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Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. As many of you know DC Publisher, Dan DiDio, is no longer with DC Comics It was a quite out of the blue announcement I, along with a group of store owners had dinner with Dan years ago in Kansas City[...]

While some comic conventions are looking at mass cancellations running through the summer, the London And Film Comic Con has just booked one hell of a guest for the summer of 2020, one former publisher of DC Comics, Dan DiDio. DiDio was fired from DC Comics less than two weeks ago, but I understand he has[...]

The Friday afternoon DC Nation panel was about five minutes late getting underway at C2E2, prompting some jokes about the recent firing of Dan DiDio impacting DC panels Eventually the creators arrived and the panel got underway. The moderator, Amy Dallen of DC Daily, introduced the panelists and asked how they felt about being in Chicago[...]

But it appears that a number of writers who have been working on upcoming comic books in line with the new DC Timeline, as of yesterday are being asked to make significant changes. The original plan, as outlined by Dan DiDio at NYCC last year, was to rewrite the chronology of the DC Universe, with Wonder[...]

But that would be as true of DC Publisher Jim Lee as anyone. Because, DC has cancelled their Meet The Publishers panel at C2E2 – they only have one publisher right now, and not one who can be as candid about DC as Dan DiDio often was So what may be happening in the higher echelons of[...]

Some people have decided, it seems, that Dan DiDio was fired as Publisher at Warner Bros because of the 5G/Generation Five relaunch he instigated within the company over the last nine months This is not true – and yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported, after talking to creators, that 5G was very much still on the books,[...]

Boom Studios co-founder and publisher Ross Richie posted, in the wake of Dan DiDio's no longer being publisher of DC Comics, saying, I want to wish Dan DiDio all the best in his future endeavors He has always been kind to me and great to BOOM! Studios. With him gone from DC now, it might be fun to share[...]

We can't guarantee 100% accuracy, of course. In this issue of Improbable Previews, we take a look at upcoming events of Nightwing #70 as Dick Grayson learns the news of Dan Didio's departure from DC Comics How does he react? Read on!   Nightwing #70, by Dan Jurgens and Ryan Benjamin, hits stores in March. NIGHTWING #70 JAN200568 (W) Dan Jurgens[...]

Bleeding Cool has published several articles collecting comics industry reactions to the shocking news broken by Bleeding Cool last week that Dan Didio is no longer at DC Comics, with word from sources indicating Didio was fired for "fostering a poor work environment," leaving Jim Lee in charge as the sole publisher for now. But in[...]

Dan DiDio may no longer be Publisher of DC Comics – we explained why here late last night But he wasn't just DC Publisher, he was also the writer of the series Metal Men, drawn by Shane Davis Issue 5 has just been published by DC Comics – but what else is to come? Well, artist[...]

After ten long, grueling years of reboots, rebirths, and more reboots, Dan Didio is out at DC Though, if you were reading Twitter, you might have thought he died or something, based on all the nice and reverent things people are suddenly saying about him and the sort of "don't speak ill of the dead"[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool broke the news that Dan DiDio was no longer Publisher of DC Comics We learnt further details of how it happened, how it went down at ComicsPRO and finally the reasons why he had been fired DiDio has not provided any public comment, but he did update his cover photo twice on[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool ran the scoop that Dan DiDio had gone at DC Comics He was probably my favourite comic book publisher I often didn't agree with his publishing decisions, (who does with anyone's?), but I enjoyed his company and his presence immensely Also that he would 'play the game' – he understood Bleeding[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool ran the scoop today that DC Publisher Dan DiDio had gone at DC Comics Reaction was swift Here's how a few comic book professionals reacted to the news. So @bleedingcool is reporting that Dan DiDio is no longer affiliated with DC Comics I liked Dan very much We disagreed on a lot[...]

But Bleeding Cool can confirm that Dan DiDio, publisher of DC Comics is no longer publisher of DC Comics He is gone from the company, as of today Whatever happened, happened fast Bleeding Cool has confirmed with a number of sources, inside and outside of DC Comics that Dan DiDio is gone Rumour has it[...]

