Dan Didio Archives

Reports Suggest Gutting Of WarnerMedia And DC Comics To Continue In 2021

December 30, 2020

It appears that the WarnerMedia layoff bloodbath, specifically at DC Comics, is set to keep the blood flowing well into the new year Related: Ethan Van Sciver Reports California Comic Book Retailer To St...

Report: New Round Of Layoffs At DC Comics Includes Executives With Decades Of Experience

JB Augustine

November 12, 2020

Comic Books

In what is being called a Bloodbath Part 2, another electric boogaloo of firings has reportedly happened at DC Comics and we have the names. Bleeding Cool reports DC is ending the contracts of some top a...

DC Comics Announces Line-Wide ‘Future State’ Event Coming in January

JB Augustine

October 19, 2020

Comic Books

The shake-up is coming, except they aren't calling it 5G. DC is moving forward with a shorter version of the event Publisher Jim Lee said they weren't doing, and that seemed dead with the ouster of Dan DiDio. ...

Jim Lee Addresses The Rumored ‘5G’ Reboot Of DC Comics

JB Augustine

September 15, 2020

Comic Books

DC Comics Chief Creative Officer and Publisher Jim Lee denied over the weekend that a reboot of the DC Universe dubbed "5G" is on the way. In a video message that aired during DC FanDome: Welcome to the Mult...

Mark Waid Officially Returns to DC Comics in December, May Write Superman

JB Augustine

September 15, 2020

Comic Books

Veteran comic book writer Mark Waid is making his way back to DC by the end of the year to write for a tie-in for their upcoming crossover event. Related: Humanoids Promotes Mark Waid To Publisher In ...

OPINION: The Irresponsibility Of The “Just Make New Characters” Argument

Connor Tomlinson

March 30, 2020

Comic Books, Movies, Television

Marvel’s “new” New Warriors. DC’s 5G Initiative. Riri Williams. Wallace West. Amadeus Cho. ‘All-New’ Mockingbird. Carol Danvers. A list of borderline-heretical names, certain to induce lucid nightmares for long...

Report: DC Comics Accounts for An Estimated 0.2% of AT&T’s Annual Revenue in the Past Year

JB Augustine

March 10, 2020

Comic Books, Industry News

Could AT&T sell off DC Comics? The answer depends on how much the publisher is worth to its parent company, AT&T. According to an estimate by Motley Fool writer Leo Sun, the amount is not very big in...

Rumor: Marvel And Kevin Feige Could Take Over DC Comics

JB Augustine

February 26, 2020

Comic Books

Following the sudden departure of Dan DiDio from DC, onlookers were quick to hit the panic button and pronounce DC as DOA. And now there is a rumor they will be taken over by their competition. Cosmic Book N...

Report: DC Comics Co-Publisher Dan DiDio Exits Company

JB Augustine

February 21, 2020

Comic Books

Dan DiDio is gone from DC Comics as of today. No reason has been given but the co-publisher stepped down from his duties and parted ways with the company. ComicBook.com reports DC confirmed his departure and...

The Conclusion of Doomsday Clock Teases DC’s Next Crisis Event — and a Marvel Crossover in 2030?!

JB Augustine

December 19, 2019

Comic Books

It took two years but DC's Doomsday Clock saga draws to a close with issue 12 by Geoff Johns who threw whatever he could into the issue. Johns sows the seeds for 5G and how we're fairly sure it will shape th...

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