Scary Busy. (A Roundup)
Catching up on the biggest lingering questions from a busy comics news month: Skydance's DC, Marvel Unlimited's end, Webtoon's beginnings, & more.
It's been a busy month for comics news, so this week we're trying something different as we catch up and make sense of it all: Welcome to "Lingering Questions" (working title). It's our first attempt at an occasional news roundup with added analysis and commentary. We start with the hanging questions we're most curious to know, plus enough context to bring you up to speed.
We'll likely do more of these news roundups going forward, or add shorter versions of them to future dispatches. We're still most committed to doing original reporting, interviewing creators, and covering innovation across the digital comics market. But in this emerging AI-dominated era, we can no longer rely on search engines or legacy comics media news archives to provide free, accurate access to important context. Though for now, let's dig into the news items that caught our attention over the past few weeks...
How Will DC Comics Fare Under the Skydance Corporate Umbrella?
In the short term, the consensus is that it'll be business as usual for DC Comics under its new corporate parent.
The Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery was made official and final earlier this month, after a long delay in the courts. DC Comics is now part of Skydance's Products & Publishing division, formerly Global Products and Experiences. That's not a huge change from its organizational hierarchy at Warner Bros. Discovery (within its Global Brand, Franchises & Experiences division).
What is different is the leadership. Josh Silverman, who joined Paramount in 2025, is now listed as "President, Global Products, Publishing, and DC at Skydance." Silverman knows a thing or two about superheroes and comics. From 2001-2011, he worked as a global development executive for Marvel Entertainment. After Disney acquired Marvel, Silverman moved up the corporate ladder at Disney proper.
New management tends to take one of two strategies: leave things alone until a problem arises that compels action, or immediately start making changes to ensure everyone can see their fingerprints on it. We’ll see which direction Silverman goes. Though as Tom persistently reminds anyone who'll listen, the biggest factor will be the massive $80 billion debt the company must manage while continuing to spend money on entertainment projects.