DC Comics Publisher Dan DiDio is coming to London, with a few other DC executives, for the premiere of Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn) on the 29th January at the British Film Institute on London's South Bank No I don't have an invite But have people been prepared? I[...]

Today, addressing comic book retailers on Facebook, DC Publisher Dan DiDio talked about a number of matters (and you can catch up with them all with this handy tag).  We looked his DC Comics plans for big collections and original graphic novels for younger readers But there's a lot of money in reprints these days[...]

Bleeding Cool has been reporting on this publishing plan led by publisher Dan DiDio at DC Comics since the summer A new generation of DC Comics characters to follow the laid- out Four Generations of DC Comics superheroes The Fifth Generation would have new individuals take the traditional roles held in the big superhero books[...]

The promotion of Kevin Feige above him has seen him knocked down a couple of pegs but he has the knowledge that Feige relies on to give him the lay of the land. Dan DiDio (Down) DC Publisher With Geoff Johns knocked back, Dan DiDio has the opportunity to do what he has wanted to do[...]

DC Publisher Dan Didio isn't shying away from difficult subjects while writing Metal Men with artist Shane Davis Revealed in DC's full March 2020 solicitations, Metal Men #6 will see Platinum learn that Magnus modeled her after a woman he was attracted to in college, and apparently programmed her to love him Definitely some ethical[...]

Hilty invited then-DC Comics executive editor Dan DiDio too Thibert says 'he is awesome, he was awesome, I have nothing bad to say about him' And with DC picking up the tab, Thibert says that DiDio asked Bagley if he'd be interested in working at DC Bagley said he was pretty happy at Marvel and[...]

It's known as 5G, the fifth generation of the DC Comics Timeline. But is this the first time DC Comics tried? Let's go back ten years, before Flashpoint and the New 52, that was what Grant Morrison was teasing. Back in the noughties, we saw the Death of the New Gods, as The Source of the Source[...]

When the only question worth asking is what matters right now?  I mean, is he talking to Dan DiDio, DC Publisher, who has been talking about doing that a lot of late? As he says, 'We're all just someone else's alternate future when you get right down to it.' Clearly the revolt starts here, just as long[...]

So, Dan DiDio, Jim Lee, you paid for it With Peter Milligan's star in the ascendancy again, maybe it's worth pulling out of the bottom drawer for a refresh? Or maybe let Milligan have the rights back to he can publish it from Image, Boom, IDW, Ahoy or Berger Books?   Back in the late noughties,[...]

Metal Men #1, out this week from Dan DiDio and Shane Davis, used a different approach, more like Moore, Garry Leach and Alan Davis' work on Marevlman/Miracleman, with a  new state of affairs, and a real reason for everything that happened revealed slowly through the series But this is also reminiscent of Grant Morrison and[...]

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Readers who just can't enough of the writing of DC Comics Publisher Dan Didio are in for a treat! Didio has teemed with artist Chris Jones to produce an 8-page crossover comic between the DC Universe and Chicago TV host Svengoolie Didio was a fan of Svengoolie growing up and always wanted to put him[...]

If there's one thing we know, it's that Dan Didio hates DC Comics Facsimile Editions The DC Publisher was pretty peeved at San Diego Comic-Con in July about the fact that readers prefer to buy DC's older comics over their newer ones, even though he can't stop publishing them because DC also likes money Here's[...]

In a move that we have to admit is pretty shocking, DC Publisher Dan Didio, more than six years since we launched the Has DC Done Something Stupid Today? website, has finally come out and said something pretty damn smart Echoing some of the points we've been making for years, here at Bleeding Cool and[...]

It seems like it was just yesterday when DC Publisher Dan Didio decried the popularity of facsimile editions and other interest in DC's back catalog, as he feels the publisher should be able to do a better job of pushing new stories to customers Actually, it was just yesterday Hmm Nevertheless, DC is going all[...]