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Comics Should Be Cheap! (12/19/2012)

By Walt Richardson | Dec 18, 2012 | 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 […]

2012 in Review: Best Artist

By David Harper | Dec 17, 2012 | Columns

What a year 2012 was for comics. It became readily apparent as we were prepping these lists that yeah, this was one hell of a year, and it was impressive if only because the incredible diversity. We saw more titles showing up in all of the categories than ever before, which just speaks to the […]

Jordie Bellaire Shows Us Her “Marvel”ous Coloring Technique [Process Art]

By Brian Salvatore | Dec 17, 2012 | Columns

Following up on our chat with her earlier today, Jordie Bellaire was kind enough to walk us through her process of coloring a page, from initial inked image to finished product. The page is question is from “Captain Marvel” #9, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and ilustrated by Felipe Andrade. Here is the inked pages […]

Soliciting Multiversity: Dark Horse’s March 2013

By Nathanial Perkins | Dec 17, 2012 | Columns

The solicits are out and it’s time to take another look at the highlights here on Soliciting Multiversity! As usual, we start off with everyone’s favorite aphotic equestrian publisher, Dark Horse Comics. After an admittedly slow February, we have one hell of a month to look forward to in March (assuming the world doesn’t end […]

Tradewaiter: Revival Volume 1 – You’re Among Friends

By Drew Bradley | Dec 17, 2012 | Columns

Zombie stories are a dime a dozen anymore, and but Tim Seeley and Mike Norton provide an original twist on the premise by having the undead come back not as flesh crazed monsters, but as they were when they died. Mostly… Written by Tim Seeley Illustrated by Mike Norton For one day in rural Wisconsin, […]

Friday Recommendation: McSweeney’s #13

By Michelle White | Dec 14, 2012 | Columns

The purpose of any anthology, to my mind, is to introduce the reader to material he or she may not have encountered otherwise, usually by grouping submissions around a theme. Here, in the thirteenth issue of the literary quarterly McSweeney’s, the theme is simply comics, with Chris Ware acting as editor; and as you can […]

2012 in Review: Best Cover Artist

By David Harper | Dec 14, 2012 | Columns

What a year 2012 was for comics. It became readily apparent as we were prepping these lists that yeah, this was one hell of a year, and it was impressive if only because the incredible diversity. We saw more titles showing up in all of the categories than ever before, which just speaks to the […]

2012 in Review: Best New Series

By David Harper | Dec 13, 2012 | Columns

What a year 2012 was for comics. It became readily apparent as we were prepping these lists that yeah, this was one hell of a year, and it was impressive if only because the incredible diversity. We saw more titles showing up in all of the categories than ever before, which just speaks to the […]

2012 in Review: Most Overlooked Books

By David Harper | Dec 12, 2012 | Columns

What a year 2012 was for comics. It became readily apparent as we were prepping these lists that yeah, this was one hell of a year, and it was impressive if only because the incredible diversity. We saw more titles showing up in all of the categories than ever before, which just speaks to the […]

Boomb Tube: Generation X (Part 1)

By James Johnston | Dec 12, 2012 | Columns

Welcome back to Boomb Tube! The weekly column chronicling comics’ effects on television and, more recently, the utter horror that was made-for-TV movies from the 1990’s. This week: we continue our expedition of the horrid with 1996’s Generation X, based off Scott Lobdell’s X-Men spin-off and one of the most 90’s comics to ever 90’s. Generation X starts […]

2012 in Review: Best Graphic Novel

By David Harper | Dec 11, 2012 | Columns

What a year 2012 was for comics. It became readily apparent as we were prepping these lists that yeah, this was one hell of a year, and it was impressive if only because the incredible diversity. We saw more titles showing up in all of the categories than ever before, which just speaks to the […]

Kickstarter Spotlight: Graphic Journalism on Human Trafficking in Nepal

By Walt Richardson | Dec 11, 2012 | Columns

Dan Archer is part of a select group of comics creators who are attempting to change the way we think about the medium. Archer is a comics journalist — not to be confused with the political cartoonists who pollute newspapers with single-panel dreck — a man who is interested in utilizing the medium’s largely untapped […]

News and Notes from November 2012’s Comic Sales Numbers

By David Harper | Dec 11, 2012 | Columns

The November 2012 sales numbers are out for the world of comics, and I’m here to extract what they all mean and what the cool and interesting tidbits from them are. After all, there is a lot of information in there, so we’ll try to help you separate the signal from the noise. For more […]

Comics Should Be Cheap! (12/12/2012)

By Walt Richardson | Dec 11, 2012 | 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 […]

Multiversity Gift Guide 2012

By Matthew Meylikhov | Dec 10, 2012 | Columns

It’s that time of year again – snow is occasionally following, temperatures are lower, people are wearing scarves and warm hats and the various holidays are upon us. To that end, we’ve once again banded our heads together to offer you an eclectic list of picks that would make great gifts for anyone on your list this […]

2012 in Review: Best Publisher

By David Harper | Dec 10, 2012 | Columns

What a year 2012 was for comics. It became readily apparent as we were prepping these lists that yeah, this was one hell of a year, and it was impressive if only because the incredible diversity. We saw more titles showing up in all of the categories than ever before, which just speaks to the […]

Tradewaiter: Think Tank Volume 1

By Drew Bradley | Dec 10, 2012 | Columns

I consider myself a smart guy. This is a book about a smart guy. Match made in heaven, right? Written by Matt Hawkins Illustrated by Rahsan Ekedal Dr. David Loren is many things: child prodigy, inventor, genius, slacker… mass murderer. When a military think tank’s smartest scientist decides he can no longer stomach creating weapons […]

2012 in Review: Breakout Writer

By David Harper | Dec 9, 2012 | Columns

The funny thing about being a “breakout” in comics is, quite often, these breakouts could have been working in the industry for years previous. But this is our list, and you know what, these creators have taken one hell of a leap in 2012. As voted on by the writers of Multiversity, here are our […]

2012 in Review: Breakout Artist

By David Harper | Dec 8, 2012 | Columns

The funny thing about being a “breakout” in comics is, quite often, these breakouts could have been working in the industry for years previous. But this is our list, and you know what, these creators have taken one hell of a leap in 2012. As voted on by the writers of Multiversity, here are our […]

Friday Recommendation: Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine

By Vince Ostrowski | Dec 7, 2012 | Columns

If I haven’t said it somewhere at Multiversity Comics before now, let me officially pronounce Spider-Man as my favorite character in comics. Let the record further show that Wolverine as written by Jason Aaron (specifically Jason Aaron) is another one of my favorite characters. Let the record further show that I freaking love comic books […]

2012 in Review: Creators Share What They Are Looking for from Comics in 2013

By David Harper | Dec 7, 2012 | Columns

This month, we’re going to have an elaborate run of looks at the best of 2012 and what we’re excited about for 2013. To kick that all off, we’ll have a week of some of our favorite creators sharing their thoughts on the year to date as well as what they’re looking forward to in […]

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