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So, it’s has been undoubtedly heard by you, but as it is pertinent to what we’re into, here at Procrastinators, I’d like to take a minute and discuss Disney’s acquisition of Marvel. If you hadn’t heard about it . . . well, it’s true. Walt Disney, the company that’s brought us Mickey Mouse, The Lion King, The Incredibles, and Disneyland has purchased the comic book mega company, Marvel. If you’d like to see the news story, check out this article.

So, what do I have to say about this? Well, I have to say I have my reservations. Disney is well known for its family-friendly, “G” or “PG” rated material. Marvel . . . not entirely. I mean, Punisher, anyone? And, that’s just one of the 5,000 characters that Disney is acquiring the rights to. Does this mean that we’re soon to see a softer side of Wolverine? As far as I know, Disney has not yet made any formal statements regarding the future of the Marvel characters. It was a smart buy on Disney’s part (and Marvel shareholders would be stupid to refuse the purchase), but only as long as the Marvel IPs are allowed to continue along their current path. If Disney tries to make Marvel characters too nice and cuddly, it could be the beginning of a serious downward spiral. Of course, the flip-side is that, with the powerhouse that is Disney, Marvel won’t have to worry about profitability in this tough economy.

And on that note, I leave you with this comic from those talented guys at Penny Arcade.

I will jump from the oldie goldie to a new favorite, Evil Inc. I found out about this comic when I stumbled across the Webcomics Weekly show on iTunes. The show features four of the leading folk in online comics, Brad Wigwam err Guiger (go back through the archives to get the joke), Dave Kellett, Kris Straub, and Scott Kurtz; they talk shop and social aspects of doing webcomcics. If you want they’re collected thoughts check out How to Make Webcomics book. But I digress this is supposed to be about Evil Inc. Read more…

Right. So I have a set of online comic bookmarks that’s um … around 30 currently. And I figured it was high time I started telling others about them. I’ll start with the one that first drew me into the warm embrace of webcomics, MegaTokyo.

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