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Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006



What's up?
DC just unveiled the creative teams for their 2016 line-wide relaunch, DC Universe Rebirth.

Watch this two-hour video of that event!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeclvTBvADI

What's a Rebirth?
Geoff Johns used the word to bring back Hal Jordan and Barry Allen. Supposedly it's about bringing LEGACY back to the DCU.

Is it a reboot/de-boot?
Nah. Blimmin' Convergence is still a factor with Ye Olde Lois and Clark and their kid running around. Superman has the S curl back. That's about as good as you'll get. Maybe that's the Legacy Johns means?

What else!
Quite a few notable LEGACY!! creators returning/arriving at DC, most books are twice-monthly with rotating artists and arcs, Action Comics and Detective Comic are back to original LEGACY!! numbering, every damned thing is $3, there's a whole nother crazy Hanna-Barbera thing, a couple handfuls of folks signed exclusive contracts.

Okay. I didn't watch the video. What's what?

DC Universe #0

Writer: Geoff Johns
Artists: Gary Frank
Ivan Reis
Phil Jimenez
Ethan Van Sciver

Mysterious 80-page One-Shot Special that transitions the N52 to this thing.
Not many details. There's a guy's arm on the cover. Dan Didio reckons it contains THE most controversial scene in DC history. Hoo dawgy!


Batmans

Batman

Writer: Tom King
Artists: David Finch, Mikel Janin
Twice-monthly
2015's comic book superstar Tom (Grayson/Omega Men/Vision) King is taking on Mr. Dark Knight with a brand new Greg Capullo designed suit!

Detective Comics

Writer: James Tynion IV
Artists: Eddy Barrows, Alvaro Martinez
Twice-Monthly
Batman Eternal showrunner JTIV's got this one and it's a crazy team book! Bruce, Batwoman, Tim Drake (in a traditional Robin style costume), Spoiler, Cassandra Kane and Clayface

All Star Batman

Writer: Scott Snyder
Artists: Everybody
Twice-Monthly
You thought Scott was done with Batman? No way!!
Here he is using all sorts of artists to match Batman up with all sorts of villains. Not just The Joker this time!

Nightwing

Writer: Tim Seeley
Artists: Javi Fernandez, Marcus To
Twice-Monthly
Tim Seeley brings Dick Grayson back to his LEGACY!! role after being a super-spy in his co-written 'Grayson'

Batgirl

Writer: Hope Larson
Artist: Rafael Albuquerque
Monthly
Batgirl's outta Burnside and traveling around 'Asia.' She's still got that cool DCYou costume, though!

Batgirl & The Birds of Prey

Writers: Julie Benson, Shawna Benson
Artist: Claire Roe
Monthly
A couple of TV writers from 'The 100' bring you the new BOP. There's an 'Oracle' pretender out there and it's Batgirl, Black Canary and Huntress Vs whoever!

Batman Beyond

Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artist: Bernard Chang
Monthly
They know they hosed up. This stars Terry.


SuperWonderbooks

Action Comics

Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artists: Patrick Zircher, Tyler Kirkham, Stephen Segovia
Twice-Monthly
Stars pre-New52 Superman and Lois (see Jurgens' Lois & Clark) facing off against Lex Luthor who's taken the role of Metropolis' Superman for himself. Also Doomsday cause, y'know.
Will get to issue 1000 in a couple years!!

Superman

Writers: Peter J Tomasi, Patrick Gleason
Artists: Patrick Gleason, Doug Mahnke.
Twice-Monthly
Team-N52-Batman+Robin are doing Superman with Doug Mahnke. My dream comic.

Wonder Woman

Writer: Greg Rucka
Artists: Liam Sharp, Nicola Scott
Twice-Monthly
Fuckin' Greg Rucka is back at DC somehow working with some guy and also Nicola Scott (Who he was just working on Black Magick with. Read that comic!)

