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Dynamite Entertainment Hires Brian Cunningham As Editor
Brian Cunningham was made redundant in the first wave of what was dubbed the DC Bloodbath firings of 2020. Cunningham was Senior Story Editor at DC Comics, with editing credits on the likes of Doomsday Clock, Batgirl, Aquaman, Justice League, Flash, Suicide Squad, Green Arrow, Harley Quinn, Deathstroke, Teen Titans, Cyborg, Constantine, Wonder Woman, Superman, Supergirl, Legion, {Phantom Stranger, Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, Stormwatch, Omega Men, Martian Manhunter, Pandora and Nightwing. Brian Cunningham was Executive Editor at Wizard Magazine from 1993 to 2008, before working as Senior StoryEditor/Producer at DC Comics from 2008 to 2020.
Now he has popped up at Dynamite Entertainment as editor, working on the new Project Superpowers series. Which might be how he managed to get Doomsday Clock artist Gary Frank and Scott Kolins to do covers. He joins other former DC editorial names from the DC Bloodbath such as Vince Letterio and Jim Sokolowski who have joined Dynamite of late. While Adam Philips is working as freelance marketing for them. It's a DC Burbank reunion back on the East Coast.
Dynamite Entertainment is a comic book publisher founded by Nick Barrucci in 2004 at Mount Laurel, New Jersey, spinning our of his Dynamic Forces merchandise business. It is best known as the owners of The Boys franchise across several IP medias. Dynamite primarily publishes adaptations of franchises from other media including licensed adaptations of film properties such as Army of Darkness, Terminator, and RoboCop, and licensed or public domain literary properties such as Zorro, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Alice in Wonderland, Red Sonja, Tarzan (as Lord of the Jungle) and John Carter of Mars (as Warlord of Mars). In February 2007, Dynamite Entertainment bought the brand and rights of following editions of The Boys after an abrupt cancellation of the comic book series by DC Comics' WildStorm imprint. In July 2019, Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios launched an adapted television series of The Boys for Amazon Prime Video after a brand licensing agreement was granted by Dynamite. Obligatory link