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 news that should have been covered in more detail, last Friday saw the publication of the final digital installment of “Smallville: Season 11” from DC. Writer Bryan Q. Miller, alongside cover artist Cat Staggs, were mainstays on the series, that lasted 11 digital chapters, which were collected into approximately 40 print issues. Both Staggs and Miller spoke to Comic Book Resources about the end of the series and indicated that, at least in their estimation, “Smallville” as a DC property was, more or less, dead. Let’s all pour one out for Chloe.
– Chris Pratt seems like a pretty agreeable guy, so it isn’t a surprise that, if the situation was right, he’d be totally down for an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. cameo. Based on where Guardians ended, and where Agents is right now, I don’t see how that would happen anytime soon, but it is a cool idea regardless.
– Marvel has finally released two images that fans have been clamoring for: the high-res cover to “Secret Wars” #1 by Alex Ross, and the official Phase Three movie schedule image.
– Christopher Nolan and Sean Gordon Murphy have teamed up to do a short Interstellar-related comic for Wired. I have not seen the film yet, but if you have, you should probably check this out right now.
– Frank Quietly and Grant Morrison talked to Entertainment Weekly about “The Multiversity: Pax Americana,” and shared a few preview pages. A few absolutely beautiful preview pages, I should say.
– So, Marvel has devised quite a unique “Ant-Man” #1 variant cover. Known as a “shrinking” variant, each individual copy of the comic will have Scott Lang at a slightly different size, with some having him near full size, and others quite small. They are only making as many variants as are ordered, so expect these to be super rare and expensive from jump street.
– Todd Klein has been doing a great series about the rise of digital lettering. This is one of the myriad topics that I should probably be more informed about, so this series has been a real treat.
– 2015 is the 65th anniversary of “Peanuts” – to celebrate, in Feburary, KaBoom is releasing “Peanuts” #25, a special 48-page story where Charlie Brown and Snoopy go to camp. Usually, the KaBoom books are shorter, anthology-style installments, so this seems to be quite the special issue. It will be co-written by Paige Braddock and writer Vicki Scott, with art by Scott.
– And, finally, ever wonder what Iron Man would’ve looked like in the Victorian era? Wonder no more, young squire!
