Podcasts about multiversity comics

Get your coats and don't forget the one for your little dog! Guest host, Chris Egan (Multiversity Comics), joins the bookclub gang to check out another Young Hellboy tale. Enjoy a big ol' helping of listener feedback, some live music talk and our discussion of "Young Hellboy: Assault on Castle Death!" I wanna keep reading comics, but my eyes are too hot.  05:26 - Listener Feedback 41:39 - Whaddya See, Whaddya Say? 55:39 - Young Hellboy More of Christopher Egan at Multiversity Comics! http://www.multiversitycomics.com/author/cegan/ Here's Chris Egan's review for Man's Best by Jesse Lonergan http://www.multiversitycomics.com/reviews/mans-best-1/ Check out Matt Strackbein https://linktr.ee/TheLetterhack Subscribe to The Letterhack on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/TheLetterhack?sub_confirmation=1 Check out Johnny Wer's Hellboy Playlist! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/00TnKbNHpX1BphScDD5tbU?si=4tYfHhMOS8ywO7_ihHqBtQ  Julian Xamo's Avatar Watch and Read order! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BhOsm_CN_EFpnX7W15SRA4KvNHfHgAEwKfmRSZym8wE/edit?usp=sharing  Jesse Lonergan T-Shirts https://www.teepublic.com/user/jesse-lonergan Check out "Mike Mignola's Art" Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/121664335173788/?mibextid=aE13LE Nacho the Amazon Parrot https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xDV6yWcEGic Lucy the parrot sings "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbQrcrul_uc opening and closing theme by https://onlybeast.com/ 

This episode was originally broadcast on January 15, 2015.   People often say there is a single line between fantasy and reality. But in Farel Dalrymple's "The Wrenchies", there are just as many lines between different realities as there are on the pages themselves. Described by Multiversity Comics' own Matthew Meylikhov as a book "about how damn great and powerful comic books are", Dalrymple's graphic novel is one part post-apocalyptic children's adventure, one part existential adult apocalypse, one part semiautobio, one part love letter to four-color stories, and one part alchemical x-factor. Each new reading brings as many questions as answers, but Mike and Greg take a stab at what Dalrymple is trying to say with Sherwood, Hollis, and the rest of the cast. Background is given, techniques are discussed, knowledge is dropped, and the unforgiving mistress that is watercolor is name-checked in this attempt to try and encapsulate what one of 2014's strongest OGN's means to its characters, its creator, and its audience. Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. Stay safe & enjoy your funny books.

Greg Matiasevich (of Multiversity Comics' "Robots from Tomorrow" podcast) joins Douglas to discuss Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine! #1-12, a Lee/Kirby tribute miniseries spearheaded by Erik Larsen and Eric Stephenson. Topics include "Jack Kirby" as a genre, the lost Kirby black-light poster, and how this cast of thousands went about approximating the vintage F.F. vibe.

David Harper wrote hundreds of thousands of words over a five-year period without making a single penny from his comic book criticism. In 2009, he and a couple friends launched Multiversity Comics, a fan website that went on to be nominated for an Eisner Award, which is basically the comic book equivalent of an Oscar. In 2015, David struck off on his own, launching an incredibly popular podcast and website. As his audience grew, he began to think about ways he could monetize it, and he eventually rolled out a paid subscription model. In my interview with David, we talked about the origin of his comic book fandom, where he found his audience, and how he designed his subscription offering.

This episode was originally broadcast on May 25, 2016. Mike and Greg squeeze in another freeform talk before the lead-up to next week’s “Dark Horse Month” over at Multiversity Comics. Having recently returned to the office-dwelling workforce, Greg starts things off with thoughts about how to decorate your workspace and the different levels of letting your geek flag fly. Do you go all-out? Is less really more? Even within SFW limits, what are the parameters to consider when deciding what parts of your fandom to share with the uninitiated? And are you prepared for the questions, comments, and fallout of your choices? You might be with this crowd a while, so getting off on the right foot is important. Find out where he & Mike draw their particular lines! Then it's off to the iPads for some Marvel Unlimited back-issue bin rummaging! Leading out of a request by fellow MCer Matthew Garcia, the lads come up with some off-the-cuff recommendations and cover art critiques. Plus Jim Lee faces off against John Byrne with Mark Chiarello waiting in the wings, Humberto Ramos spins many a Spider-Man cover, and Greg carpet F-bombs the work of one particular Marvel cover artist. Is it Greg Land? Greg Horn? Greg Capullo? Find out who and much more on this episode! Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth’s surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. Stay sage and enjoy your funny books.

This episode was originally broadcast on October 5, 2017. While the first name in British comics is undoubtedly 2000AD, Greg recently got a chance to talk with a representative of the other big player in comics across the pond: Chris Thompson, Brand Manager for Titan Comics. For over 35 years, Titan has brought two different areas of books to its British audience: film & TV tie-ins, and graphic novels. Just this month sees the return of Jack Kirby & Joe Simon’s Fighting American and iconic science fiction hero Dan Dare, but also the launch of Statix Press, an initiative by the publisher to bring a diverse selection of European comics to English-speaking readers. In his role as Brand Manager, Chris is definitely THE person to talk to when it comes to Titan. But this being Robots, Greg also digs a little in Chris’ backstory and how he went from young comics reader to the Eisner-winning bon vivant you hear today (and on his Multiversity Comics podcast Pop Culture Hound).  Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth’s surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. Stay safe and enjoy your funny books.

