What The Geek

It’s really cool that some costume websites sell officially licensed comic book costumes, but they really don’t know how to sell them. (Particularly their X-men Emma Frost costume). Any X-Men fan could tell you that the description is WAY off… it makes it sound like Emma Frost’s power revolves around ice when everyone knows she has psychic abilities and can harden her body like a diamond. Of course when you try to tell them that no one listens… Check out the convo my girlfriend had with their CSR.

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Tags: Halloween, Marvel, X-Men

If you haven’t heard yet, it looks like Disney will be buying Marvel Entertainment. This is pretty damned scary as Disney has a long history of abusing their talent, and making all around dick moves as a company. I thought about writing a long diatribe about how this news both enrages and depresses me, but I decided instead to share with you the IM conversation a friend and I had upon hearing the sad sad news.

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Tags: :(, Disney, Marvel