Sam Humphries has signed exclusive Marvel contract

I’m both happy and saddened by this news. Sam Humphries (Our Love Is Real) has gone Marvel-exclusive.

Marvel Entertainment is excited to announce the exclusive agreement with The Legendary Star-Lord writer, Sam Humphries.

One of Wizard’s “Five Writers to Watch in 2011”, Humphries’ work on independent and creator-owned comics such as Our Love is Real initially caught Marvel’s attention for his unique style, wit, and creativity. Humphries creator-owned work eventually led to his first work at Marvel on the limited series John Carter: The Gods of Mars and later Ultimate Comics: Ultimates.

Reflecting on how he got started at Marvel, Humphries said “”In 2011, I self-published a comic called Our Love Is Real which, because of its unconventional subject matter, quickly became infamous. Then-Senior Editor Stephen Wacker brought it to the attention of Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso, who gave me a call pretty much out of the blue. He said, ‘Are you ready to get into the mix at Marvel?’ I said, ‘Before you sign me up, before we get involved — I just want to make sure — you have read Our Love Is Real and you know what it is about, right?!’ I’m thankful they’ve trusted me with their books and characters ever since.” [CBR]

I hope the dude is making ALL DAT CHEDDAR, and good for him. But at the same time, I wish we were going to see more of his outlandish, zany, inappropriate independent work. I suppose there shall come a time, right?

How do you folks feel about this?