2014 in Review

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2014 in Review: Best Writer

By | Dec 17, 2014 | Columns

We’re nearing the end of Multiversity’s 2014 in Review segments, and today, we have one of the final three categories: Best Writer. As per usual, it was a tightly contested category. In fact, only one vote separated #1 and #2 in our rankings, making it by far the closest call when all precincts were closed. […]

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2014 in Review: Best Issue

By | Dec 16, 2014 | Columns

In a serialized medium, sometimes it can be hard to judge a book on a single issue. After all, we’re just looking at one issue of a much greater story. But that’s part of what makes a single comic such a great thing. To deliver a truly powerful story in just 20 or more pages […]

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2014 in Review: Best Mini-Series

By | Dec 15, 2014 | Columns

Even as minis become less and less popular in comics, we continue to see a bevy of excellent choices each and every year. 2014 was no different, including surprising digital comics, resurgences from long-time favorites, thrilling takes on new versions of familiar tales, and one long awaited comic that is near and dear to our […]

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2014 in Review: Best Graphic Novel

By | Dec 12, 2014 | Columns

We’ll start this with a bold statement: 2014 was one of the greatest years in the history of graphic novels. The books we left off of our list, which include gems like “Through the Woods”, “Beautiful Darkness”, “Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen”, “Hip Hop Family Tree Volume Two”, “This One Summer”, and many more, […]

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2014 in Review: Best New Series

By | Dec 11, 2014 | Columns

With the deluge of relaunches, reboots and creator-owned books arriving each and every year, Best New Series has somehow become one of our most competitive categories. Image by itself produces enough to fill our entire ranks, and when you factor in publishers like Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Boom!, Dynamite and more, our cup runneth over […]

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2014 in Review: Most Overlooked Comic

By | Dec 10, 2014 | Columns

This is always Multiversity’s biggest cluster of a category, as overlooked can mean so many different things for so many different people. But to us, it means this: By overlooked, we mean the books that are so good, it seems insane that everyone isn’t reading them or hasn’t been reading them. They may have a […]

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2014 in Review: Best Cover Artist

By | Dec 9, 2014 | Columns

They say a picture’s worth a thousand words, but a comic cover might be worth even more. Hell, in today’s day and age, if it’s good enough, it’s worth $3.99. After all, at least in our minds, comic covers have three main goals: 1. They’re supposed to pitch the comic to potential readers 2. They’re […]

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2014 in Review: Best Publisher

By | Dec 8, 2014 | Columns

Today in 2014 in Review, we kick off the main categories that we’ve been running for the past five years with a look at which publishers impressed us the most in the calendar year. And we’re at an amazing point, as a record (for us) ten publishers earned votes as we attempted to develop a […]

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2014 in Review: Breakout Writer

By | Dec 7, 2014 | Columns

What does breaking out in comics really mean? After all, someone could release their first work and blow people’s minds or they could go from doing good work to mind blowing work, and they’d still be a breakout, just in a different way. Today on 2014 in Review, we’re going to break down who in […]

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2014 in Review: Breakout Artist

By | Dec 6, 2014 | Columns

What does breaking out in comics really mean? After all, someone could start their career with an explosive first work or they could go from doing good work to something mind blowing, and they’d still be a breakout, just in a different way. They both count in our book. To kick off Multiversity’s 2014 in […]

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