Tag Archive | "Disney"

Heroes Reborn Again

Thursday, April 1, 2010

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In a surprising move, Marvel Comics have announced that some of their highest profile properties will be relaunched later in the year “to reflect the Christian family values of the new Marvel-Disney brand“. Captain America, The Avengers and The Fantastic Four will have their comics relaunched to “portray a positive, spiritual message to Marvel Comic [...]

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Goofy meets Lynch

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

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Its the cinematic collaboration we’ve all been waiting for: Disney’s Goofy working with master of the surreal, the auteur David Lynch. Apparently Goofy has been a huge admirer of Lynch’s work going right back to Eraserhead and Lynch has been keen to use the Hollywood veteran in one of his projects but has been holding [...]

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Disney Underground

Friday, January 1, 2010

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(Goofy Takes A Break by Pete McKee. ©Disney of course.) Latest in the current trend in getting a few alt-comix/alt-art types to reinterpret classic characters – Disney Underground. A collection of high quality prints of Disney characters, all approved by Disney. Prices from $75 and going up to $250. Details and ordering from s Entertainment [...]

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Epic Misney

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

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Bring Marvel and Disney together and you make Misney – so why not make it truly epic on the crossover scale? (Epic Misney by T Campbell and John Waltrip; I especially like Dazzler having a sing-out with Hannah Montana, Beast waltzing with Beauty and the scandalised looks on Disney’s little princesses as they see Emma [...]

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That Disney – Marvel thing…. you may have heard already……

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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Well, we didn’t see that one coming. Disney bought Marvel Comics on Monday 1st September for some 2.5 billion quid. And to be honest no-one’s really sure what it means. Official word from Marvel and Disney says all is as it was: C.B. Cebulski (Marvel talent liaison/editor/writer) Allow me to reassure you right now, guys, [...]

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More Disney-Marvel – in pictures….

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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It didn’t take long after the shocking news on Monday that Disney had purchased Marvel Comics for the mash-ups and funny stuff to start appearing on the Internet. Here’s a few that caught our eye: (Inspired by a twitter from Brian Reed, and drawn (or at least posted) by petroglyf. Via ComicMix) (Beast And Boo [...]

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Marvel teams up with Disney

Monday, August 31, 2009

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Its been announced that the Mouse Kingdom is buying mighty Marvel in a combined cash/shares deal worth around a cool 4 billion dollars. Over on his Twitter Paul Cornell seemed pretty pleased that it should put Marvel on a sounder financial footing and exclaiming “I’m working for Disney!” “Disney is the perfect home for Marvel’s [...]

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