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The Rundown: September 2, 2020

By | September 2nd, 2020
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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 are launching the Multiversity Coffee Break, which will take place on Twitch every Wednesday. Our first guest will be Scott Snyder, who will join us today at 12:30 pm ET. We also talked to Comics Bookcase’s Zack Quaintance about his comic book debut “Next Door,” and covered AfterShock’s new line of one-shots, which begins with “Piecemeal” in December.

Nachie Marsham

– Disney Publishing Worldwide executive editor Nachie Marsham has left the company to become the new publisher of IDW Publishing. Marsham, who has spent 12 years at Disney, succeeds Chris Ryall, and his initial replacement, Jud Meyers, who only lasted 11 days in the role, before being placed on administrative leave, for unknown reasons earlier this year. “We’re honored to have Nachie onboard the IDW ship as he is a champion for novel storytelling and has an unequaled passion for this industry,” IDW CEO Ezra Rosensaft said in the announcement.

– DC Comics have named Activision Blizzard veteran Daniel Cherry as senior VP and general manager of the company. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the hiring frees up publisher and chief creative officer Jim Lee “to take on expanded responsibilities surrounding the overall DC brand.” Lee previously stated he “would always have a partner that would focus on the operational side.” Cherry, who begins the job on September 8, will report to Warner Bros. global brands and experience president, Pam Lifford.

– The Small Press Expo announced the nominations for the 2020 Ignatz Awards, which honor the best indie and small press comics of the past year. This year’s awards will be livestreamed on the SPX’s YouTube channel on Saturday, September 12, at 8 pm ET. Voting is now open at the SPX’s website until September 9.

– Skybound and Michelle Czajkowski Fus are teaming up on the Kickstarter for the print version of her webcomic “Ava’s Demon.” The YA series follows a young girl and an ancient queen, who make a pact to destroy the most powerful being in the universe. “I’m thrilled have finally found a great home for ‘Ava’s Demon,’ and I’m so excited to be able to share my life’s work with more readers than ever before!” Czajkowski Fus said. The campaign starts September 15, and the backerkit can be found here. You can read the series online here.

– BOOM! Studios have also turned to Kickstarter for “BRZRKR,” the forthcoming series written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt, and illustrated by Ron Garney. The intention is to raise greater awareness of Reeves’s new project to those who don’t visit comic book shops. “We’re not raising money; we’ve got the money for it,” BOOM! founder and CEO Ross Richie said. “I’ve been talking to retailers — big direct market retailers — about this. When you think, okay, you have Keanu Reeves, you can get somebody who’s never read a comic book before to read it for the first time.” The Kickstarter allows readers to pre-order all three trade paperbacks of the series ahead of solicitation.

– Square Enix released a trailer unveiling Kate Bishop’s appearance in the Marvel’s Avengers video game DLC. According to a press release, Kate, who will be voiced by Ashly Burch, will star in the post-campaign storyline Kate Bishop — Taking AIM?, while Clint Barton, the original Hawkeye (played by Grey’s Anatomy‘s Giacomo Gianniotti) will star in his own DLC, Hawkeye — Future Imperfect. Marvel’s Avengers releases this Friday.

– Echelon Graphic Novels is partnering with Platinum Studios (Cowboys & Aliens) to develop film, TV and merchandise based on their comic books. Among the prospective titles being eyed for an adaptation is “Slate & Ashe,” which follows the unlikely partnership between a young, Black policeman, and a zombie.

– Google honored pioneering cartoonist Jackie Ormes in yesterday’s Google Doodle. Ormes, who was for the longest time the only female African-American newspaper cartoonist, challenged negative portrayals of Black people in strips like “Torchy Brown” and “Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger.” The Doodle marked the 75th anniversary of “Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger’s” debut in the Pittsburgh Courier on September 1, 1945.

– Noelle Stevenson has apologized for accidentally making a racially insensitive remark on a livestreamed discussion of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power last week. Stevenson said she’ll “commit to hiring Black talent at every level, and to create a safe and positive environment where employees of color’s voices can be heard and where they can thrive,” as well as “the support of any executives and studios” to hire sensitivity readers and anti-racism consultants. She will also be making a donation to Writing the Other, and the Milwaukee Freedom Fund.

– Finally, as the trial of those involved in the January 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting begins, the French magazine have republished the controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that partly led to the attack. In a statement, the magazine described the cartoons as “evidence” for the trial, and “part of history, and one cannot rewrite History, neither can it be erased.” The cartoons, made by various artists, were originally created for Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2005, and reprinted by Charlie Hebdo the following year. This week’s issue also includes a tribute to the employees murdered during the attack.


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Christopher Chiu-Tabet

Chris is the news manager of Multiversity Comics. A writer from London on the autistic spectrum, he enjoys tweeting and blogging on Medium about his favourite films, TV shows, books, music, and games, plus history and religion. He is Lebanese/Chinese, although he can't speak Cantonese or Arabic.

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