@warrenellis so I got this phone call from Joe Quesada and it was just the sound of him rubbing himself with money and now I am confused
@the_murphy #disneybuysmarvel #humansfearchange
Nick Main There are companies that Disney doesn't own?
If aren't a comic fanling and weren't sitting next to one at breakfast this morning, you might have missed the announcement that
Disney will be purchasing Marvel comics. And count yourself blessed because the fanlings are throwing their shit in the air and fantasizing how Mickey Mouse will come into their homes, pry open their long boxes, and castrate Wolverine with pink, princess ribbons.
Humans! This is a corporate transaction. If, in a few months, there are editorial directives from on high, they'll be policy changes- no one is going to be replace Ghost Rider with Goofy. Besides, Marvel doesn't need any help in undermining their characters by putting them into terrible, cartoony, out-of-place contexts.
If you're a glutton for punishment or camp, click on
The Hulk. It's a cheery CD of children's songs about a character who loses control of his emotions and kills.
EDIT: Oh, but if you'd like some serious commentary on what this could mean for both companies, obviously, you should head over to
The Beat.
Randall Munroe maps character interactions in Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, 12 Angry Men (check it out at full size).
After seeing it mentioned on The Beat, I wanted to spend the afternoon watching The Maxx, the animated adaptation of Sam Kieth's bizarre and magnificent hallucinatory, superhero comic from the 90s. But mtv.com inserts a commercial between every scene and it was driving me mad. Someday when I have more patience I'll sit down and enjoy.
MoCCA art festival 2009, June 6-7. Chris and I will have a table (and hopefully I'll have more than just high fives to offer people). If you've never been, it's pretty awesome- lots of small press and minuscule press and minicomics and webcomics and people who get excited by all these things. Accumulating changes have made the museum less inviting this past year, but it remains an institution worthy of support and this is their big annual event, attracting all sorts of guests and exhibitors. There's no master list yet, but exhibitors include: Kate Beaton, Joey Comeau, and Bill Roundy (let me know more names).
(via The Beat)
The 2009 Eisner award nominees have just been announced. I wish I could comment on the list, but am embarrassed by how few of the entries I've actually read.
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