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Soliciting Multiversity: The Best of the Rest for December 2022

By Matthew Garcia | Sep 30, 2022 | Columns

So far, we’ve looked at December offerings from DC, Marvel, Image, and manga publishers. Now it’s time to skim through the rest of the Previews Catalogue and find some other titles worth your attention. This is the Best of the Rest. 1. Is It “Battling Boy vol. 2?” No, but it’s “Breathers” Justin Madsen’s drama […]

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Soliciting Multiversity: The Best of the Rest for November 2022

By Matthew Garcia | Sep 2, 2022 | Columns

We’ve looked at upcoming comic titles for DC, Marvel, Image, and manga publishers. Now, it’s time to look at everything else slated to come out this November, or thereabouts, in the Previews catalogue. It’s the Best of the Rest! 1. Cycles Circle Round Good ole Dan DiDio, returning to writing comics, this one through Frank […]

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Soliciting Multiversity: The Best of the Rest for October 2022

By Matthew Garcia | Aug 5, 2022 | Columns

This week, we’ve looked at upcoming titles from Image, DC, Marvel, and manga publishers. Now, it’s time to look at everything else. It’s the best of the rest for October 2022. 1. Into Darkness The late Tim Sale’s work echoed across comics. While maybe never as cited or spotlit as much as contemporaries like Frank […]

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Soliciting Multiversity: The Best of the Rest for September 2022

By Matthew Garcia | Jul 1, 2022 | Columns

The long summer months are on us, and we’re all still collectively working through our respective pulls before this new batch of comics drops this September. We’ve looked at offerings from DC, Marvel, Image, and manga publishers; it’s time to see what all the other publishers are offering, from new series to reprints to archival […]

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Soliciting Multiversity: The Best of the Rest for August 2022

By Matthew Garcia | Jun 3, 2022 | Columns

It’s that time again, to check out titles being offered, or reoffered, from smaller, independent, and alternative comic publishers. Welcome to the Best of the Rest! 1. Big Lede In an age where journalists are regularly attacked by racist groups who have convinced themselves they are victims of culture, beheaded by Saudi princes, assassinated by […]

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Soliciting Multiversity: The Best of the Rest for June 2022

By Matthew Garcia | Apr 1, 2022 | Columns

Now that we’ve looked at upcoming offerings from DC, Marvel, Image, and manga publishers. Now it’s time to check out everyone else. Here’s some choice comics selections slated to drop this June 2022. 1. Follow the Recipe, Break the Recipe Leisl Adams, a storyboard artist and director of the short film, “The Elephant in the […]

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Soliciting Multiversity: The Best of the Rest for May 2022

By Matthew Garcia | Mar 4, 2022 | Columns

We’ve looked at upcoming offerings from DC, Marvel, Image, and manga publishers. Now it’s time to check out everyone else. Here’s some choice comics selections slated to drop this May 2022. 1. Down the Blind Alley Sevillian artist Israel Gómez Ferrera, aka IRRA, presents this dark and gritty urban drama about a guy just trying […]

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Soliciting Multiversity: The Best of the Rest for April 2022

By Matthew Garcia | Feb 4, 2022 | Columns

Comics are a vast and diverse medium. We’ve looked at offerings from DC, Marvel, Image, and manga publishers, so now it’s time to look at everything else slated to come out April 2022. It’s the Best of the Rest! 0. The Fool Sometimes I get overwhelmed with the sheer amount of queer coming-of-age stories offered […]

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Hilda and the Mountain King

By Matthew Garcia | Jan 11, 2022 | Television

It’s difficult to categorize Hilda and the Mountain King, in no small part because Hilda and the Mountain King throws itself into so many different categories. Produced and marketed as a feature film, director Andy Coyle and screenwriters Luke Pearson and Stephanie Simpson attempt to tell a story that stands on its own while also tying up loose […]

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Soliciting Multiversity: The Best of the Rest for February 2022

By Matthew Garcia | Dec 3, 2021 | Columns

This February, get ready for a whole new selection of graphic novels, small press books, indie showcases, and long running series available within the Previews Catalog. It’s the Best of the Rest! 1. Le Guin, Jr. Blue Delliquanti, the creator of “Meal” and “O Human Star,” comes with a literal star-crossed queer love story. Expect […]

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Soliciting Multiversity: The Best of the Rest for January 2022

By Matthew Garcia | Oct 29, 2021 | Columns

A new year means new comic titles! Big questions remain: which of these will inevitably be picked up by some streaming service for an adaptation that doesn’t have as big a budget it deserves? Which of these will resonate with young readers and create life long fans of the medium? Will Diamond even survive another […]

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Soliciting Multiversity: The Best of the Rest for December 2021

By Matthew Garcia | Oct 1, 2021 | Columns

It’s almost time to close out the year. December is long and chaotic, so make sure to take some time for yourself with comics. We’ve already seen what DC, Marvel, Image, and manga publishers are offering; now, let’s take a look at everything else that’s coming. 1. Trapped in the Triangle Sometimes you’re just after […]

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