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Prince-1

Prince-1

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Matt_Black

Matt_Black

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Florida_is_hot said:
That has failure written all over it.
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As of late, Marvel has been able to take the goofiest concepts and find success with them.

"We've got an idea for a new space-based super-team! It's going to have a talking raccoon, a tree, and a Russian dog with telepathy!"

"We're going to do a book with super-powered animals! It'll have Falcon's falcon, that cute little dragon from the X-Men, a frog with the power of Thor, and the dog from Spider-Man and the Amazing Friends!"

"We're going to have Spider-Man and Dr. Octopus switch bodies, then we'll kill off Peter, leaving Doc Ock as Spider-Man!"
 
FigmentJedi

FigmentJedi

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Matt_Black said:
As of late, Marvel has been able to take the goofiest concepts and find success with them.

"We're going to have Spider-Man and Dr. Octopus switch bodies, then we'll kill off Peter, leaving Doc Ock as Spider-Man!"
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Actually, a lot of people hate that series, but buy it in droves anyway for some reason. It's like comic fans can't comprehend the Jay Sherman principle.

 
Matt_Black

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Tahu said:
Actually, a lot of people hate that series, but buy it in droves anyway for some reason.
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Success is success. And I've seen some folks claim it's the most brilliant Spidey story written in years. (Granted, when you have competition like the Clone Saga and Brand New Day, that ain't sayin' much.)
 
Lunamis

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I don't know if they were successful but I've purchased ALL of the Haunted Mansion and Alice in Wonderland series from Disney/SLG from 7 years ago or so. They were really well done.

I have hopes for these and I'll definitely try buying a few issues.
 
Matt_Black

Matt_Black

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Lunamis said:
I don't know if they were successful but I've purchased ALL of the Haunted Mansion and Alice in Wonderland series from Disney/SLG from 7 years ago or so. They were really well done.
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I only picked up an issue or two of AiW, but I liked what I read. The BEST Disney/ SLG comics were, of course, Gargoyles and Gargoyles: Bad Guys.
 
lebeau

lebeau

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Fractal514 said:
Isn't it a five issue mini series? That's not going to get cancelled.
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A mini won't. But what are the odds of the imprint lasting? Not good unless Spidey and the X-Men show up.

However, I give them major credit for trying something new. This is actually really cool.
 
Fractal514

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The Icon imprint from Marvel has had success, though it has not been nearly as successful as Vertigo from DC, but that doesn't mean that they couldn't make this work. Particularly if Disney sees merch tie-ins by making these available as graphic novels in gift shops and carts outside of attractions.
 
lebeau

lebeau

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Fractal514 said:
The Icon imprint from Marvel has had success, though it has not been nearly as successful as Vertigo from DC, but that doesn't mean that they couldn't make this work. Particularly if Disney sees merch tie-ins by making these available as graphic novels in gift shops and carts outside of attractions.
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There is potential. But Marvel has a lousy track record with this sort of thing. I haven't been reading the last few years so I'm not as up to date as I used to be. But man, they tried for years to duplicate the success of Vertigo with no success at all. I've forgotten most of them.

This seems like an incredibly small niche audience. I have a hard time imagining that most park fans would shell out for graphic novels. But I'd love to be wrong.
 
Fractal514

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lebeau said:
There is potential. But Marvel has a lousy track record with this sort of thing. I haven't been reading the last few years so I'm not as up to date as I used to be. But man, they tried for years to duplicate the success of Vertigo with no success at all. I've forgotten most of them.

This seems like an incredibly small niche audience. I have a hard time imagining that most park fans would shell out for graphic novels. But I'd love to be wrong.
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Again, I think it all depends on the creative team and the quality. A lot of Disney fans are skeptical of Marvel and vice versa, but if they can put that aside they might both be pleasantly surprised by stuff like this.

A five issue mini that will feature designs from the Museum of the Weird should appeal to lots of fans of imagineering and the parks. The challenge for Disney will be to figure out how to get this into their hands and a Graphic Novel, priced around $10-$15 could do the trick.
 
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JusticeGMH

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The one recent example of success in a similar arena for Marvel has been their series of Oz comics. Those, of course, have a built in Oz audience and bigger-name creators on them, but it's not completely without precedence for Marvel to publish a fantasy-based, non-super-hero book and have some degree of ongoing success with it. Glad they're at least giving it a try.
 

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