Paper of Record Profiles Paul Levitz

Posted on 02/07/06 at 11:47 AM in Articles, Items by Conor Kilpatrick

DC Comics President and Publisher Paul Levitz is profiled in today’s The New York Times.

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Some interesting tidbits:

• DC Comics didn’t have a marketing department until 1980.

• In 2005, the comic book industry generated about $250 million in sales from graphic novels and/or trade paperback collections.

• In the mid-1970s, Levitz estimates that there were only about 200 people working in the entire comics industry, as opposed to the 1,700 that worked for DC last year.

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Comments

  1. import says:
    February 8, 2006 at 2:05 am

    This could go either way. It would be really interesting to say that this book came out and he was the real deal and did a great book, and garnered all sorts of respect. I would really like to see that.

    I don’t see that happening, but it would be nice.

    See how that was a twist on my regular cynicism?

  2. import says:
    February 8, 2006 at 12:44 pm

    Do you mean the JSA story arc he’s writing? It seems like a standard fill-in to me.

    I’m curious as to why this warranted NYT coverage.

  3. import says:
    February 8, 2006 at 1:39 pm

    I think it’s more like a “slice of life story” rather than a significant comic news story that would appeal to a broader audience.