Not Comics: Sean Howe On Marvel’s Avengers-Focused, Money-Based, Deal Surge To Hollywood Frontrunner

I don't recommend a lot of articles on the film business in which comics companies find themselves, but I did like this sharp, focused piece at Slate from emerging Marvel go-to guy Sean Howe. I like it for both the detail work and for what it says about what I think is a key comics-as-business story over the last quarter-century: the post-bankruptcy Marvel team's intense belief in the value of what they had to offer general media, and the way they sought deals that reflected their own view of what they could put on the table. I don't always agree in the implication of that view for creators, or how it's been applied, but I think it's been a big key to their success and something that may even be replicable throughout comics culture more generally.
 
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