layoffs

Multiple staff members were laid off from Marvel Comics yesterday as part of what's reportedly a cost-cutting measure at the company. According to multiple sources, the layoffs do not reflect the performance of the individuals in question. Update: Heidi MacDonald of The Beat has a must-read article on the subject, which goes behind the scenes to examine the penny-pinching corporate culture that le

Dark Horse Comics laid off seven employees today, in departments ranging from editorial to marketing to design, and including editors Shawna Gore and Dave Land. The layoffs follow slipping sales across the comics industry, and the movement of Dark Horse's market share, once third, to fifth in the industry behind Image Comics and IDW...

Rumors swirled earlier this week around the question of whether or not layoffs were going to be a part of the ongoing DC Entertainment reorganizations. The LA Times blog reported that 50 people, or 20% of the 250 people on DC Comics's staff were to be laid off...