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.
– Channing Tatum took part in a Reddit AMA yesterday, and very definitively shot down rumors that he would appear in X-Men:: Apocalypse, saying “No ma’am or sir… I definitely will not [cameo in the film].” He also had some kind words to say about director Rupert Wyatt and the film in general.
– Z2, a company known for their boutique graphic novels for folks like Paul Pope and Dean Haspiel, are launching a line of monthly comics. Three titles have been announced thus far: “Welcome to Showside” by Ian McGinty, “Carver” by Chris Hunt, and “Allen: Son of Hellcock” by Will Tracy, Gabe Koplowitz, and Miguel Porto. McGinty is best known for his “Bravest Warriors” work, Hunt is a Paul Pope protege tackling a historical fiction topic, and Tracy writes for Last Week Tonight. The three titles will debut, one a month, starting in October, in the order named above.
– An adaptation of Jim Mahfood’s “Grrl Scouts” got a 15 minute live action pilot released online today. It was produced as part of Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s ‘New Form Digital’ initiative.
– DC’s Superman-starring “Truth” storyline is being released out of order for reasons unannounced, but the article that kicks off the story – where Lois Lane ‘outs’ Clark Kent as Superman – has been made available online. Bleeding Cool writes a little about it, with the requisite typos and weird grammar that we’ve come to expect from Bleeding Cool.
– Ron Perlman took to Twitter this week to talk more about Hellboy 3, and how he wants to see it happen ‘sooner rather than later.’ I think Ron speaks for all of us when he says that. He also said that he would not be interested in crowdfunding the film, and that it would focus on Hellboy’s destiny.
– Marvel and comiXology have agreed to continue their relationship, as well as agreeing to allow Marvel collections to appear on Amazon Kindle readers.
– From the files of “I had no idea this was ever a thing” – Matt Wagner and Harvey Kurtzman once collaborated on an adaptation of “It Burns Me Up,” A Ray Bradbury story in the early 90s. Wagner spoke to CBR at length about the project.
– Jeff Smith and Tom Spurgeon are launching a new convention in Columbus, OH: Cartoon Crossroads Columbus aims to more emulate the feel of a film festival than a more traditional con. The inaugural event will happen October 1-3.
– I don’t know how large the overlap in the Venn diagram of “Multiversity readers” and “dedicated USA Network viewers” is, but last night Complications debuted on USA last night. Ahead of that, an exclusive digital comic was released via CBR, written by Nick Hawthorne and illustrated by Trigger.
– When asked to describe the first episode of Arrow season 4 in three words, Stephen Amell tweeted “What’s wrong Speedy?” I’m getting chills, folks.
– And, finally, if you’re one of the comics/gamer 1%s who pre-ordered the $200 Batmobile edition of Arkham Knight, I’ve got some bad news: due to some production issues, that package has been cancelled. Maybe you’ll want to pick up two of these Deadpool figures instead.
