Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the weekend. Have a link to share? Email our team at rundown@multiversitycomics.com.
– Charleston Immersive & Interactive Media have announced they’re developing an animated series based of “March”, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell. The series, published by Top Cow, centers around Congressman Lewis’s life growing up within the Civil Rights Movement. While no release date has been made for the animated series, the third book is set to drop this August.
– We’re about a month away from the launch of Rebirth, and DC has started gearing up their hype train. This weekend, they’ve released the character designs for Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and a bunch of other characters in their roster. Designers include Pat Gleason on Superman, Tony Daniel on Wonder Woman for some reason, and Greg Capullo on Batman. They’re still missing their trunks, so they all look stupid and awkward, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Also, Damian and Superboy, the “Super Sons” (designed by Jonboy Meyers and Jorge Jimenez) look like high school boyfriends who’ve spent the weekend LARPing. It’s kind of adorable.
– On Saturday, the French auction house, Artcurial, sold two pages of original artwork from “King Ottokar’s Sceptre” for €1.05 million, which is about $1.2 million. These were the last two pages from the eighth “Adventures of Tintin” book by the late master, Hergé. There’s some astounding cartooning work in just those page. Excuse me a minute because I’m going to read that entire series right now.
– It hasn’t even opened Stateside yet, but Captain America: Civil War has already made over $200 million in overseas markets. Domestically, Disney’s The Jungle Book, directed by Jon Favreau, retained its number one position for the third week in a row. (And well deserved, too, because that movie is fantastic.) Those of you still waiting for Captain America: Civil War, be sure to check out our review by Alice W. Castle.
