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, BOOM! Studios will publish María Llovet’s horror series “Heartbeat,” while Image announced Declan Shalvey and Gavin Fullerton’s graphic novel “Bog Bodies” at Worldcon.
– Meanwhile at Worldcon, Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story for the third year in a row with “Monstress, Volume 3: Haven,” while Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was named Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form. Charles Vess received the Award for Best Professional Artist, and also won Best Art Book for The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition. You can read the full list of this year’s winners here.
– DC released their November 2019 solicitations, and with them came the reveal of “He-Man and the Masters of the Multiverse,” a new six-issue series from writer Tim Seeley and artists Dan Fraga and Richard Friend, and “Batman: White Knight Presents Von Freeze,” a one-shot by Sean Gordon Murphy and Klaus Janson. We’ll have more on DC’s November releases in our Soliciting Multiversity column next week.
– Dark Horse announced a comic book sequel to Ralph Breaks the Internet, “Ralph Breaks the Internet: Heart From The Start, Eyes On The Prize,” which will be exclusive to attendees of this weekend’s D23 Expo. The comic will see Vanellope and the other Disney Princesses explore OhMyDisney.com, competing in a race, and reuniting with Ralph. You can learn more about Dark Horse’s presence at the Expo, held at the Anaheim Convention Center from Friday to Monday, here.
– Marvel announced “Fantastic Four: Negative Zone,” a one-shot from writer Mike Carey and artist Stefano Caselli that will take the First Family back to Annihilus’s dimension. The November issue will also have a bonus story from Ryan North and Steve Uy about the Baxter Building’s other team, the Fantastix. It was also revealed Zoe Quinn, Trina Robbins, and Tini Howard have joined the third and fourth issues of the all-female anthology series “Fearless,” out September and October.
– In further Marvel news, “Maus” author Art Spiegelman revealed he had written an introduction to the Folio Society’s upcoming book Marvel: The Golden Age, 1939-1949. However, he withdrew the essay after Marvel asked him to remove a reference to Donald Trump, which called him the Orange Skull (as in Captain America’s Nazi nemesis Red Skull). Ike Perlmutter, the chairman of Marvel Entertainment, is a Trump donor and an unofficial advisor to the President on veterans’ affairs. You can read Spiegelman’s rejected essay at The Guardian.
– Netflix released the first photos from Michael B. Jordan’s new series Raising Dion and announced it will premiere on October 4. The nine-part series, based on Dennis Liu and Jason Piperberg’s comic book of the same name, focuses on a single mother (Alisha Wainwright) raising her superpowered son (Ja’Siah Young). (Jordan, who executive produced, plays Dion’s late father in flashback.) You can see more at Entertainment Weekly.
– Netflix also announced a new He-Man animated series overseen by Kevin Smith, Masters of the Universe: Revelation. Smith said the show – which will be animated by Powerhouse Animation (Castlevania) – will be a limited series that picks up “where the classic era left off to tell an epic tale of what may be the final battle between He-Man and Skeletor.” This will be the first He-Man cartoon since the 2002 Cartoon Network series. Netflix is also currently home of the rebooted She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
– According to The Hollywood Reporter, John Wick trilogy director Chad Stahelski will oversee new action scenes on Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)‘s reshoots as (an uncredited) second unit director. Stahelski’s stunt firm 87 Eleven was already working on the Cathy Yan film, which opens February 7, 2020.
– Finally, Syfy’s Superman prequel series Krypton has been canceled after two seasons. Deadline reports Warner Horizon Scripted Television is in talks to continue the show on other platforms, including DC Universe and HBO Max. Syfy will also not be moving forward with the proposed Lobo spin-off.
