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The Rundown: November 28, 2022

By | November 28th, 2022
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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.

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– First Second Books acquired a new young adult graphic novel called “Terminal Hope” by cartoonist Michelle Wong (“The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire”). “Terminal Hope” will follow a superpowered teenage orphan living in humanity’s last remaining sanctuary, a “floating city,” who works alongside a “rogue android” to survive the population of the city’s “underbelly,” and the city’s enforcers, who want the teenager’s powers. The book marks Wong’s first comic as writer and artist. It has been given a publication window in the year 2026 by First Second.

– Manga publishers Kodansha and Yen Press announced a host of upcoming releases, including Kodansha’s acquiring of “Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir,” by writer Koma Warita and artist Riku Tsuchida, and Yen Press’s plans for “Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree” by Nikiichi Tobita. Adapting the animated series of the same name, “Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir” will see its titular Parisian superheroes fight against crime, but also caught up in their teenage emotions; neither hero knows the other’s real identity, but Ladybug, aka high school student Marinette, has a crush on her classmate, Adrian (who is secretly Cat Noir), and Cat Noir has a crush on Ladybug.

“Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree” is based on an original concept from the game’s developers, FromSoftware, and will bring a new perspective to the game’s world, as readers follow the adventures of Aseo the Tarnished in an “absurd comedy.” Specific release dates for both manga volumes have yet to be specified, though “Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir” is set for publication in the Fall of 2023. You can check out the covers and entirety of the announced Kodansha slate here, and the Yen Press slate here.

– BOOM! Studios revealed a hardcover edition of “Klaus” by Grant Morrison and Dan Mora, which they are crowdfunding via a Kickstarter campaign. The edition will contain the original seven-part miniseries from 2016, “Klaus,” alongside the four one-shots that followed: “Klaus and The Witch of Winter,” “Klaus and The Crisis in Xmasville,” “Klaus and The Crying Snowman,” and “Klaus and The Life and Times Of Joe Christmas.” The stories in the series and one-shots chronicle the history of Santa Claus, who in the series is known as a warrior named Klaus; this history involves fighting to return joy to the festival of Yuletide, as well as facing off against an evil alternative dimension Santa who is the face of the Pola Cola Corp. There are three different printed editions of the hardcover collection, as well as a host of tiers that you can support the project by over at Kickstarter; BOOM! are aiming to ship “all components” of the campaign in November 2023.

– The UK’s Gay Times awarded their Honour for On Screen Trailblazer award to the cast of Netflix’s Heartstopper, specifically Joe Locke, Kit Connor, Yasmin Finney, Will Gao, Corinna Brown, and Kizzy Edgell. The series, based on Alice Osman’s graphic novel series of the same name, tells the love story of Locke and Connor’s characters, Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson, and also highlights the experiences of trans individuals through Charlie’s best friend, Elle Argent, portrayed by Yasmin Finney. Heartstopper has been renewed by Netflix for a second and third season, but a return date for the series is yet to be announced. The full list of recipients at the Gay Times Honours are spotlighted in the latest digital issue of the magazine, which is available now.

– The Wrap reported on Namor’s liminal rights existence with Marvel Studios, with Namor’s situation being similar to the Hulk’s, according to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever producer Nate Moore; Moore said that Namor is essentially “borrowed” from Universal Pictures, who own the rights to Namor, and so Marvel are currently unable to use him in his own project or in marketing material, with the exception of posters; these were the only tangible limitations with the character that Moore described, with him detailing that “there weren’t really things we couldn’t do from a character perspective for him.” Tenoch Huerta portrayed Namor in the film, and Moore confirmed “He can return.” You can read the longer quotes from Moore’s interview here.

– Finally, director Albert Pyun, perhaps best known to comic book fans as the director of 1990’s Captain America, died at the age of 69. Pyun’s wife, Cynthia Curnan, confirmed the news after only recently stating that Pyun, who had dementia and multiple sclerosis, was nearing the end of his life. Amongst his other best known works are the 1989 film, Cyborg, 1984’s Radioactive Dreams, and his highest-grossing film, The Sword and the Sorcerer, from 1982. Pyun is survived by his wife, Cynthia.


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