The Rundown: John Constantine Just Says No, NYCC Has Ticketing Issues, and more

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.

– Many speculated about it, but now it’s for sure: John Constantine will not be smoking in the upcoming “Constantine” on NBC. This of course makes sense given network television’s outright refusal to allow smoking on their shows (murder and some cussing? Absolutely fine!), but given its both plot and character importance, it is unfortunate. That said, if the show works, the show works, and it will survive without cigarettes, just like Constantine will.

– Robot 6 covers the NYCC ticketing issues that have hit after sales launched, gitched and led to rapid sell outs much to the chagrin of many fans. It includes a big-write up from ReedPop honcho Lance Fensterman where he covers the issues, which unfortunately includes addressing the ugly subject of scalping.

– Axel Alonso talks with CBR about all kinds of subjects in the latest edition of “Axel-in-Charge”, including the “plan” for Doctor Strange, the success of “Original Sin”, Rosario Dawson and more. It may be a bit markety, generally speaking, but there are some interesting tidbits worth reading in there.

– SLG Publishing – formerly Slave Labor Graphics – is trying to fix things for themselves after a few years of struggles derived from a combination of bad luck, bad economy and bad decisions, and they’re attempting to do so using a GoFundMe campaign to help them pay off debts while remaining functional as a publisher. They’ve produced a lot of great comics over the years, and if you have any interest in supporting a good pub, now’d be the the time to do so in a very literal fashion.

– Comics Alliance has a chat with James Stokoe about the upcoming 100th Anniversary Avengers comic he’s doing, and it also comes with some exclusive art from the book. Predictably, it’s madness, but in the best sort of way.

– Apparently the Dynamite Humble Bundle has – so far – generated more than $140,000 in revenue from more than 12,000 contributors, which is a hell of a thing considering what a weird collection of comics it really is.