Feige escapes from Perlmutter’s rule as Marvel Studios restructures
Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige will no longer report to the notoriously difficult Isaac Perlmutter, but instead will report directly to Disney Studios head Alan Horn, a move that will give him much more freedom.
Industry Watch: Editorial changes coming to DC?
(Above, Ryan Sook's cover for Superman: Alien American #1)
If you've been following our sales charts here at The Beat you know that June was the big relaunch month for DC following Convergence and the...
DiDio: DC is done relaunching and rebooting
As we all know, DC is now a west coast company, and there's a lot of changes happening. Co-publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee have been doing the press rounds with a series of...
The story of DC’s library moving coast to coast
With DC Entertainment not ensconced safely in the petri dish of the Burbank studio world, THR's Borys Kit delivers the Story of the Move with two videos of the DC library then and now. Trigger warning: images of Steve Korte holding a whip.
Goodbye 1700: DC’s New York offices close for good today
Usually when I say someone retiring is the end of an era, I mean that the way that person did business is gone. In this case I really do mean it is the end of the era of New York publishing in general, and New York comics publishing in specifics.
nuDC: Batman is a robot, Wonder Woman is Captain Wolverine and Superman put on...
This week DC has been revealing new looks for its core characters, including some startling fashion changes. The new looks have been revealed in various places We've cobbled it all up for you below but here's the shorter version:
Andy Khouri joins DC as Editor
Today is my first day as an Editor at DC Comics. I'm very happy and excited and looking forward to hearing what you guys think of my books.
— Andy Khouri (@andykhouri) March 2, 2015
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The Comics industry tweets about the New 24
As this morning's DC news broke, people started....tweeting. They couldn't help it.
DC announces new “inclusive and accessible” line-up in June with 24 new titles
It's the new 49—or the end of the New 52. DC has just unrolled their June line-up, a slate of 24 new titles, along with 25 returning ones, which, they promise, will show the...
DC Announces final week of Convergence with pre-Crisis characters
And the final week of Convergence mini-series has been announced, with characters from the ancient Pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths world, with a little oddball stuff like the Crime Syndicate. Announcements were made at EW...
10 more Convergence titles with Wolfman on Titans, Wein on Swamp Thing, etc.
The combination fan wish fulfillment and classic writer comeback that is Convergence—DC's two month fill in event slated for next March and April while the company moves—have been announced, via The Nerdist and IGN. Once again it's old home week with Marv Wolfman writing the Teen titans, Len Wein writing Swamp Thing, and artists including Tim Truman back at DC for one last go round.
This was originally going to be an event that featured a lot of younger creators, and there is one—EGOs artist Gus Storms is drawing the Legion.
Which job at West Coast DC are YOU going to apply for?
There are now a ton of job listings up at the WB job board for DC's new West Coast set-up. Among them publicity and strategy and planning and print and even editorial. We looked at this...
