Author Archives: Paul Lai

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“A Strange and Beautiful Sound”

By | Jul 24, 2018 | Reviews

Swiss graphic novel creator Zep, born Philippe Chappuis, has now seen two of his graphic novels in English publication through IDW’s EuroComics line. Last year’s English release of “A Story of Men” dwelt on the implied inferiorities of young rock artists whose failed band reunites twenty years later. A similar spirit of those lingering “what […]

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Podcasts
Mother Box: The Pilot Episodes!

By and | Jul 10, 2018 | Podcasts

Get ready for the launch of the #MotherBox podcast next week with a rebroadcast of the pilot. Get ready to expand your mind as Matt @MattLune and Paul @TwoPlai ‏start their dive into Jack Kirby’s Fourth World! [Note: Rebroadcasting the pilot episodes initially presented on the Comics Syllabus and That’s the Issue podcasts, now presented […]

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Comics Syllabus: Farewell for Now

By | Jul 3, 2018 | Podcasts

A farewell… for now. Paul is redirecting his podcasting energies to start “Mother Box: A New Gods and Jack Kirby’s Fourth World Podcast” with Matt Lune, as well as to appear weekly on the Comics Alternative and pursue other endeavors. This episode is a fond farewell as the Comics Syllabus podcast goes on indefinite hiatus, […]

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Reviews
“Sabrina”

By | Jun 19, 2018 | Reviews

Nick Drnaso has shown a gift for depicting how the quotidian quality of life masks, and then reveals, the dark fissures in our society. Two years ago, “Beverly” served as an abrupt revelation of that talent. Now, “Sabrina” (Drawn + Quarterly) sustains it in a troubling triumph of that contemporary unease that comics can insinuate […]

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Comics Syllabus: Green Lantern Earth One and the Wait List with Sonny

By | Jun 19, 2018 | Podcasts

[audio: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/460307325-twoplai-green-lantern-earth-one-and-wait-list-with-sonny.mp3] Or download the podcast episode here. On today’s Comics Syllabus, Paul and brother Sonny discuss “Green Lantern Earth One Volume One,” Gabriel Hardman, Corinna Bechko, and Jordan Boyd’s DC graphic novel retelling of Hal Jordan Green Lantern’s origin story in the Earth One universe. “Green Lantern Earth One” is a dash of Sonny’s […]

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Weekly Shonen Jump June 11, 2018 Featured Columns
This Week in Shonen Jump: June 11, 2018

By and | Jun 13, 2018 | Columns

Welcome to This Week in Shonen Jump, in which a rotating duo of Multiversity staffers take a look at two stories contained in each installment of Viz Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump. For the uninitiated, Weekly Shonen Jump is an anthology that delivers more than 200 pages of manga of all varieties. We hope that you’ll […]

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Podcasts
Comics Syllabus: Chad Sell on “Cardboard Kingdom”

By | Jun 12, 2018 | Podcasts

[audio: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/457209543-twoplai-chad-sell-on-the-cardboard-kingdom.mp3] Or download the podcast episode here. Chad Sell, the creator and artist of the wonderful new all-ages graphic novel, “The Cardboard Kingdom” (Penguin Random House), joins Paul to tell the inspiring origin story of the book, co-written with a team of contributors. Just as Chad and many other contributors lent their talents and […]

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No 1 with a bullet featured Interviews
Jacob Semahn talks “No. 1 with a Bullet”

By | Jun 4, 2018 | Interviews

Writer Jacob Semahn partners with artist Jorge Corona to create “No. 1 with a Bullet,” a thrilling Image series whose collection releases June 6, 2018. With colorist Jen Hickman and letterer Steve Wands, the team has created a visually captivating and thoroughly contemporary story. The “No. 1 with a Bullet” is about Nash Huang, an […]

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