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Marvel Comics to Leave New York and Move Staffers to L.A. as Part of Major Overhaul (Exclusive)

The Disney-owned publisher is also getting a new editor in chief as 100 employees are being asked to relocate to Burbank by next July.
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Marvel Comics Moves From New York To Los Angeles Over The Next Year

It looks like C.B. Cebulski prefers Tokyo to Los Angeles. Marvel Comics is moving its editorial offices from New York, after around ninety years, to
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Steve Wacker Replaces C.B. Cebulski As Marvel Editor-In-Chief

Steve Wacker replaces C.B. Cebulski as Marvel's new Editor-In-Chief after 9 years as C,B, Cebulski becomes Marvel's new Asia Originals Editor
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This seem so unreal. Marvel has always had their offices in New York going all the way back to their Timely days. For awhile in the 1940's they had office space in the Empire State Building. For a short time they were on 42nd street, but they were always in Manhattan. This is going to be a huge adjustment for them.

It's no surprise that they replaced their EIC. No shade to Cebluski, but DC and to a lesser extent Image have been kicking their ass six ways to Sunday all year. A change had to be made. Let's hope Wacker can bring in some fresh ideas. I'd love it if Marvel started publishing some great comics again.

Well. It looks like we're going to have some things to talk about at SDCC, doesn't it? :devilish:
 
I’m not overly surprised. But the difference is that Jim Lee is a comic guy. The guy in charge at Marvel is a TV guy. The head honcho is a movie guy. You could say it’s all storytelling and you’d be right. But it’s a completely different process and skill set. Lee and company have worked very hard since DiDio “left” DC to get them where they are today. Marvel/Disney is likely looking for a fast turnaround. I don’t see that happening. Disney is not popular with journeyman creators and those trying to break in. Only A-Listers get paid well and even paid on time anymore it seems. Steven Whacker is now EIC, but how much actual power does he have?

Sales strategy can’t revolve around new #1’s, cover variants, and seeing if you can get Hickman to write it.

McFarlane told a story in an interview I saw online about getting a nice royalty check from Warners for using a character he co-created with Roy Thomas. Shiv is the character. Infinity Inc. was the comic. He barely remembered her. Geoff Johns used her in the Stargirl TV series. Royalty check sent.

Todd gets nothing from Venom. Todd’ll be OK. But if Todd gets nothing then so does David Michelinie. Who is now 78. It’s pretty sickening.
 
Great post, Gard.

The TV guy is Brad Winderbaum and he's been doing a bang up job on the TV shows and films as executive producer. I thought Daredevil Born Again was outstanding, as an example. I'm going to rather optimistically predict that if he can bring that level of creative energy to the comics they'll be in pretty good shape.

The best EIC's that Marvel ever had (IMHO) are Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Jim Shooter and Joe Quesada. I know Shooter pissed a lot of people off with his heavy handed methods but Marvel sold a shitload of comics when he was in charge. Under his leadership, they published their first Graphic Novel (The Death of Captain Marvel), their first direct market only titles, the Epic Comics Group imprint, the first big company wide crossover (Secret Wars, which sold a few copies) and he pioneered creator royalties,

And I know that people had ... "issues" with Joe Quesada (Dude had a big mouth) but again, love him or hate him, he got people excited about Marvel again and sold lots of comics. He brought in top tier talent like Kevin Smith, Grant Morrison, Joss Whedon and Brian Bendis. He got fan favorite creators back on the X-Men and Spider-Man. He helped create the Ultimate line. He created the Marvel Knights and Max imprints. He got their trade paperback program going again.

See, the pressure's on Wacker right now. He's got to get people talking about Marvel again and get some of the focus off of DC and Image. SDCC is in less than a week so he doesn't have time to announce any plans there (I don't think) but he needs to do it soon.

I want to read some great Marvel Comics again. Here's hopin'.
 
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