DC has announced the signing of three comic creators to exclusive contracts, a rare event in recent years.  

Clay Mann has done a lot of cover art and did his first interior work for Poison Ivy:  Cycle of Life and Death. 

John Timms has been doing a ton of art work on one of DC’s top characters, on Harley Quinn, Harley Quinn Valentine’s Day Special, and Harley Quinn’s Little Black Book. 

And writer Tom King wrote the cult hit Omega Men (which had to be brought back to finish its run after a fan outcry at its cancellation), Grayson, and Robin War, and also has a Vertigo title:  Sheriff of Babylon.

DC noted three other creators with which it has exclusive contracts:  writer / artist Bryan Hitch, writer Peter Tomasi, and artist Tony Daniel.