Batman to be Deepified

Hoo boy.

As most people have already heard, Judd Winick was announced as the new writer for Batman, and while I'm completely disappointed with DC's higher ups for making such a poor choice, when you have writers like Marc Andreyko and Peter Tomasi around (I'm surprised they gave him Outsiders, instead of just giving him you know, Batman), but I'm not going to let it get to me.

Despite what most people say Judd Winick is not that big a failure, sure his recent Titans work is completely atrocious, as was most of his Green Arrow stuff, but he's got a few successes under his belt. His early Exiles stuff was the best the book had ever seen, his Green Lantern run was also fairly good, nothing spectacular, but it kept me entertained. Superman/Shazam was a damn fine crossover, and even his Batman run was pretty decent, and was one of the few cases pre-OYL, where Batman didn't act like a complete cock.

The problem with Winick, is that he just ends up trapping himself when tries to write Teen Drama, suspense, and "deep" moments, which he does so appallingly that it just becomes completely unreadable. Winick writes entertaining superheroics, and it's obvious that he knows where he's been going wrong, as evidence by that list of things people are expecting from his run, so I'm giving Winick another chance. Even if he doesn't deserve it.

In other con news, Robinson's Justice League book launches in June, which I'm completely psyched for, Dini was announced as the writer for Gotham City Sirens (Gee, big shocker there), and Streets of Gotham. Cassandra Cain will no longer be a member of the Bat-family, which really seems for the best at this point, and Grant Morrison gets his crack at the Multiverse as soon as he gets back from his sabbatical. DC in June sounds like it's really shaping up to be something.

One Sentence Wednesday 2/25/09

What I read this week:

Superman #685- Mon-El owns, The Guardian is boring, issue was a good set-up issue for things to come, art was total shit though.

Teen Titans #68- Another shitty issue of McKeever's Titans, but with a rage inducing Origins and Omens to boot!

Blue Beetle #36 - Goodnight Sweet Prince. This issue was good, but could've been so much better had it not had that pointless death, it's sad to see this series go because you could tell that Sturges had just hit his groove with the series.

Wonder Woman #29- If you like Simone's Wonder Woman, you will like this, my only serious gripe is that literally everybody in this arc is wearing a fucking horrible costume, especially Genocide.

Captain America #47- This book continues to astound, and if you're not reading it, there really is no hope for you.

Kashiwa Daisuke- 5 Dec.

First of all, if you're expecting another Program Music 01, this is not what you're going to get, and I have a bad feeling that this album is going to get tossed aside, just because that's what people wanted. Which is odd really, because anyone who's ever listened to April #02 knows that Program Music 01 was a huge departure from that, while April #07 was a huge departure from that. Kashiwa is constantly reinventing his music, and redefining his sound, it's foolish to think he was going to just make another album full of Stellas even if that's what some of us wanted. The album is a much more electronic affair, than the epic post-rockesque feeling of Program Music. But, that's not say that his unique sense of melody is gone, but it is now obscured behind a much agressive and metallic sound. Stand out tracks are Silver Moon, Requiem, and Black Lie/White Lie.

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Straight from the internet!

Tony Daniel just posted this picture of the new "Batman" on his blog. And you heard it here first folks! Spawn will be taking the cowl!

You've tried the best, now try the rest!

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