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Shelly Bond No Longer Executive Editor Of DC Vertigo

According to my original sources, I was told that the timing is down to the year-long contract commitment to employees who made the move from New York to Burbank being up. Due to poor sales for the Vertigo imprint, despite marketing support (such as returnability for all launch books) for the launches of a number of new projects. To Gerard Way‘s new mature readers line being editorially distinct. To the rise of prominence of Jamie Rich at the imprint. And the final trigger was, despite critical acclaim for many of the new books, they only garnered only one nomination for the Eisner Awards this year.

However I am also aware of considerable disagreement within the company, claims that Shelly was constantly blocked by the higher ups at the publisher, and that she’s been scapegoated for Vertigo’s relative poor performance.
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Vertigo as we knew and loved it is dead. When they attempt to revive it, it's going to be with new spins/spin-offs on licensed characters that have a built-in fanbase. It's the only option that DC has left at this point. Because why would you want to create something original for Vertigo, when you can take it to Image and make more money as well as retain full creative control (including potential adaptations)?

I give Shelly Bond a lot of credit for doing what she did with the limitations she had and I hope that, like previous Vertigo editors Karen Berger and Will Dennis, she ends up working on creator-owned books.

EDIT: Waking Up To A Vertigo Without Shelly Bond

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Shelly Bond No Longer Executive Editor Of DC Vertigo



Vertigo as we knew and loved it is dead. When they attempt to revive it, it's going to be with new spins/spin-offs on licensed characters that have a built-in fanbase. It's the only option that DC has left at this point. Because why would you want to create something original for Vertigo, when you can take it to Image and make more money as well as retain full creative control (including potential adaptations)?

I give Shelly Bond a lot of credit for doing what she did with the limitations she had and I hope that, like previous Vertigo editors Karen Berger and Will Dennis, she ends up working on creator-owned books.

EDIT: Waking Up To A Vertigo Without Shelly Bond

Reaction from people in the industry.
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SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DC EDITOR EDDIE BERGANZA BECOME PUBLIC
http://www.comicbookresources.com/a...gainst-dc-editor-eddie-berganza-become-public

DC Comics declined comment when reached multiple times by CBR News on the matter.

A perceived connection between Bond's departure and questioning of Berganza's status at DC developed after former Image Comics Director of PR & Marketing Jennifer de Guzman took to social media to ask why Bond's position was eliminated, while someone with "multiple complaints of sexual harassment" was seemingly still gainfully employed by the publisher. Nick Hanover of the pop culture commentary website Loser City then specifically named Berganza as the individual alluded to by de Guzman, leading to widespread talk of the editor's reputation among industry observers and fans, along with news coverage including a story on the matter published Monday by Paste Magazine.

Berganza was involved in a known incident of sexual harassment in March 2012, after show hours during the weekend of the WonderCon comic book convention, for which he was disciplined by the company and demoted from his then-position as Executive Editor. CBR News has learned that no misconduct involving Berganza has been reported internally since the WonderCon 2012 incident.

The situation was reported at the time by Bleeding Cool, who described the incident as a "senior comic book figure" making an unwanted physical advance on the romantic partner of a freelancer working for the unnamed senior figure. Two weeks later, Berganza was suggested by Bleeding Cool to be the editor involved.
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