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*Fables* is a #DCComics title; DC is division of the massive entertainment conglomerate #Warners, which is, in turn, part of the #WarnerDiscovery empire, a rapacious corporate behemoth whose screenwriters have been on strike for 137 days (and counting). DC is part of a comics duopoly; its rival, #Marvel, is a division of the #DisneyFox juggernaut, whose writers are *also* on strike.

Cory Doctorow 2y ago

The DC Willingham bargained with at the turn of the century isn't the DC he bargains with now. Back then, DC was still subject to a modicum of discipline from competition; its corporate owner's shareholders had not yet acquired today's appetite for meteoric returns on investment of the sort that can only be achieved through wage-theft and price-gouging.

In the years since, DC - like so many other corporations - participated in an orgy of mergers as its sector devoured itself.

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Cory Doctorow 2y ago

The collapse of comics into a duopoly owned by studios from an oligopoly had profound implications for the entire sector, from comic shops to comic cons. Monopoly breeds monopoly, and the capture of the entire comics distribution system by a single company - #Diamond.