If you decided to skip out on most of the goings-on on the National Internets yesterday (and who could blame you), you might have missed out on the otherwise ubiquitous news that Disney is planning to buy Marvel for $4 billion.
As you might expect, nerds did not miss the news, and the internet all but exploded in a manner that even we villains couldn't have planned. Here's an example of a a standard reaction:
As always, there was a backlash to the backlash, with the nerds who think they're better than all the other nerds regularly pointing out that Disney owns Miramax, and they've distributed movies from filmmakers like Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino. Plus, you know, Disney's a company that loves money, and therefore it probably wouldn't be all that into muddling with the non-stop money train that is comics fandom.
But guess what, know-it-alls? The paranoid crazies who thought Mickey Mouse was going to start popping up in X-Men comics were onto something. Don't believe us? Well, we used our villain powers to intercept a memo from Disney's head honcho himself, Robert Iger.
Comments
Am I the only one who finds it fitting that Marvel was bought by a company run by a guy named Iger, who succeeded a guy name Eisner?
Posted by: Mike Zeidler | September 1, 2009 3:59 PM
I find it fitting that Garth Ennis can now, legitimately, have the Punisher kill the Disney universe.
We can also hope that Venom decides to eat the cast of Hannah Montana.
Posted by: Villainous Godot | September 1, 2009 9:12 PM
and who's our banner add sponsor? Walt Disney World. Well played Iger.... well played.
Posted by: Dark Darkman | September 2, 2009 3:38 AM
I am a fan of anything that trolls comics fans. Fuck comic books.
Posted by: LEANDER | September 2, 2009 3:38 AM
Am I the only one applauding Disney's super-villainous initiative here? All they need to do now is purchase DC and the entire internet will explode.
Posted by: Senor Taco | September 3, 2009 10:42 AM