Author Archives: Nathanial Perkins

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Off the Cape: Ragemoor

By | Sep 10, 2012 | Columns

Ever since Fredric Wertham’s infamous witch-hunt and the formation of the Comics Code Authority, the superhero genre has dominated the comics medium.  Other once-popular genres, like romance, true crime, fantasy, mystery and science fiction, were decimated by his self-righteous crusade but have made modest comebacks in recent decades.  The horror genre was arguably affected the […]

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Off the Cape: Reset

By | Aug 27, 2012 | Columns

Nobody is perfect. We all screw up from time to time. Sometimes, we screw up so bad we wish we could just hit a reset button and try things over again, this time without making the same mistakes. In Peter Bagge’s “Reset,” from Dark Horse, failed comedian and alleged wife-beater Guy Krause is given a […]

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Off the Cape: What Am I Going To Do Without You?

By | Aug 21, 2012 | Columns

This week, we’re going to take a look at Patt Kelley’s “What Am I Going To Do Without You?”  It’s Patt Kelley’s first full-length solo book, so it’s a little rough around the edges, but there is a lot of talent here–especially for storytelling.  At 125 pages, written, drawn, inked and watercolored (in greys) all […]

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Off The Cape: Wild Children

By | Aug 13, 2012 | Columns

“Did you ever think about how the comics in your home are just like ecosystems at different depths?” This is just one of the many questions posed by Ales Kot and Riley Rossmo’s “Wild Children,” a comics novella that aims to be a lot more than just a temporary escape into fantastical worlds of capes […]

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Off the Cape: Cairo

By | Jul 30, 2012 | Columns

Since we covered a Marvel book last week, it’s only fair that we take a look at something from the Distinguished Competition. As you know, DC has Vertigo, an entire imprint devoted to publishing non-superhero titles. Vertigo has been an immensely successful imprint, putting out books that nearly every superhero fan is familiar with. However, […]

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Off the Cape: Red Skull: Incarnate

By | Jul 25, 2012 | Columns

This week, I want to flip the script a bit. As you know, Off the Cape is typically about showcasing non-superhero, non-Big Two titles that Marvel and DC fans could enjoy but might have missed. This time, however, we are going to take a look at a Marvel comic set within the Marvel universe, and […]

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Off the Cape: The Red Star

By | Jul 18, 2012 | Columns

This week, I want to take a look at a personal favorite of mine: Christian Gossett’s “The Red Star.” It is an operatic, allegorical epic influenced by Russian history, mythology, science fiction, and manga. Initially published by Image Comics in 2000, “The Red Star” was a smash hit due in large part to its innovative […]

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Off the Cape: RASL

By | Jul 11, 2012 | Columns

Welcome to the reboot edition of Multiversity’s weekly column, Off the Cape!  In American comics, superhero titles get a lot of attention, and rightly so. Many of the best and most influential comics in America were written in the superhero genre. However, there have also been many great comics without superpowers and costumes, and the […]

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