Blame it on Stan Lee
The subject of Creators’ Rights in Comics has been catapulted into the limelight in recent years with the sudden surge of blockbuster, comic related films taking in billions of dollars for the...
View ArticleKickoff That Reboot
It’s that time of year again! That’s right, this past weekend marked the opening of the season for the National Football League, America’s national pass time for the next five months culminating with...
View ArticleCollusion Over Creator’s Rights?
Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe looks like an incredible read for any fan of comics. An excerpt from it that appears on Grantland certainly leaves your mouth watering for more. I was...
View ArticleMark Millar is Right!
Mark Millar’s assertion that a Justice League film is “an excellent way of losing $200 million” is dead-on but not for the reasons he stipulates. The idea that the characters that comprise the...
View Article‘Marvel Studios: Assembling A Universe’– A Kit With Instructions
Tonight ABC television airs a special, ‘Marvel Studios: Assembling A Universe’ that is being promoted as an exclusive look inside the world of Marvel Studios. Marvel’s website succinctly describes the...
View ArticleThe Irony of Marvel’s Film Right Deals to Spider-Man, X-Men and The Fantastic...
There has been plenty of rumor and speculation of late about the possibility of Spider-Man appearing in Marvel Studios’ film adaptation of Civil War. Why it could be a problem is that Sony owns the...
View ArticleSecret Wars: The Disneyfication of Marvel
In case you have not heard, the Marvel Universe as the world has known it since 1961 is ending. Why not? Death sells. So knock off the whole thing and reboot from scratch. The idea is so original they...
View ArticleMarvel/Disney Erasing History
Marvel/Disney is waging a licensing war with Fox over the Fantastic Four and X-Men properties. Marvel sold the film rights for the characters and their supporting casts to Fox back in the 1990′s when...
View ArticleThe Fantastic Flub
Now that the review embargo has been lifted on the new Fantastic Four film reboot because it is finally in theaters, what we all expected if fully evident. The film is lousy. With a horrible 9%...
View ArticleKirby4Heroes History Update
There are just ten days left before the comic book world celebrates the 98th birthday of the legendary Jack Kirby, arguably the most influential creator in the history of comic books. In honor of his...
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