Who will replace Dan Didio?

[Somecrazyaussie]

Lee being solo but a little more hands off would be worth a shot if it didn't mean the most hands-on guy in the company now is Bob Harras. That's all kinds of red flags. Get a new EIC and maybe there's something to work with. Until then though I'm very worried, even if this means 5G as it was initially envisioned won't happen.

Harras is gone. The EiC role will now be split between Jarvins and Wells. Jarvins will likely handle floppies and TPBs and Wells will be focusing on OGN, Young novels and digital.

Harras didn't exactly drive Marvel into bankruptcy (that was already happening before he assumed the position). Harras was good at getting talented artists, but he was never really that interested in the storytelling side. If it looked cool, or it could make money, he pushed it.

Still, looks like DC is actually making much needed changes. Harras has been EiC for, what, around 10 years? We need new people over there.

[Rod G]

Harras is gone. The EiC role will now be split between Jarvins and Wells. Jarvins will likely handle floppies and TPBs and Wells will be focusing on OGN, Young novels and digital.

Harras didn't exactly drive Marvel into bankruptcy (that was already happening before he assumed the position). Harras was good at getting talented artists, but he was never really that interested in the storytelling side. If it looked cool, or it could make money, he pushed it.

Still, looks like DC is actually making much needed changes. Harras has been EiC for, what, around 10 years? We need new people over there.

Jarvins?

Wells?

Hmmmm . . .

[Rod G]

It’s official:


It’s Daniel Cherry.


Thoughts?

[lemonpeace]

It’s official:


It’s Daniel Cherry.


Thoughts?

I'm pretty sure Cherry's job isn't the same one Didio had, Jim Lee is still filling Didio's role as the sole Publisher. Cherry is General Manager, which I believe is a more PR role. Based on his presence all over fandome, I believe DC is positioning Jim Lee to continue forward in Didio's role. I'm not sure what exactly everyone does so I could be wrong.

[Lee Stone]

The latest scorecard has it as...

Cherry -GM, SVP
Lee -CCO, Publisher
Javins and Wells -EiC

Looks like Lee is safe right now

[kjn]

I'm pretty sure Cherry's job isn't the same one Didio had, Jim Lee is still filling Didio's role as the sole Publisher. Cherry is General Manager, which I believe is a more PR role. Based on his presence all over fandome, I believe DC is positioning Jim Lee to continue forward in Didio's role. I'm not sure what exactly everyone does so I could be wrong.

I believe it'd be extraordinarily tricky to try to map the organisation of the "new" DC with the organisation of the "old" DC. The "old DC" was really top-heavy with SVPs and VPs, and many of them had both come up through the ranks and spent years together at the company and within the comics industry. The personal relationships would probably nearly always take precedence over the formal titles in their work with each other.

Also, when talking specifically about DiDio, I think his public presence over so long a time gives a skewed perspective. We can't discern DiDio's role within DC based on what he presented to the world outside DC, and the type of public showmanship he used is rather rare amongst people involved in publishing on that level, or amongst writers in general.