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Pete Woods Leaves The Justice League's Vibe After Issue Six – But He Wants You To Know It's Nothing To Do With DC Comics, Who Are Great

Bleeding Cool has been running a number of stories of people walking from DC Comics citing editorial interference over the past few months. But this is something different. Pete Woods writes on Facebook (the details of which were emailed to me by readers several times while I was in the air);

I was kinda reserved about this last week and mentioned it in a thread, but this is more of an official thing.

I'm currently halfway through drawing issue 6 of VIBE which will be my final issue. The next major project I do will not be a DC project.

With all the sensationalism that goes on these days I feel I should make several things clear.

First- I LOVE working on VIBE and hate to leave it. It's a fantastic book and exactly what fans always say they want. Sterling Gates is doing a kick-ass job and there's plenty more fun in the future of the character. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE- if you haven't tried VIBE then give it a shot. It's fantastic. Even without me drawing it

Second- DC Editorial is not a pack of megalomaniacal egotists out to dictate their sexist, violent, high-collared view of what the DCU should be. They are in fact a group of dedicated professionals working hard to bring you the freshest, most exciting comics they possibly can. It's been an absolute pleasure to work with these people and I hope that I can again in the future. They have been my family and I love them.

Third- I am leaving VIBE of my own volition. No big, mean editor fired me. They didn't ignore my service of over a decade because they're heartless and cruel. DC has been good to me and committed to keeping me employed. They are good people. I am leaving VIBE because I was presented with an opportunity from another publisher to help launch a property that I have loved since I was a kid. It was an opportunity that presents itself once or twice in a lifetime and I simply could not turn it down.

I am sorry to those who might feel let down by me leaving VIBE. As I said it was not an easy decision to make. Brian Cunningham is a great editor and I'm sure whoever he gets to take my place will make you a happy camper.

If you stuck through all that then thank you. I hate seeing all the bashing DC

Vibe #7 was solicited with the following;

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA'S VIBE #7
Written by STERLING GATES
Art by PETE WOODS and SEAN PARSONS
Cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
On sale AUGUST 21 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Afraid that A.R.G.U.S. has been lying to him, Vibe goes on the run! But he doesn't get very far before a new villain with ties to his past threatens to turn his future upside down!

In other mismatches of credits, it seems that the solicited creative team of Geoff Johns, Paul Pelletier and Sean Parson was on the cover of today's Aquaman rather than the replacement team of John Ostrander, Manuel Garcia and Sandra Hope…

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