Rich Johnston: John Nee Resigns From DC Comics

[andy khouri]

CBR Gossip Columnist Rich Johnston has learned that DC Comics Senior Vice President of Business Development John Nee has left the company.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16885

[Pixie_Solanas]

Well, if his primary position was to expand WildStorm and CMX, he did a pisspoor job at it.

[Jack Zodiac]

Don't know the guy. Don't care. But if that was his job, then yes, he failed !@#$in' miserably.

[HartyPotter]

Huh, would definitely like to hear more about this. But as others said, Wildstorm has been a total failure since it's last relaunch.

[DDM]

Wildstorm got lost in the shuffle with little promotion about anything.

[Forseti]

Don't know the guy. Don't care. But if that was his job, then yes, he failed !@#$in' miserably.

Yeah, what was he thinking, hiring people like Morisson to write the flagship titles. :rolleyes:

[The Batman]

^^^

More like hiring people like Morrison to do very high prifile flagship books that never actually came out.

[Jack Zodiac]

Yeah, what was he thinking, hiring people like Morisson to write the flagship titles. :rolleyes:

He obviously wasn't thinking, hiring people like Morrison to script two of their biggest books while also scripting two of DC's biggest books, and then giving him to talented but slow artists, one of whom was also saddled with a high-profile DC title.

So, yes, what the !@#$ was he thinking? He was thinking, "I'll hire big, big talent and promise a bunch of crazy !@#$ from these overworked creative minds and there's no !@#$ing way this could backfire on me!"

[Forseti]

Yeah, it's really naive of him to expect seasoned professionals to stick to their business commitments. Just like that joker Gene Ha, just sitting around waiting for scripts. Hahaha, such dumbasses.

[Pixie_Solanas]

Yeah, it's really naive of him to expect seasoned professionals to stick to their business commitments. Just like that joker Gene Ha, just sitting around waiting for scripts. Hahaha, such dumbasses.

This aint the day of Jack Kirby, cranking out 15 pages of work PER WEEK.

We all know the landscape nowadays. So should he.

[Ryan Day]

He obviously wasn't thinking, hiring people like Morrison to script two of their biggest books while also scripting two of DC's biggest books, and then giving him to talented but slow artists, one of whom was also saddled with a high-profile DC title.

So, yes, what the !@#$ was he thinking? He was thinking, "I'll hire big, big talent and promise a bunch of crazy !@#$ from these overworked creative minds and there's no !@#$ing way this could backfire on me!"

I suspect the problem there is less specifically Nee's fault and more a general lack of communication between different groups at DC. Remember, All-Star Batman also became horribly delayed because Lee was also working on videogame designs. And apparently no one in all of DC thought to say "Man, there's no way he can do all this stuff."

Obviously, Jim Lee should have noticed that. But that makes Lee's sin "biting off more than he could chew", which is more admirable than DC's "no one knows what anyone else is doing."

[sdunbier]

He obviously wasn't thinking, hiring people like Morrison to script two of their biggest books while also scripting two of DC's biggest books, and then giving him to talented but slow artists, one of whom was also saddled with a high-profile DC title.

So, yes, what the !@#$ was he thinking? He was thinking, "I'll hire big, big talent and promise a bunch of crazy !@#$ from these overworked creative minds and there's no !@#$ing way this could backfire on me!"

Actually, any criticism for that should be lobbed at me, not John. The failure of WildStorm’s relaunch was not his. John and Jim put their trust in me and things didn’t work out the way any of us had hoped. Regardless of that, John Nee is an honorable man and my friend. I hope he is happy and successful in whatever he does.

Scott Dunbier

[Ryan Day]

Yeah, it's really naive of him to expect seasoned professionals to stick to their business commitments. Just like that joker Gene Ha, just sitting around waiting for scripts. Hahaha, such dumbasses.

You know who decides what creators' "business commitments" are? Their bosses. Have you never had a boss tell you "I need you to put Project A aside and work on Project B"?

Which, it seems, is what happened at DC. DC, fairly justifiably, told Morrison "52 is absolutely the most important thing for you to do", which meant Wildstorm had to go on the shelf.

[Static-Pulse]

Actually, any criticism for that should be lobbed at me, not John. The failure of WildStorm’s relaunch was not his. John and Jim put their trust in me and things didn’t work out the way any of us had hoped. Regardless of that, John Nee is an honorable man and my friend. I hope he is happy and successful in whatever he does.

Scott Dunbier

I kind of drifted away from Wildstorm during the reboot, because a number of my favorite characters were being taken in directions I didn't like by writers I didn't like. Number of the Beast is the first WS book I've read since Stormwatch PHD #9. That's been about a year or two?

If you don't mind a curious (and bewildered) fan asking, what was the failure? I'm not looking to point any fingers here, just mostly would like to know what happened to Wildstorm.

[mercuryeric]

Actually, any criticism for that should be lobbed at me, not John. The failure of WildStorm’s relaunch was not his. John and Jim put their trust in me and things didn’t work out the way any of us had hoped. Regardless of that, John Nee is an honorable man and my friend. I hope he is happy and successful in whatever he does.

Scott Dunbier

Right there, folks. That's a class act.

Sorry things are rough over there right now, Scott; good luck.

--Eric Trautmann

[RichJohnston]

He obviously wasn't thinking, hiring people like Morrison to script two of their biggest books while also scripting two of DC's biggest books, and then giving him to talented but slow artists, one of whom was also saddled with a high-profile DC title.

So, yes, what the !@#$ was he thinking? He was thinking, "I'll hire big, big talent and promise a bunch of crazy !@#$ from these overworked creative minds and there's no !@#$ing way this could backfire on me!"

Um, no, none of this was John's role.

John was the international face of DC Comics, expanding business internationally. I understand he was rather successful at this. DC did not want John to leave.

[Xero]

Is this what Warren was talking about?

bad signal
WARREN ELLIS

If what I just heard is true, then it's going to be a really
interesting day in the comics news business.

If it is true, it'll probably break on
http://www.comicbookresources.com/
first, so curious parties might want to keep an eye
on that during the day.

If it's not, well, then, I just wasted seven seconds
of your time. You'll live.

Oh, and today's a skip day on FREAKANGELS,
but we put some stuff up there anyway:

http://www.freakangels.com/?p=42

-- W

[Rhymer]

Right there, folks. That's a class act.

Sorry things are rough over there right now, Scott; good luck.

--Eric Trautmann

Scott doesn't work there anymore. Which is a pity. In my eyes he stands for the time when Wildstorm was one of the most interesting publishers. With (the real) Authority and Planetary...

Of course, I'm quite curious about what exactly made Scott leave, but I know such information isn't spread.

[mercuryeric]

Scott doesn't work there anymore. Which is a pity. In my eyes he stands for the time when Wildstorm was one of the most interesting publishers. With (the real) Authority and Planetary...

Of course, I'm quite curious about what exactly made Scott leave, but I know such information isn't spread.

Ah. I'd missed that. Thanks for the clarification. In any event, the original point still stands: Scott is clearly a stand-up guy, and I wish him the best of luck, wherever he is. :)

-E

[mercuryeric]

Is this what Warren was talking about?

It seems so, based on a follow up Bad Signal post.

-E

[Samy]

Right there, folks. That's a class act. Agreed. There are few things I respect as much as owning up to mistakes.