Nick Hanover: James Robinson, who is perhaps best known for his work on DC titles like Starman and The Golden Age, has announced that he is leaving the company, with Earth-2 #16 functioning as his last issue at the publisher. Though it appears that Robinson is leaving on friendly terms, his departure from the company isn’t a good sign for Earth-2 and it isn’t exactly promising for DC, either. DC has struggled with keeping talent these past two years and Robinson is simply the latest evidence of DC’s brain drain, and it’s a bit odd that his resignation was announced via Twitter, rather than through a press release or any kind of official announcement. Robinson does have a new Image series on the horizon, called The Saviors, so Robinson may have left DC in order to focus on creator owned work, or he may have some upcoming tv or film announcement, since he has a long history of work in those fields.

Andrew: I was at my local comic shop the other day and I heard someone talk about how they’re trying to get away from DC/Marvel and was getting into Image comics. In general is this hemorrhage of talent related to the prominence of creator owned comics and the wild success of Robert Kirkman?

Danny: It seems like nobody’s happy at DC -- with constant needs for rewrites and last minute changes to previously approved storylines and overall editorial chokeholds, writers have been quitting books like crazy since the whole New 52 relaunch began. With the decline of Vertigo, DC’s own creator-owned imprint, and the success of stuff like Walking Dead and Chew, Image has become the place to be for quality creator-owned comics. DC and Marvel have both hired creators based on their Image work, but it hasn’t been working out too well for DC for the most part. Mainly because they’re hiring people who are used to working without a whole lot of editorial and then beating them over the head with lots of editorial mandates.

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Now, Azzarello strikes me as the kind of character who loves to get into loud and angry arguments whenever possible, whether he's playing devil's advocate or not, but the back and forth between him and Cunningham was something else. The animosity between Azzarello and Cunningham was palpable, showing just how high the tensions are at DC right now and explaining just who it is that's pushing editorial to hold the line hard at 52 books a month, quality and consistency be damned.

Cunningham은 DC의 마케팅 담당 VP.

흠...그 외에 Cunningham이 아자렐로가 청중들에게 만화를 고를 때 뉴욕타임즈 베스트셀러 목록이 영향을 주느냐에 대해 즉석에서 여론 조사를 하자 그걸 보고 "Karen Thing"이라고 했다는군. Karen은 아다시피 몇 년 전에 사임한 카렌 버거.