Multiversity Rewind

Manga: A Reconciliation

By Paul Lai | Oct 26, 2015 | Longform

At Multiversity, we love comics. Sometimes, love is complicated. This is a story of why an Asian-American comics reader departed from Asian comics, and why he came back. My relationship with manga has been symptomatic of complicated relationships between culture and identity, reading and longing. But at some point, I had to ask myself those […]

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Reviews

When Marvel Went Weird – “Omega the Unknown” [Review]

By Matthew Garcia | Oct 6, 2015 | Reviews

Originally published from 2007 to 2008, “Omega the Unknown” came from a period of time when corporate superhero comic companies were looking beyond their usual rosters for writers, artists, and other creators to help contribute to their universes. Following his success on The Fortress of Solitude, Marvel asked Jonathan Lethem to write a comic, and […]

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“Don’t Forget 3 Oct 11”: What Fullmetal Alchemist Means to Me

By Ken Godberson III | Oct 3, 2015 | Longform

“Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is Alchemy’s First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world’s one, and only, truth.” October 3rd is an incredibly important day to a great deal of people. […]

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Annotations

Hell Notes: The Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra

By Mark Tweedale | Oct 2, 2015 | Annotations

Welcome to Hell Notes, Multiversity Comics’ annotation column for the Hellboy Universe. Sorry this one is a little late. I had something entirely different planned for September and it fell through. For now, I’m going to look at the Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra. Spoiler Warning. I’ll be discussing huge spoilers for Frankenstein Underground, the latest […]

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Humor, Humility, and Heroism: A Conversation with Gene Luen Yang (Part 3 of 3)

By Paul Lai | Sep 30, 2015 | Longform

If you’re searching for significance in Gene Luen Yang’s oeuvre, you need look no further than his very first page: A kid’s nose is pregnant with an alien. That’s the premise introduced at the start of Yang’s “Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks,” his first published comic. I’m not going to go digging too […]

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Coding Stories: A Conversation with Gene Luen Yang (Part 2 of 3)

By Paul Lai | Sep 29, 2015 | Longform

Spoiler warning for the opening page of writer Gene Luen Yang and artist Mike Holmes’ new “Secret Coders,” published by First Second. “I’m going to tell you a story— a story about me,” it reads, in caption boxes over a black background. “But I’m telling you so you’ll remember— remember about you.” (This article about […]

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Teaching Comics, Learning Comics: A Conversation with Gene Luen Yang (Part 1 of 3)

By Paul Lai | Sep 28, 2015 | Longform

Gene Luen Yang is a little nervous about his next book. Why would the 2015 Eisner winner for Best Writer have even the faintest apprehensions about his latest graphic novel, “Secret Coders,” drawn by Mike Holmes, and releasing today, September 28th, from First Second? Holmes’ art is adept and charming. First Second’s publishing record is enviable and […]

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Reviews

Jim Rugg’s “Street Angel” and the Modern Day Ashcan Edition [Review]

By Mike Romeo | Sep 15, 2015 | Reviews

If you read Wizard magazine in the early 90s, I’d bet you know what an ashcan is. In those heady days, Image was all over them. Pitt, The Maxx, Cyberforce, Deathblow, these are just a few of the titles that got this coveted treatment. Today, these issues would be classified as ‘mini comics’ or ‘reprints,’ either […]

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Podcasts

Robots From Tomorrow – Episode 226: X-Force by Milligan and Allred

By Mike Romeo and Greg Matiasevich | Sep 10, 2015 | Podcasts

Black Ops Sports Team. That was the pitch for “X-Force” as part of the spring 2001 relaunch of the X-Men line, stuck somewhere between Claremont’s “X-Treme” and Casey’s “Uncanny.” A Vertigo mainstay and an indie cartoonist doing an X-Book? How crazy was that? But “X-Force” turned out to be the little book that could, grabbing […]

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Podcasts

Robots From Tomorrow – Episode 222: Seconds by Bryan Lee O’Malley [Podcast]

By Mike Romeo and Greg Matiasevich | Aug 27, 2015 | Podcasts

How do you follow up a juggernaut like “Scott Pilgrim?” Six volumes, a major motion picture, tons of awards… the task of coming up with the next thing after that has to be a daunting one. But after 4 years, O’Malley answered that question with “Seconds,” an OGN about a young restaurateur given the chance […]

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Interviews

Minding MIND MGMT: An Exit Interview with Matt Kindt

By Drew Bradley | Aug 25, 2015 | Interviews

“MIND MGMT” was a massive undertaking in new territory for its creator, Matt Kindt. With the series’ conclusion upon us, there was time for one final interview about the experience, the success, and the future. “MIND MGMT” was the first book you did monthly art chores on, and it’s the longest monthly book you’ve written. […]

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Robots From Tomorrow – Episode 220: Matt Kindt [Podcast]

By Mike Romeo | Aug 20, 2015 | Podcasts

After 37 issues, to call Matt Kindt’s “Mind MGMT” an ‘accomplishment’ almost feels like an understatement. Kindt not only wrote, penciled, inked, colored and lettered the entire series, he also provided covers, back-up strips, supplemental material, a litany of secrets, and fake back page ads for every issue. With “New MGMT” #1, the final issue […]

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