DC Announces A Little Bit More About Talent Development

Here. That may actually all be out there in a different form, but that article is the first time I've seen some bare structure as to what they're doing.

It makes sense for them to do that. Both Marvel and DC seem talent-light to me. One reason may be that Image, other independent comics companies in the classic "genre works not by a top three publisher" sense, and I think perhaps animation work become options for a lot of talented artists and writers a company like DC might otherwise see on their doorstep. If they're going to do books at a release rate more furious than monthly, they'll need more talent than they have titles. It's not like developing comics-makers this way makes other recruitment tools obsolete, either. Gene Yang and Hope Larson are DC creators now.

The proof for this program will be in the comics, just as shifting recruitment areas for comics sub-industries like newspaper comic strips were justified (or not) by the resulting work. I imagine this possibility is very exciting if you're a wannabe comics-maker that for whatever reason simply isn't already making comics on your own.
 
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