Marvel announces TRON: THE BETRAYAL periodicals
If you were wondering when Marvel would start working with Disney on more Disney-themed comics, the answer is now, as a two-issue TRON follow-up series has just been announced. The two-issue mini will serialize the graphic novel being published by Disney itself. Details in the PR: Marvel is proud to announce TRON: The Betrayal, a new [...]
Continue ReadingSD10: FBI and Disney team for Mickey Mouse reprints
Probably the biggest “classic comics” announcement at SD10 was a new series of reprints of Floyd Gottfredson’s Mickey Mouse comic strip. Disney is partnering with Fantagraphics for the reprints, which will begin in 2011. Gottfredson’s Mickey was far from the benign company spokesman we all know and love. Rather he was a bold, dynamic adventurer, [...]
Continue ReadingSD10: Big Two Saturday
Marvel At the Saturday Cup o' Joe panel, Marvel teased fans with the hint that they would be doing something to do with Crossgen in 2011. After Crossgen entered bankruptcy, Disney bought up its creative properties. Now that Disney owns and operates Marvel Comics, it is seems natural for them to take advantage of the fact.
Continue ReadingMickey Mouse gets high
Found while surfing: An episode of the Mickey Mouse strip that features Mickey and Goofy getting all hopped up on goofballs. While they don't go out and muder some hookers while high, they do go to Africa so they can encounter uncomfortable racial stereotypes of the era. Was this the work of a rogue writer who slipped some crazy shit past Disney censors? Well, according to the site hosting this -- which offers "reliable, non-judgmental information about psychoactive plants, chemicals, and related issues:, this was really part of those wacky, wacky 50s and their unexpected propaganda:
Continue ReadingKirby heirs sue for copyright
As revealed yesterday, the family of Jack Kirby has officially filed a lawsuit seeking to regain the copyright of the Marvel characters he co-created, including The FF, Thor, Iron Man, the Hulk, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Nick Fury and The Avengers. The entire complaint is available here. The move comes after a series of legal maneuverings that left [...]
Continue ReadingECCC: BOOM! gets Darkwing
’90s nostalgia is rampant at BOOM! Studios, as Ian Brill and James Silvani are teaming for a four-issue miniseries featuring Darkwing Duck, Disney’s superheroic anatid from 1991. A spin-off of the popular Duck Tales cartoon, Darkwing, his daughter Goslyn, and sidekick Launchpad faced such villains as Megavolt, Negaduck and Quackerjack for, perhaps, Disney’s best [...]
Continue ReadingIs “Lost Island” attraction on its way at Disneyland?
Some Lost personnel were just at the Paleyfest yakking about their continuing anxiety over upcoming fan reaction to the final season, and they also let this thrilling news drop: Since few fans really expected major secrets to creep off the island during this friendly panel, the most exciting bit of news for series fans might be [...]
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