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Thursday Trending Topics: Comics And SOPA
With Marvel and DC owned by two of the world's largest entertainment companies, the conversation over comics and SOPA has been simmering for quite some time, but today it hit the boiling point as word of Marvel Entertainment's explicit support rocketed around the internet. Will either major publisher get hit with a Godaddy-like backlash? Probably not, but the discussions on this matter is a long way from over.
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What Exactly… Does John Byrne… Mean? | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors
John Byrne was posting about years and Roman Numerals today. On the John Byrne Message Board, he wrote;
Marvel To Actively Support SOPA | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors
Well, now it's time for the internet to turn on Marvel. Who, along with their parent company Disney, have come out in support of this bill. They are the only specific comic book publisher to have done so, although they are joined by comic-publishing book publishers like Hachette, Macmillan, Harper Collins, Penguin and Random House, and by DC Entertainment's parent company Time Warner.
Clearing out their backlist, Marvel are offering the following titles to direct market retailers at a massive discount, which will be hard for many of them to ignore. At which point the titles will then suddenly disappear in this form and, if recent history is anything to go by, will then proceed to sell for silly dollars on Amazon. You have been warned.
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So, why does Anne Hathaway's Catwoman wear those heels? Is it to tighten her calves, push her bottom backwards and her bosom forwards, accentuating the most notably female facets of her form? Yes, of course it is. But that's not all.
It's not Lego but Mega Bloks, their legally permitted imitators, who have scooped the Amazing Spider-Man licensing deal. Here are the box designs for three of the sets due to launch ahead of the movie.
New Avengers Trailer Brings Fresh Clips | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors
There you go. Some assembly required. And at least this way, Black Widow has a decent Russian accent.
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