Go, Read: Graeme McMillan On DC Pulling From CBR A Promotional/News Column Featuring Two Editors

Graeme McMillan has a succinct enough wrap-up of DC pulling a CBR column that featured an ongoing Q&A of Bob Harras and Bobbi Chase about various DC Comics-related things for me to feel comfortable linking to it here without baffling the shit out of a sizable chunk of CR readers. Apparently there was a disagreement about what the scope of those questions should include. My understanding is that DC will now host a similar feature via one of their on-line efforts.

I think there's a bunch of interesting issues raised there, although nothing of significant import. I don't think it's true as has been asserted that there's an expectation unique to comics that company executives and other higher-ups submit themselves to questions. I think sports media has long featured a similar concept, and in fact offers a much more highly developed one market to market, with coaches shows and the like. I think as much as comics has shifted the idea of authorship onto these positions, those positions engage with the media about as much as one might expect.

In terms of broader trends, I suspect that you're going to see people continue to restrict access in a better attempt to control their message, and that this is a potentially significant thing in terms of the drift of it rather than the drama of it. I think that a lot of folks don't care that this kind of news receives even the bare minimum vetting that frequently accompanies what takes place even when an outside actor is involved, and a lot of other folks distrust such agencies or feel they're sophisticated enough to pull at the truth if they're given the content. When I stumble across TV shows focused on content of forthcoming efforts in film and television, I'm frequently totally unclear as to who made the show.

One thing I find super-interesting about comics in terms of the basic coverage involved right now is that as far as I can tell there's been very little participation in the most interesting general trend: the culture of recapping and lengthy, rolling criticism over individual segments of prestige TV shows and movies. I don't know why that is, although several possibilities likely contribute, such as the relative brevity of the basic unit of consumption. Comics does seem more safely stuck in the previews/PR mode of engagement, though.
 
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