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Soliciting Multiversity: DC’s Top 10 in July 2014 (and September 2014, Sort Of)

By Brian Salvatore | Apr 23, 2014 | Columns

Yesterday, DC did something really interesting – they released both the July solicitations and the September solicitations simultaneously. Part of this is due to the fact that September is a “flash forward” month, tying into the weekly “New 52: Futures End” series. Because of that, the solicits are not exactly spoiler-y, and the early release […]

The History of Comic Lettering: 1940 to 1990

By Drew Bradley | Apr 22, 2014 | Columns

Adding letters to images, as a practice, dates back centuries. We examined the early methods and the thoughts behind them in part 1. Largely, the work was crudely done by cartoonists who were uninterested in the finer points of letter design and aesthetics, and unwilling to share their meager profits with the people who were […]

Looking at Lettering: CAPS vs Mixed Case

By Drew Bradley | Apr 22, 2014 | Columns

Have you ever wondered why comics are lettered in all caps? If you’ve been a comic reader for any amount of time, you’ve probably heard a variety of reasons, but unless you’ve heard of the Ames Guide, you’ve only heard the excuses. The true motivation for leaving out lower case letters has nothing to do […]

Comics Should Be Cheap! (4/23/2014)

By Multiversity Staff | Apr 22, 2014 | Columns

Buying comics can be an expensive hobby. A lot of fans simply can’t afford everything they’re interested in, due to rising prices and the over-saturation of the market with superhero titles. That’s why we’re here. Every week, the Multiversity staff is asked “What would you buy this week if you couldn’t go over $20?” and […]

MC2: Expectations For the Next Big Event, “Original Sin”

By David Harper and Matthew Meylikhov | Apr 21, 2014 | Columns

David: The latest event at Marvel is starting up – in one sense – with this week’s Original Sin #0, a comic that is neither written nor drawn by the team who is writing and drawing the actual event comic itself. With a gestation period that is moderately comical and hype from Marvel that is […]

Soliciting Multiversity: Dark Horse’s Top 10 in July 2014

By Vince Ostrowski | Apr 21, 2014 | Columns

Greetings and Solicitations! This month’s highlight is a crossover between two characters that is as perfect as comic book crossovers get, yet I wasn’t sure we would ever be lucky enough to see. Aside from that, we’ve got a few Mike Mignola books of note, one of comics’ best creative duos putting out a new […]

The History of Comic Lettering: Early Years to 1940

By Drew Bradley | Apr 21, 2014 | Columns

Lettering – adding text representing speech, thoughts, and sounds to images – is much older than the modern comic. It was an invention of political cartoons, and was a natural progression of an image’s caption moving into the image itself. Its first use is impossible to track down, but the method of putting words into […]

Looking at Lettering: An Introduction to Lettering Week

By Drew Bradley | Apr 21, 2014 | Columns

Reading this new series of articles will ruin your life. Ok, that’s a little extreme. Let’s turn down the hyperbole. Reading this new series of articles may ruin your life, and will remove the shine from some of your favorite comic books. Still think it’s extreme? It’s not. Bear with me. Lettering is only noticed […]

Saturday Morning Panels (Week of 4/16/14)

By Multiversity Staff | Apr 19, 2014 | Columns

Hello, and welcome to Saturday Morning Panels, your new favorite Multiversity column! It’s a very simple concept: since none of us are up to watching Saturday morning cartoons anymore, we are instead going to share with you our favorite panels from the week before. It’s a bit like Comics Should Be Cheap, except with more […]

The DC3kly Presents: “Batman Eternal,” Week 2 – Batman Eternal #1-2 [Review]

By Zach Wilkerson | Apr 17, 2014 | Columns

The DC3 decided to take on the Herculean task of covering DC’s weekly books! Our coverage will rotate between creator interviews, issue reviews and annotations, and long-form pieces on featured characters. This, friends, is the DC3kly! If DC is going to commit to delivering weekly adventures of Batman and friends, you can bet the DC3 […]

Casting Couch: Rachel Rising

By Jess Graham | Apr 16, 2014 | Columns

Welcome back to Casting Couch, your favorite column for the fictional fan casting of potential comic book adaptations! And today we’ll be taking a look at perennial Multiversity favorite, Terry Moore’s “Rachel Rising.” Moore is perhaps one of the best voices in comics, having given us the incredible “Strangers in Paradise”, and his work in […]

