James Harvey
12-08-2001, 01:53 AM
The website <a href="http://www.comicon.com/newsarama">Comic Newsarama</a> recently talked to Greg Rucka (Detective Comics) and Ed Brubaker (Batman, Catwoman) about their work in the upcoming Batman spin-off title Gotham Central. Information on this new comic title broke early this year, and new information would surface here and there. Now, the creative team of the book have revealed plans for a summer 2002 launch. The comic, by Brubaker, Rucka, and Micheal Lark, is being considered on of DC's most anticipated new titles. Below is an excerpt from the Comic Newsarama interview:
“Gotham Central is the DC Universe cop book, centering on the major crimes unit of the Gotham City Police Department now commanded by Maggie Sawyer,” Rucka explained to Newsarama.
“The series will feature two shifts, and the way it’s going to work is I’m going to write the ‘primary’ shift, which are pretty much the detectives established (or there have been attempts to establish them) in Detective Comics.
“Ed and I have come up with a second shift as well, and Ed’s going to handle that shift, including their shift commander. The book will follow the different shifts in rotating story arcs, and every so often there will be cases where the shifts will interact/coincide.”
“The fundamental question of the series is what is it like to be a cop in Gotham City…the larger question is what is it like to be a cop in the DCU Universe,” Rucka continued. “It’s got to be very hard to wear a badge and a gun and believe in your job and know at the end of the day, there’s going to be this other guy who can come in and do everything you can’t to solve the problem, and maybe not even solve the problem, but maybe create more trouble than he’s worth.”
To read the whole article, click <a href="http://www.comicon.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000550.html">HERE</a>. Stay tuned for more updates!
“Gotham Central is the DC Universe cop book, centering on the major crimes unit of the Gotham City Police Department now commanded by Maggie Sawyer,” Rucka explained to Newsarama.
“The series will feature two shifts, and the way it’s going to work is I’m going to write the ‘primary’ shift, which are pretty much the detectives established (or there have been attempts to establish them) in Detective Comics.
“Ed and I have come up with a second shift as well, and Ed’s going to handle that shift, including their shift commander. The book will follow the different shifts in rotating story arcs, and every so often there will be cases where the shifts will interact/coincide.”
“The fundamental question of the series is what is it like to be a cop in Gotham City…the larger question is what is it like to be a cop in the DCU Universe,” Rucka continued. “It’s got to be very hard to wear a badge and a gun and believe in your job and know at the end of the day, there’s going to be this other guy who can come in and do everything you can’t to solve the problem, and maybe not even solve the problem, but maybe create more trouble than he’s worth.”
To read the whole article, click <a href="http://www.comicon.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000550.html">HERE</a>. Stay tuned for more updates!