While Dave's CHASIN' THE BIRD has been delayed until October, you can still get your Chisholm fix with this earlier chat with Greg from March 17, 2017. Dave Chisholm may not have been in the comics industry long enough to achieve the 'rock star' status of someone like Jim Lee or Paul Pope, but in terms of creating both comics AND music, he's a band apart from just about every other creator out there. Because when you write and draw your own graphic novel (Instrumental from Z2 Comics), compose/perform a companion soundtrack to be released simultaneously WITH that graphic novel, AND have another full-length album of music from the band you front being released around the same time (Talking Under Water self-titled debut album on April 28th, 2017) . . . what other label is there? Decide for yourself after listening to this interview, where Greg talks with Dave about process both musical and sequential, the difficulty of getting the essence of sound across a silent medium, and more. Where else could you hear talk about Frank Quitely, Kevin Nowlan, and Brian Eno in the same discussion? And if that wasn't enough, you can hear of clips "Celebration" and "Death and the Narrator" (from "Instrumental"'s upcoming score) in the episode itself, PLUS the full "Celebration" track from the Multiversity Comics episode post page! BONUS: Here are the two other non-"Instrumental" pieces of music mentioned in the episode: "Tossing and Turning" from the Tossing and Turning EP by Talking Under Water   "Calligraphy" from Calligraphy by Dave Chisholm  Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. Stay safe and enjoy your funny books. 

Jeez, gang! I threw my back out this week! Instead of a regular bookclub episode, we talk Hellboy In Hell theories and chat with Multiversity Comics writer and Hellboy scholar, Mark Tweedale! Get some light stretching in while you listen! 03:06 - Listener Feedback More from Mark Tweedale - http://www.multiversitycomics.com/author/mtweedale/ 

This episode originally aired January 28, 2015. This week’s episode swings the pendulum back in a more mainstream direction by taking aim at a Jim Starlin Big Two cosmic event book with an oddball collection of heroes and a Machiavellian manipulator at the center of things. Infinity Gauntlet? Nope! Cosmic Odyssey! To make things even better, Mike and Greg are joined on this journey into mystery by Multiversity Comics’ own DC expert Brian Salvatore! The lads leave few, if any, stones unturned in this look back at the Prestige Format miniseries from 1988. Come for the Starlin talk, stay for the Mignola discussion and tons of other interesting tidbits, like what are each of our #fourcomics picks, which artist showed Brian that superheroes didn’t have to fit a certain artistic mold, why Batman plays the whole “don’t use guns” and “don’t kill” things pretty fast and loose in this series, how his relationship with Superman should be handled, and who turns out to be the character most affected by this series. Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth’s surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. Enjoy your funny books.

In this kick off to the new era of the show Kevin covers the Marvel news from MCM Comic Con London, including the reveal of a new "Giant-Sized X-Men" title, before taking a brief look at the January 2020 solicitations. Then, in the show's newest segment, Brian, Zach, and Vince the hosts of Multiversity Comics's sister show The DC3Cast debut their monthly Dawn of X review segment.

With Mike stepping out from the underground recording studio for some fresh air, Greg checks in with some of the Multiversity Comics crew: Social Media Manager (and Jane-of-all-trades) Kate Kosturski and self-proclaimed 'last man standing' Brian Salvatore! Taking the lead spot, Kate talks about getting to talk to creators in person at FlameCon and TerrificCon, her interview process, and how she manages to stay on top of promoting a multiverse of different articles and podcasts each day on social media. Then Brian talks about the challenges of wrangling content from 60+ contributors every day, the best advice he uses every day, how he calls himself a Beatles fan without having seen Yesterday yet, and which group is more hyperbolic in their jobs: coaches or comics editors?  All that, plus thoughts on the new Joker trailer, D23 reveals, and a little more talk about a galaxy far, far, away on today's episode! Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth’s surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. Enjoy your funny books.  

This episode was originally broadcast on June 22, 2016. Our month-long look at Dark Horse Comics continues, both over at Multiversity Comics and here on this show with today's overview of the publisher’s various anthology offerings. Yes, we’ve all heard of Dark Horse Presents . . . but what about Mayhem? Or Deadline USA? Or Cheval Noir? The lads dig deep on this one to give credit where credit is due for Dark Horse’s commitment to delivering many different kinds of comics in single-issue packages. Why was there no manga anthology? Who was Toren Smith? What made Dark Horse Comics publish Dark Horse Comics? Which Alan Moore collaborator did Greg think made an appearance in ‘Sin City’ during its initial serialization in DHP? When did Ed Brubaker share shelf space with . . . Dr. Giggles? How did ‘The Masque’ wind up with a spelling change and a new lease on life? The answers to all those questions and more on today’s episode! Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth’s surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. Enjoy your funny books.

