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Victor Manuel Fernandez Patiño Byrne Robotics Member
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https://comicbook.com/dc/2020/02/21/dc-comics-co-publisher-d an-didio-exits-company/?fbclid=IwAR3RS2A0B3N0rKFLVYQJTV_RxMm UuqHiQFHum6pfms07AAlShyyN_v-VO1A
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Steve De Young Byrne Robotics Member
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This is, on one hand, potentially good news since as near as I can tell, most of what's put me off DC over the last decade has been instigated by him.
On the other hand, WB as a whole is reorganizing itself and how they feel print comics fit into their whole picture could be another nail in the coffin of the comics industry.
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Rodrigo castellanos Byrne Robotics Member
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Finally.
That's one name I'd be happy not to hear ever again.
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Petter Myhr Ness Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 February 2020 at 4:41pm | IP Logged | 4
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DiDio has overseen the period that made me abandon DC Comics for good. That said, there's no guarantee that whomever comes next will be better.
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John Byrne
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Is Shooter available?
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Adam Schulman Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 February 2020 at 5:51pm | IP Logged | 6
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Very funny, JB.
Now, the big question is, who will replace him. I doubt it will be Geoff Johns (I know some of you don't trust him, but I do -- he gets that superheroes are supposed to be better people than us normal folks).
I hope Jim Lee doesn't take DiDio's position. His instincts and ideas are hardly superior.
I honestly don't know who the right person would be, or even who's available. (I doubt Gail Simone, whom I like a lot, would want the job. I don't think she has editorial experience anyway.)
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Peter Martin Byrne Robotics Member
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Hyperlink to the story that you can click on: LINK
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Rodrigo castellanos Byrne Robotics Member
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I doubt it will be Geoff Johns (I know some of you don't trust him, but I do -- he gets that superheroes are supposed to be better people than us normal folks).
Sure.
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Eric Smearman Byrne Robotics Member
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That panel from Johns' INFINITE CRISIS is a flashback to a scene that occurred in an issue of WONDER WOMAN written by Greg Rucka.
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Adam Schulman Byrne Robotics Member
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Thank you Eric.
It's notable that while Johns wrote the comic where Maxwell Lord killed Ted Kord (Blue Beetle), Kord came back as his old self in DC REBIRTH #1 -- as if Johns was trying to atone for a past sin.
He used to have something of a gore fetish. That's gone now.
And thanks for the link, Peter. I'd forgotten that "it's important to recognize that just one year ago, Warner Bros. brass made the decision to lay off 240 employees in the comics division."
Yikes. I do wonder what DC's future is as a publisher of comics, i.e., does it have any. AT&T now owns WB, and I think they've made it pretty clear that they have no real interest in comics. (Superhero movies and TV shows are another matter.)
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Rodrigo castellanos Byrne Robotics Member
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Sorry, my bad.
But he was in an editorial position at the time and Infinite Crisis and its crossovers and tie ins were directly under his control, hence the confusion.
Anyway, does a zombified Aquaman presenting Mera a reanimated corpse of their dead baby which she proceeds to vomit blood all over it count?
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Bob Simko Byrne Robotics Security
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Most of the stuff that people don't like about Johns' runs/stories are things that he was instructed to do.
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