New Superman

Writer:Gene Yang
Artist: Viktor Bogdanovic
Monthly
A new Chinese character, 17 year old Kenji, with Superman's powers. From the DCYou era's 'Superman' writer.

Supergirl

Writer: Steve Orlando
Artist: Brian Ching
Monthly
Midnighter scribe Steve Orlando gives Supergirl back a skirt and her dad, Cyborg Superman!!

Trinity

Writer/Artist: Francis Manapul
Artist: Clay Mann
Monthly
No info!

Superwoman

Writer/Artist: Phil Jimenez
Artist: Emanuela Lupacchino
Monthly
No info on who this is.

Super Sons

No creative team announced, but that cover sure is by Jorge Jimenez.
Monthly
Damian Wayne and Jon Kent (the son from 'Lois & Clark') doing stuff!


Leagues, Lanterns, etc

Justice League of America
No info! Some team way too cool to announced along with the rest of these comics!

Justice League

Writer: Bryan Hitch
Artists: Tony Daniel, Fernando Pasarin
Twice-Montly
Two newer GLs replace Hal on the team. Weirdly uninteresting creators to take over Geoff's comic.

The Flash

Writer: Joshua Willamson
Artist: Carmine Di Giandomenico, Neil Googe
Twice-Monthly
Birthright's writer might give us a good Flash comic. Can we hope?

Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps

Writer: Robert Venditti
Artists: Ethan Van Sciver, Rafa Sandoval
Twice-Monthly
Venditti's sticking around.

Green Lanterns

Writer: Sam Humphries
Artists: Robson Rocha, Ardian Syaf
Twice-Monthly
Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz, the GLs from Justice League star in this from traditionally Marvel writer Sam Humphries.

Cyborg

Writer: John Semper
Artists: Will Conrad, Paul Pelletier
Twice-Monthly
I dunno why this is twice-monthly either.

Aquaman

Writer: Dan Abnett
Artists: Brad Walker, Jesus Merino, Phil Briones
Twice-Monthly
Abnett's sticking to Aquaman.

Titans

Writer: Also Dan Abnett
Artist: Brett Booth
Monthly
Picks up from Titans Hunt.


Also

Harley Quinn

Writers: Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner
Artists: Chad Hardin, John Timms
Twice Monthly
Good 'ol Harley.

Suicide Squad

Writer: Rob Williams
Artists: Jim Lee, Philip Tan
Twice-Monthly
Rob Williams is coming off of the great DCYou Martian Manhunter, so give it a poke.

Green Arrow

Writer: Ben Percy
Artists: Otto Schmidt, Juan Ferreya
Twice-Monthly
Percy is sticking on from DCYou GA, but the goatee is back!

Red Hood & The Outlaws

Writer: Scott Lobdell
Artist: Dexter Soy
Monthly
:allears:

The Hellblazer

Writer: Simon Oliver
Artist: Moritat
Monthly

Deathstroke

Writer: Christopher Priest
Artist: Carlo Pagulayan, Igor Vitorino, Felipe Watanabe
You read that right.

Teen Titans

Writer: Ben Percy
Artist: Jonboy Meyers
Monthly
Damian Wayne leads the TTs.

Blue Beetle

Writer: Kieth Giffen
Artist: Scott Kolins
Monthly
Ted n' Jaime.

Strangely absent

Gotham Academy: Next Semester, Earth 2 and The Super-Man were all previously listed Rebirth titles, which didn't get mentioned at the showcase.
It's possible that The Super-Man turned into New Superman...
... but what about Gotham Academy? :(

The end?

No!
There's also DC's weird Hanna-Barbera revamp comics!

Scooby Apocalypse

Writers: Jim Lee, Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis
Artist: Howard Porter
Scooby talks through enojis and Jim Lee mentioned Burning Man the other day. Jinkies!

Future Quest

Writer: Jeff Parker
Artist: Evan "Doc" Shaner
The team behind Flash Gordon and Convergence:Shazam gather all of HB's adventuring characters together. In other words, perfect.