This episode originally aired March 17, 2017. Dave Chisholm may not have been in the comics industry long enough to achieve the 'rock star' status of someone like Jim Lee or Paul Pope, but in terms of creating both comics AND music, he's a band apart from just about every other creator out there. Because when you write and draw your own graphic novel ("Instrumental" from Z2 Comics in May), compose/perform a companion soundtrack to be released simultaneously WITH that graphic novel, AND have another full-length album of music from the band you front being released around the same time (Talking Under Water self-titled debut album on April 28th, 2017) . . . what other label is there? Decide for yourself after listening to this interview, where Greg talks with Dave about process both musical and sequential, the difficulty of getting the essence of sound across a silent medium, and more. Where else could you hear talk about Frank Quitely, Kevin Nowlan, and Brian Eno in the same discussion? And if that wasn't enough, you can hear of clips "Celebration" and "Death and the Narrator" (from "Instrumental"'s upcoming score) in the episode itself, PLUS the full "Celebration" track from the Multiversity Comics episode post page! BONUS: Here are the two other non-"Instrumental" pieces of music mentioned in the episode: "Tossing and Turning" from the Tossing and Turning EP by Talking Under Water   "Calligraphy" from Calligraphy by Dave Chisholm  Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books. 

Welcome to That's The Issue! This is the very first episode of a brand new era for the show, as it's the first one for Multiversity Comics! This first episode is a little bit of a zero episode if you will. Wes was unable to join me for this inaugural show due to sickness, and my voice has a unique raspiness to it that only comes from some sickness that's plagued me these past few weeks. So instead of diving right into the show proper, this is an episode that brings you up to speed on That's The Issue, as well as letting you peek into the vault by playing some of my favorite clips from past episodes of the show. Enjoy! Theme song: It Feels Good to be Alive Too by Loyalty Freak Music

This episode originally posted on January 28, 2015. This week's episode swings the pendulum back in a more mainstream direction by taking aim at a Jim Starlin Big Two cosmic event book with an oddball collection of heroes and a Machiavellian manipulator at the center of things. "Infinity Gauntlet"? Nope! "Cosmic Odyssey"! To make things even better, Mike and Greg are joined on this journey into mystery by Multiversity Comics' own DC expert Brian Salvatore! The lads leave few, if any, stones unturned in this look back at the Prestige Format miniseries from 1988. Come for the Starlin talk, stay for the Mignola discussion and tons of other interesting tidbits, like what are each of our #fourcomics picks, which artist showed Brian that superheroes didn't have to fit a certain artistic mold, why Batman plays the whole "don't use guns" and "don't kill" things pretty fast and loose in this series, how his relationship with Superman should be handled, and who turns out to be the character most affected by this series. Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.

While the first name in British comics is undoubtedly "2000 AD", Greg recently got a chance to talk with a representative of the other big player in comics across the pond: Chris Thompson, Brand Manager for Titan Comics. For over 35 years, Titan has brought two different areas of books to its British audience: film & TV tie-ins, and graphic novels. Just this month sees the return of Jack Kirby & Joe Simon's “Fighting American” and iconic science fiction hero Dan Dare, but also the launch of Statix Press, an initiative by the publisher to bring a diverse selection of European comics to English-speaking readers. In his role as Brand Manager, Chris is definitely THE person to talk to when it comes to Titan. But this being Robots, Greg also digs a little in Chris' backstory and how he went from young comics reader to the Eisner-winning bon vivant you hear today (and on his Multiversity Comics podcast Pop Culture Hound. (Note: This episode was recorded before

This week, we review the debut of The Beautiful Death and dive into the week's reading list, including Crosswind, Saga, Clue, Image Plus, Glitter Bomb Fame Game, Redneck, and Night Owl Society.Elsewhere, we discuss the Happy teaser, Deadly Class and Runaways coming to TV, It sequel, Tom King's workload, Venom, and Marvel Legacy.Next week's Debut Review:Eugenic #1 - From the GLAAD award-nominated team James Tynion IV (Dark Nights: Metal, Detective Comics) and Eryk Donovan (Constantine: The Hellblazer) comes a new vision of humanity's future in the vein of Black Mirror. When a plague ravages the world, one scientist discovers the cure and becomes the savior of mankind. Hope is restored, and the world rebuilds. But then people who took the cure begin having children who are... unnatural, and the definition of 'normal' is forever altered. '...what [Tynion IV and Donovan] are able to accomplish together becomes more and more interesting.' - Multiversity Comics

