Comments on: Bob Harras Named DC Comics Editor-in-Chief, Latest in Major Company Changes: A Summation

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By: James Schee

James Schee — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:35:27 +0000

To be fair to Harris, he was also there when Busiek launched successful series like Avenger, Thunderbolts and Iron Man. Or Peter David made his name really known with this run on Incredible Hulk.

My only real question is what exactly he will do? For a long time its certainly seemed like DC’s been run by Geoff Johns and Dan Didio. Is he going to provide a different style of look. Or is he just there to make things run smoother for those two’s vision?

Not sure what to make of the rest of the news. It does seem like DC’s comics side is being left behind. Yet perhaps thats for the best, allowing the suits to worry about movies and stuff, and allowing the comic people to just focus on comics.

By: Dwight Williams

Dwight Williams — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:29:31 +0000

That…would be a Disappointment.

By: KC

KC — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:27:36 +0000

I suspect that one of the factors involved in keeping DC Comics on the East Coast -- and by all means not the primary one -- is its massive film library, which includes a huge percentage of all the comics that DC has published over the last 75 years. I was at DC when they moved to 1700 Broadway, and I remember that it was a couple of years later before the film library could finally move in -- because the building had to be structurally reinforced to accommodate the weight of all the film. As someone who had to schlep a trade paperback’s worth of film from one end of DC’s offices to the other while preparing the V for Vendetta collection, I can confirm that film is heavy! I can’t imagine trying to move that much film safely (and securely) across the country. Not the least of which would be the expense of such a move. In terms of Warner-DC Comics corporate synergy, here’s a little anecdote. Right around the time of the Time Warner merger (circa 1989-1990), I guess as a goodwill gesture, DC employees were given a copy of the first issue of Sports Illustrated for Kids, which had an article featuring Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. In the text of the article, it said something to the effect of the characters being a part of one of the sister organizations to Time/Life (or some such). DC Comics was not mentioned at all. At the time, I remember thinking “This is not a good omen.” Of course, times have changed, and the characters are now potentially worth billions to Time Warner in film revenue and ancillaries. On the other hand, DC Comics -- the original home of all those wonderful characters -- not really worth all that much. Looks like DC Comics will be sitting at the kiddie table this Thanksgiving. And every Thanksgiving from now on.