Lying in the Gutters:
Senior DC figures are very unhappy with the Geoff Johns vs Brian Bendis panel at Chicago, billed as "the first ever Marvel and DC joint panel."
DC have had a very fractious relationship with Marvel since Bill Jemas and Joe Quesada took a variety of potshots at the company, including Quesada's comment in the New York Observer, "They'd be better off calling it AOL Comics. At least people know what AOL is. I mean, they have Batman and Superman, and they don't know what to do with them. That's like being a porn star with the biggest dick and you can't get it up. What the ****?"
This saw DC scupper a number of attempts at crossovers, including a Bendis written Batman/Daredevil special, and the suggestion that Marvel should fire Joe Quesada.
Bob Wayne, DC's VP Sales who attended a Bendis/Brubaker panel years ago and spoke up regarding the Batman/Daredevil non-project, is especially annoyed at not being given advance notice by Wizard or any of the DC people so that he could attend and monitor what happened - speaking up if he felt necessary.
Nevertheless, it was regarded as the best and most buzzed about panel of the convention...