I've been following the DC comic implosion, as well as the HBO Max lawsuits regarding contracts which guaranteed box office percentages being undercut by streaming releases. I noted the DC film universe self-destructing as well.
These are all wilting leaves springing from the dying WB tree.
The new CEO of WB/discovery David Zaslav went slash and burn on MUCH of the company because of how badly managed it was, cancelled a lot of shows and films and in some cases it was because they were so bad that 'their release could damage the brand'
I mostly see reflections of it in reporting by Clownfish and Eric July. The Joker 'male pregnancy' story that made it into the back of a 'regular' book speaks to what's going on.
I think it's mostly the unhealthy industry stuff: no sales numbers, slowdown of payments to comic book artists (which included DC and Marvel, but Disney being in better financial health than WB insulates the other member of the 'big two') and I recall (perhaps erroneous) speculation about DC shutting down its in-house comic production in favor of licensing the characters to third parties. WB being in financial straights really puts the vice on loss-leaders like DC comics.
I've been following the DC comic implosion, as well as the HBO Max lawsuits regarding contracts which guaranteed box office percentages being undercut by streaming releases. I noted the DC film universe self-destructing as well.
These are all wilting leaves springing from the dying WB tree.
The new CEO of WB/discovery David Zaslav went slash and burn on MUCH of the company because of how badly managed it was, cancelled a lot of shows and films and in some cases it was because they were so bad that 'their release could damage the brand'
But it's STILL not enough, Clownfish did a video just today showing how bad it all is
I mostly see reflections of it in reporting by Clownfish and Eric July. The Joker 'male pregnancy' story that made it into the back of a 'regular' book speaks to what's going on.
I think it's mostly the unhealthy industry stuff: no sales numbers, slowdown of payments to comic book artists (which included DC and Marvel, but Disney being in better financial health than WB insulates the other member of the 'big two') and I recall (perhaps erroneous) speculation about DC shutting down its in-house comic production in favor of licensing the characters to third parties. WB being in financial straights really puts the vice on loss-leaders like DC comics.