Art Of The Week: Week Of 04/16/2014

By Alice W. Castle | Apr 16, 2014 | Columns

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Eisner award-nominated Multiversity Comics’ Art Of The Week! No, I’m never going to let that fact go. This week, we have a pretty great week, even if I do say so myself, with this first piece of Kate Kristopher from Joe Keatinge and Leila del Duca’s “Shutter” by Ron Chan. […]

Five Biggest Snubs and Five Amazing Surprises from the 2014 Eisner Nominations

By David Harper | Apr 16, 2014 | Columns

The 2014 Eisner Awards nominees have been announced, and perhaps more than any year I can remember, it’s pretty hard to disagree with anything they came up with. I’m not just saying that because we earned a nomination, but it’s just a pretty iron clad list of nominees who have done stellar work or are […]

Multiver-City One: 2000 AD Prog 1877 and Judge Dredd Megazine 347

By Greg Matiasevich and Mike Romeo | Apr 16, 2014 | Columns

Welcome, citizens, to this week’s installment of Multiver-City One! Each and every Wednesday we will be examining the latest Prog from Tharg and the droids over at 2000 AD, and giving you all the pertinent information you’ll need headed into this week’s Thrill-Zine! It’s a double-header this week, as we’ve got both a new Prog […]

Boomb Tube: Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner

By James Johnston | Apr 15, 2014 | Columns

Welcome back to Boomb Tube, Multiversity’s weekly column detailing the current Cape Cartoons scene. This week, The Avengers receive an unexpected guest, The Teen Titans fight “uncle jokes” and Hulk and the Agents of SMASH partake in some synergy with Agents of SHIELD’s Deathlok. Spoilers ahead! This week’s Avengers Assemble decided to lower the stakes by having […]

Comics Should Be Cheap! (4/16/2014)

By Multiversity Staff | Apr 15, 2014 | Columns

Buying comics can be an expensive hobby. A lot of fans simply can’t afford everything they’re interested in, due to rising prices and the over-saturation of the market with superhero titles. That’s why we’re here. Every week, the Multiversity staff is asked “What would you buy this week if you couldn’t go over $20?” and […]

Saturday Morning Panels (Week of 4/9/14)

By Multiversity Staff | Apr 12, 2014 | Columns

Hello, and welcome to Saturday Morning Panels, your new favorite Multiversity column! It’s a very simple concept: since none of us are up to watching Saturday morning cartoons anymore, we are instead going to share with you our favorite panels from the week before. It’s a bit like Comics Should Be Cheap, except with more […]

The Game Got Switched: Amazon Acquires comiXology [Discussion]

By David Harper and Brandon Burpee | Apr 11, 2014 | Columns

David: Shots fired! The world of comics had their collective minds blown yesterday, as Amazon acquired digital comics superstore comiXology in a deal that – from what we’ve heard – leaves the team of comiXology to their own devices, acting as a subsidiary who retains much of their autonomy. It’s a big deal, especially for […]

The DC3kly Presents: “Batman Eternal,” Week 1 – An Interview with Artist Jason Fabok

By Brian Salvatore, Vince Ostrowski and Zach Wilkerson | Apr 10, 2014 | Columns

The DC3 decided to take on the Herculean task of covering DC’s weekly books! Our coverage will rotate between creator interviews, issue reviews and annotations, and long-form pieces on featured characters. This, friends, is the DC3kly! To start off our “Batman Eternal” coverage right, we have a chat with artist Jason Fabok, who provided the […]

Art Of The Week: Week Of 04/09/2014

By Alice W. Castle | Apr 9, 2014 | Columns

Heya, folks! It’s time for Multiversity’s Art Of The Week! You all know the deal by now. I collect the art from the last week that I think is cool enough to be featured here and you all just sit there and enjoy it. This week, I wanted to feature this “Li’l Gotham”/Frozen crossover by […]

Multiver-City One: 2000 AD Prog 1876

By Greg Matiasevich and Mike Romeo | Apr 9, 2014 | Columns

Welcome, citizens, to this week’s installment of Multiver-City One! Each and every Wednesday we will be examining the latest Prog from Tharg and the droids over at 2000 AD, and giving you all the pertinent information you’ll need headed into this week’s Thrill-Zine! This week’s cover is by Alex Ronald. I. THIS WEEK IN PROG […]

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