| I Am The Evil T...'s profileI am the Evil TwinPhotosBlogLists |  Tools  Help |
|
|
September 01 Spiderman and the Mouse  In a bit of news that is making some waves, but really shouldn't be too surprising, Disney is buying out Marvel Entertainment for about $4 Billion. If you have been paying attention to Marvel's business plans over the past few years, this is really the culmination of what they have been building. Marvel has become less and less about the comic books and more about licensing and marketing their characters for movies and other entertainment related products. The interesting thing about this deal is that it will be several years before Disney can even take advantage of the deal with in-house productions. This is because they will have to honor Marvel's existing commitments to movies and other products, which include another Iron Man movie, a Thor movie, and about a half dozen more commitments with major characters. Here is an interesting list of questions about the merger. According to what I have read though, Universal Studios will keep the rights to Marvel characters East of the Mississippi indefinitely as long as their current park exists. This means some of the most popular Marvel characters may not be able to be seen at the Orlando Disney parks.
Always interesting to see how a weak economy affects companies. This is an interesting merger of one mega-corporation and one company with well known assets. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in future movie and entertainment works.
Evil Out September 15 WebcomicsI mentioned webcomics in a previous post. Basically webcomics are comic strips that are published primarily to the internet. These comics can be anything from newspaper style 4 panel or single panel gag strips to full-page formatted comics. They are not all humorous or comedic, although even most of the more serious comics have humor elements. The subject matter runs the gamut from politics to Aztec mythology. The art ranges from manga-ish to sketchy to cartoony. In other words there are webcomics out there for almost everyone. I have a list of comics I read, most of them publish weekday M-F, a few only 2-3 times a week M-W-F or T-Th. There is also a great podcast that I have been following by four of the industry’s (and yes it is an industry and there are many artists who make a decent living or supplemental income from webcomics) leading artists. The podcast covers many subjects about making a living doing webcomics and lots of their unique humor. I’ll link all my preferences below so you can see the range of material I like and get an idea of what’s out there. Webcomics Weekly – Weekly Industry Podcast College Roomies from Hell!!! – Slice of Life comic if your life includes mutants, lasers, evil masterminds, and Satan Errant Story – Epic Fantasy Story that doesn’t take itself too seriously GU Comics – A computer gaming industry comic Evil Inc. – Newspaper style comic about Supervillains MegaTokyo – Manga-style comic about two Americans trapped in Tokyo Penny and Aggie – slice of life comic about High School PvPonline – newspaper style comic about workers at a gaming magazine Short Packed – comic about workers at a toy store Sinfest – The politically incorrect newspaper strip Order of the Stick – Satirical stick figure comic about D&D Wapsi Square – Slice of life comic with lots of Aztec Mythology thrown in for good measure Zap in Space – Epic Science Fiction Drama No Need for Bushido – Humorous Samurai Comic That’s all the ones I check out regularly…there are a few others that I catch up on occasionally, but these should be enough to get you started |
|
|
