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Off Panel #522: Speaking the Language with Chris Conroy

Off Panel #522: Speaking the Language with Chris Conroy

Update: 2025-10-20
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DC Executive Editor Chris Conroy, who works on the Absolute, Black Label, and Vertigo lines at the publisher, joins the podcast to talk about the newly returned Vertigo Comics line. Conroy discusses his Vertigo background, how it changed his reading habits, what led to Vertigo's return, adding clarity to how things work, the evergreen side of DC, the team behind Vertigo, its strategy to creative teams, how they built the line, its aesthetic, balancing the future and the past, the gap between announcements, the line's size, what he wants the line to mean, and more.

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Off Panel #522: Speaking the Language with Chris Conroy

Off Panel #522: Speaking the Language with Chris Conroy