Bring on the Mickey Mouse/Punisher crossover: Disney buys Marvel

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/business/media/01disney.html?hp

Maybe this will lead to a Marvel Ultimate Kingdom Hearts Alliance videogame.

^^ Would play this.

Most importantly:

strategic focus on quality branded content, technological innovation and international expansion to build long-term shareholder value

holy fuck

which Marvel property is going to by Pixared first

I would go see a Power Pack movie.

which Marvel property is going to by Pixared first

Would be very happy if they (a) did this and (b) made it a movie for grown-ups more than kids. Anyway: Ghost Rider.

Fantastic Four! Er, although they kind of did that already.

No one would go see it but a Pixared New Warriors movie could be pretty cool; ditto Thunderbolts.

Power Pack is a good idea, but I think I like the idea of Vaughan's Runaways storyline even better. It has the right level of darkness to lead into more mature stuff down the road.

Actually I hold little hope that Pixar will adapt any of Marvel's comics. They seem focused on producing kids movies with material embedded in them to appeal to/pacify parents.

ooh Runaways is a good call

NYX is probably too dark, right?

I want the Weinsteins and Disney/Marvel to have a big group hug leading to a Tarantino film of Alias. (ugh, are there no depths to my nerdery...)

Huh, I never even heard of NYX until now. That fell at the end of my time away from comics.

A Tarantino superhero flick might be pretty cool actually.

doubleyou, oh ell vee, ee are eye in ee!

wld like to think that the Kirby family get a cut of this, but i know they won't

My friend Martin, in an email: "Face it Tigger you just hit the jackpot"!

^ lol

bad news for Boom!'s Muppet Show?

Bad news for all of the Disney titles that Boom! has printed or is licensed to print?

They're not going to break contracts in order to cancel the licenses, duh.

but they're definitely not going to renew them

http://www.faans.com/index.php?p=2075

Very cool.

Quite nice! But why does Scrooge have Dollar signs in his eyes while looking at Spider-Man's ass?

Also, lol at Squirrel Girl dancing with Chip and Dale!

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Cassaday can draw everything except people's faces. Larocca *really* depends on a good inker/colorist. Dodson is one of those nu-cheesecake artists like Frank Cho that leaves me a bit cold, even though he can obviously draw pretty good.

Cassaday feels like an excellent choice for a space opera, the splash-page space scenes in Astonishing X-Men and Planetary looked really cool.