Marvel Does Good

I know I have railed on Marvel's website here before, but it turns out someone may have been listening. I went on there for the first time in what seems like months the other day, and I was really quite surprised. The new layout is well designed and much more user friendly then the last. They still have the character bios and such as a large part of the front page, but they're toned down a bit. I know Marvel thinks they need these so their characters are more
accessible to the masses, which is probably true, but I certainly don't need them. What's more important to me is shipping schedules, and Marvel has made those more available.

But the thing that I found most intriguing, and the thing that will keep me going back there are the video blogs. I watched several and for the most part they are very funny, well put together, and informative. The one of Robert Downey Jr and Jon Favreau was my favorite out of the bunch, though it seems like you're only getting a part of the whole. Hope to see that. I also enjoyed the Joe Quesda hosted "In the House" look inside the Marvel offices. I have yet to check out the "2007 Marvel Mustache Pageant", but it looks like a real winner. They also have a regular series, The Weekly Watcher, which has been going for a while now, and features the ever alluring Alexa Mendez.

So all in all, a very good upgrade for the folks over at Marvel. Now just make more of the backgrounds available without having to register and you've sold me.

-Dan