Desert of Zin

And for $4 Million.

Wow.

I’m not entirelly sure this is a good idea but I can see the benefits.

A greater brand awareness for Marvel, there are distribution channels that Disney have they can exploit to enhance the brand, and subesquently the comics market as a whole.

And it’s not like Pixar has suffered any from their move to Disney.  Not too sure I can say the same for Muppet Studios though.

But I’m sure time will tell.  As long as they don’t have the same kind of crap that Warner Bros. do to DC Comics’ characters movie-wise, I’m sure everything will work out just fine.

Although this does mean that Dark Horse become the largest indie comic book company in operation at the moment, something that will do them good for years to come.  As long as they don’t sell out are not bought over then the world of comic books isn’t totally lost… 

- Alistair

If you have the time, check out the documentary Here’s Johnny, about John Hicklenton – a graphic artist who, among other things, drew some of the Nemesis The Warlock comics for 2000AD.

It’s about him battling MS.

Fascinating stuff.

It’s to be found on the Channel 4 on Demand service.

Hello Cthulhu.

It is both helplessly cute and infinitely terrifying at the same time.

So that’s it then.

This week I’ll be picking up Infinte Crisis #7 and that’ll be it for the foreseeable future. No more comics.

I’ll still be picking up the occasional graphic novel but the days of forking out for dozens of issues a month are long gone.

And it’s not just the number and price that’s the reason. Recently the quality of the stories and art has been litle short of dreadful.

And then there’s the constant crossovers and events.

And the variant covers.

ARRRGGGHHH!!!