I have somewhat mixed feelings about the changes at DC in that I don't think it's all bad, but that's beyond the scope of this thread.
Regarding the layoffs, a letter from Josh Reed, the lettering supervisor at DC, was leaked to Bleeding Cool and Josh says he'll be working until mid-November.
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/lett...ayoff-details/
This seems to jibe with the 90-day notice that Newsarama reported that DC gave its fired staff.
But geez, having your last day of work come just before Thanksgiving?
The hits just keep on coming...
True but DC doesn't have the balls to do anything to their cash cows, rather... they fiddle with grade B, C and D characters to tick their diversity check boxes (blatant tokenism) and it doesn't hurt their back account.
Someone on these boards mentioned it once... a re-imagined Batman whose family came from South Korea to Gotham and they worked for their millions, opposed to "old money". DC would never in a million years make that stick because it would hurt their bottom line and there's the problem right there.
Why most folks were NOT reading Tom King's Mister Miracle DESPITE the press and awards.Considering we’re talking about the publisher that helped elevate comics with groundbreaking stories such as The Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen, The Sandman, and, more recently, Mister Miracle, this should depress comics fans the most.
I would say it's good news for creators. Those stories can be created and they can KEEP ownership by going elsewhere.
Yeah it will stink that it's not Batman but at least that writer won't get hosed like Frank Miller.
There is an easy way to solve that. Get folks who will use who you already have on your roster.But there are 1000 other characters that may disappear as if they never existed
If you want John Stewart with a son-Keith Roberts, Charlie (Justice League Adventures), Tyke (Steel's comic) and Kevin Hudman (Robin).
Yeah it means something you created doesn't get in a movie or tv shows-oh well.
How about NONE. Hardcore fans certainly made Star Wars TOXIC. We want Ted, Hal, Ronnie &. Barry. HATE. The war of Green Lanterns & Flashes & Novas.but which hardcore fans should they be aiming? The 90s? 2000s? 80s? 70s? Which version of story? Which detail? Hardcore fans are detail-oriented so some group are bound to be disappointed.
Teen Titans-original team Donna, Speedy, Dick, Wally, Garth & later Mal & Lilith for years 1-3. They are all 13-15.
TT West happens say in year 3 later.
Raven, Cyborg, Starfire & Beast boy show up year 4. Ages 17-19. Dick & Wally give their titles.
Terra shows up in year 5-7. Ages 19-21. Nightwing is born. Wally as Flash or new name.
Year they PUBLICLY give up the name Teen Titans and be known as Titans. And go about their business. Cyborg can still join Justice League.
MEANWHILE another team calling themselves TT show up and have been active 1-2. This is Dan and Perez's 1996 TT. They are all 15-17.
Young Justice never becomes Teen Titans. They are established because of Jason's death and Batman doesn't want junior heroes without training-so Young Justice.
Jurden's TT break up and the name is dormant until Damian's generation.
Dick's generation stop being TT age 21. We don't mention their ages again.
How hard is that?
That actually sounds like a cool pitch to be honest.
With all these random stories coming out and, as pointed out by other posters, creating a small feedback loop on themselves I've ultimately decided that I'm just gonna wait. I doubt heavily that they will say anything during Fandome, let's be honest despite it saying "live" a good chunk of that thing will be prerecorded. At this point it's a wait and see it might take months to actually see it but that's the position we're all in as readers, fans, and customers.
Heres the regular 2009 standard hardcover. That doesnt have the logo on the front or back either.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Preacher-Bo...c&sr=8-1-fkmr0
And the 2014 trade
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Preacher-HC...597284506895ap
Cant see the spines though.
Yes embarrassed is the wrong term. Clearly delineated through marketing and imprint titles is perhaps better term..
It will be interesting to see if the dc logo remains on the edition after the 2020 one or if it slips off again
Never the DC logo though on its own. They learnt that lesson the hard way decades earlier.
Last edited by iron chimp; 08-12-2020 at 07:40 PM.
There’s a bitter irony to Comicsgate celebrating these layoffs on Twitter. One thing is clear: The focus on the traditional 30-40 year old white male weekly warrior is absolutely dead. The good old days that a lot of people were pining for are never coming back. AT&T specifically fired a bunch of people who were defenders of the “traditional” way, and are sending a clear signal that it’s not ever going to be “business as usual” again. The LCS who were being gleeful about sticking it to DC for leaving Diamond are in for a world of hurt. These layoffs are AT&T telling those guys to get f*cked. They don’t care about that market at all and have purged DC of anyone who wanted to support it except for Lee I guess.
Last edited by Vordan; 08-12-2020 at 11:13 PM.
You're right that no one should be celebrating this. I don't it's possible for any of us outside DC to perceive any kind of agenda to these layoffs. We don't know anything. They're just a disaster, like an earthquake or a forest fire.
No EiC or publisher. Damn never seen this happened before.
Good thing Cassandra Cain is Asian lol. Hell, they might make her the new/main Batgirl and push Duke as the new Robin.
I wouldn't mind those changes. I just hope Red Hood survives. WB and DC seem to love him and Deathstroke, so maybe they get put on Suicide Squad to kill 3 birds with one stone.