The Flintstones

Writer: Mark Russel
Artist: ???
The designs look weird, but Mark Russel did Prez, so I guess we'd better read it.

Wacky Race Land

A hard-edged re-imagining of Dick Dastardly, Muttley, Penelopy Pitstop and the gang by people who worked on Mad Max: Fury Road.

And Gotham Academy is crossing over with Boom Studios's Lumberjanes.



Also, Grant Morrison reckons there'll be a "Multiversity Too" and "Batman: Black and White" coming from him.

Okay.

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 08:27 on May 2, 2016

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Jan 28, 2006

Haha. Extra 30min countdown.

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Jan 28, 2006

Take a load off for 20mins



e: We back.

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Mar 26, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Squizzle posted:

I'm confident that this will be the relaunch that succeeds where Infinite Crisis (2005), One Year Later (2006), Final Crisis (2008), Earth-One (2010), the New 52 (2011), and DCYou (2015) floundered.

That's called tradition!

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

DC Universe Rebirth Special


Costume montage. Supergirl's got a skirt, Green Arrow's got a goatee. Some Chinese Superman or Something.

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Mar 26, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

King - Batman
JT4 - Det
Tim Seeley - Nightwing
Hope Larson - Batgirl
Julie Benson + Shawna Benson - Batgirl BOP
Scott Snyder - All Star Batman






Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Mar 26, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Dan Jurgens - Action Comics
Gene Yang - New Superman
Steve Orlando - Supergirl







Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Mar 26, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

TOMASI, GLEASON AND MAHNKE SOUPIN'!!!!

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

I hope they let Nicola Scott draw in black and white. Black Magick is so beautiful.

Justice League - Bryan Hitch
The Flash - Josh Williamson
Hal Jordan + GLC - Robert Venditti
Green Lanterns - Sam Humphries
Cyborg - John Semper
Aquaman - Dan Abnett
Titans - Him Too







Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Mar 26, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Alucard Nacirema posted:

I guess Justice League is no longer the flagship title. Im guessing it will get rebooted to new #1 once the new movie rolls out with a better creative team.

They're gonna bring out someone in a sec for JLA, which will be the biggun.

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Alucard Nacirema posted:

I have my doubts there is another Justice League book.

It's in the list :shrug:

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Darth Nat posted:

I'm not sure how excited I am about Tynion, but I'm digging Detective Comics as apparently a team book with Batman, Batwoman, Cass, Steph, and Tim. What happened to Harper, though?

She's a Green Lantern.

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Harley Quinn - Usual w/ movie hair
Suicide Squad - Rob Williams




Green Arrow - Ben Percey
Red Hood & The Outlaws - Scott Lobdell
The Hellblazer - Simon Oliver
Deathstroke - Christopher Priest
Batman Beyond - Dan Jurgens
Teen Titans - Ben Percy
Blue Beetle - Kieth Giffen
Super Sons - ???
Justice League of America - ???








Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Mar 26, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

I wonder who they can't announce for Super-Sons.
That'd be a weird one to get someone shockingly famous on.

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Hickman was goofing.

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

I guess The Super-Man is now New Superman, but what about Gotham Academy? That went unmentioned, right?
Was there anything else missing?

e: Earth 2 wasn't there.

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 19:22 on Mar 26, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Edge & Christian posted:

Superwoman, Gotham Academy, Justice League (no America) and Supersons appear to be the books that didn't get creative teams announced.

Superwoman did

We just don't know who Superwoman is.

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Rewatching the stream, Jordie Bellaire is coloring David Finch on King's Batman.
That's so weird.

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Finally made a stupid OP, here's my pics (discounting JLA, Superwoman and Super Sons which have next to no info, and Gotham Academy which may be dead.)

#1. Superman.
B&R team plus Mahnke is too beautiful.

#2. Batman
It'd be #1 if Finch wasn't on it.
For only getting one Tom King comic, it'd better be real good.

#3 Wonder Woman
Doy.

