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.