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.
– In a week that has been full of great Marvel news, this somewhat dampens the mood: Marvel is being named in a class action lawsuit by a former intern who claims that he was wrongfully classified as an unpaid intern, and is therefore due his minimum wage salary for the 5 months he worked at Marvel in 2008. This doesn’t seem to be something that will affect Marvel all that negatively in the long run, but it is still a bit of a blemish on what has otherwise been a celebratory week.
– In that celebratory spirit, Kevin Feige imagines a film where Drax and Iron Man are the most unlikely buddy space-cops in the universe. We truly must live in the best of all possible worlds.
– Over at Nerdist, a video has been posted that claims to spot “every” Easter Egg in Guardians of the Galaxy. While I’m sure he missed some, it is still a pretty impressive list.
– Want to hear Peter Quill’s “Awesome Mix Vol. 1” as a hip hop mixtape? You’re in luck!
– In what seems to be a really great trend, Humble Bundle has put forth another great comics bargain, this time with Boom! “Curse,” “RoboCop,” “Dead Letters,” and a shit ton more, with the proceeds going to charity. Who is going to complain about that?
– So, we all heard about this Warren Ellis/Mike Allred OGN about Bacardi Rum – the book is now available for free at the Barcardi website. This is real life, folks. This is weird.
– One of the items I coveted the most from afar at this year’s San Diego Comic Con was “Giant Size Kung Fu Bible Stories” from Image, which is an SDCC exclusive. Or at least it was – come September 3, you can get it in your local shop. Now, that’s some good news.
– And finally, Jim Lee has redesigned Boo Berry. I’m not fucking kidding – along with Terry and Rachel Dodson doing Count Chockula and Dave Johnson doing Frankenberry. Unlike every other Jim Lee redesign, this Boo Berry looks exactly the same, doesn’t have a high collar, and doesn’t have a ton of excessive lines all over it.
