Warner Brothers and DC Entertainment have lit the comic equivalent of the papal smoke and the names of the five replacements for Paul Levitz’s vacant Publisher post were announced by DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson yesterday.
Dan DiDio and Jim Lee are named as co-publishers, Geoff Johns is the new Chief Creative Officer, Pat Caldon becomes Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration and John Rood becomes Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Business Development.
Go and read the official word from Diane Nelson, followed by notes from each of those involved: Dan Didio & Jim Lee, Geoff Johns, Patrick Caldron and John Rood. And there’s an awful lot of people saying an awful lot of different things about the news. I could link to them all, but Heidi at The Comics Beat has done a great job; here, here, and here.
What will it all mean? Will everything change? My money is on not that much really and no, not at all.
Fri, Feb 19, 2010
Comics and cartoons