Disney/Marvel Team-Up

Um, yeah. Apparently, Disney just bought Marvel.

There's something really weird about that.

I think it has something, if not everything, to do with image.

When DC became part of Warner Brothers, well, I didn't notice at the time (I was a kid, y'know). But the fusion of the two companies isn't really jarring. The two fit together, now, certainly, but they've had time to do so.

The thing about DC is that it has a comparative image of being the squeaky clean one out of the two big comic companies. Marvel, by comparison, is "gritty," whatever that means.

Warner Brothers has always had a bit of a reputation of being the edgier of the two big animation groups. (Granted, this applies mostly to the older stuff, but if you watch the '90s era content, like Animaniacs, it still seems to be reasonably accurate. Of course, WB does rather less animation at this point than Disney does, or at least gives the impression of doing less.)

And Disney has always had the "family-friendly" image.

So, yeah, what?

(On the other hand, Disney apparently just wants Marvel to "keep on doing what it's doing." I don't know about other people, but if Disney doesn't leave well enough alone, it really can't ruin things at Marvel any.)

-Signing off.