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Multiversity Keeps It Real: “The Influencing Machine”

By | Feb 15, 2017 | Columns

Does the news control us or reflect who we are? It’s a question with wide-ranging implications, and one explored with wit and energy in the non-fiction comic “The Influencing Machine.” Written by Brooke Gladstone Illustrated by Josh Neufeld A million listeners trust NPR’s Brooke Gladstone to guide them through the complexities of the modern media. […]

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Multiversity Keeps It Real: The Fifth Beatle

By | Nov 27, 2013 | Columns

Written by Vivek J. Tiwary, drawn by Andrew C. Robinson, and released by Dark Horse, “The Fifth Beatle” is the story of the man who made the Beatles superstars. Here we get an up-close look at how Brian Epstein contributed to the biggest musical phenomenon of the 20th century; but it’s on the isolation, not […]

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Multiversity Keeps It Real: March, Book One

By | Aug 23, 2013 | Columns

This is the story of a key figure in the civil rights movement – told by the man himself. Written in collaboration with congressional staffer Andrew Aydin, and drawn by Nate Powell, this first volume of Congressman John Lewis’ autobiography is a moving look at a deeply influential man’s inspirations. Focusing, in the beginning, on […]

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Multiversity Keeps It Real: True Story

By | May 6, 2013 | Columns

When I first started this column I got it into my head that memoirs don’t really count as non-fiction, at least not in the same way a book like Feynman does. It seemed to me a question of objectivity: a history or biography will draw from multiple sources and (hopefully) present a nuanced view of […]

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Multiversity Keeps It Real: Two Generals

By | Jan 1, 2013 | Columns

Scott Chantler’s Two Generals is more than a true story about friendship and loss in World War II. It’s also the story of Chantler’s own grandfather — one the author feels would mortify the man had he lived to read it. But as the author explains in the concluding pages, “we must hand [our families’ […]

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Multiversity Keeps It Real: Feynman

By | Nov 27, 2012 | Columns

The trouble with writing any feature on non-fiction comics is that it risks becoming a Jim Ottaviani column pretty fast. The man has written so many wonderful comics — chiefly about scientists and their discoveries — that his work could easily dominate any discussion of comics as historical or scientific teaching tools. And so, taking […]

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