I read that Marvel is coming out with a
Marvel Apes comic. I did a Marvel ape once...
A couple of years ago, when I was unsure I would be able to continue to draw Halo and Sprocket, I decided to submit a
Spider-Ham idea to Marvel. I thought of new, animals names for most of the Marvel Universe. I created the
Oranguthing. (I believe in the original Spider-Ham books, the
Thing was merely called the
Thang.)
In my story, all the mutants were
Egg-Layers, while the rest of the world were
Mammals. It made the naming of the characters tougher, but I was happy with the results. In
Marvel's version, the
X-Men were called the
X-Bugs. In my version, they were the
Eggs-Men. They were lead by
Prof. Eggs, a bald eagle nested in a wheelchair. I don't usually say this about my own work, but there were a lot of things to like about my proposal. Marvel, however, didn't bite. Below is a piece of my cover letter...
A few months after I sent in my proposal, I noticed there was a Ghost Rider
TP released called "Vicious Cycle." (I do truly believe, however, that this was a coincidence.)
It still blows my mind that Marvel isn't
capitalizing on Spider-Ham characters. There are more and more "cute" Marvel toys coming out everyday!
Marvel, if you feel like your current Spider-Ham characters aren't strong enough to merchandise, I've got a
whole list of re-imagined ones...
