Millarworld reacts to this week’s Lying In the Guttered rumors about current goings on at DC:
“Reading between the lines of everything that’s been going on recently at DC — with this recent news about Sandman, Duniber, The Boys, Black Dossier — it seems like there might be some kind of power struggle going on at DC. It’s kind of difficult to not come away with the impression that someone is trying to sabotage the non-DCU books. Even with that report about the Archives… aren’t the Archives done by a division seperate from the DCU editorial? Smells like there’s some heavy politics at play.”
“I don’t think thats the case. I think purchasing Wildstorm was a bad idea from the giddy-up. No offense to Scott, or to discount some good books(Well one good book, the Authority) here and there. But none of it is sustainable without Lee on Wildcats. Sorry thats the truth. So now DC has to do something. Plus the fact that DC itself can’t seem to do one thing right. Gaiman on Sandman is a no brainer. It would make Countdown look like the Atom sales wise.”
“I hate to sound like a disgruntled fanboy, but I’m dangerously close to giving up on DC as a company. If I found out these were anything but rumors and I didn’t love Vertigo I probably would be done (all I read is All Star Superman at this point anyway). I’ve never said anything like that before. But no new Sandman, the Wildstorm crazyness, Didio rejecting the Dorkin/Allred stuff . . . I just don’t get it.”
“Same here, if It weren’t for Wildstorm, All-Star Superman would be it and the fact that Authority and Wildcats will be further delays for another DC Event book really annoys me to no end…but it does seem that DC’s always trying to sabatoge WS ever since the Authority cencorship issue”
“Quite a column, but for those who’ve been collecting Wildstorm comics for the last few years, is it a surprise? Nope – more like confirmation. Does seem a crappy way to do busines – buy competitor, run into ground, move onto next target – I mean, couldn’t they win by putting out better comics? OK, forget I said anything…”
August 27th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
You know…if Millar was signed exclusively to DC, they’d just switch which company was bashed there on a daily basis.
August 27th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
I can’t be the only one that remembers when Wildstorm was DC’s better half? Adam Warren on Gen 13, Ellis on Authority/Planetary, Casey on Wildcats/Wildcats 3.0, Kelly on Majestic, Casey on the late and much-lamented (by me) Intimates, Brubaker on Sleeper…
All I’m really digging out of WS right now (that isn’t horribly late) are Ex Machina, Stormwatch, Deathblow, and Ninja Scroll.
I still like Wildstorm, but I also kinda miss those days…
August 27th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Gen 13, Ex Machina, Midnighter, and The Programme are all great books. I’m sure The Authority and Wildcats would be too if they were released every once in awhile.
August 27th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
“Kelly on Majestic”
Actually, that was Joe Casey, too. Casey’s had some of his best work come from Wildstorm. Still think his Majestic was some of the best Superman stories I’ve ever read.
August 27th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
again with the millarworld comments on DC…what a bore…do they PAY you to do this “work”, graeme??
August 27th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
“Does seem a crappy way to do busines – buy competitor, run into ground, move onto next target -”
See also: Marvel’s acquisition of Malibu.
August 27th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Well Marvel did have the “strip of key assets and technology” step to it.