Off the Cape

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Off the Cape: Tale of Sand

By | Jan 10, 2013 | Columns

In the 70’s and 80’s, Jim Henson became famous for his work in children’s entertainment.  Between “Sesame Street,” “The Muppet Show,” “Muppet Babies,” “The Storyteller,” “Fraggle Rock,” the Muppet movies, “The Dark Crystal,” and “Labyrinth,” Henson left a legacy behind unmatched by anyone but the great Walt Disney himself.  However, before his career as a […]

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Off the Cape: Prophet

By | Dec 18, 2012 | Columns

Among much of the Multiversity staff, I have had many good things to say about the re-launch of Extreme Studios’ “Prophet.”  The series is helmed by Brandon Graham, with a rotating cast of talented rising stars on art duties, including himself, Simon Roy, Farel Dalrymple, Giannis Milogiannis, and colorists Richard Ballermann and Joseph Bergin III.  […]

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Off the Cape: Beasts of Burden

By | Nov 14, 2012 | Columns

Before we get into our latest featured comic, I feel an apology is overdue, as I’ve been unable to post an OTC since before Hurricane Sandy. As a resident of New Jersey living close to the shore, my area was hit pretty hard. My grandparents live in Sea Bright, and if you want to see […]

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Off the Cape: Fell

By | Oct 29, 2012 | Columns

These days, comics are not cheap. More and more mainstream comics are reaching for the $3.99 price level, and decompression is the rule. Quite often, you need several issues to complete a story arc. When it’s gotten to the point where you need to throw down over $50 to collect the “most important story ever!” […]

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Off the Cape: Spaceman

By | Oct 17, 2012 | Columns

I am the first one to admit a personal bias for science fiction (I blame “Star Wars” and Isaac Asimov).  Therefore, I can understand your doubts when I say that the miniseries “Spaceman” is Brian Azzarello’s greatest work yet.  Sure, “100 Bullets” sold a lot more copies, but it had trouble maintaining its early momentum […]

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Off the Cape: Shaolin Cowboy

By | Oct 9, 2012 | Columns

In “Soliciting Multiversity: Dark Horse’s September 2012,” we were excited to announce the return of one of my all-time favorite comic book characters: the Shaolin Cowboy, created by Geof Darrow.  In “The Shaolin Cowboy Adventure Magazine,” a pulp-style trade paperback coming out on the 24th from Dark Horse, the Shaolin Cowboy returns in a prose […]

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Off the Cape: Adventure Time

By | Sep 27, 2012 | Columns

Anyone who follows “Comics Should Be Cheap!” every week already knows I’m a huge fan of Kaboom!’s “Adventure Time” comic, based on the hit Cartoon Network show created by Pendleton Ward. The comic version is written by Ryan North, with art usually done by Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb (with talented up-and-comer Mike Holmes filling […]

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Off the Cape: One Soul

By | Sep 17, 2012 | Columns

Every year or two, I stumble across a book that radically expands my understanding of what a comic book is and what it can accomplish.  Some books are determined to push the boundaries of the medium in new and unexpected ways.  Often, attempts at innovation in the medium fail in being good stories, and pull […]

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Off the Cape: Ragemoor

By | Sep 10, 2012 | Columns

Ever since Fredric Wertham’s infamous witch-hunt and the formation of the Comics Code Authority, the superhero genre has dominated the comics medium.  Other once-popular genres, like romance, true crime, fantasy, mystery and science fiction, were decimated by his self-righteous crusade but have made modest comebacks in recent decades.  The horror genre was arguably affected the […]

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Off the Cape: Reset

By | Aug 27, 2012 | Columns

Nobody is perfect. We all screw up from time to time. Sometimes, we screw up so bad we wish we could just hit a reset button and try things over again, this time without making the same mistakes. In Peter Bagge’s “Reset,” from Dark Horse, failed comedian and alleged wife-beater Guy Krause is given a […]

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Off the Cape: What Am I Going To Do Without You?

By | Aug 21, 2012 | Columns

This week, we’re going to take a look at Patt Kelley’s “What Am I Going To Do Without You?”  It’s Patt Kelley’s first full-length solo book, so it’s a little rough around the edges, but there is a lot of talent here–especially for storytelling.  At 125 pages, written, drawn, inked and watercolored (in greys) all […]

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Off The Cape: Wild Children

By | Aug 13, 2012 | Columns

“Did you ever think about how the comics in your home are just like ecosystems at different depths?” This is just one of the many questions posed by Ales Kot and Riley Rossmo’s “Wild Children,” a comics novella that aims to be a lot more than just a temporary escape into fantastical worlds of capes […]

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