TomO

May 24, 2012 10:18 am DCU... shit; I'm still only in the DCU... Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in Vertigo.

May 23, 2012 6:08 pm Yeah, those 15 seconds that Saga got on the last podcast was truly obnoxious...enough already!

May 21, 2012 1:43 pm Please let Lois' turning point be getting out from behind a desk. She needs to be out in the field causing trouble, not sitting behind a computer screen talking to other reporters on the phone.

May 21, 2012 1:40 pm "Yes sir, we have no bananas." Someone had to say it.

May 1, 2012 7:25 am I get why you always flashback to 2003, I just don't "get" it. Wouldn't it be fun to look at some other years every once in a while?

April 25, 2012 4:23 pm i think Metamorphic pretty much just captured exactly how I feel, so consider his post seconded.

April 24, 2012 7:39 am I never said that, as it's up to each individual to define what's ethical to them and their worldview. If money is all that matters to you, then what DC is doing is completely ethical. What DC is doing, however, is completely legal. Everyone signed the same contract. What are you going to do, except learn from your mistakes and move on. Alan Moore obviously went the "I don't like what you're doing and I'm not going to work for you anymore" model, while Dave Gibbons took a different tack. It just seems a little disingenuous to claim ethical standards after you've suckled up to the DC teet for a couple of years and your book has just been cancelled. (And for the record, and not that anyone really cares, but what I think DC is doing is completely ethical. They've compensated Alan Moore every step of the way as laid out in the contract that he signed.)

April 23, 2012 2:51 pm He should be grateful to DC then, for helping his ethical stance become a reality.

April 23, 2012 2:39 pm Of course he's doing this because his title is cancelled. It's not speculation, it's a quote from Roberson himself... "I decided quite some time ago, but waited until after the cancellation of my book was announced to discuss it." It sounds to me that if DC had decided to continue with iZombie, he'd still be cashing DC checks. And honestly, more power to Chris Roberson for doing what he wants to do, but it just looks a little petulant and self-serving to me. If anyone looks honorable in this whole mess, it's DC who have granted Chris his wishes to longer be associated with a company as unethical as DC.

April 23, 2012 1:11 pm This is all just silly stuff. If Chris Roberson wants to disassociate himself from doing business with a company for whatever reason, that's his right. The fact that he did it in such a public fashion, while still working on DC properties, makes it hard for me to have sympathy for him and the fact that DC decided to end their relationship together earlier than planned. Gee, no one could have foreseen that happening. In my opinion, there's not a very fine line between leaving for creative differences and burning one's bridges. DC's a company, and their business is to make money. They've done nothing illegal, and are using all of their properties in ways that are perfectly legal. It's hard for me to get all worked up in support of someone's sudden realization when the facts of the Watchmen situation concerning the contracts signed with Moore and Gibbons have been common knowledge for over two decades! Gibbons was able to "get over it" and move on, and even continue to work for DC. I'd be more inclined to support his decision, than someone's who has no skin in the game concerning things that happened 25 years ago. That's not to say that I don't have sympathy for creators out there trying to make a living, as I do, and I support them by buying their books. It's not my job, however, to vet their legal counsel and business acumen before deciding to make the purchase.