Michael Davis: The Coming of the Fan Boy
Word on the street is Warner Bros has announced a new venture, DC Nasty.
“DC Nasty is an adult film company created because Warner Bros sees an opportunity to fill a gap, plug a hole and make a big splash in a vastly underserved audience, grown fan boys who rent or buy porn almost 600 times more than video games or comics.”
This, from the Warner Bros Press release.
A recent ComicMix poll showed 92% of grown fan boys do not have wives or girlfriends, 80% make 5-6 figure incomes and in what was alarming to this reporter, 70-100% go blind by the time they are 50.
Rumors are flying as to who will head up the new venture. A high level unnamed source at DC thinks that a former DC executive who recently returned to the freelance ranks will run the new company.
An announcement is anticipated to be made at this years’ San Diego Comic Con. Expected to be among the first wave of projects are Sgt. Rock, Deathstoke, Elongated Man, Man of Steel and Swamp Thing.
It seems that the industry has realized that Warner may be on to something.
There are reports that Marvel is also thinking about getting their hands into porn by creating a division called Marvel Masturbation. Projects include the Hulk, Mr. Fantastic, the Thing and the Black Avengers.
An unnamed source from Marvel said they wanted to create as much tie-in with the comics as possible. With that in mind, Make Mine Masturbation is being considered as the slogan of the new venture.
Fan boys are certainly already doing that. The question is will they pay DC and Marvel to supply them with their reason for doing so?
Will this new venture let DC, Marvel and their fans share a happy ending?
That’s a sticky question.
WEDNESDAY MORNING: Mike Gold
THURSDAY MORNING: Dennis O’Neil
You spelled “coming” incorrectly.
NO IDEA what you are talking about.
FINALLY. This is exactly what we need in the world of comics.
Although I can’t imagine why they aren’t going to also include Doctor Strange in their new projects. Clearly he ought to be there.
Doctor Strange and Iron Man are in the second wave of projects.
Bad Man