Scott Dunbier
I'd known for a bit that something odd was up at Wildstorm. I was assigned a new editor, Scott Peterson, and told my previous Scott was out of the office. Scotty P is a great editor and I'm happy to be working with him. And I'm excited to draw Zander Cannon's Top 10 scripts. But I do miss Scotty D.
I asked folks at WS if he or his wife or kids was seriously ill. They knew no one was sick but couldn't say why Scott was out of the office. I was also afraid Wildstorm was being downsized or shut down, but I came back from San Diego knowing WS is fine.
I just got some news today. CBR's Lying in the Gutters reports that Scott Dunbier has been on forced leave because of disputes about Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier. CBR considers their source(s) reliable on this one. (Thanks for the heads up, Lowell!).
I'm not working on that project at all so I have no insider news to report. I will say that Scott is the superhero editor who best combines artistic integrity with love of the art. He's also a passionate professional, combining managerial and diplomatic finesse. I don't know anyone else in the DC hierarchy who could have kept Alan Moore working for Time-Warner as long as Scott did.
I'd lay good money down he fought for Alan Moore's creative vision. I don't know if that's why he's on leave but that's what Scott always did on Top 10. We didn't always win but I knew where Scott stood.
A lot of people assume I've signed an exclusivity contract with DC. I haven't. It's just that I developed so much trust and loyalty to Scott Dunbier over the years that I rarely turned down a project from him. Scott and Eddie Berganza are my main men at DC. Now DC is losing one of them.
I'm eager to read Scott's side of the story, including why he hasn't spoken yet.
I asked folks at WS if he or his wife or kids was seriously ill. They knew no one was sick but couldn't say why Scott was out of the office. I was also afraid Wildstorm was being downsized or shut down, but I came back from San Diego knowing WS is fine.
I just got some news today. CBR's Lying in the Gutters reports that Scott Dunbier has been on forced leave because of disputes about Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier. CBR considers their source(s) reliable on this one. (Thanks for the heads up, Lowell!).
I'm not working on that project at all so I have no insider news to report. I will say that Scott is the superhero editor who best combines artistic integrity with love of the art. He's also a passionate professional, combining managerial and diplomatic finesse. I don't know anyone else in the DC hierarchy who could have kept Alan Moore working for Time-Warner as long as Scott did.
I'd lay good money down he fought for Alan Moore's creative vision. I don't know if that's why he's on leave but that's what Scott always did on Top 10. We didn't always win but I knew where Scott stood.
A lot of people assume I've signed an exclusivity contract with DC. I haven't. It's just that I developed so much trust and loyalty to Scott Dunbier over the years that I rarely turned down a project from him. Scott and Eddie Berganza are my main men at DC. Now DC is losing one of them.
I'm eager to read Scott's side of the story, including why he hasn't spoken yet.
posted by Gene Ha at 11:20 AM
1 Comments:
It seems that something odd is happening (or, it's better to say... it already happened) in the DC offices. I am curious to know Dubier's version of this story. Anyway, he did a great work in this years there. A stunning work. I hope we'll see him in some other place within the comics field. We need editor like him.
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