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 either david@multiversitycomics.com or brian@multiversitycomics.com.
– Apparently Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta’s new title “Outcast” that debuts this week from Skybound/Image isn’t just a sell-out, it is outselling “The Walking Dead” itself. Pretty incredible news, although I have to wonder if this is a book a lot of retailers are going to get stuck with. Honestly, do you know anyone who is all about getting this book? Because I don’t. Either way, it’s an impressive launch that underlines the power of Kirkman, but I’m interested to see how this sells in shops first.
– Gabriel Hardman’s convention portrait project continues to inspire and impress. I really, really love seeing it, and if you look through what he created at HeroesCon, you’ll see some familiar faces including one in Multiversity’s own Greg Matiasevich.
– The Hollywood film/TV guilds backing Jack Kirby’s estate in their battle against Marvel is a heartening and fascinating idea, and I am curious as to how this will impact their efforts.
– It’s a bit thin and pretty heavily tread ground at this point, but Zack Smith looks at the development of creator-owned in comics with the help of writers like Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Hickman and Kieron Gillen. It’s an interesting read, even if it does ultimately lack any new insight into the subject.
– Killing “Fantastic Four” over a disagreement with Fox I could buy, but Marvel doing the same to the “X-Men” franchise because not owning the rights to the film series? I don’t buy it. Not in the least. That would be the definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face, as the “X-Men” books sell far better than anything FF related. No. No. Hell no.
– DC and IDW are teaming up to print a collection of the complete Wonder Woman newspaper strip. Too cool.
– What would happen if guest writers like George R. R. Martin and Chris Hansen worked on newspaper comic strips like Family Circus and Peanuts? Funny or Die now shows us what could have been.
