A Few Notes On DC’s Restructuring

Added to as the day goes along:

* the blogger Kevin Melrose has the most rational, straight-forward wrap-up of news regarding DC's restructuring as announced yesterday.

* I'm told by a few people that even after the news broke yesterday, Paul Levitz continued to call certain people to inform them personally, which of course is the classy thing to do.

* here's something: am I the only one that thinks it slightly pathetic that you would push forward news on moves at a billion-dollar company because of the attention being paid your immediate rival? I wouldn't have believed this to be the case, but that's my reading of what's been said as far the timing goes here. First, it's just sort of sad on the face of it. Second, this makes DC look like DC always looks: like if Marvel would jump off of a bridge they'd build their own bridge and jump off of it, screaming "Dark Knight most popular movie since Titantiiiiiiicc..." on the way down. Third, your moves are bound to be compared and contrasted to the previous announcement, and I think Marvel going to Disney wins this one in most people's eyes. Fourth, people are going to be a bit burnt out and your moves won't get the press they maybe deserve. Fifth, you're not ready to answer the most important questions yet in terms of an actual plan for publishing, but the flash and heat of the initial announcement has now come and gone. Sixth, you're pushing forward people into commenting on phases of their career that might be better answered a few more months of preparation. This completely baffles me.

* on the other hand, they will get some heat from the Publisher announcement, whenever that takes place. (I assume there will be a new publisher, although I don't know for sure.) That becomes a big announcement not just for the obvious power and sway this person will have, but for the symbolism of what kind of person they put in that job.

* the obvious one for reading this morning is Dirk Deppey's Doc-Martens-to-the-face appraisal of Paul Levitz's run as a guiding force at DC. How much I agree or not with Dirk's take on things will have to wait until I do the work and come up with a cohesive set of thoughts of my own, but his post is certainly energetic and passionate in a way that I enjoyed.

* here's a minor note: Levitz will remain on the board of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund board, that organization's Executive Director Charles Brownstein says via e-mail.

* this Tom Mason feature on Paul Levitz's diary is cute.

* finally, the thought I had the second I woke up the day after Marvel/Disney was announced was "I'm worried about Diamond." The thought I had the second I woke up the day after DC's Restructuring was announced was "I wonder if I should go look at those naked pictures of Milla Jovovich I heard about," but the second thought was totally, "I'm worried about Diamond."
 
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