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Skelton Crew Studio Teams Up with Stuff of Legend for New Jester-in-the-Box and More

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 18, 2014 | News

While it’s on a bit of a break right now, one of my favorite comics is “Stuff of Legend.” Featuring a bunch of toys who travel into the Dark (the shadows of their owner’s closet) in order to save their owner from the Boogie Man, it’s like a darker version of Toy Story set during […]

2014 Ignatz Winner Sam Bosma’s Latest Comic “The Hanging Tower” Now Online For Your Enjoyment

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 18, 2014 | News

Recent 2014 Ignatz Winner for his comic “Fantasy Basketball,” yesterday Sam Bosma put his new comic that just debuted at SPX online for digital consumption. Entitled “The Hanging Tower,” it’s a fantasy western “story of an old knight in search of a lost girl in a run-down fantasy world, while devils, shopkeeps, and brigands trouble […]

“Face it Tiger” – Listen to the Mary Janes’ Hit Track from a Parallel Universe

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 18, 2014 | News

If you’re anything like me, one of the first things you did yesterday was read Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez’s “Edge of Spider-Verse” #2, starring the instant interweb darling Spider-Woman aka Gwen Stacy on a parallel Earth. It was a fun comic, full of fantastic life and energy of an all-too-brief encounter with characters we […]

Bruce Timm’s Latest DC Animated Film to Get Digital Spin-off Series

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 18, 2014 | News

We reported awhile back about Bruce Timm working on Justice League: Gods and Monsters, a new DC animated film. Reportedly not based on the Dan Jolley book of the same name, the details of Gods & Monsters are scarce; we know it’s an original film with Bruce Timm producing alongsideal an Burnett, Timm’s Batman: The […]

The Rundown: Doctor Strange To Film in the UK, Marvel Preps “Rocket and Groot” Month Variants and more

By Brian Salvatore | Sep 18, 2014 | 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. – While there has been no official casting news, Marvel is getting set to bring Dr. Strange to the big screen. According to Screen […]

Sound the Digi-Alarms: “Private Eye” #8 is Now Online

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 17, 2014 | News

Now available on Panel Syndicate’s website, the latest issue of Marcos Martin and Brian K Vaughan’s self-published digital comic “The Private Eye” #8 is now available. Still available via the pay-what-you-want format, consider this your alert signal to rush over to the site and grab your issue. “Private Eye” is one of our favorite books, […]

ComiXology to Offer More DRM-Free Comics

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 17, 2014 | News

The digital comics change is an ever-shifting one, something that seems to grow and evolve at a quicker rate than the advances of print comics. But today, there’s some great news on the digital front as DRM-Free comics become more of the collective norm. Previously, ComiXology had announced that Image, Dynamite, Zenescope, Monkeybrain, Thrillbent and […]

Valiant Announces New Humble Bundle to Benefit Three Charities, including Doctors Without Borders

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 17, 2014 | News

More and more as of late we’ve been seeing Humble Bundles pop up in conjunction with comics. A site that allows you to pay what you want for digital rewards at tiered levels, the proceeds of which can be given to charity, Humble Bundle and/or the curator of the Bundle, it’s an interesting system that […]

Alison Bechdel Named as a Recipient of the 2014 MacArthur Foundation’s “Genius” Grant

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 17, 2014 | News

As seen over at Robot 6, today we have some great news: celebrated cartoonist Alison Bechdel has been awarded the incredibly prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant. One of 21 people awarded it this year, the grant offers Bechdel and the other recipients $625,000 distributed over five years quarterly with no strings […]

The Rundown: The “Powers” Cast Gets Its Close Up, “Arrow” Casts Captain Boomerang, and more

By David Harper | Sep 17, 2014 | 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. – USA Today shares a first look at the “Powers” TV show, including a look at Sharlto Copley and Susan Heyward as Christian Walker […]

James D’Arcy Set to Play Edwin Jarvis (Not J.A.R.V.I.S.) in “Agent Carter”

