I know it's Twitter, home of the massive overstatement, but idea that Kirby was as influential a cultural figure as Disney is preposterous.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/898952774112526337 …
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Replying to @JamesSurowiecki
Both the Marvel Cinematic Universe & DC Cinematic Universe -- which utterly dominate Hollywood -- have Kirby in their DNA.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @JamesSurowiecki
You're comparing things that Kirby influenced or had him in their DNA with things that Disney actually did though.
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Quite apart from anything, the whole Marvel Universe brand management and release strategy has more than a little bit of Disney DNA.
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Replying to @dsquareddigest @JamesSurowiecki
Sure, that's why Disney bought Marvel. It basically gave them Kirby's characters fused with Disney's marketing machine.
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