过去十二个月内，全球各地的信件及留言纷至沓来，从文字到语言，从字体到排版，从书本到展览……挂一漏万，今天的一百五十分钟，我们将与大家分享来函十五则。 本台一如既往地期盼听众反馈，致信请投 podcast@thetype.com。虽难逐一回覆，来函必读。 参考链接 凸版文久体，凸版印刷株式会社出品；现已搭载至 macOS Sierra，可从「字体册」中下载使用 围绕凸版文久体，东京印刷博物馆组织了一系列讲座；第二场「凸版文久体ができるまで 2」在 5 月 20 日举办，由该字体的日文设计师伊藤親雄和西文设计师岡野邦彦主讲 凌慧体，Monotype 出品；现已搭载至 macOS Sierra 及 iOS 10 关于 Google Noto 项目的两条视频，湘晔均有出演： Google’s International Fonts Noto — One Font to Rule Them All Creating Noto for Google One Ring（至尊魔戒），在烈火中可显现 Tengwar 文字写成的 Black Speech（黑暗语），包含「One Ring to rule them all」的语义；该典故出自 J. R. R. Tolkien 的作品《指环王》 日本历史事件「大政奉还」，也即庆应三年十月十四日（公元 1867 年 11 月 9 日）第十五代将军德川庆喜将政权交还天皇 Rex 更新了译文〈Eric Gill 错了：重新评估 Gill Sans〉，初稿在 2007 年 4 月 15 日刊于 Type is Beautiful 小林剑（Ken Lunde）在博客 CJK Type 上撰文，对比了思源宋体与思源黑体的开发细节；CJK Type 近期关于思源字体项目的其他文章，亦值得一读 ChaoShell 翻译了数篇关于思源字体项目的文章，刊于个人网站「字缘」 WhatTheFont，MyFonts 出品的西文字体识别工具 Smartisan OS 即将搭载「识别字体」功能，该功能由「求字体网」提供技术支持 Type is Beautiful 的「相关书单」，列出了字体排印领域内值得一读的中、西、日文书籍 Point（点），字体排印常用单位；因历史原因，其对应的实际物理长度在不同地区、不同年代的单位系统中并不统一： 常用的 DTP point 为 1/72 inch，合约 0.3528 mm Didot point，合约 0.3760 mm 在 Adobe InDesign 的「单位和增量」（Units & Increments）首选项中，可自定义 point 对应的 inch 长度 日本照排设备使用 Q（級，合 0.25 mm）和 H（歯，长度与 Q 相同）作为长度单位，该传统在 DTP 中亦有延续；另有大曲都市的文章可供参考 Helvetica vs. Arial，早年由 Stephan Widor 开发的一款 iOS 游戏， Ampersand (&)，符号形态是拉丁语单词「et」的合字，发音意指「and per se and (“&” by itself is “and”)」；「et」一词也出现在缩略语 etc. (et cetera) 和 et al. (et alii) 之中 Multiversity Comics 的一篇文章从书写工具角度解释了美国漫画台词的全大写体例缘由，提及了一件绘制参考线的工具尺 Ames Lettering Guide，可供参考 日本漫画台词常使用「アンチゴチ」模式混搭字体，假名配以明朝体（宋体），汉字配以哥特体（黑体） 《通用规范汉字表》，中华人民共和国国务院于 2013 年发布 网友东南西北在知乎专栏撰文讨论汉字「廷」的字形标准，可供参考 斫（zhuó），另有异体字「斮、斲、斵」 Eric 在知乎撰写的关于日语人称代词的答案；钱争予在知乎撰写的关于日语中部分第一人称代词的答案 予，读作 yú 时为第一人称代词，同「余」 日本京都汉字博物馆（漢検漢字博物館・図書館），位于京都祇园地带 貝合わせ，日本传统游戏，发源自平安时代 歌留多（かるた），日本传统牌戏；日本另有一种牌戏名为「花札」（はなふだ） Spline（样条），数学术语；其名称借用了绘制曲线的样条工具 Bézier curve（贝济埃曲线，也译作「贝塞尔曲线」） NURBS（non-uniform rational basis spline，非均匀有理 B 样条） 主播 Eric：字体排印研究者，译者，Type is Beautiful 编辑 蒸鱼：设计师，Type is Beautiful 编辑 欢迎与我们交流或反馈，来信请致 podcast@thetype.com。如果你喜爱本期节目，也欢迎用 PayPal 或支付宝向我们捐赠，账户与联络信箱一致：podcast@thetype.com。

If the brightest light casts the darkest shadow, then novelist Alex Segura made the perfect choice in setting his Pete Fernandez series of mystery novels in Miami. And if his name seems familiar, it should be to anyone listening to this show or checking out Multiversity Comics on a regular basis: Segura is not only the "PR guy" for Archie Comics, he also edits their Dark Circle line of titles as well as writing a few from time to time. But today's interview focuses on those mystery novels, the third of which ("Dangerous Ends") hit bookstores earlier this week. Greg finds out how Alex handles having to hit certain genre expectations while still finding something personal to say in his work, the benefits of writing more than one book at a time, some advice for how to promote your work without turning people off, and just what "Noir at the Bar" entails. All that and more on this week's episode! Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.

