Shelly Bond Leaves DC’s Vertigo

Head of DC’s Mature Readers Imprint Gone

♦In a shock announcement yesterday, DC has announced that Vertigo’s Executive Editor Shelly Bond has left the company…

Bond has been at the company since 1993 and replaced her mentor Karen Berger as head of the imprint in 2012. Here is their official announcement:

DC Entertainment is reexamining the direction and focus of the Vertigo imprint of comic books and graphic novels. The goal is to keep competitive and stay relevant in the changing marketplace, and to set the business up for future success.

The updated business structure will result for some employees in a change of reporting relationship, new job descriptions, and expanded roles and responsibilities.

Unfortunately, as part of the restructuring, the position of Vice President & Executive Editor has been eliminated. This was a very challenging process, and we made every effort to ensure all decisions were made with great care and consideration.

· We are extremely grateful for Shelly Bond’s commitment and dedication to Vertigo, its books and its incredibly talented team of staff and creators.

· In Vertigo she leaves a legacy to which we remain committed and on which we intend to build for the future. She will always be a deeply valued and respected member of the DC family.

· We have the utmost confidence in the current editorial staff and look forward to the team leaving their mark on the Vertigo line knowing this new alignment creates a stronger organization that is well positioned for maximum potential.

With the recent news of the new imprint at DC headed by Gerard Way, Young Animal, this news hasn’t come as a huge surprise. It will be interesting to see if Vertigo does survive going forward. The imprint has been responsible for some of our favourite comics of the past two decades and it would be a shame if it did go away.

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