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DC Comics’ Gail Simone Has Been Removed As The Writer Of Batgirl

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:49 am, December 10th, 2012

If you follow Gail Simone on Twitter (or anywhere else) you know she’s not shy about expressing her opinions, sometimes sarcastically, sometimes not. She’s a creator who’s very vocal with her fans so while her many tweets yesterday did not come as a surprise, the content of one of them did. DC Comics has told her she is no longer writing Batgirl. 

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If you liked it then you should have put a Lantern Ring on it

(Please) Share Your Buying Habits With DC Comics’ Second Nielsen Survey For Fans

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:50 am, June 22nd, 2012

Have you been reading DC Comics’ new title, Orange Ivy? No? That’s because it doesn’t exist. It’s the new fake title introduced in a second Nielsen Survey the company has put out to gauge readership of their New 52 books. (You may remember us reporting on the first one last September.) Read on to find out how to take the survey and what, if anything, it could mean for your future buying habits.

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Audience Participation

DC Comics Nielsen Survey Results Are In, They Are Interesting

by Jill Pantozzi | 12:31 pm, February 10th, 2012

A few months ago, DC Comics teamed up with the Nielsen Company for a consumer research study on their relaunch, the New 52. As soon as fans caught wind, the link to take the online survey spread like wildfire with new readers and long-time readers alike encouraging everyone possible to take it. The results have just been released and well, take a look. 

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Breaking

DC Comics Announces Second Wave Of Relaunch Books With Good And Bad News

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:08 am, January 12th, 2012

DC Comics overhauled their entire line of comic books when they relaunched with the New 52 in September of 2011. There were 52 titles, some old, some new, and a few familiar faces were missing from the lineup. Well today, DC has announced a “second wave” of titles to join the ranks but they’ve also cancelled several titles as well. Hit the jump to find out which titles made the cut, which have been added and how many female characters and creators are involved. 

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This Makes Sense

Did NYCC Prove The Need For Diversity In Comics?

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:47 pm, October 20th, 2011

The New 52 has been a success at getting outliers interested in comics again. But looking around the Javits, at the ocean of non-white faces, and of female faces, it became VERY clear to me that all the angry blog posts begging for more diversity in the comics isn’t just a few loudmouths—even though they are treated as such by the big companies. It’s the reality of the world. Reaching this audience through inclusion might just be the most important goal for the mainstream comics industry’s continued survival. – Heidi MacDonald writing her New York Comic Con wrap-up for The Beat.

It’s just a little maddening having been one of those “loudmouths” myself to see this particular aspect of conventions, and in turn comics, so obviously noticed by what seems like everyone but those like DC Comics who really need to experience it. Not having attended any of the DC panels at NYCC (a first for me), I can’t say whether or not the demographics were represented the same way there but the point is – if they are at a convention they are potential readers/new readers. Wouldn’t it make sense to provide something they can see themselves in?

(via The Beat)

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I Guess I Can't Argue With That

DC New 52 Sales – So Far, So Good?

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:05 pm, October 3rd, 2011

“There’s no way not to call this a success,” said comics retailer and Comic Book Resources columnist Brian Hibbs to the New York Times. He’s speaking about DC Comics’ big relaunch which has just wrapped its first month of new number ones and the NY Times agrees with him.

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To Boldly Go

Sneaky Gail Simone Slips Adorable Polygamous Lesbian Marriage Into Secret Six Before Reboot

by Christopher Holden | 1:15 pm, August 8th, 2011

In Secret Six #36, Gail Simone writes her last issue on the series, as well as the last issue before the company wide reboot of DC Comics. In an attempt to give the villainous characters she had worked so hard on a proper sendoff, Gail ties up loose ends between characters, then pumps the team full of Venom and sends them out in a blaze of glory against an army of superheroes in a fashion that would make Cassidy and Sundance proud.

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The Idiot's Lantern

Things That Are Only Weird In Comics: DC to Advertise Flashboot on Television

by Jamie Frevele | 2:07 pm, June 10th, 2011

DC Comics‘ major reboot doesn’t just include a whole bunch of new and ending titles, but also offering digital downloads of comics the day they are released in print. Obviously this is a huge opportunity for the company to increase availability to consumers beyond independently-owned comic book stores and attract a bigger, mainstream audience. And now, to better market their titles, they are going to try advertising DC Comics with a nationwide campaign of commercials. On the tee-vee. Oh, boy.

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