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How do feel about Marvel Comics being purchased by Disney Corp?

Is this a sign of the end times approaching, or will Mickey Mouse start appearing in EVERY Marvel Comics movie along with Stan Lee holding his hand?

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I think, as Erik pointed out, the big question is if this will cause them to move away from actually printing comics. I'm of two minds on the subject, so I'll just post two different things that will essentially contradict each other.

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Personally, I hope they do stop making print comics, and here's why:

The cultural cache they enjoy at the moment is a product of lots of people growing up with their comics, but then "growing out" of them. That's been going on since before they started producing successful movies in-house. I think it's a valid concern that that they've been looking for ways to stop relying on a saturated and (for the last 30 years anyway) declining market. The profit margin on a full color glossy is probably pretty slim compared to your average Hugh Jackman vehicle.

So what the Disney buyout could result in is Marvel maintaining an anemic stable of comic writers who produce or maintain IPs for the purpose of movie franchising etc. Think of it as an equivalent to whatever Disney branch made The Little Mermaid 2. Quality would be exchanged for marketability, and the world would end in fire. Or something, anyway.

On the other hand, if they get out of the comics racket all together, it would open up some space for more independently minded companies that actually want to be there in the first place. I think that would be good for the health of the industry as a whole.

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Personally, I hope they don't stop printing comics.

A comic book is one of the few things in print media produced by a small to medium group of very talented folks from different disciplines. Marvel being the corporate juggernaut it is, has some pretty innovative people making some decent comics (Planet Hulk would be an example I'd give). Movies and TV requite a huge investment and hundreds of people to make, so an individual vision can get lost in the process, but your average monthly is a small enough production that some talented folks can show off what they got to a pretty large audience.

Then there's just the tactile feel of a comic book. I'm sure someone will always be out there to make them, but if Marvel finds success in Kindle-only style distribution system, others may follow (Dark Horse, for instance, which would be a shame). Also, the world ends in fire.

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I'm pretty indifferent to the whole thing. I can easily see Disney messing with Marvel editorial, and that would annoy me, based on the principle--but I'm more of a DC man, so I can only care so much. As long a no one fucks with Daredevil or Powers, I'll be happy.

If this event somehow lead to Bendis jumping ship, and taking Powers with him? I might actually applaud it.

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The "problem" (problem meaning sad face, not a real world issue) is that disney picking up marvel could mean a total shift away from paper source comic book stories. In the books it "makes sense" to them, blockbusters pull way more then graphic novels. However, this means we won't be seeing any original characters or stories, but instead will be left with stilted hacked up frankenstein's of original works brought to the big screen (ala wolverine, god rest that original story's sole).

This is all fine and dandy for the next fifteen years, but what happens when every spiderman x-man flash daredevil avengers story has been done? What happens when the subculture who fostered these characters' progression by actually purchasing the paper comics no longer have new material to validate?
"Which comic hero should we do now boss? I don't know, we haven't had a popular new marvel hero since 1992 with gambit."

What we will be left with are hack job bullsh!t writing teams making formulaic crap with super hero overtones. Its like a classic tragedy, they want so much to cash in on the big booming blossom that is book to big screen conversion, in the process they could very easily destroy the underground that fosters it. People who actually go to the shops, shift through all the crap, and then decide what is good, they allow the cream to rise to the top. Without comic book nerds and something new for them to read, we will have just that, nothing but rehashed crap. You have been warned micky...

daltonish answered in Books over 2 years ago | Report

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Disney also owns Miramax, which they leave perfectly well enough alone. I am sure they will have enough sense to take the profits and let Marvel continue to make money.

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