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This is the "dress" for the new Season One original graphic novels from Marvel for 2012 tht have nothing whatsover to do with DC's Earth One line of original graphic novels, honest. And why the change in heart over commissioning original graphic novels? It couldn't be that Disney have been publishing a number of rater dull[...]

And if he's in the pub tomorrow night, I may well be offering to buy him a drink based on this preview of X-Men: Season One, the OGN that you'll be finding across Disney's distribution platforms next year… Sweet. I do like Jamie McKelvie's art I also like Jamie McKelvie And if he's in the pub[...]

The financial press are reporting that the Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Toby Scammell, the boyfriend of a former Disney intern with insider trading. They allege that he heard about the impending purchase from his girlfriend's paperwork and phone conversations in 2009, when she worked at Disney's corporate strategy department, and subsequently bought Marvel call[...]

Then, even Nathan Fillion got in on the action. This year at San Diego… not so much. Looks like they were saving it all for their owners, Disney At the D23 Anaheim convention next week; On Saturday, August 20, Marvel Studios President, Production, Kevin Feige joins Rich Ross, Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios; Sean Bailey, President, production, The[...]

Boom recently solicited the final issues of Darkwing and Duck Tales for October, series that had been praised when originally published. Less so now.

Bleeding Cool presents the full document in today's historic win by Marvel against Marc Toberoff and the estate of Jack Kirby in court. The New York court

Disney has launched a very swish HTML5 enhanced comic book format for its new Tron: Legacy online comic, launching today It's meant to only work on Internet Explorer 9, but it seems fine on Google Chrome (and dead on Firefox), and the comic is viewed in a continual sideways scrolling fashion As you "grab" one[...]

Okay, this gets metatextual. Nathan Fillion plays the celebrity author Richard Castle in Castle on ABC, owned by Disney. Now Brian Michael Bendis and Kelly Sue DeConnick are to write a graphic novel, Castle: Richard Castle's Deadly Storm based on the non-existent work within that TV show, the Derrick Storm mystery novels, drawn by Lan Medina, for[...]

But he's also done a number of traditional superhero books along the way. And of late, he's been drawing eight page stories for Marvel UK newstands kids comics, Spectacular Spider-Man and Marvel Heroes. And he's posted a few panel and cover examples on Facebook, telling people he's going to miss working on these stories. Bleeding Cool recently ran[...]

An edict by Disney has come down that all Marvel superhero content must originate from the US And since the US don't generate this kind of content readily enough, a number of titles will be cancelled, repurposed or relaunched. What does this mean? Well I don't know, but if I were you, Titan, I'd consider seeing[...]

Now, thanks to Disney, you can spend that long holiday weekend at the end of April flicking between Westminster Abbey on the TV and the DVD of Cinderella. Disney tends to release its classic animations in DVD spurts, strictly limited in duration The current film being allowed out of the vault is Bambi (I can't help[...]

Kate Atherton writes for Bleeding Cool: With Tangled continuing to hold its own at the box office and earning a lot of love in the process, it's not surprising that there is speculation on what Disney will do to top its 50th animation The Daily What has picked up on Disney animator Heidi Gilbert's plea to[...]

District Court for the Southern District of New York filed a decision on motions in the ongoing Kirby Family vs Marvel/Disney battle Passing almost unnoticed over the holiday week, the court's decision partly grants Marvel's motions to dismiss the Kirbys' counterclaims, and allows other aspects of the counterclaims to continue But before we get[...]

Bleeding Cool has reported previously on the size and scope of Disney's operations in Italy, publishing comics. Well, Disney Italia has started a fun initiative – custom made Disney comics at bargain prices. Select your stories, select a cover and write a message to appear on the front And they'll print and send the comic in question[...]

Thank you Nikki! The Finke reports news that Disney are buiying back the final two films out of the Marvel/Paramount six film deal, which will make up Avengers and Iron Man 3 on the movie slate, Paramount still distributing Captain America and Thor The $115 million amount is based on what these movies are expected to[...]