#4 All Star Batman
Mini stories with cool artists might be a good fit for Snyder.

#5 Action Comics
Sounds weird. Some sorta continuation of Lois+Clark? I'm in.

#6 Supergirl
Orlando's got me for Midnighter.

#7 Detective Comics
I'm always for a weirdo team-up, with two of the members it's a little close to the thing that killed off Batwoman, but Tynion's making Batman and Ninja Turtles work.

#8 Batgirl
Love Albuquerque. Don't know Larson, but a new voice could be great.

#9 New Superman
I hated his Superman comics, but this might be Gene Yung's real deal. I hope so. There might be a good new character in there.

#10 Suicide Squad
In for Rob Williams.

#11 Batgirl: BOP
Give it a shot.

#12 Deathstroke
Don't really know Priest but I'll try it on his reputation.

#13 The Hellblazer
Only read Last Gang In Town from Orlando. Didn't like that, but I'll try this. Moritat's great.

#14/15 Justice League/ Green Lanterns
I interested in those GLs. I'll try em.

e:


ee:

Semper Fudge posted:



This Superman design is for the pre-reboot Superman, not the New 52 one.

Dropping the beard was the worst idea.

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 22:48 on Mar 26, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

I'm really confused about the two Supermen thing now., cause I just saw this Pat Gleason cover, which would probably be for his own comic, but that's definitely L+C Clark.

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

CharlestheHammer posted:

None of his changes were even all that interesting. So being committed to them is weird.

The new characterizations of the supporting cast and their designs is particularly why I think Azz's run was interesting :/

Mr Hootington posted:

Has there been any word on Pre52 Booster Gold, Plastic Man, Metal Men, or Doom Patrol?

Bleeding Cool reckoned Gerard Way's Doom Patrol is heading to Vertigo.

e; As for female teams, I assume Claire Roe on BOP is a lady along with the writers.

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 05:55 on Mar 27, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUnTWSp5J-0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d-GT5YzNlM

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

The Batgirl team are listed as guests at Image Expo, so it's safe to assume they're doing something there, right?
They were all praise for the new people on Twitter.

Prez is apparently still returning in time for elections.
Mark Russell is doing The Flintstones in the mean time.

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 15:23 on Mar 27, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjKiNVOrk5o
Action: Luthor is Metropolis' hero, then Doomsday gets released and L+C Superman steps up. Meanwhile regular Superman is being Clark Kent, reporting on it, confusing everyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj4TC0tb1TU
King is going for humor with darkness. Compares to the Animated Series.

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 02:03 on Mar 28, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

X-O posted:

Didn't someone say that was a new character?

Nah. They just didn't say who it was.

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

I just realized with Pak gone, nobody's there to care about keeping Lana Lang cool :mad:

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Kieth Giffen probably can't do two comics at once at his age.

Shawn posted:

He's only 63 so I will assume you are being sarcastic.

I wasn't but I forgot he's on Scooby Apocalypse, so that was a dumb thing to say.

Scooby's actually the whole original JL3K creative team :)

While they didn't mention all of the books at that showcase, JL3K wasn't on the lineup that they announced a month before that. It's over as far as we know.

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Mar 28, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

It's still Barb, and dunno.
Presumably the end of the current series will transition, but changing scenery is an ultra common thing new runs do.
This last team did it to distinguish themselves from Gail Simone's comics, though this is probably going to be a bit softer since it's coming off a well regarded and popular run (ie: The costume looks the same.)

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

redbackground posted:

I was out of town for the weekend and came back to a million posts about Rebirth, so I admit to some amount of skimming; what is the status of the main Justice League comic, once Rebirth hits?

Bryan Hitch/Tony S Daniel Justice League with the basic cast minus Hal. There's the Power Ring girl, Jessica Cruise and Simon Baz there instead.

There will be a Justice League of America, but they gave no details, so hopefully it'll be a bit more impressive that that.

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

redbackground posted:

I also have no idea who Power Ring girl and Jessica Cruise are.