Dave Chisholm may not have been in the comics industry long enough to achieve the 'rock star' status of someone like Jim Lee or Paul Pope, but in terms of creating both comics AND music, he's a band apart from just about every other creator out there. Because when you write and draw your own graphic novel ("Instrumental" from Z2 Comics in May), compose/perform a companion soundtrack to be released simultaneously WITH that graphic novel, AND have another full-length album of music from the band you front being released around the same time (Talking Under Water self-titled debut album on April 28th) . . . what other label is there? Decide for yourself after listening to this interview, where Greg talks with Dave about process both musical and sequential, the difficulty of getting the essence of sound across a silent medium, and more. Where else could you hear talk about Frank Quitely, Kevin Nowlan, and Brian Eno in the same discussion? And if that wasn't enough, you can hear of clips "Celebration" and "Death and the Narrator" (from "Instrumental"'s upcoming score) in the episode itself, PLUS the full "Celebration" track from the Multiversity Comics episode post page! BONUS: Here are the two other non-"Instrumental" pieces of music mentioned in the episode: "Tossing and Turning" from the Tossing and Turning EP by Talking Under Water   "Calligraphy" from Calligraphy by Dave Chisholm  Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books. 

Our month-long look at Dark Horse Comics continues, both over at Multiversity Comics and here on this show with today's overview of the publisher's various anthology offerings. Yes, we've all heard of “Dark Horse Presents”...but what about “Mayhem”? Or “Deadline USA”? Or “Cheval Noir”? The lads dig deep on this one to give credit where credit is due for Dark Horse's commitment to delivering many different kinds of comics in single-issue packages. Why was there no manga anthology? Who was Toren Smith? What made Dark Horse Comics publish “Dark Horse Comics”? Which Alan Moore collaborator did Greg think made an appearance in ‘Sin City' during its initial serialization in “DHP”? When did Ed Brubaker share shelf space with… Dr. Giggles? How did ‘The Masque' wind up with a spelling change and a new lease on life? The answers to all those questions and more on today's episode! Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.

Mike and Greg squeeze in another freeform talk before the lead-up to next week's “Dark Horse Month” over at Multiversity Comics. Having recently returned to the office-dwelling workforce, Greg starts things off with thoughts about how to decorate your workspace and the different levels of letting your geek flag fly. Do you go all-out? Is less really more? Even within SFW limits, what are the parameters to consider when deciding what parts of your fandom to share with the uninitiated? And are you prepared for the questions, comments, and fallout of your choices? You might be with this crowd a while, so getting off on the right foot is important. Find out where he & Mike draw their particular lines! Then it's off to the iPads for some Marvel Unlimited back-issue bin rummaging! Leading out of a request by fellow MCer Matthew Garcia, the lads come up with some off-the-cuff recommendations and cover art critiques. Plus Jim Lee faces off against John Byrne with Mark Chiarello waiting in the wings, Humberto Ramos spins many a Spider-Man cover, and Greg carpet F-bombs the work of one particular Marvel cover artist. Is it Greg Land? Greg Horn? Greg Capullo? Find out who and much more on this episode! Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.

With Mike on assignment this week, Greg taps Multiversity Comics editor & frequent RFT guest Brian Salvatore to sit in on this week's episode, taking a look at the recent Eisner Award 2016 nominations. But while most of the internet chatter has been about the nominees, Greg & Brian aim this discussion at a slightly wider angle: do the 2016 Eisner categories really reflect where comics find themselves in 2016? Starting with a peek behind the proverbial curtain for Multiversity's own "Year in Review" criteria & goals, the talk goes wider to the North American comics awards landscape: Eisners, Harveys, and Ignatz. Find out which company had a stranglehold on the "Best Editor" Eisner for its entire run, what awards were given during the 1970s, why we don't give out Kirby Awards, and how to solve a problem like contradictory categories. All that, plus a proposal for the Kim Thompson Award and more on today's episode! 

It's Flash Appreciation Day at Multiversity Comics, and what better way could we celebrate than by throwing together a "Crisis"-style crossover with the DC3cast? Tune is as Mike, Greg, Zach, Vince and Brian discuss their favorite iterations of The Scarlet Speedster, with conversation spanning from The Golden Age to modern television. Did Jay Garrick really kill a librarian? Who dug Bart's short tenure as The Flash? Do Gorillas sell comics? And what role did fast food have in tesching us about comics? We'll answer these questions, plus a whole lot more, during this special edition of Robots From Tomorrow! Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books. For more adventures with Brian, Vince and Zach, check out the weekly DC3cast on iTunes!

With Mike on assignment this week for some big Multiversity Comics happenings, Greg brings in not one, but TWO guests to help fill the void. ROBOTS and Multiversity Comics contributor Paul Lai is joined by his comic-reading younger brother Sonny as the three lads discuss one of the more interesting miniseries of 2015: "Oh, Killstrike". This BOOM! Studios book tells a tale steeped in comics history meta-text and gargantuan-sized vengeance, as the fanboy-and-new-father protagonist is teamed up with a living, breathing version of the main character from "The Worst Comic Book Ever Created": Killstrike! Written by Max Bemis and drawn by Logan Faerber, "Oh, Killstrike" is chock-a-block with the type of in-jokes, commentary, and story that we love to dissect here at ROBOTS...no matter who's behind the mic! So all that and tons more is just a single mouse click away! Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.  

