Comments on: New game in town: Who will be new DCU Executive Editor?

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:11:54 +0000

Keeping my fingers crossed – Eddie Bergenza.

And not Ian Satler.

By: Emmet

Emmet — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:11:56 +0000

Tomasi?

By: EJ

EJ — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:10:36 +0000

That’s a pretty horrible breakdown by Techland, I still can’t believe that they are under the delusion that creating new characters and bringing in mainstream readers is a strategy that works for comics considering it never has.

These companies need to work on strenghtening their iconic characters and getting back all the fans they lost the last couple of decades by forcing the brand spanking new heroes thing that basically ruined comics for a over a decade.

As far as who will take over the Executive Editor role that’s an interesting question but considering the names at the head of DC at the moment it will probably be someone with close ties to all the main players.

By: Very Fine / Near Mint

Very Fine / Near Mint — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:20:01 +0000

Sarah Palin.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:08:46 +0000

I’ll do it, but only if I can write an Arm Fall Off Boy and the Plaid Lad monthly.

By: Synsidar

Synsidar — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:04:03 +0000

If they’ve been working on this since last November, they certainly had adequate time to select a new Executive Editor (EE), or at least assign the duties to someone on an interim basis. If an EE isn’t needed to get the comics out to the printers over the next several weeks to months, that would imply that a new EE isn’t needed.

SRS

By: Ben Morse

Ben Morse — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:58:34 +0000

I nominate Sean T. Collins.

By: KET

KET — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:32:23 +0000

Whoops! Darn key-stroke malfunction….

What I meant to say is that “Yep, they’re merely rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, so now they’re looking for a new ‘Executive Editor’ who all the other suits can point at and blame for the ongoing mess in the comics division.”

By: Mark Engblom

Mark Engblom — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:13:17 +0000

Is it just me, or is this already turning into a big messy ball of yarn? Where does the buck stop at DC/Warner? Robinov? Nelson? Didio? Johns? Unnamed Editor in Chief? How does Geoff Johns call the creative shots in relation to a similarly-tasked Editor In Chief? Or not?

Lots of overlapping or poorly-defined fiefdoms can spell trouble.