Read Justice League since Forever Evil. It's been quite good.
Lex on the team, Batman in Metron's chair and all that.

redbackground posted:

That is what I hear. So basically starting with #30/Vol. 6?


Yup.

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 16:42 on Mar 28, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Dunbar posted:

Did I miss something or did they not announce anything for Genevieve Valentine?

Nope. It blows.
We'll have to read Xena.

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

X-O posted:

The DC June solicits confirm that both Superman and Action Comics are about the Pre-N52 Superman. So I'm guessing that N52 is just Clark now.

It's so funny that Lois and Clark has transitioned from a Convergence spin-off to one of the most important comics in the lead up to this thing.

e: Solicits: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/03/28/the-full-dc-comics-solicitations-for-june-2016-with-the-new-logos-on-the-covers-dcrebirth/
Boo on them not changing any logos.
Maybe it's possible they're temp. Wonder Woman's doesn't sit right on the new mythical type art.
And hopefully the Rebirth trade dress only sticks around for #1s.

ee: Justice League #52 is written by Sam Humphries.

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Mar 28, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Madkal posted:

How many people are like me and are sad the DCYou stuff is getting cancelled? I really like We are Robin, heard good things about Martian Manhunter and Midnighter, hope Prez is forgotten, hoped Dr Fate would get better etc.

I don't mind comics only lasting a year. Those are decent runs. I just don't like that there aren't so many unique comics in that spirit to replace them.

Definitely read Martian Manhunter and Midnighter.

e: Grant Morrison Wonder Woman: Earth One interview
http://www.newsarama.com/28588-grant-morrison-explores-provocative-elements-of-wonder-woman-in-latest-earth-one.html

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Mar 29, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

I dunno if it's been noted, but someone in the costume thread noticed that there's a gang of Wild Dogs on the Green Arrow cover.



e: More Comic Vine Wondercon interviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SRHgjfWCEA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCxYyZizVY4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg9HOc_3zuU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5ZuMYU3POE

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 05:38 on Mar 29, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Dark_Tzitzimine posted:

But seriously, is going to be super lovely if N52 Superman doesn't get a proper closure.

It's Tomasi ending and starting these two eras for Superman, so hopefully he transitions the two in a thoughtful way. You know B+R had a ton of poignant moments.

e: IVs from the Lantern authors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UG9rsFUPE4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMQBzBvpH6c

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Mar 29, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

I think she got the Margot Robbie hair this month and quipped, like "Ain't I just cinematic!" or something.

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

How are people 'round the shop reacting to the announcements, Rhyno?

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

King and Snyder Batman interview

http://www.newsarama.com/28607-new-batman-writer-on-new-series-new-batmobile-and-new-robin-esque-ward.html

quote:

Newsarama: Tom, let’s talk about Batman .

Tom King: Batman? What’s that?

Nrama: Yeah, have you heard about this? You’re taking over on the core Batman title! When it was announced that Scott Snyder was leaving the title, even before we knew about Rebirth, a lot of us at Newsarama were immediately expecting you to take the reins. After redefining Dick Grayson, does taking over Batman feel like the next logical step for you?

King: Writing Batman is never the logical next step in your life! It’s an opportunity. It’s crazy to say this, but it’s like winning the lottery. When you win the lottery, are you like, “Oh, this is the logical next step, that I won a billion dollars.” No! It’s an amazing step, and it’s wonderful, but it’s not logical.

I’m a super fan-boy. I read Newsarama and other comic book news sites. I grew up with comics, wanting to write comics. And to be on Batman, you never expect your dreams to come true. I’ve seen a lot of Disney movies and they tell you that, but you don’t think it’s actually gonna happen. So no logic at all is involved in this. [Laughs]

Nrama: Let’s talk about your vision of Batman.

King: Vision? That’s Marvel!

Nrama: [Laughs] It’s a huge part of your work and your career that prior to writing comic books, you were, for lack of a better term, an espionage agent in the C.I.A.

