58 - Enter the DC FanDome (Patreon)

DC FanDome is a fully-online comic con, streaming advertising for new WarnerMedia projects directly to the consumer. Because of COVID-19, all of the desperate comic fans, inclduing me, spent an entire day glued to their screens waiting for glimpses at movies that will be perpetually delayed. 

This episode explores the money behind this, the merger that shook up DC Comics and resulted in hundreds losing their jobs, Warner Bros. opening a park in the UAE, scandals behind the scenes of the movies and games, and the culture around these products, both awful and good. 

The future of consumption begins now, in the FanDome. 

Cited in the show: 

How Warner Bros. Cast Its Spell on Abu Dhabi | Forbes  

DC Universe, DC Comics Staff See Layoffs Amid WarnerMedia Restructure | Variety 

Warner Media Investigating 'Justice League' Production Amid New Ray Fisher Claims  

Dwayne McDuffie's "Teenage Negro Ninja Thrashers" Letter to Marvel Editorial 

Static Shock will return to DC Comics in 2021 | Polygon 

The Dwayne McDuffie Fund | GoFundMe 

Rocksteady sexual assualt allegations