Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at rundown@multiversitycomics.com.
– Casting decisions and moves for Doctor Strange have been solid, as far as I can tell. Between Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Eijofor, and the rest, there haven’t been any missteps to set the armchair critics into a tizzy. I seem to have missed everything Benedict Wong has been in; a quick search reminds me I have seen Prometheus, but can you blame me for scrubbing that one from the memory banks? But given the pedigree of the previous picks, this is probably another great move. That and the low-hanging headline pun fruit is gold. .
– I think we can all agree the situation surrounding the Grand Prix award for this year’s Angouleme has reached the stage of “le clusterfuque”. The latest developments, including the real possibility that none of the potential winners would accept the award, can be seen here.
– Badass Digest’s Devin Faraci makes the case that WB has their own Kevin Fiege analogue already working at the studio…and his name is Geoff Johns. Agree? Disagree? (And yes I know the site has rebranded as ‘Birth/Movies/Death’, but I like the old name better.)
– Did you watch Legends of Tomorrow last night? Did you check out our very own live Tweet-a-thon by our very own Brian Salvatore? No? Then head on over to this page and rectify that immediately! (Note: the previous link will only help you rectify the second half of that two-part equation.)
– For those of us in the eastern seaboard of the US, staring down the barrel of this year’s Snowpocalypse, I give you this slice of awesomeness to keep your heart (and the rest of you) warm & toasty. Stay safe!
