Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Does Obama Have the Guts to Take on Big Cartoon? - Walt Disney - Gawker

Does Obama Have the Guts to Take on Big Cartoon?


"The news that Disney has shelled out $4 billion to buy Marvel comics means, for all purposes, the ownership of America's beloved cartoon characters is now in the hands of two companies — Disney and Warner Bros."


If one looks at Empire Magazine's list of the Greatest Comic Characters of All Time, 19 of the Top 20 now belong to either Disney or Warner. (To be fair, Empire's list underrated foreign characters like Asterix and Tintin, but still ...)

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