What happened to the official DC comics podcast?

popcornsamurai

I bought a new computer a while ago and when I was resubscribing to all my podcast feeds I forgot to do DC comics. Every year the post audio from all their panels at comic con. I looked in Itunes but I can find no official podcast from them anymore. I can't find anything with Google or at the dc.com site. Does anyone know whats going on here?

David_D

@WetRats I agree. And I agree that audio of the panels was the one thing the DC Official Podcast was providing, but I thought they were still doing those? If not, they should turn that over to the unofficial podcasters as well (and likely the non-officials would do a better job of gathering the audio)

Greg

I think it's pretty much dead. I was subscribed through itunes and I can't remember the last time it updated.

electric_mayhem

they only do the SDCC ones, so it is updated once a year... very frustrating.

Marathon

Those convention panel podcasts were so terrible. Bad sound quality and you couldn't even hear the questions the audience asked, just the replies. Very helpful when the answer is just 'Yes' or 'No'.

JohnathanConstantine

Nice to see they are reaching out to the community

David_D

I don't blame them.

Given how few people actually read comics (or read anything) there is actually a disproportionately huge amount of podcasts dedicated to comics. We are nothing if not an expressive, proselytizing, media making fan base.

So when you can have you arm podcasters (and bloggers, and news sites) with your press releases, and when your talent makes themselves available to do interviews at all sorts of audiences, for podcasts that have a vested interest in gathering and maintaining an audience, then why have your own employees spend time remaking the wheel? It could be that they saw that the Official DC Podcast was not charting nearly as well as the fan-made podcasts, and figured, screw it! Let them do it and talk about our products for us. The fans are better at it anyway.

popcornsamurai

This week in Marvel is really well done although sometimes I know more than they do about Marvel history.

popcornsamurai

The only reason I really wanted the dc one is for the annual sdcc Fables panel. It is always fun to listen to. The vertigo panel is just ok. Maybe Someone will put it on YouTube.

WetRats

I don't blame them.

Given how few people actually read comics (or read anything) there is actually a disproportionately huge amount of podcasts dedicated to comics. We are nothing if not an expressive, proselytizing, media making fan base.

So when you can have you arm podcasters (and bloggers, and news sites) with your press releases, and when your talent makes themselves available to do interviews at all sorts of audiences, for podcasts that have a vested interest in gathering and maintaining an audience, then why have your own employees spend time remaking the wheel? It could be that they saw that the Official DC Podcast was not charting nearly as well as the fan-made podcasts, and figured, screw it! Let them do it and talk about our products for us. The fans are better at it anyway.

That said, it would be nice to hear the actual panels, rather than read accounts of them.

WetRats

@WetRats I agree. And I agree that audio of the panels was the one thing the DC Official Podcast was providing, but I thought they were still doing those? If not, they should turn that over to the unofficial podcasters as well (and likely the non-officials would do a better job of gathering the audio)

You're right. I'd forgotten they still posted those.

I remember now that listening to them last year made me give the New52 a second look.

luckymustard

this is the url i have for the podcast feed - http://www.dccomics.com/feeds/podcast/itunes/

John_Steed

Does geekdom really ask for "official" podcasts providing only verified infos? No more rumors?

<:-P

WetRats

Does geekdom really ask for "official" podcasts providing only verified infos? No more rumors?

<:-P </p>

It's nice to have the occasional fact to spice up all the wild-ass speculation.

SolitaireRose

Does geekdom really ask for "official" podcasts providing only verified infos? No more rumors?

<:-P </p>

I like official podcasts for the simple fact that they can talk to the people involved in projects. The Lost podcast was by the two main writers, and the Marvel podcast has a LOT of interviews with editors and creators. It's good to hear fans talk about things, but if I can get interviews with creators, I'm there!

SolitaireRose

this is the url i have for the podcast feed - http://www.dccomics.com/feeds/podcast/itunes/

Sorry, didn't mean to reject your answer...hard to click correctly on a phone with big fingers.

That URL gets you the DC 404 page.

Paul

They redesigned their website several months ago, and completely replaced the old file structure. The podcast was part of the old site. We may well see them add this back in on a new page, I guess we'll know in the next week or so.