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The Unstoppable Rise of the Comic Con Business

By David Harper | Jun 11, 2014 | Longform

With New York Comic Con Special Edition this weekend and San Diego Comic Con International on the horizon, the con season is in full swing, and Multiversity is all over it. Today, we’re looking at the burgeoning world of comic conventions in a series of three pieces, one from a fan perspective, one from a […]

The Former King of Comics: A Personal Retrospective of Vertigo

By David Harper | Jun 10, 2014 | Longform

Today’s readers may not think about it in such a way, but Vertigo really is – in my opinion – one of the most important comic imprints ever. In 1993, Vertigo was created by Karen Berger as an imprint of DC Comics, after Berger had worked from within DC’s editorial to do everything she could […]

The Life and Times of the Modern Comic Book Artist

By David Harper | May 28, 2014 | Longform

When you’re a kid, everyone has aspirations to be something cool and grandiose. It’s not like people grow up hoping to be retail clerks or marketers; kids want to be astronauts or baseball players or whatever exactly Tom Hanks was in “Big.” We want our jobs to be our dream jobs, and for me, when […]

Everything I Need to Know About Being a Good Person I Learned From Wonder Woman

By Matthew Meylikhov | May 26, 2014 | Longform

I would hope that, if you’re a reader of this site, you’re also someone who keeps up to date with the events of the world around us. I would very much like to imagine that those who come to Multiversity are well-read and learned people, as is often evidenced by some of the positive discourse […]

Five Years Later: How Comics Have Changed, and Where They’re Going

By David Harper | May 5, 2014 | Longform

Sometimes it’s really hard to believe that Multiversity has been around for five years. I’ve been with the site since just shortly after it launched (if you want to have a laugh, read my first article here), and in that span we’ve changed a lot. Writers come, writers go, column ideas start and finish with […]

Image Comics Knocks It Out of the Park with Humble Bundle Deal [Opinion]

By David Harper | Apr 30, 2014 | Longform

Yesterday, Image Comics launched a Humble Bundle (a digital bundle distributor that sells packages over two week spans) featuring a number of their first volume digital collections in one package – Fatale, East of West, Morning Glories and Lazarus, to be specific – for pay-what-you-want prices with additional volumes that you can pick up if […]

Are Weeklies the Cure to What Ails DC Comics?

By David Harper | Apr 22, 2014 | Longform

Much ado has been made about the sales slump comics have had in 2014, and as people are starting to figure out, a big part of that drop has been due to DC’s linewide drop. In fact, DC’s average issue sales have dropped by 13% over the past year, with their market share in dollars […]

Why Comics Can’t Grow Up Until We Do

By David Harper | Apr 20, 2014 | Longform

I love comics. I really do. A comic is an amazing thing, in both its ability to tell stories that no other medium can and to achieve a scope and scale that isn’t held back by anything but the imagination and gifts of the people telling the story. Both as an art form and a […]

2014 Comic Sales: A Sign of Things to Come, or Much Ado About Nothing?

By David Harper | Apr 7, 2014 | Longform

Is there some consensus on why comics sales are down this year? Is it shops closing or people switching to digital or what? — Ed Brubaker (@brubaker) April 4, 2014 My books sell exactly the same as last year, and trades are selling better than they ever have and most of my friends books are […]

Why I Write: Comics, Community and the Dream of Being a Comic Retailer

By David Harper | Mar 18, 2014 | Longform

One of the commonly held beliefs about the comic journalism community is that all of us are in this game for the explicit purpose of “breaking in.” We’re all chasing that ultimate dream of writing “Batman” or “X-Men” or even bringing our own ideas to life at a publisher like Image or Top Shelf through […]

On Adaptations and a Lack of Respect for Comics [Opinion]

By Drew Bradley | Mar 17, 2014 | Longform

Coupling the critical acclaim and box office success of films like Dark Knight and The Avengers with the widespread popularity of TV shows like Big Bang Theory, there seems to be a consensus that ‘geek culture’ generally, and comic books specifically, have achieved some semblance of mainstream acceptance. However, there remains an underlying lack of […]

Sad Ramblings For Kickstarter: On John Campbell, Kickstarters and What It All Means [Opinion]

By Matthew Meylikhov | Mar 4, 2014 | Longform

In case you missed it, here’s a brief summary of a thing that happened last week. Cartoonist John Campbell of “Sad Pictures for Children” webcomic fame made an announcement on the Kickstarter page of his successful Kickstarter project. The project, which was done to fund a printing of a book of his comics and which […]

Multiversity 101: What Can DC Do?

