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 yesterday, our Harrow County Observer column returned for Mark Tweedale’s exclusive interview with Cullen Bunn, Tyler Crook and Naomi Franquiz, dishing on this December’s “Tales from Harrow County: Death’s Choir.” Meanwhile, DC announced Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo’s “Suicide Squad” relaunch, and Marvel unveiled their new December releases, including “Incoming!” We also talked to James Asmus about his new comiXology series “Field Tripping.”
– Speaking of comiXology, a group calling itself Cartoonists Against Amazon have posted a letter to Medium calling for comic arts festivals SPX, TCAF, CXC and Thought Bubble to cease accepting sponsorship money from the site, which is owned by Amazon. The letter, which (at the time of writing) counts over 160 cartoonists among its signatories, cites Amazon’s mistreatment of employees and use of its Palantir technology in ICE immigration raids as just cause for the festivals to divest themselves of the online retailer’s sponsor dollars.
– Tom King tweeted out some Doc Shaner promotional art from their previously-announced DC Comics “Strange Adventures” series featuring sci-fi superhero Adam Strange. King’s frequent collaborator Mitch Gerads is also attached to this project, which is presently unscheduled.
– Yesterday’s Apple TV+ launch event was full of new details, including its low subscription price of $4.99 compared to competitors Amazon Prime and Netflix. Of particular interest to comics fans is the announcement of Snoopy in Space from Peanuts Worldwide and DHX Media. This new original “takes viewers on a journey with Snoopy as he follows his dreams to become an astronaut. Together, Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts crew take command of the International Space Station and explore the moon and beyond.” Snoopy in Space will debut on the Apple TV+ app at its November 1 launch.
– The cast of Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy, the live-action superhero series based on the Dark Horse comics written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá, will grow by three with the addition of actors Ritu Arya (Humans), Yusuf Gatewood (Good Omens) and Marin Ireland (Y: The Last Man). They will join returning cast members Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher and Justin H. Min, who will reprise their roles in season 2 of the series.
– The CW’s Riverdale will receive GLSEN’s Gamechanger Award for the Archie Comics adaptations’s positive portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters & relationships. GLSEN, formerly known as the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education network, will present their 2019 Respect Awards on Thursday, October 25 in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles.
– And in what is shaping up to be a highly-populated list of guest stars, the CW has confirmed that actors John Wesley Shipp and Johnathon Schaech will return to the Arrowverse this winter during the five-part “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover between Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman. Schaech will reprise his role as western gunslinger Jonah Hex, while Shipp’s exact role remains undisclosed.
– Collider.com claims the new Tank Girl film under development via Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap Entertainment will be directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte. Joris-Peyrafitte, who made his directorial debut with 2016’s As You Are, worked with Robbie on the upcoming indie thriller Dreamland. Tank Girl previously appeared in live-action in a 1995 film starring Lori Petty and directed by Rachel Talalay.
– Funimation will bring the much anticipated anime One Piece: Stampede to U.S. theaters for a limited run this fall, after it’s quickly become one of Japan’s highest-grossing movies of the year just a month after its release.
– Finally, with today marking the 18th anniversary of 9/11, we’d once again like to direct your attention to The New Statesman’s comic strip from March of this year honoring Moira Smith, the only female NYPD officer to die in the line of duty on that day. The strip was produced by cartoonist Tony Wolf, with watercolors by artist Morgan McCue.
