Black Panther gets his own animated series

Black Panther is getting his own animated series. Why this surprises me I really do not know. After his marriage to Ororo (Storm of the X-men), it seems that Black Panther is crawling out of the woodwork to try and become a serious character on the Marvel roster. Do I agree with this? Not really, but I probably have not given him much in the way of real thought thanks to the way his marriage was handled. Honestly, I see this as another publicity stunt meant to rehabilitate a franchise.

Whatever my personal thoughts on the subject are, Black Panther the Animated Series begins its run on Australian television on Saturday, January 16th. The series starts with T’Challa becoming King and having to find the murderer of his Father. It’s a mini-series team up between Marvel Animations and BET Networks.

Check out more information on the series at Marvel.com. You can even see previews of the artwork.

Protests are going to happen....but this is just funny.

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I laughed so hard at this. Not because it was so unlikely, but because this is the kind of thing that I can actually see comic book fans doing. Given half a chance, they will dress as their favorite characters and make their views known. This almost makes me wish I was going to Dragon*Con (opening Thursday in Atlanta, GA) to hear what the fans will be saying to the artists and others who appear at the convention.

Disney's acquisition of Marvel continued...

Disney and Marvel continues. Even I have to admit that I have not looked at this from every angle or even tried to see how many places are going to be effected by the this merger.

Movies.
Toys.
Games.
Comic Books.

And that is probably just scratching the surface truthfully. Just so many intellectual properties. So many under the surface deals. It practically boggles the mind.

One thing I do hope does not change are the artists and writers who have made Marvel great over the years.

Disney Buys Marvel: Is this the end?

It might be the end of an era: Disney to Acquire Marvel Entertainment. I am not even sure how to look at this. Marvel Entertainment has been a part of my life for so long that I honestly cannot even begin to imagine what my life would be like without that influence.

I have written several comic book scripts over time. I consider Stan Lee to be one of my personal heroes. I am absolutely terrified that once this happens, Marvel Entertainment as I know it and love it will cease to exist. Things have not gone all the way through, the Marvel shareholders still have to have their say, but all the two companies are waiting for are the rubber stamps to usher them through the rest of the process.

According to the Times, Ike Perlmutter is staying on to oversee the Marvel properties so there is still some hope of things not taking a complete and drastic turn for the worse. Maybe we can use that to take heart.

I personally do not particularly like this idea (I am not alone); however, to say that it does not make good business sense would be unfair. Disney has a hard time reaching the boys, which Marvel has always been great at. Not to mention the recent major box office successes Marvel has pulled off. Marvel has never quite managed to pull off globalization, which is Disney’s primary schtick.

Paramount Pictures is still in on their contract until it runs out, so have no fear, Iron Man will still come out.

As it stands, this deal is not finished and no one could truly predict what will come out of it. I, for one, intend to take an optimistic bent. Marvel just got a major infusion of cash and a star maker engine no one can argue with, that is never a bad thing.