In this episode, Vince (@VJ_Ostrowski) and James (@JimJamJohnston) talk about the Star Wars Encyclopedia, Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap) chats with Zach (@sirfox89) about the Thrawn Novels. The show is rounded out by Jess (@CamachoJess), Matt (@MattSG), and Alice (@FallofthePoets) talking about the new canon novels, plus a little monologue by Zach at the end. As always, please visit Multiversity Comics (multiversitycomics.com) for all your comic-related needs. Of course, follow the show on Twitter (@ForceGhostC2C), email us (ForceGhostC2C@gmail.com), grab the show on ART19 (http://art19.com/shows/force-ghost-coast-to-coast), iTunes (https://t.co/kpqShG32Pa), and Stitcher (https://t.co/5ekiMUr02o), and call our hotline at 973-913-4627.

This episode is all about toys and video games. In this installment, Chris (@PopCultureHound) and Zach (@sirfox89) talk Star Wars toys, Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap) chats with Vince (@VJ_Ostrowski) about the Super Star Wars series for Super Ninento, Matt (@Mattsg) breaks down "Shadows of the Empire" for us, Ken (@KenGodbersonIII) talks "Rogue Squadron" with Zach and "Knights of the Old Republic" with Walt (@waltorr). We round out the episode with a monologue by Alice (@FallofthePoets). As always, please visit Multiversity Comics (multiversitycomics.com) for all your comic-related needs. Of course, follow the show on Twitter (@ForceGhostC2C), email us (ForceGhostC2C@gmail.com), grab the show on ART19 (http://art19.com/shows/force-ghost-coast-to-coast), iTunes (https://t.co/kpqShG32Pa), and Stitcher (https://t.co/5ekiMUr02o), and call our hotline at 973-913-4627.

In this episode, Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap) chats with Matt (@Mattsg) about George Lucas himself, Greg (@gregmatiasevich) about the Special Editions and other edits that Lucas has made, and then James (@JimJamJohnston) and Chris (@popculturehound) talk about Star Wars TV. As always, please visit Multiversity Comics (multiversitycomics.com) for all your comic-related needs. Of course, follow the show on Twitter (@ForceGhostC2C), email us (ForceGhostC2C@gmail.com), grab the show on ART19 (http://art19.com/shows/force-ghost-coast-to-coast), iTunes (https://t.co/kpqShG32Pa), and Stitcher (https://t.co/5ekiMUr02o), and call our hotline at 973-913-4627.

In this episode, Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap) chats with Greg (@gregmatiasevich) about the original Marvel Star Wars comics, and then talks with Walt (@waltorr) about the Dark Horse era of comics. The show is rounded out by Jess (@CamachoJess), Matt (@MattSG), and Alice (@FallofthePoets) talking about the modern Marvel comics, plus a little monologue by Alice at the end. As always, please visit Multiversity Comics (multiversitycomics.com) for all your comic-related needs. Of course, follow the show on Twitter (@ForceGhostC2C), email us (ForceGhostC2C@gmail.com), grab the show on ART19 (http://art19.com/shows/force-ghost-coast-to-coast), iTunes (https://t.co/kpqShG32Pa), and Stitcher (https://t.co/5ekiMUr02o), and call our hotline at 973-913-4627.

In this episode, Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap), Zach (@sirfox89), and Vince (@VJ_Ostrowski) discuss fans of the original trilogy's reactions to the prequels, and James (@JimJamJohnston) and Ken (@KenGodbersonIII) discuss growing up with the prequels. As always, please visit Multiversity Comics (multiversitycomics.com) for all your comic-related needs. Of course, follow the show on Twitter (@ForceGhostC2C), email us (ForceGhostC2C@gmail.com), grab the show on ART19 (http://art19.com/shows/force-ghost-coast-to-coast), iTunes (https://t.co/kpqShG32Pa), and Stitcher (https://t.co/5ekiMUr02o), and call our hotline at 973-913-4627.

A brief introduction to Force Ghost Coast to Coast, a new , Star Wars podcast from Multiversity Comics (multiversitycomics.com).

With Mike on assignment, the lads are more than happy to have Multiversity Comics colleague and comics-wielding educator Paul Lai filling in on the mic in his stead. And like any good substitute, Paul brought his own lesson plans and discussion topic: getting into and staying in comics. But this isn't a 'breaking in' discussion; he and Greg talk about how they got into READING comics and managed to wind up where they are today, lo those many years later. Secret origins are revealed, knowledge is dropped, mutual admiration espoused, and a pretty free-wheeling discussion spins out of Paul's visit to the subterranean recording studio.  Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.

DC You was supposed to be a ray of sunshine in the bleakest corners of the DCU. Has it worked? Well, not quite... Also discussed: adult coloring books, "Gotham City Sirens," and the craziest Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice rumor yet. The DC3cast is a monthly discussion about DC Comics hosted by three Multiversity Comics (multiversitycomics.com) staffers.   Follow our hosts on Twitter, @VJ_Ostrowski, @sirfox89, and @BrianNeedsaNap. Special thanks to Eddie Argos and Art Brut for the use of “DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake” as our theme music.  