King: Espionage officer. How dare you?

Batman being the world’s greatest detective, those things obviously go hand in hand in a lot of ways. How does your background play into your take on Batman? Feel free to divulge as many secrets about your past as you like.

King: Yeah, this is the place for that! To me, what makes Batman special, what makes him amazing, is that he doesn’t have powers. He’s you or me. All he has is what happened to his parents and his family, and his obsession, and his will, and his wits. But what makes him a superhero? What makes him someone who can do what nobody else can do? And to me, it’s that he can get into the gutters of Gotham and not go crazy, not be driven insane by it. And sometimes he’s right on that edge.

And I relate that a little bit to my C.I.A. stuff. Cause that’s what it’s like in the C.I.A. You want to get as close as you could to the horror without becoming the horror. And I tried to do that, and sometimes I didn’t do it right, and sometimes I slipped up, so I’m trying to bring that experience, of seeing the other side and both being empathetic to it, without being destroyed by it.

Nrama: What horror is Batman getting close to in this story? What’s he going up against that will drive him to this brink?

King: In the first issue, it deals right those themes. We start with classic Batman – this is Gordon on a roof, this is Alfred in the cave, we’re seeing a Robin-esque figure, Duke Thomas, who is his new ward. He’s going through the clock, pressing 10:48. The new Batmobile is a take on the classic Batmobile. The whole theme of this book is using every modern storytelling technique I know to connect with classic Batman stories.

So we start with Batman and Gordon on a roof, but then a missile blows the back off a plane, and the plane is about to crash into Gotham City. But what can Batman do? He’s a dude. He’s on a roof. And he’s got 8 minutes before a 747 plows into a building and kills thousands of people. And that’s the third page of the first issue, he has to deal with that. And the consequences of that first issue, what he has to do, play out over the entire year of the book.

Nrama: So, with a story that takes place over the course of a year, are you doing what Scott Snyder was doing with those longer arcs, or are you doing shorter stories that build to something larger?

King: I’m joined in this endeavor by David Finch, the modern master, and Mikel Janin, who I worked with on Grayson, and Jordie Bellaire on colors, who is one of, if not the best colorists working right now. So what’s gonna happen is, it’s gonna be a trilogy of trades, three trades in one year, that will add up to one bigger story, but each trade will be self-contained. It’s basically a Star Wars model of three huge, action packed adventure movies that test the limits of what comics can do, all climaxing in the hugest battle in the history of Gotham.

Nrama: Is this a year-long project for you, or are you looking at it long term?

King: This is indefinite. I’m following probably the greatest run in the history of the book with what Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo have done. I’m utterly intimidated by that, and humbled by it, but the only I can do is to honor it by trying to outdo it. And speaking of the devil…

[Editor's Note: At this point, Scott Snyder sat down to join in on the interview.]

Nrama: Scott, welcome. Long time no see.

King: Scott and I have never met! [Laughs]

Snyder: Hi Tom! Nice to meet you!

Nrama: Who would believe two Batman writers at the same convention. Small world!

Snyder: We got married in Vegas last night! [Laughs] I actually did try and convince him to go to Vegas.

Nrama: Scott, Tom, now that you’re both here, let’s talk about the unified direction for Batman. Tom, you’re writing Batman, Scott, you’re writing All-Star Batman, and they’re kind of exploring different facets of the character. Will your books touch at all?

Snyder: We’re not gonna cross over, but we’re gonna work really, really closely together. The story that Tom’s doing is just phenomenal. I can’t say enough good things about this dude. When they told me they were gonna look at him to take Batman when I left, for me, there was no other choice. I told Batman Editor Mark Doyle, “This is the guy.” I was joking earlier that part of you always wants someone who’s gonna do a horrible job to come after you on a book that you took a lot of pride in, but you care about the character too much for that. To me, it was about picking out the best writer, and Tom’s the best up-and-coming writer in comics. The best writer in comics right now, in my opinion.

