11 December 2007, by Webmaster
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Newsarama: To begin Ruwan, can you tell us how this deal came together, and why it makes sense for Marvel?
Ruwan Jayatilleke: The real but somewhat “fake” origin: Much to Dallas’s (associate publisher of Del Rey, Middaugh) chagrin, I will tell this “story”: In my mind, the origin of this deal all started at San Diego Comic Con 2005, where I first met Dallas at a Random House dinner where people would rotate from table to table with some uber-author (...)