I was suprised to read recently that DC Comics moved to the West Coast which was a great suprise to me. Historically, the creative community has been deeply ingrained with the streets and expereinces of artists and writers that came out of New York. And this is not just true of DC, but also Marvel. I can't see how the story telling and creativity that produced the classic comics can be sustained in Los Angeles. LA is so detached from any urban root. And this is, IMO, refecting in the quality of our comics which are no longer driven by dialog, but glamerous full page single panel spreads, in bright glaring color. Story telling is in the tank and costs keeps rising.
The type of creative energy that works to make movies just isn't going to work for comics... and maybe it is no longer working for movies either..but I leave that for another debate.