Willingham Signs With DC
By Beth Hannan Rimmels
Bill Willingham, an Eisner Award-nominated writer and creator of the Vertigo series Fables has signed a two-year exclusive agreement with DC Comics.
"I'm obviously pleased that DC has shown this faith in me, first to make me such a generous offer and then to (eventually) agree to all of the unreasonable demands in my counter offer," said Willingham. "I promise I'll return the Time Warner jet with all stewardesses more or less intact and a full tank of gas. As far as my upcoming projects from both Vertigo and the DCU go, I'll simply promise that there are some fun stories on the way over the next two years. Of course, Fables will continue to be among those books."
"Bill reinvented the modern fairy tale with Fables -- turning it into one of the most-talked about new series this year," said Karen Berger, executive editor of Vertigo and a vice-president at DC Comics. "As with Proposition Player before it, Bill has shown that when he hedges his bets, it really pays off. We're thrilled to have a writer of his caliber totally in our clutches."