Jake Tarbox, editor of DC’s CMX line of manga, has resigned from his position with the publisher. Newsarama has good coverage of the story here. I certainly think DC’s handling of their manga output has been problematic and said so, and I’m starting to wonder if CMX will ever get any good publicity. I’m also wondering if DC is really committed to the imprint or if it’s destined to go the way of Humanoids.
It’s hard not to get a sinking feeling after looking at some of the early comments from posters at Newsarama:
“I didn’t even know that DC had a manga imprint.”
“If you weren’t familiar with manga, you didn’t miss anything. If you are familiar with manga, this might have ticked you off.”
“I’d totally forgotten that DC had a manga imprint.”
“DC and Marvel have no idea what manga fans want and why it´s so popular. They just want in on the cash.”
“This is the first time DC has released ANY type of response to the criticism thrown its way over TenTen, and it’s through the resignation of an editor? And not the editor who made the decision, but the one forced to carry it out? If this is damage control, I don’t hold much hope for further repair.”
And that’s just the posters at Newsarama. What in the world will the folks over at the Anime on DVD forums say? (Apologies to Fanboy Rampage for borrowing its shtick.)