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.
In case you missed it, we have an exclusive look at the art process for “Bloodshot” #6, and an an interview with “Walking to Do” creators Coni Yovaniniz and Rodrigo Vargas. Also, Oni Press announced “The Tea Dragon Tapestry,” and AfterShock Comics announced “Sympathy for No Devils.”
– Oni Press revealed via Screen Rant that they will be publishing Francois Vigneault’s “Titan” in the US. The French Canadian graphic novel tells the story of MNGR First Class João da Silva as he takes over Homestead Station on the moon of Titan, and finds himself caught between the genetically-engineered workforce of a mining colony and the Terran management time. Phoebe Mackintosh, a woman trying to escape her violent past, must team with Silva to keep Homestead in tact. “Titan” will be released on September 15.
– DC Comics announced that the upcoming “Strange Adventures” by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Evan “Doc” Shaner, and Clayton Cowles has been moved to DC’s Black Label and categorized as suitable for readers 17 and up. With the series taking shape, DC Group Editor Jaime S. Rich said that they “had to take a step back and look at what made the most sense for the project,” which meant giving the series its own space to “follow the story to all the different places it might take [the creative team].” “Strange Adventures” #1 (of 12) is set for release on March 4.
– Off The Page Games revealed they have obtained the rights to make a tabletop game connected to Matt Kindt’s “MIND MGMT.” The comic series published by Dark Horse Comics told the story of Meru, a true crime writer who uncovers a secret government agency of spies and psychic abilities when investigating a mysterious airline flight. MIND MGMT: The Psychic Espionage “Game” will see players compete against each other either as MIND MGMT trying to gain recruits and avoid being captured, or as rogue agents trying to take MIND MGMT down.
At the end of each game, the losing side will receive a sealed package which will provide them with more components, cards and rules to help them in their next game. Each package will also include a mini-comic by Matt Kindt, with a total of 80 new comics pages being spread across ten mini-comics. Kindt described it as not “just the definitive board game interpretation of the comics, it’s an interactive story-telling and training device.” The game has been designed by Off The Page Games founder Jay Cormier and Sen-Foong Lim. MIND MGMT: The Psychic Espionage “Game” will be the Off The Page Games’s first title and will seek funding via Kickstarter from March 3.
– In an interview with THR, Steve Orlando (“Wonder Woman”) teased details about his upcoming projects now that he is no longer in an exclusivity deal with DC, stating that some are in the comic industry, “some are going to be in prose… some are going to be in animation.” He went on to detail there is “stuff coming out from TKO that’ll probably surprise you” as well as Studio Arancia, with “non-capes” and “capes content coming” that’s going to be “bolder than what we saw before.”
– It was revealed that Sarah Rees Brennan will be writing Fence: Striking Distance, the first in a series of novels based on C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad’s comic book series “Fence.” The series, part of BOOM! Studios’s BOOM! Box imprint, tells the story of Nicholas Cox, the illegitimate son of US fencing Olympic Champion Robert Coste, as he journeys to become a champion just like his father. He earns himself a scholarship at Kings Row Boy School, where fencing prodigy Seiji Katayama is his roommate. Fence: Striking Distance will see the Kings Row fencing team on the quest to win the state championship for the first time, and feature team-building activities, a series of bad dates, and a heist. The book will feature a cover and illustrations by Johanna the Mad. Fence: Striking Distance will be published by Little, Brown Books on September 29.
Continued below– Deadline broke the news that a Joker Live Concert World Tour will start in London in April. The concert will feature a screening of the film with Hildur Gudnadottir’s score being performed live by a full orchestra. The orchestra will be conducted by Jeff Atmajian, the conductor and orchestrator of the film’s soundtrack, although Dave Mahoney from the concert outfit Senbla will be conducting the UK dates of the tour. The tour will start at the Eventim Apollo in London on April 30, with dates and venues set to be announced for Europe and further international locations. The film has been prominent at this year’s film awards, most recently winning three BAFTAs, including Best Score.
– American cartoonist Sarah Andersen’s mural in Mexico was vandalized. The mural, which depicts the main character from her comic strip “Sarah’s Scribbles,” was painted in Mexico City’s Roma neighborhood on January 29, but had been vandalized by February 2. The mural was commissioned as part of graphic design studio Pictoline’s Internet Walls public art project, which is sponsored by Samsung and Tik Tok. It is this corporatization of art that some social media users have claimed as the reason for the vandalism, while others have claimed it was to suppress female expression or as an act of hate against Andersen herself. Some concerned Mexico City citizens have since removed most of the graffiti from the mural.
– Lastly, Disney CEO Bob Iger said at an earnings call to expect Disney+’s The Falcon & The Winter Soldier to premiere in August; The Mandalorian season 2 in October; and WandaVision in December. He also commented on the possibility of taking Mandalorian characters “in their own direction in terms of series,” and reiterated “there are seven other Marvel series in various stages of development or pre-production.”
