From The Guardian: The Walt Disney empire is to buy the superheroes stable Marvel Entertainment for $4bn (£2.5bn) in a star-studded Hollywood deal that unites family names such as Mickey Mouse with lucrative characters including Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and the X-Men. I didn’t see that coming. Of course, if I did, then I would [...]
I was sorry to hear that Steve Gerber, one of my favourite comic book writers, passed away on Sunday. Gerber was best known as the creator of Marvel Comics’ Howard the Duck. Forget the atrocious George Lucas-produced 80s movie adaptation, Gerber’s HTD was the real deal: a cynical, cigar-chomping, anarchistic antidote to the traditional funny-animal [...]
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