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The time has come during our celebration of lettering for a showcase of some particular lettering samples which merit discussion all on their own. By necessity, these selections will be limited and ...
Have you ever wondered why comics are lettered in all caps? If you’ve been a comic reader for any amount of time, you’ve probably heard a variety of reasons, but unless you’ve heard of the Ames Guide, ...
Welcome to Hobtown, a charmingly bleak village (Population: 2,006) and an easy place to get bored if you don’t make your own fun. Hobtown Regional High’s top girl, Dana Nance, runs the Teen Detective ...
“Run For It” opens with a Bantu slave sitting angrily under a dark cloud with the title of the first story, “Kalunga.” The word refers to the the grandness of god, the sea, and death. It’s a good way ...
“The Savage Dragon” #1 is basically an origin story about how Dragon, a mysterious green man with a fin on his head, became a member of Chicago’s police force, taking down the Windy City’s criminal ...
The comics community comes together in empathy for the destruction that Puerto Rico faced after the island was hit with two major hurricanes in quick succession. Many Latinx contributors answered to ...
Multiversity’s history column is breaking format a bit this week. Instead of scanning multiple events from decades ago, I’m going to follow up on a recent event. Today marks the one-year anniversary ...
Every great legend has a beginning and horror stories are no different. However, our tale-as it is based on a true story-begins at the very end. The legendary Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory is dead, ...
With this week bringing the first issue of a new Flash series written by DC superstar Geoff Johns, now is as good a time as any to get acquainted with the Scarlet Speedster. While the sane approach ...
This made the general round of comic book websites in the past week or so, but we accidentally missed it. Apologies. The above image is a poster created by Pop Chart Lab with the help of Marvel’s ...
Welcome back to Minding Mind MGMT, the monthly column focused on the Dark Horse series “Mind MGMT” from Matt Kindt. It’s been almost a year since the first issue hit stands, so it seems like a good ...
Under the watchful gaze of the mysterious Labyrinto, Black Beetle fights for his life! Is this the doing of a man that Black Beetle thought was dead? Could a zombie mobster be commanding the foes of ...