Snyder: No, I’m serious! So for me, it became very much about coordinating. I’ve shown him everything I’m doing and it became very much about being good friends. I run all the story by him, and he runs stories by me, but we’re trying to give each other enough room to deliver very different Batman books. He’s doing Batman in Gotham, in a really big, epic way with a new threat you’ve never seen before, something really fun that redefines Batman’s relationship to Gotham. I wanted to do something that reinvents the classic villains in ways you haven’t seen, so those villains will be really different in terms of the ones he’s using, and the ones I’m using. We wanted it to be something where, it’s the same Batman, but everyone has enough room to do something really special. And I can promise you Batman is in good hands. It’s gonna be really special.

Nrama: Scott, you just said you guys have worked together to plan the new direction for Batman. When you found out that Tom was taking over the main title, and you said he was the only choice for you, what do you think is the most important lesson you passed on to him? What piece of advice did you give him about following what he himself just called the “greatest run on the title ever”?

King: Shh! What are you telling him that for?

Snyder: Wow, thank you. We talk a lot, so we’ve given each other a lot of advice. He’s given me as much advice as I’ve given him, believe me, both as friends and as writers. I look up to him a lot, both as a writer and as a person. I’ve given him a lot of advice – probably too much – but one thing I do remember saying early on is, remember that part of the fun of Batman is that he always wins. Not in a corny way, but ultimately he takes this tragedy in his life and he turns it into fuel to become this hero that he knows he can be. So he does always win because it’s a lesson in triumphing over the things that feel systemically impossible to overcome in your own life. Remember to have fun with that. He’s awesome. He’ll always come out on top.

Nrama: Tom, same question. What is the piece of advice or the thing that Scott said to you that let you know you were the right person for the job?

King: I think what he just said is the most important advice, cause I’m kind of a dirge-y writer. I write books like Vision and Omega Men and they’re definitely written in a minor key, of like, what a tragedy life is. So I have to remind myself that, when I was a kid, I read comics for the heroes. And I think the most noble thing comics do is, they give someone who’s had a tough day five minutes away from that tough day. And they give someone an adrenaline rush and show them that, in the end, the good guys win.

But in all honesty, the thing I most remember that he said is – it was at a convention, it was like three in the morning, we were inebriated, and just like two Batman nerds being like, “What haven’t we seen before?” And I think what Snyder and Capullo brought to Batman was so much stuff you haven’t seen in the 70 years before that. So it’s important to surprise your audience, keep them on their feet, make them gasp out loud. So that I really took to heart.

Nrama: So Tom, what you’re saying is, when Alfred becomes Batman, we have Scott to blame.

King: Yeah, when Alfred kills Batman, you can thank Scott.

Snyder: [Laughs] Yeah, anything you like you can blame him, anything you don’t like you can blame me.

But seriously, let me echo that really quick, because I think that’s really great about what Tom is doing, is he is doing something we’ve never seen before, and on top of it just being something really original, it’s personal. And one of the great things is, even though Batman can win, both of us like showing the dark side of the character. And what Tom’s been able to do in this arc is a really different sentiment, and a really different realization about Gotham. It speaks to a lot of the themes of his work, and I recognize it as uniquely Tom King, with all the things I love about his work. I’m very proud to stand next to him.

King: And we’re doing an issue together! Batman: Rebirth. We’re co-writing it.

Snyder: This was probably all supposed to be about that… Oh well!

e: and another Grant Morrison interview for Wonder Woman Earth One.
http://nerdist.com/grant-morrisons-wonder-woman-earth-one-gives-diana-a-new-origin/
He thinks there'll be three volumes.

Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 07:26 on Mar 30, 2016

Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Were you just starting to feel good about 2016 DC?
Bloodlines #1 Preview: http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/bloodlines-dc-comics/

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Teenage Fansub
Jan 28, 2006

Looks like Wonder Woman Earth One is delayed a week on Comixology :mad:

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