Oh yes, they're working with him. Disney War Insignia These War Insignia, designed by Walt Disney and his artists, are being used by many branches of the service, as well as by the American volunteers in the Chinese air service, the Eagle Squadron of the R.A.F., and the Free French forces. Charlotte's Web Art Sells[...]

SCOOP OF THE YEAR So what were the best Bleeding Cool/Lying In The Gutters scoops of the year? There were a lot to choose from The industry announcements such as Boom getting the Disney licences from Gemstone That stuff was happening with Marvelman before Marvel's actual announcement, and details of a competitive other bid[...]

Disney Marvel is no longer just the bigger fish that DC was trying to eat It's suddenly one of the sharks off of Finding Nemo, with a whiff of blood in its nose Depending on how it can leverage its new position within Disney, there's a real danger of DC being forced off the scene[...]

And those disney benefit packages can be quite sweet… Kick Ass gets a date 16th of April, 2010. The Independent tries to report as a comics insider And doesn't do too well at it… Nikke Finke finds a great angle on the Misney story As well as looking at the negotiations that went on at the top level[...]

The official comment from DC Comics on the Disney buyout of Marvel Comics is "no comment." Internally of course it's a very different matter No one saw this coming, certainly not yesterday, and certainly not Disney Before now, the biggest Marvel buyout rumour was from Sony And that was a while back. DC owners Warner Bros has[...]

Today (8/31/09) comes the news that Disney has purchased Marvel outright. Spectacular Spider-Man currently airs on Disney XD, with new episodes starting from October. Right now, Marvel.com is streaming examples of all sorts of TV series from its past without mentioning any other studio rights to the broadcast of the work and, in some cases, removing studio[...]

The sale to Disney is down to Ike more than to any other. Famously known for penny pinching, I had multiple reports today of his watching every tiny cost at the publishing side, on "paperclips, toilet paper, staples, paper towels and coffee" and Marvel certainly has the current reputation for watching costs wherever it can.  Well,[...]

Could this be a giant Josh Hoopes size trap? Design/printer owner George Horch is opening a new comic store, Atomic Comics, in mid town Sacramento. He

Who, while no longer as big a part of Marvel as he used to be, is still its spiritual leader with the honorary title Chairman Emeritus. Stan has already has a deal with Disney over his POW! Entertainment properties So naturally, he's all in favour. To me, becoming 'Disneyfied' is not a bad thing I mean look[...]

Let's see some people with actual artistic and/or Photoshop skills go to town! Mouserine by Khary Randolph. Fantastic Mice by rbg29 Mickey Origin, Hunchback of SHIELD and Disney Avengers from Paul DeBenedetto and Matt Occhuizzo Goofalactus by Ape Lad Logald Duckerine by Saiyagina Beast And Boo by :raeioul Moduck by Chris Samnee Duckdevil by Kraken Anyone up for a Namorita/Little Mermaid battle to the[...]

Recently Boom Studios entered a licensing agreement with Disney, initially publishing a line of Pixar-based titles such as Cars, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and Monsters, Inc, as well as comics based on The Muppet Show They then took the rights from Gemstone to the Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck line of titles This would feel[...]

Nothing specific yet though. Jason Woods: for once (and probably just this once) I feel like I know what's happening with Marvel more than you ;) Gail Simone: I have dealt with Disney several times in the last couple years I think this will probably be a good thing for Marvel and comics. Joe Quesada: It feels like[...]

Some first thoughts. It is not April 1st. What does this mean for the Disney/Boom deal? Will Marvel now have a big booth at D23 as well? Will the Howard The Duck likeness legal mess be sorted out once and for all? And is World War Ducks now on the slate? Jason Wood, comic geek and market analysis tells us that[...]

Here's the Press Release… and listen along here… The Marvel/Disney deal is to complete end of calendar year. They hope to expand back catalogue and move across media platforms. The acquisition of Pixar is cited as an example, including international expansion. They want to turn lots of Marvel characters into "Iron Man" – not literally of course. Disney XD[...]

Disney are to buy Marvel Comics for four billion dollars. I understand that there will be an investor conference call taking place in three quarters of an hour at 10:15am EST. Marvel shareholders are to receive a total of $30 in cash plus a three quarters of a Disney share[...]