Fun fact: the selling price of my childhood is four billion USD. Who knew? At least it’s expensive. A Nigerian childhood can be bought out for pocket money.

The fine folks behind High School Musical are now in charge of Spider-man’s future. Fantastic. Maybe we can look forward to a crossover in which Deadpool tries to commit suicide during a promotional Miley Cyrus concert, but cruel advertising gods refuse to let him die.

I think this is the beginning of a bright future for American comics. There’s plenty of illuminating fire in hell, after all.

Get the full story at:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/disney-buys-marvel-for-4-billion/article1270467/
http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.9360.Disney_to_Acquire_Marvel_Entertainment

Get the reaction of Warren "Christ" Ellis at:
http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=7697