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The Rundown: BOOM! Studios Wants to Push #ComicsForward, Supergirl Finds a Jimmy Olsen, and more

By Mike Romeo | Jan 29, 2015 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com. – Founder and CEO of BOOM! Studios Ross Richie has a bit to say about pushing #ComicsForward in the latest Previews catalog. Richie aims to […]

Heavy Metal Brings The Thunder To Portland With Ambitious New Comics Line

By Greg Matiasevich | Jan 28, 2015 | News

The Pacific Northwest may be known for its rain, but Heavy Metal is bringing the thunder when it sets up shop for its new comics line in Portland. As announced in an article from Monday’s The Oregonian, the science-fiction magazine publisher will be basing its comics operations in Portland due to that city’s large concentration […]

The Rundown: Tyrese Gibson Lobbies for “Green Lantern” Role, Jason Momoa Talks “Aquaman,” and more

By Brian Salvatore | Jan 28, 2015 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com. – Call it the Vin Diesel corollary: self promotion and campaigning for a role in a superhero film can work. Or, so thinks Tyrese […]

“The Fantastic Four” Trailer Drops and Honestly We Don’t Know What’s Happening

By James Johnston | Jan 27, 2015 | News

Earlier this morning, the first trailer for Josh Trank’s reboot of Fantastic Four hit the internet and yeah we don’t know what really happened. Check it out for yourself. There’s a shot of The Thing making his first transformation, Miles Teller being too precious for this world and the freakin; Negative Zone. That said, there’s […]

The Rundown: Lots of Marvel Casting News, Fox Confirms “X-Men” Series in the Works, and more

By Brian Salvatore | Jan 27, 2015 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com. – A pair of Marvel castings popped up today, and both are quite exciting: first off, David Tennant, aka the Doctor Who your cousin […]

The Rundown: SPX Registration is (Almost) Open, Black Canary joins the “Arrow” line up, and more

By Mike Romeo | Jan 26, 2015 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com. – We’re getting soooo close to the most exciting/harrowing time on the comics calendar: the SPX table lottery! Invited guests will be notified by […]

The Rundown: CBS Casts Its Supergirl, “X-Men: Apocalypse” Adds Three New Cast Members, and more

By Brian Salvatore | Jan 23, 2015 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com. – After a few months of various rumors, it appears that CBS has locked up its Supergirl – Melissa Benoist, best known as a […]

The Rundown: IDW Launches Disney Comics Line, JMS to Write “Red Mars” TV Series, and more

By Brian Salvatore | Jan 22, 2015 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com. – Rejoice, fans of classic Disney comics: IDW has you covered. Starting in April, IDW will be releasing a series of Disney comics, starting […]

Milestone Media to Return in 2015

By Brian Salvatore | Jan 21, 2015 | News

According to the Washington Post, Milestone Media, the comics company co-founded by the late Dwayne McDuffie, will return this year. Spearheaded by Reggie Hundlin, Denys Cowan and Derek Dingle, Milestone is set to both revive old characters and introduce new ones. For those unaware, Milestone was founded to feature characters of color, as well as […]

The Rundown: Shonen Jump Gets Even Cheaper, Marvel Announces Print Date For Attack on Titan Cross-Over, and more

By Mike Romeo | Jan 21, 2015 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com. – Last week we reported that an annual subscription to Viz Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump is on sale for $19.99, down from its usual […]

Marvel Announces Two Universes Colliding in “Secret Wars”

By Greg Matiasevich | Jan 20, 2015 | News

Over three months since it was first announced, Marvel (represented by SVP of Publishing Tom Brevoort and EIC Axel Alonso) revealed in a press conference at Midtown Comics this afternoon that the main Marvel Universe and the Ultimate Marvel universe would collide, as a result of the incursions in Jonathan Hickman’s “Avengers” run, and that […]

The Rundown: “Supergirl” TV Series Teases Superman Role, “Atomic Robo” Goes Online, and more

By Brian Salvatore | Jan 20, 2015 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com. – A number of audition tapes for the upcoming Supergirl TV show have surfaced online. Characters like Jimmy Olsen, Alex Danvers, and, of course, […]

DC Continues Pulling Out the Big Guns for “Convergence,” Revealing Chip Kidd Variants

By Matthew Garcia | Jan 19, 2015 | News

DC wants you to know they’re really serious about this whole “Convergence” business. They’ve dug deep into their archives and pulled out characters, or interpretations of characters, that we haven’t seen in a long time, as well as courted creators who have largely been absent from the greater DCU. (Greg Rucka.) This attention to a […]

The Rundown: Being Optimistic about “Agent Carter” Ratings, X-Files May Get A Season 10 (Or 11) and more

By Mike Romeo | Jan 19, 2015 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com. – ABC entertainment president Paul Lee has said that he is, “very optimistic” about the network’s latest Marvel series Agent Carter, despite lower than […]

The Rundown: Tom Hardy Leaves “Suicide Squad,” Black Widow Confirmed for “Captain America: Civil War” and more

By Brian Salvatore | Jan 16, 2015 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com. – Well, we still have Will Smith: it appears that Tom Hardy, due to a scheduling conflict, has backed out of Suicide Squad. If […]

Image Takes Aim At Your Mailbox and, By Extension, Your Wallet

By Mike Romeo | Jan 15, 2015 | News

In an exclusive over at CBR, Image Comics has announced that they will be coming to market with a way of selling directly to readers: Image Direct. While selling subscriptions is nothing new for comics publishers, I can’t help but wonder how such a service will be received when offered by Image. The way it works is pretty […]

The Rundown: “Action Presidents” Gets 4 Book Deal, New Marvel Swimsuit Issue Scrapped, and more

By Brian Salvatore | Jan 15, 2015 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com. – Big congratulations are in order for the team behind “Action Philosophers,” “The Comic Book History of Comics,” and “Action Presidents,” Fred Van Lente […]

“Avengers” and “New Avengers” Come to an End in April

By David Harper | Jan 14, 2015 | News

It’s all coming to an end: with April’s issues, both of Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers books – “Avengers” and “New Avengers” – are going to hit their finales as we approach “Secret Wars”. “Avengers” #44 (which will feature Mike Deodato on art) and “New Avengers” #33 (featuring Kev Walker) will take the current stories to their […]

Exclusive: We Are All Made of Water in Jay Gunn’s “Surface Tension” for Titan

By Brian Salvatore | Jan 14, 2015 | News

Titan Comics had quite the 2014, establishing themselves as one of the premier publishers in comics with their successful licenses (“Doctor Who,” “Penguins of Madagascar”) and their creator-owned work (“Lenore,” “Mono”). The folks at Titan have given us an exclusive announcement of one of their new series for 2015, “Surface Tension,” from Jay Gunn. Gunn, […]

The Rundown: Second Volume of “Hark! A Vagrant” Coming, Big “Secret Wars” Announcement Coming, and more

By David Harper | Jan 14, 2015 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com. – The second collected volume of Kate Beaton’s “Hark! A Vagrant”, titled “Step Aside, Pops” is coming in September from Drawn & Quarterly, and […]

ReedPOP and Emerald City ComiCon Partner Up, Starting With 2015’s ECCC

By David Harper | Jan 13, 2015 | News

The Comic Con world got a little bit smaller today, as in a just revealed press release, it was announced that ReedPOP and Emerald City ComiCon have “joined forces” for future ECCC’s, starting with 2015’s event in late March. Emerald City ComiCon has been one of the largest cons in recent years, swelling to 70,000 […]

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