As if 2020 wasn’t bad enough, the year just got worse for many of the executives and senior editors at DC Comics. Many of them were let go in a round of layoffs Monday. Those who were shown the door include: Bob Harras, Editor-in-Chief Mark Doyle, Executive Editor DC Black Label Brian Cunningham, Senior Story Editor &...
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Tom King blocked me on Twitter
I woke up this morning, made my first cup of coffee, and began reading my Twitter feed. In other words, it was just a normal day. What wasn’t normal was when I discovered that comic book writer Tom King blocked me. I don’t know why he would feel the need to do so. To the...
Read MoreDC Comics cuts ties with Diamond Comic Distribution
DC Comics announced it was parting ways with Diamond Comic Distribution, formerly the comic industry’s lone, monopolistic distributor. Geppi Family Enterprises owns Diamond. Comics published by DC will be distributed by the newly formed UCS Comic Distributors and Lunar Distribution, not by Diamond. This move began in late March. It was when the COVID-19 pandemic...
Read MoreDC Comics cancels Emerald City Comic Con
Considering how Seattle seems to be a hotbed for COVID-19, a person would have to be nuts to fly to Seattle and attend the Emerald City Comic Con....
Read MoreDan DiDio fired from DC Comics
DC Comics fired co-publisher Dan DiDio yesterday. Before he took on co-publisher’s role in 2010, he was vice-president executive editor, and before that, he was vice-president editorial. I’m not really sure what those titles mean. I am familiar with his current title, unemployed. Been there, done that. Jim Lee, DiDio’s fellow co-publisher, will now become...
Read MoreMarvel writer Dan Slott told people not to watch ‘Joker’
Dan Slott is a writer for Marvel Comics. For some strange reason, he thought it was a good idea to go on Twitter and tell people Joker was a terrible movie. Joker stars Joaquin Phenox and was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. It tells the origin story of Batman’s greatest nemesis, The Joker. Here’s the...
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