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“Pulp”

By | Sep 17, 2020 | Reviews

Westerns, WWII, and Crime. Put ‘em in a blender and what do you get? A slurry of strange ideas, an affinity for guns, and the questions of where the lines between lawlessness and criminality really lie or, in another word, a pulp story. Or in another, another word THIS “Pulp” story. Also lots of punching in the jaw. Why they love punching in the jaw?

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“Slaughterhouse-Five”

By | Sep 17, 2020 | Reviews

If ever there was a time to feel “stuck in the amber of the moment,” it is now. It certainly seems so for Americans, where the economy has stalled out due to a nationwide pandemic that has trapped people in their homes and forcibly separated them, even from their loved ones. Where institutional forces long […]

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“Be Gay, Do Comics”

By | Sep 10, 2020 | Reviews

“Be Gay, Do Comics” opens with a comic by Joey Alison Sayers about the ultimate “gender reveal party gone wrong,” which is my favorite genre of videos on YouTube. It’s followed by Kendra Wells giving a few less-fatal, but not wholly nonfatal, options for a gender reveal party. The point is, in a world where […]

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“Flake”

By | Sep 7, 2020 | Reviews

This review contains minor spoilers. Earlier this year, Matthew Dooley’s debut graphic novel “Flake” became the first comic book to win the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, the UK’s only literary award for comedy literature. It is, indeed, a very funny book, but it’s also a somber reflection on the mundanity of working class life in […]

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“Eat, and Love Yourself”

By | Sep 3, 2020 | Reviews

You matter. You are worthy of love. You are fine just the way you are. If you’re not feeling this way after you finish “Eat, and Love Yourself,” you’ve missed the message. (This book contains a trigger warning for depictions of bulimia and body dysmorphic disorder.) Written and Illustrated by Sweeney Boo Colored by Joana […]

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“The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist”

By | Sep 2, 2020 | Reviews

The boutique-y material object, covered in black Moleskin-like wrappings, complete with “New York Times Bestselling Author” sticker, tips the reader off (in case you didn’t know) to the highbrow graphic novel event that is the release of Adrian Tomine’s “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist” from Drawn + Quarterly. But comics fans turned off by […]

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“Retina” Volumes 1-3

By | Aug 21, 2020 | Reviews

“Retina” puts a futuristic spin on the crime thriller. Set in 2030, it tells a tale of a rogue cop following a lead farther than it should have been followed. He steps into the territory of a mysterious organisation that is guided only by money. The world-building gives great potential to the story and Philippe […]

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“Constitution Illustrated”

By | Aug 19, 2020 | Reviews

I, the reviewer of Multiversity Comics, in order to form a more perfect critique, establish interest, determine success of intent, provide understanding, promote the general readership, and secure the desired outcome for myself and the readers at large, do ordain and establish this review for the readers of Multiversity Comics. Written, Illustrated, Colored and Lettered […]

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“The Cloven: Book One”

By | Aug 11, 2020 | Reviews

Cloven is a book of genetically engineered satyrs set loose on the world. And it begins with a lie: the first two pages tell the sad story of the conception and birth of Tuck, a goat-boy. None of it is true. But it’s a confusion that sets up the story nicely. This is the first […]

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“One Year at Ellsmere”

By | Aug 4, 2020 | Reviews

Earlier this month, Faith Erin Hicks’s new book “One Year at Ellsmere” came out from First Second. But was it new? Back in 2008, SLG Publishing released “The War at Ellsmere,” also by Faith Erin Hicks. Isn’t this just the same book with a new title? In a broad sense, yes—“War” readers will find “One […]

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“Virtually Yours”

By | Jul 28, 2020 | Reviews

“Virtually Yours” is a romantic comedy with a technological twist. The creative team aim to deliver a tale that upends the usual conventions of the genre. Despite this bold mission statement, “Virtually Yours” suffers from under-cooked ideas and pacing issues that not even Beals’ stylish, slick art and a charming characters can entirely make up […]

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