Todd Abbot Studios Poised for Hostile Takeover of DFG Comics

By Fawney Bologna
Special to DFG ONLINE!
Dateline: Carnage City
A DFG insider leaked the following rumour late last evening that DFG Comics was fighting off a hostile takeover from Todd Abbot Studios. As regular readers will know, DFG announced yesterday that it is facing serious financial difficulties and has sought creditor protection following labour action that began earlier this year. The insider, who wishes not to be named for fear of management reprisals, is a solid source and has been a regular leaker of DFG information to the press. Apparently Todd Abbot met with DFG VP Darryl Andrews late last evening at the BC office and proposed a deal that Mr. Andrews rejected out of hand. The insider, who was within hearing distance, reports that Mr. Abbot said, "Look Darryl, we can either do this pleasantly, or we can get our hands dirty in front of the media." Mr. Andrews is reported to have replied, "Dan sends you this message Abbot: 'The only way you will get DFG away from me is from my cold, dead hands!'" Mr. Abbot was reported to have a meeting scheduled with Mr. Mooney B. Aggs, chief general manager of Carnage City National Bank for first thing Monday morning in order to offer to bail out DFG and bring about a restructuring of management with himself at the head.

If Mr. Abbot is able to pull this off, it will be an extraordinary development in his hot-cold relationship with DFG over the years. In spite of legal action going back and forth over a variety of creative issues, Mr. Abbot has continued to work with DFG for nearly 30 years. He left the staff last year to form his own studio, the Todd Abbot Studio, that also functions under the name DTA Comics, a DFG subsidiary whose trademark DFG accidentally let slip two years ago. When Mr. Abbot acquired the rights to DTA is was a great embarrasment to DFG Comics. The Todd Abbot Studio continued to package stories and artwork for DFG (this has been a source of the labour unrest amongst the DFG bullpen), but has not produced anything this year. Could the withholding of material be part of a more sinister plan by Abbot to strangle DFG into submission?

Calls to the DFG Corporate HQ were unreturned at press time.