DC: The New 52 - "We're Committed To You, The Fans."

DC’s Dan DiDio took to the stage at Kapow! Comic Con to personally thank the British fans for helping to make The New 52 a success, and to pledge the company’s commitment to producing the best possible comics for the foreseeable future.

“With The New 52, we hope that we’re meeting our obligation to you as creators, because keeping you happy is our job. Without you none of this would be possible,” DC’s co-publisher explained to the packed auditorium, “We wanted to come over personally and thank you, because you represent about 10-15% of our business!”

Scott Snyder, the creative genius behind The New 52’s Batman arc The Court of Owls was also on hand to discuss the upcoming finale to the current run. “The next two issues really are our big finale, the big revelations of the whole series begin to come out, and then issue 11 is our giant climax,” Scott told the fans, “I’m really excited about it, I can’t wait. I’ve never worked this hard ever in my life!”

Snyder also revealed the return of Arcane in his Swamp Thing run, “I wanted to explore the core of Arcane. I wanted the ask the questions ‘Who is he? What makes his scary, and why?’ This story will not just reintroduce Arcane, but it will begin the events that lead to the big crossover I’m working on with Jeff Lemire on with Animal Man.”

Issues 12 of Animal Man and Swamp Thing will share a cover, revealed at the show, with the Arcane story dovetailing into the crossover story that Snyder described as “Incredibly epic.”

Dan DiDio wrapped up the panel with a heartfelt tribute to the hardcore DC fans in attendance, “I just want to talk to you about the commitment that we have to our product [The New 52]. We were at a point where people stopped buying our books. Fans were frustrated about the uncertainty around when their favourite books would be out,” DiDio explained, “When we launched the New 52, we made a huge commitment to delivering the books to you, on time. We’re very happy to say that in the last 12 months, out of 52 books a month, we’ve only shipped two issues one week late."

"You want the books on the shelves when you expect them, and we understand that. We took our fans for granted before, but that’s something we’ll never do again. We’re committed to our product, our books, and to you, the fans."

Source : http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/05/20/dc-the-new-52-were-committed-to-you-the-fans