Oh Glorious Day
Bendis made his
surprise
announcement at Wizard World Chicago, and it turns out it actually
was
pretty surprising: all the Marvel and DC characters have suddenly
entered the public domain. Here, I'll let Bendis explain it:
“I think the one mistake that’s being made here is that
these are all of our characters – they ‘belong’ to all of us, and if
there’s something that we all want to see, you kind of have to say yes."
Sweet! Well, there is something I know we all want to see, so I
say, "Yes!" A rounding "yes" to my brilliant crossover idea
pairing not just two characters but two
pairs of
characters. Yes, I'm talking about my long-awaited Power Man/Iron
Fist/Blue Beetle/Booster Gold mega-crossover. It'll be genius!
I expect calls from Marvel and DC representatives shortly to work out
the details.
UPDATE: Alf vs. Black Panther crossover also
announced.
UPDATE/ADDENDUM: Apparently my interpretation of Bendis'
shocking announcement was too narrow, as I thought only Marvel and DC
characters had entered the public domain. But as
recent
news about such projects as
Jimmy
Corrigan/Jim Corrigan and
Dracula/John
Constantine/Archie makes clear, in fact
all comic
book characters are now up for grabs, regardless of publisher.
With that in mind, I can finally move forward on my ambitious
Goon/
Goom/
Goofy/
Geek
coloso-crossover. Truly, we have entered a new Golden Age of
Comics this day. Huzzah!