By Brian Salvatore | Feb 26, 2014 | Longform

Despite having a huge year at the box office, DC’s highest profile comics have really suffered lately. Their three most popular team books are either currently cancelled, under the pen of a visionary with, perhaps, too large of a scope in mind, or are being mired down in crossovers that no one really cares for. […]

Fantastic Four or Fraudulent Four? [Opinion]

By Vince Ostrowski | Feb 21, 2014 | Longform

As tends to be the case in our fast-paced, social media driven lives, everyone is weighing in on the casting announcements for Josh Trank’s upcoming “Fantastic Four” film. That’s right, from Erik Larsen to Zach Braff, social media is all atwitter with opinions on it. For the most part, there’s a sense of apathy or […]

The Dream of the 90’s is Alive in Comics

By David Harper | Feb 18, 2014 | Longform

“Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” It’s an old saying, but one that frequently reaffirms its legitimacy. The reason why that happens, I’d wager, is the people who fall victim to it are the ones who say things like, “that won’t happen to me.” Looking back, the last thing the […]

Comics and the Diminishing Role of Artists in a Visual Medium

By David Harper | Feb 11, 2014 | Longform

Brian Michael Bendis’ “Avengers”. Geoff Johns’ “Green Lantern”. Jason Aaron’s “Wolverine and the X-Men”. When you see people talk about some of today’s greatest and most celebrated runs in comics, it’s quite often only the writer who gets mentioned, even though each of those books wouldn’t have been the same without people like David Finch, […]

Clark Gregg and Stephen Amell Perfectly Illustrate the Difference Between “Agents of SHIELD” and “Arrow” [Opinion]

By Matthew Meylikhov | Feb 6, 2014 | Longform

Here’s an interesting bit of convergence that has happened recently. In an interview with the Salt Lake Tribune (hat tip to Comics Alliance), actor Clark Gregg ruffled a few feathers by referring to people who gave up on his show Agents of SHIELD as — quote — “Those aren’t geeks. Those are losers.” SHIELD has been […]

I Need a Hero: A Look at the Lack of Breakout Characters in Today’s Comics

By David Harper | Jan 27, 2014 | Longform

Yesterday, Gail Simone – as she is apt to do – asked an interesting question on Twitter: What was the last big breakout DC/marvel character that WASN'T ultra-violent? Serious question. — Gail Cup Avenger (@GailSimone) January 25, 2014 It’s a fascinating question, as it left even the most knowledgeable of comic fans and creators stumped, […]

Multiversity 101: Creators to Watch For in 2014

By David Harper and Matthew Meylikhov | Jan 8, 2014 | Longform

Every year in January, MC’s EIC Matthew Meylikhov and Associate Editor David Harper wrap up our Year in Review coverage by picking who’s next, who are the creators we think will take a big step in 2014. We don’t just mean new creators breaking out entirely, we even are looking at creators we think will […]

Multiversity 101: The Best and Worst of 2013 in Comics

By David Harper | Jan 6, 2014 | Longform

Every year since Multiversity has started, I’ve put together my singular perspective on what the best and worst in comics was, and this year things won’t be any different…except I’m going to take it to the next level. More categories, more analysis, more everything! All for you! It’s befitting that 2013 gets this, as this […]

The Year I Became a 21st Century Digital Boy [Opinion]

By David Harper | Dec 31, 2013 | Longform

2013 was notable in comics for a great many reasons. There were the standard, tried and true reasons of the events that rocked the world of Marvel and DC’s comics, namely Age of Ultron, Infinity, Forever Evil, and comic book movies blowing up at the box office. Then you have the better reasons of Image’s […]

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