Breaking News: Jim Lee Co-Publisher of DC; Geoff Johns named CCO.

[Ice]

CBR reports it:

DC NAMES DIDIO & LEE CO-PUBLISHER, JOHNS CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER


Official Press Release

Jim Lee and Dan DiDio Named Co-Publishers DC Comics
Geoff Johns to Serve as Chief Creative Officer

John Rood Named EVP, Sales, Marketing and Business Development

Patrick Caldon Named EVP, Finance and Administration

(February 18, 2010 – New York, NY and Burbank, CA) DC Entertainment, founded in September 2009 to unleash the power of the DC Comics library of characters across all media platforms, has named its executive management team, including new co-publishers of DC Comics and a Chief Creative Officer, as well as heads of Sales/Marketing/Business Development and Finance/Administration. Diane Nelson, President, DC Entertainment, made the announcement today.

 

[Ultimate Houde]

I thought Morrison was suppose to be the Chief Creative Officer

 

[Zombipanda]

Excellent. I like Jim Lee. I think he'll do a great job.

 

[Gothamite]

Happy enough with this. Even if I don't really like Jim Lee's art, he's very good at getting projects done and moving things forward (like the Online game). And obviously, Geoff Johns is one of the greatest things to have happened to DC since the 1980s.

 

[Captain Canuck]

Geoff Johns is almost singlehandedly responsible for making me a DC fan.

He'll do well.

 

[ProjectX2]

Awesome. Geoff Johns is like the Robert Kirkman of DC.

 

[Grocer Man]

I approve.

 

[E]

Geoff Johns is almost singlehandedly responsible for making me a DC fan.

Me too. The only other thing that got me into DC is Grant Morrison on Batman.