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Marvel Comics Actively Supports SOPA

[Disappointing, but not surprising.][link] Marvel is shit-scared of piracy, and instead of finding ways to make their comics better/more interesting/more apt to be purchased, they spend their time and money on disgusting legislation like SOPA. Really, they’re no different than the movie or music industry. They’ll fuck you as hard as they can to eek out one little *potential* point of revenue.

[link]: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/12/29/marvel-comics-actively-support-sopa/ “Marvel To Actively Support SOPA | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors”

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DO ANYTHING 026 by Warren Ellis

[Concluding Volume. 1][link], a brief history of comics, Jack Kirby, Marvel, DC, and the connections between them. Soon to be published in what I assume will be a print-on-demand edition.

I imagine the Robot Head of Jack Kirby curses a lot as it spins down.

[link]: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/01/05/do-anything-0026-by-warren-ellis/ “Do Anything 0026 by Warren Ellis | Bleeding Cool Comic Book News and Rumors”

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Jack Kirby’s Heirs File To Regain Copyrights

[The author assumes that Kirby’s heirs will probably just end up with rights to royalties][link], which I can’t say I give a shit about it. Jack’s long gone.

[link]: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/in-wake-of-disney-marvel-deal-cartoonists-heirs-seek-to-reclaim-rights/?hp “After Disney-Marvel Deal, Cartoonist’s Heirs Seek to Reclaim Rights – Media Decoder Blog – NYTimes.com”

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Warner Bros. Creates DC ENTERTAINMENT

[DC is now it’s own company, again, but still owned by Warner][link]. I wonder if this is a response to the Disney/Marvel deal or if it was in motion before that went down?

**Update**: [Warren Ellis says][warren], no, in fact, neither company knew what the other was doing.

[link]: http://vertigo.blog.dccomics.com/2009/09/09/warner-bros-creates-dc-entertainment/ “Vertigo: Graphic Content » Blog Archive » WARNER BROS. CREATES DC ENTERTAINMENT”
[warren]: http://twitter.com/warrenellis/status/3867800876 “Twitter post”

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Disney to Buy Marvel Entertainment

[A million voices crying out in terror, etc][link]. The fanboys of the world just work up to a pretty lame Monday.

[Warren Ellis][ellis]:

>so I got this phone call from Joe Quesada and it was just the sound of him rubbing himself with money and now I am confused

[link]: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/business/media/01disney.html?_r=2&hp “Disney to Buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 Billion – NYTimes.com”
[ellis]: http://twitter.com/warrenellis/status/3667886996 “Original quote on Twitter”