Brandon Thomas […]

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Interviews

Sebela and Wilson Tackle Crime and Romance With “Heartthrob”

By Leo Johnson | Apr 20, 2016 | Interviews

Love, heists, heart transplants, and Fleetwood Mac. These are the things at the center of “Heartthrob”, a new Oni Press comic from Christopher Sebela, Robert Wilson IV, and Nick Filardi. It centers on Callie, a woman who’s given a new lease on life when she’s given a heart transplant. Her new life is turn upside […]

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Interviews

Ryan Ottley Talks “Invincible” and “Grizzly Shark”

By Leo Johnson | Apr 18, 2016 | Interviews

Ryan Ottley is a man that probably doesn’t get enough credit in comics. For twelve years now he’s been drawing the same book and keeping to a mostly monthly schedule. “Invincible” may not have the TV show that “The Walking Dead” does, but it’s remained a well-selling creator-owned book for over a decade, something not […]

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