ECCC12: DC All Access Panel

[CBR News]

DC Comics' visit to Emerald City Comicon found Bill Willingham, Chris Burnham, and Dustin Nguyen dishing about Grant Morrison density, the consequences of speed... and the importance of dental hygiene.


Full article here.

[BrotherUnitNo_4]

I really hate when DC says they have big plans for anyone.

[Statham]

If this were in the Batman forum, I'm sure that, right now, we'd have batGRRRl4ever come storming in proclaiming that the lack of plans for Steph is concrete evidence that Barbara Gordon is the one and only supreme Batgirl.

[Master X]

Yes I so love we have the most boring and uninteresting Batgirl EVAR as the sole Batgirl. /sarcasm I also love it when DC needlessly retcons things. /sarcasm. But you know what I most love...?

WHEN DC SAYS THEY HAVE BIG PLANS FOR CHARACTERS. It's basically DC's secret code that says, "we have no plans at the moment, but don't worry! After a few years of saying we have plans, we'll bring that character back for a brief cameo, but with completely butchered personality and history! YOU'LL LOVE THAT!!"

[CagedLeo730]

At least they didn't mention Cass Cain and Stephanie Brown together. That means Cass has a bigger chance of appearing in Batman Inc. As for "big plans", everyone should take it to mean "as of right now" because plans change every single day. Characters who were meant to die are saved, and vice-versa. Characters who were throw aways develop and audience and characters being pushed to the stars get a cold reception. Everything is in a state of flux until the book is sent to the printers. Even then in can be pulled (Superman 712).

[ChristianP]

I was at this panel in person! But yeah, I must say, the only things that sounded believable and exciting really was what they said they had planned for Snyder's Batman and Manapul's The Flash. Most of it was flaky PR talk

[shark]

I really hate when DC says they have big plans for anyone.

Just do as I do. When they say that, replace it with a "we don't really care about this character but we are going to say we have big plans for them so the fans don't complain so much".

[CagedLeo730]

What do you guys think when DC says they have no plans for a character? (Wally West, Donna Troy, Ted Kord, Stephanie Brown). Does everything they say really mean "we don't care about the characters"?

[shark]

What do you guys think when DC says they have no plans for a character? (Wally West, Donna Troy, Ted Kord, Stephanie Brown). Does everything they say really mean "we don't care about the characters"?

Because we have been through this before.

See: Cassandra Cain.

[timeismoney]

Its just DC being DC people so blindly followed DC into the New 52 that they didn't think about all the interesting character being scrapped just my opinion.

[CMBMOOL]

Yeah DC people care more about their NEW 52 ideas and timeline, than they do of their most interesting characters that they left out.

[Cavemold]

Nothing to new. apparently Bruce thinks somthing else with dick's tooth. That's all the important news I got out of this panel

[CagedLeo730]

Yeah DC people care more about their NEW 52 ideas and timeline, than they do of their most interesting characters that they left out.

Yeah like cramming all the books with everyone's favorite characters wouldn't be a clusterf**k. Books weren't crammed to the gills with characters before the relaunch. It shouldn't be crammed after it either. I think they actually know about the characters they left out. That's what replacement titles are for and new storylines.

[vampiric_cannibal]

If this were in the Batman forum, I'm sure that, right now, we'd have batGRRRl4ever come storming in proclaiming that the lack of plans for Steph is concrete evidence that Barbara Gordon is the one and only supreme Batgirl.

Hilarious because its true.

I think the '3rd wave' is already in planning, as DiDio said he had a new writing gig or something, and if there aren't any plans for characters yet, then I'd add at least another 6 months to them in limbo.

[Outside_85]

I'll have to run outside to check if the sky isn't falling the day DC has a panel where they actually answer the questions asked.