By David Harper | Sep 16, 2014 | News

As revealed by Variety, actor James D’Arcy (“Master and Commander”, “Cloud Atlas”) has been cast as the butler to the Avengers from the comics, Edwin Jarvis, in the upcoming Hayley Atwell starring “Agent Carter” show. The main difference between this and the comics is, as we know, J.A.R.V.I.S. is a computer program in the movies […]

Sandman’s Lucifer to Get His Own TV Show from FOX

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 16, 2014 | News

According to a report from Deadline, in addition to the myriad of other comic book based television programming you’re about to see unleashed on your TV next week and over the next year, Sandman’s Lucifer will be getting his own program care of Tom Kapinos of Californication to air on FOX. With a pilot commitment in […]

Image Publisher Eric Stephenson’s New Book Announced in Solicits: “They’re Not Like Us” with Simon Gane and Jordie Bellaire

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 16, 2014 | News

Normally we’d wait to discuss things announced in solicits until our monthly week-long look at solicitations, but every now and then there is an occasion where we want to talk about a book much sooner than that. This is one of those times. Re-uniting Image Publisher Eric Stephenson with Eisner Award colorist Jordie Bellaire (two […]

The Rundown: “Age of Ultron” Gets First Official Synopsis, Rich Johnston Vs. Cameron Stewart, and more

By Brian Salvatore | Sep 16, 2014 | 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. – Marvel Studios has revealed the first official plot summary for Avengers: Age of Ultron, and it sounds pretty much like what we’ve been […]

Scott Glenn to Play Stick in “Daredevil” Netflix Series

By David Harper | Sep 15, 2014 | News

This show continues to get a better and better cast, as Scott Glenn (HBO’s “The Leftovers”) has been cast as Matt Murdock’s mentor and trainer Stick in the upcoming Netflix series for Marvel’s “Daredevil”. There are a lot of important characters to Daredevil’s mythos, but Stick is amongst the very most important, as he helps […]

The Rundown: Drax Set for Major Role in Third “Avengers” Film?, “Star Wars” #1 Getting Major Push, and more

By David Harper | Sep 15, 2014 | 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. – It sounds like Dave Bautista might be having an even bigger role than the rest of the Guardians in the third Avengers film, […]

The Rundown: Live Action “Titans” Show is Coming, Kurtzman Promises a Dark “Venom” Tale in Film, and more

By David Harper | Sep 12, 2014 | 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. – “Titans”, a Teen Titans live-action series, is nearing a pilot order from TNT and screenwriters Akiva Goldsman (“A Beautiful Mind”) and Marc Haimes. […]

The Rundown: Marvel Defends Not Inviting Kelly Sue DeConnick to Creative Summit, First Detailed Look at “Batman V Superman” Batmobile, and more

By Brian Salvatore | Sep 11, 2014 | 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. – This is a little bit of a “he said, she said” situation. So, in an interview on the Inkstuds Podcast, Kelly Sue DeConnick […]

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The Rundown: “Punk Rock Jesus” Gets a Deluxe Hardcover, “The Walking Dead” Has an Ending, and more

By David Harper | Sep 10, 2014 | 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. – This is just incredible news and I am willing to give them my money whenever it officially arrives: Sean Gordon Murphy tweeted that […]

DC Finally Has A Good Idea and Announces A Darwyn Cooke Variant Month For December

By Alice W. Castle | Sep 9, 2014 | News

Boy, you know who I love? I love Darwyn Cooke. I love him enough that I wrote a lot about him for this year’s Artist August. His artwork can be so emblematic of a time gone past for comics, bringing a sense of that simpler shining Silver Age back to the page. That’s why I […]

Top Shelf’s Annual Massive $3 Sale is Tomorrow — But You Can Get In On It Right Now

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 9, 2014 | News

Starting tomorrow, Top Shelf will be launching their annual sale in which they slash prices on all of their comics and let you raid their stock like the ravenous comic-loving hounds you are. And, wouldn’t you know it, but we actually have permission to talk about it today, so we’re going to. Top Shelf is […]

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