Today we have Greg's interviews from last week's New York Comic Con. Things kick off with writer/editor/Valkyrie Katy Rex. Katy is working on Strange Wit, a graphic novel about the life & works of writer Jane Bowles. They talk about that, her multitude of other works, and just what it means to be a Valkyrie in today's comics climate. Next comes artist Nilah Magruder. Winner of the inaugural Dwayne McDuffie Diversity Award earlier this year, Nilah is the cartoonist behind the webcomic M.F.K.. They chat a little bit about her approach to the comic as well as the new picture book she's working on for 2016. Keep checking back at Multiversity Comics for an more in-depth interview with Nilah in the coming days. Following that Greg checks in with Leila del Duca and Joe Keatinge of “Shutter”, delving into some process talk with Leila and getting some lowdown on Joe's upcoming Image book Ringside with Nick Barber. Plus, Greg takes the opportunity to pick his brain on the just-announced Moebius Library and what we might be seeing from that Dark Horse project. And finally, things wrap up with a talk with writer Alex Simmons and Joseph Illidge. Simmons' work on the comic “Blackjack” has been brought back into print by Dover Graphic Novels, and we get a chance to hear from the writer himself about why writing the adventures of a 1930's African-American soldier of fortune with a conscience is still relevant in 2015. Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.

From the hit annotation column on Multiversity Comics, MGA Study Hall Live returns once more to NYCC! As tradition from the last two shows, join creators Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma once again as they discuss their hit Eisner-nominated and New York Times Bestselling Image Comics series “Morning Glories” with MGA Study Hall host Matthew Meylikhov, including another in-depth Fan favorite live Q&A segment. Questions will be asked, answers will be avoided and all will be well – for a better future.

The DC3cast is a monthly discussion about DC Comics hosted by three Multiversity Comics (multiversitycomics.com) staffers.  Today, Vince isn't feeling well, so Matthew Meylikhov (@MattisNotaRobot) sits in to discuss all things DC television. And then later on, Brian and Zach dig into numbers, cancellations, and more. Follow our hosts on Twitter, @VJ_Ostrowski, @sirfox89, and @BrianNeedsaNap. Special thanks to Eddie Argos and Art Brut for the use of “DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake” as our theme music.  

The DC3cast is a monthly discussion about DC Comics hosted by three Multiversity Comics (multiversitycomics.com) staffers.  Today, we are joined by "Action Comics" artist/co-writer Aaron Kuder to talk about drawing Superman, his artistic inspirations, and how he might redesign various characters if given the chance.      Follow Aaron on Twitter @aaronkuder Follow our hosts on Twitter, @VJ_Ostrowski, @sirfox89, and @BrianNeedsaNap. Special thanks to Eddie Argos and Art Brut for the use of “DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake” as our theme music.  

The DC3cast is a monthly discussion about DC Comics hosted by three Multiversity Comics (multiversitycomics.com) staffers.  Today, we are joined by "Midnighter" writer Steve Orlando to talk about Midnighter, continuity, pitching to DC, and what booze certain characters would enjoy on a night at the bar.    Follow Steve on Twitter @thesteveorlando Follow our hosts on Twitter, @VJ_Ostrowski, @sirfox89, and @BrianNeedsaNap.

The DC3cast is a monthly discussion about DC Comics hosted by three Multiversity Comics (multiversitycomics.com) staffers.  This is the second of two episodes we are releasing this week; today, we are joined by "Justice League United" writer Jeff Parker to discuss the recently revamped "JLU," which starts today with #11.  In addition to our interview, we play a quick game with Jeff, discuss the DCYou titles, and compare the 'All-New, All-Different Marvel' to DC's recent relaunches.     Follow Jeff on Twitter @JeffParker Follow our hosts on Twitter, @VJ_Ostrowski, @sirfox89, and @BrianNeedsaNap.

The DC3cast is a monthly discussion about DC Comics hosted by three Multiversity Comics (multiversitycomics.com) staffers.  This is the second of two episodes we are releasing this week; today, we are joined by "Batman" writer Scott Snyder to discuss "Super Heavy," the new arc starting in today's "Batman" #41.   Follow Scott on Twitter @SSnyder1835 Follow our hosts on Twitter, @VJ_Ostrowski, @sirfox89, and @BrianNeedsaNap Check out MultiversityComics.com for all your comics news, reviews, podcast, and commentary needs. Special thanks to Eddie Argos and Art Brut for the use of "DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake" as our theme music.

The DC3cast is a monthly discussion abotu DC Comics hosted by three Multiversity Comics (multiversitycomics.com) staffers.  This is the first of two episodes we are releasing this week; today's focuses on the wrap up of "Convergence," as well as the 8-page "Divergence" previews.  

This week's episode swings the pendulum back in a more mainstream direction by taking aim at a Jim Starlin Big Two cosmic event book with an oddball collection of heroes and a Machiavellian manipulator at the center of things. "Infinity Gauntlet"? Nope! "Cosmic Odyssey"! To make things even better, Mike and Greg are joined on this journey into mystery by Multiversity Comics' own DC expert Brian Salvatore! The lads leave few, if any, stones unturned in this look back at the Prestige Format miniseries from 1988. Come for the Starlin talk, stay for the Mignola discussion and tons of other interesting tidbits, like what are each of our #fourcomics picks, which artist showed Brian that superheroes didn't have to fit a certain artistic mold, why Batman plays the whole "don't use guns" and "don't kill" things pretty fast and loose in this series, how his relationship with Superman should be handled, and who turns out to be the character most affected by this series. Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.

