Welcome True Believers,
This week is you final lesson in nerd speak. We're looking at the synergy between comics, movies, and pop culture. To this end, take a peak at Will Eisner's web page and check out Reading with Pictures. While America slept the comic book nerds took over. You thought it started Dungeons and Dragons, then the pc, the gaming industry, but that was just the opening wedge.
Here is some food for thought.
Excelsior,
PGP
Scott McCloud Journal
Business / Media & Advertising
Disney Swoops Into Action, Buying Marvel for $4 Billion
By BROOKS BARNES and MICHAEL CIEPLY
Published: September 1, 2009
Disney’s acquisition of Marvel Entertainment will also add Spider-Man and Captain America to its array of businesses.
Movies
Jack Kirby’s Heroes in Waiting
By DAVE ITZKOFF
Published: April 13, 2010
The artist, known for Marvel comics, died in 1994, but some of his characters have yet to be introduced.
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