I'm Done With DC Comics (For Now)

Although Steve Gerber is my favorite comic book writer of all time, and he worked for Marvel, Batman is my favorite superhero, and so I've always had an affection for DC comics, especially those of the bat variety.

But I'm done with these folks for now.  Here's an exhaustive list of all the talented creators who have left DC in the last few years. And here's their shockingly out of touch and offensive art contest!

I don't know enough about the politics of such things to know who's really running things as opposed to who appears to be running things or whatever, but whoever is in charge over there is doing a terrible job. 

I think those of us who care about these characters have an obligation at this point to send DC a message and stop buying their stuff.  The characters belong to DC, but they also belong to the fans, and the fans trust the company to put the characters in the hands of capable creators and let them do their thing.

We can rant and rave on our blogs and various forums (fora?) or whatever, but DC is a business and will really only listen when money talks.  If we say we're pissed about what happened with Batwoman but keep buying the comic, they are understandably not really going to care about what we say. 

So I'm not buying any DC comics until something changes. Not because I don't love the DC Universe, but because I do.  I care enough to hold out for better stewardship for the characters I care about.