John Nee, DC Comics’ senior vice president of business development, has resigned from the company.
Rich Johnston and Comic Book Resources report that, as of today, Nee is still working in the DC offices.
Swift-moving rumors online and at Heroes Con had led many to speculate that we’d be hearing word of Executive Editor Dan DiDio’s departure.
Nee, who was promoted last year to his current position, joined DC in 1998 as vice president and general manager of Widstorm. He oversaw that imprint and the CMX manga line, and helped to arrange the company’s investment in Japanese publisher Flex Comix.
June 20th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
So what will this mean to the CMX/Manga properties? I can’t do without my ShinChan…
June 20th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I hope this doesn’t wind up being what all the hubbub was about.
June 20th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Executives move on to other jobs all the time. This is rather unimpressive news.
DiDio leaving DC would only be news because the 73 people online who hate him would all have a massive orgasm all at once.
June 20th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
73 people don’t account for the drop in sales across DC’s line, or the crashing and burning of their last few stunts. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
June 20th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I wonder if this will create any changes in the company’s output?
June 20th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
This will change things at DC about as much as it does any time a manager and executive leaves a company: not at all.
June 20th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Well under Didio, DC Comics successfully completed the impossible in todays day and age…a weekly series that was never delayed. The return of the Multiverse and alot of great stories.
Mischief
June 21st, 2008 at 7:35 am
“73 people don’t account for the drop in sales across DC’s line…”
That’s true. But, as stated in another thread elsewhere, ALL sales are going down. The direct market is down over 2% so far this year. It seems the only titles to show a real increase are those involved in endless crossovers. And if you think things are tough now, wait and see about the next 2-3 months, where a good portion of the middle of the country will be spending their money on flood damage recovery. Floods and tornadoes have struck heavily from Minnesota down through Oklahoma.
June 21st, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Nee’s departure won’t even be noticed by readers and consumers, but it will buoy the spirits of everyone who had to work under him. Nee was known for his being tone deaf to the feelings and sensibilities of others; what he probably saw as being forthright and outspoken was regarded by people with actual human emotions as a form of Tourettes and a total lack of empathy. Knowing people who worked under him at DC as I do (and having interacted with him on various bits of business over the years), I feel safe saying that he won’t be missed.
June 24th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Tom, I dunno who you are, but as someone who worked for John you definitely do NOT speak for me.
June 24th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
I wasn’t trying to speak for you, Dana. But please don’t assume that just because you weren’t one of the ones he bullied and trampled on doesn’t mean the bullying and trampling didn’t happen to others and cause a lot of anguish and suffering.
July 10th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
As a personal friend of John Nee from way back when, I can vouch that he is a good guy. Smokes too much and needs to get back to his martial arts training, but otherwise an Eastern philosophized all around winner.
July 12th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
As another longtime friend as associate of John, I say he’s a superhero in his own right.
July 14th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
No, it’s true. John it seems to me was insecure in his position and did rail on people. I didn’t work under him, but I did work with him on some outside of work projects and he can be a real a** at times. He is also really unorganized and messy, from my perspective anyway.
Good luck to him.