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Ben Morse Leaves Marvel to Become a UNLV Professor

Published Thu, 21 Dec 2017 17:00:58 -0600

Marvel Editorial Director of Digital Media, podcast host, and man of various other roles Ben Morse announced on Twitter that today was his last day working at Marvel. But the reason for Morse's departure is no coded message. Morse is leaving the company to become a professor at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. But what happens in Vegas won't stay in Vegas! Morse invited everyone to continue to follow and comment on his "exploits," and like any good Marvel character, left the door open for a return in the future.

Check out his tweets below:

After a terrific 10 years, tomorrow will be my last day in the Marvel offices for the time being. It has been a decade of working at my literal dream job—when I was in fifth grade I wrote an essay about working for Marvel when I grew up (and playing in the NBA). (1)

— Ben Morse (@BenJMorse) December 21, 2017

I'm so grateful to everybody who made it possible. In particular, thank you Dan Buckley and John Dokes for the initial opportunity, and thank you John Cerilli and Ryan Penagos for helping me grow in every possible way. (2)

— Ben Morse (@BenJMorse) December 21, 2017

And of course thank you to my wonderful wife Megan for providing me with constant love and support. (3)

— Ben Morse (@BenJMorse) December 21, 2017

I could continue to list off thank you notes, but inevitably I would miss not just one or two people, but dozens; that's how blessed I've been during my time at Marvel. (4)

— Ben Morse (@BenJMorse) December 21, 2017

From co-workers to creators to the fabulous people who listen to This Week in Marvel, I consider you all friends and love you all; I truly can't thank you enough. I am blessed in so many ways. (5)

— Ben Morse (@BenJMorse) December 21, 2017

My next adventure takes me out west to Las Vegas where I'm becoming a Visiting Professor of New Media at UNLV. I hope you'll continue to follow my exploits and share your opinions from time to time. (6)

— Ben Morse (@BenJMorse) December 21, 2017

One more time, thank you to all the amazing people I've met on my journey thus far; I look forward to seeing what tomorrow brings. (7)

Sincerely,
Ben Morse

— Ben Morse (@BenJMorse) December 21, 2017

If Marvel thought they were going to get any work out of Morse on his last day, they were mistaken. Morse spent the remainder of the afternoon graciously thanking the dozens of comics industry professionals and pretty much anyone else wishing him well. No, we're not exaggerating. Morse has thanked hundreds of people already and is still thanking them now. Apparently that's the kind of guy he is.

Good luck to Ben Morse, and we encourage him, when he gets to Vegas, to look up the world famous Professor Thaddeus T. Puffinbottoms, who teaches a course in Boxofficeology at a very prestigious community college down the road from UNLV on the second Saturday of every month.