Guess Who's in charge of the DCU?

[samurainoir]

So... WHERE is the new DC Entertainment Offices going to be based out of given the diverse geography currently covered by these three guys?

LA, San Diego or New York?

And what is the future of Wildstorm?

[The Toyroom]

Well I was hoping DiDio would have been given his walking papers....obviously that's not the case...

So I hope by being named co-publisher with Jim Lee he won't be able to just f' things up on his own...If their tenure in the position(s) is anything like Levitz they'll leave the day-to-day workings up to...

Geoff Johns, the newly appointed Chief Creative Officer (is that a fancy way of saying Editor-in-Chief?). Johns has been pretty successful the last several years and his projects are always high-profile and big dollar generators for DC. So this part of the equation is definitely a WIN in my opinion.

The good thing is the CCO position could have been given to Grant Morrison and then we'd all be in trouble......

[BlackKnight]

DiDio Looks Like He Just Farted ...., and something Mighta Came with the Package that He didn't expect.

[The Toyroom]

Although, ya know, I have to wonder what exactly Jim Lee is bringing to the table....Besides a couple of high-profile art assignments, he really hasn't "created" anything during his tenure at DC. Yes I know he brought Wildstorm to DC but there again, he hasn't "created" anything in a while. Off the top of my head, the only Wildstorm project that sticks out in my mind is WildCATS and that was ages ago. And he really hasn't been a hands-on editor of the Wildstorm universe. More a figurehead than anything else.

Not that I'm a fan by no means, but at least DiDio has experience with the creative direction of the DCU for the last several years....like it or not.

[aquatroy]

Will Jim Lee hold the creative team on All Star Batman & Robin accountable for how late the book is?

oh wait.

You know, I didn't think of this until I wrote the joke down, but how does Lee hold any creative team to a schedule?

[The Bat]

Will Jim Lee hold the creative team on All Star Batman & Robin accountable for how late the book is?

oh wait.

You know, I didn't think of this until I wrote the joke down, but how does Lee hold any creative team to a schedule?

I think Lee just spends too much time running Wildstorm...instead of drawing Comics, which I don't understand. Not that it's any great great loss he hasn't finish All Star Batman & Robin(which should allowed to die anyway.). But lee should be drawing something. He's wasting his talent.

[johnnystorm]

Jim Lee has his hands in the gaming & online stuff for DC and probably understands that better than Didio. His contract for Wildstorm may require them to keep him in some sort of executive capacity as well.I don't think Lee is interested anymore in actual comic book work other than the occasional cover or miniseries here & there, just as is Todd McFarlane. Why work when they send you big checks for using stuff you already did or doing a quick sketch or layout?

I would think at this point they might just fold Wildstorm into the DCU proper and discontinue the brand- I don't think it really has a sales impact anyway, not in the sense that Vertigo does. And maybe the co-publisher thing is a phase out of one of the two guys.

I think the better news is that Johns will be creative control, so we may see less meddling and more storytelling.

And again, another great Didio quote from the DC announcement:
"But you can’t just change everything, simply for the sake of change."
Yeah, that never happened under your watch so far did it Dan?
*ryanchoi* cough! *bluebeetle!* cough!

[The Toyroom]

And again, another great Didio quote from the DC announcement:
"But you can’t just change everything, simply for the sake of change."
Yeah, that never happened under your watch so far did it Dan?
*ryanchoi* cough! *bluebeetle!* cough!

*artiejoe* cough! *jasonrausch* cough!

[thunderbolt]

I always thought Lee's title was more of an honorary thing that went along with him selling Wildstorm to DC.

[The Toyroom]

^ Same here...I thought there was another guy (whose name escapes me) that handled more of the Wildstorm editorial stuff than Jim Lee....

[samurainoir]

As loathe as I am to use "Synerg-speak", the new DC Entertainment is all about the cross horizontal integration. So Geoff Johns has his hands in the Flash and Green Lantern movies, and getting the JSA into Smallville. Jim Lee has been heavily involved in licensed properties and behind the scenes stuff for the DC video game licenses. DC Comics storylines are used as R&D to the direct animated DVDs, and heavily utilize talents from the comic books they are often based on.

I'm hoping this means we have a good chance at getting Tiny Titans as an animated series in the next couple of years!