People often say there is a single line between fantasy and reality. But in Farel Dalrymple's "The Wrenchies", there are just as many lines between different realities as there are on the pages themselves. Described by Multiversity Comics' own Matthew Meylikhov as a book "about how damn great and powerful comic books are", Dalrymple's graphic novel is one part post-apocalyptic children's adventure, one part existential adult apocalypse, one part semiautobio, one part love letter to four-color stories, and one part alchemical x-factor. Each new reading brings as many questions as answers, but Mike and Greg take a stab at what Dalrymple is trying to say with Sherwood, Hollis, and the rest of the cast. Background is given, techniques are discussed, knowledge is dropped, and the unforgiving mistress that is watercolor is name-checked in this attempt to try and encapsulate what one of 2014's strongest OGN's means to its characters, its creator, and its audience. Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.

From the hit annotation column on Multiversity Comics, MGA Study Hall Live returns to NYCC! Continuing from last year’s panel, join creators Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma once again as they discuss their hit Eisner-nominated and New York Times Bestselling Image Comics series “Morning Glories” with MGA Study Hall host Matthew Meylikhov, including another in-depth fan favorite live Q&A segment. Questions will be asked, answers will be avoided and all will be well – for a better future.

Another Previews catalog showed up on their doorsteps, so it's time for a glimpse into the tomorrow of December 2014. But this month, Mike & Greg have help! Multiversity Comics columnist and brother-in-arms Vince Ostrowski stops by to add a fresh perspective to the prospective purchases, and brings so much Midwest charm and comics expertise that they had to split this episode into two parts! McBain! Shaft! Plissken! Copra! Crossed! Cerebus! The Sculptor! Creeping Death From Neptune! Soppy: A Love Story! Boom Mix Tape 2014! 2000AD 2015! Mr. Fusion! Rumble! Shutter! New Frontier! And more! We talk about just what the hell is up with Stephanie Brown, why Vince's love of DC's future is a great thing, where his comprehensive re-read of all 700 issues of Amazing Spider-Man could lead, and what would make Alan Moore write Crossed; all that and tons more is just a click away! This is part 2 of 2, picking up where we left off yesterday. This installment will bring us through the larger publishers in the front half of the catalog. Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.

Another Previews catalog showed up on their doorsteps, so it's time for a glimpse into the tomorrow of December 2014. But this month, Mike & Greg have help! Multiversity Comics columnist and brother-in-arms Vince Ostrowski stops by to add a fresh perspective to the prospective purchases, and brings so much Midwest charm and comics expertise that they had to split this episode into two parts! McBain! Shaft! Plissken! Copra! Crossed! Cerebus! The Sculptor! Creeping Death From Neptune! Soppy: A Love Story! Boom Mix Tape 2014! 2000AD 2015! Mr. Fusion! Rumble! Shutter! New Frontier! And more! We talk about just what the hell is up with Stephanie Brown, why Vince's love of DC's future is a great thing, where his comprehensive re-read of all 700 issues of Amazing Spider-Man could lead, and what would make Alan Moore write Crossed; all that and tons more is just a click away! This is part 1 of 2, covering the green section of previews. We'll be back tomorrow to tackle the front half of the catalog! Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.

The boys go without a net or a plan on this one, and the topics range pretty far and wide as a result. From Mike Allred's criminally underrated Red Rocket 7, to James Harren's return to B.P.R.D., and whether or not certain creators should just be retired from certain awards categories (Todd Klein and Dave Stewart -- we're looking at you!). All that, plus what exactly a graphic novel is and isn't, thoughts on Darwyn Cooke's newest Parker adaptation, and what combination of creators did Dynamite put on a book to finally get Mike to consider picking it up. The answer may surprise you! (Not if you've been checking the news on Multiversity Comics like we tell you, because they covered it there, but you should still listen to hear Mike talk about it!) Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. Music is John Hughes by Anamanaguchi. Enjoy your funny books.  

Optic Blast sits down with Jeremy Holt to talk about his new comic coming out through Monkey Brain Comics, Art Monster. We also talk digital comics in general, making comics, and Art School! Click the cover to buy the book via Comixology: You can also check out more of Jeremy Holt's Work at his website: www.clumpoftrees.wordpress.com and check out his column: Strange Love at Multiversity Comics.Opening Music:What Child is This? by Bad Religion  Christmas Songs By Bad Religion Please support the show by checking out Manga Studio 5:

This week we flip (and click) through the latest issue of Previews to see what's coming up in January that you should keep an eye out for. Considering the magnitude of such a task, we asked The Hour Cosmic's Brian Salvatore to stay a while and give us a hand. But before that, we run Brian through a gauntlet of questions about his own podcast and Multiversity Comics in general, as this is the first time we've actually had, on the show, a representative of the website we recommend week in and week out. Hear his answers and see if we are able to make it through the comic industry's catalog of wonders without stopping to pick the low-hanging fruit of controversy from a distinguished competitive publisher. Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. Music is John Hughes by Anamanaguchi. Enjoy your funny books.