James Harvey
02-14-2002, 05:41 PM
Writer Greg Rucka has told <a href="http://www.comicon.com/newsarama">Comic Newsarama</a> that he will be leaving Detective Comics with October's issue #775. Issue #775 is expected to be double sized. According to Rucka, the reason for his departure is simply that it’s time to go. He has writing Batman in the various titles for roughly four years. Comic Newsarama talked to both Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker about this, and below are excerpts from their comments:
<a href="http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-04/batman/detective769.jpg"><img src="http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-04/batman/t-detective769.jpg" align="right" border=0></a> Greg Rucka: “I feel that I’ve done a fair tenure so far, and I want to leave while I still have some energy left, and some stories left to tell, rather than leaving ten minutes too late...departing early is probably better for both myself and for the fans, rather than crawling out, or getting pulled of the stage by the hook. And, there are other projects that I need time to pursue. Detective requires a lot of time and effort, and if I’m not able to give it both of those things, then I really shouldn’t be there....Since I’ll be departing after the Fugitive/Murderer storyline is pretty much resolved, a lot of loose ends will be tied up...But there will be things that may have been put in play by me that the rest of the group will pick up on. Storylines and characters that are more personally related to my stuff, I’ll be storing stuff away in appropriate fashions – I don’t want to say too much about it, because I don’t want to give anything away.”
<a href="http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-04/batman/batman602.gif"><img src="http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-04/batman/t-batman602.gif" border=0 align="left"></a> Ed Brubaker, writer for Batman and Catwoman will be taking over the writing duties for Detective Comics. It is unknown who will take Brubaker's place on Batman. Rucka stresses that he will still be co-writing Gotham Central with Brubaker. Below is an excerpt from Brubaker's comments:
Ed Brubaker: "The switch over to Detective was offered, and I couldn't say 'no'. As much fun as I've been having with Scott McDaniel on Batman, I've always seen Detective as the book. It was the start of it all. For me, it was a blast just to be doing the Slam Bradley back-ups in it last summer...pus it will be a challenge - following Greg (who I feel was one of the best people to ever write the book) will be tough, and if you want to stay sharp, you have to keep struggling, I think."
To read the complete, very indepth article, go <a href="http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=13&t=000807">HERE</a>. For more on Batman comics, go check out <a href="http://www.toonzone.net/comics">Toon Zone Comics</a>. Discuss this news <a href="http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19885">HERE</a>.
Stay tuned for more updates here at TZN!
<a href="http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-04/batman/detective769.jpg"><img src="http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-04/batman/t-detective769.jpg" align="right" border=0></a> Greg Rucka: “I feel that I’ve done a fair tenure so far, and I want to leave while I still have some energy left, and some stories left to tell, rather than leaving ten minutes too late...departing early is probably better for both myself and for the fans, rather than crawling out, or getting pulled of the stage by the hook. And, there are other projects that I need time to pursue. Detective requires a lot of time and effort, and if I’m not able to give it both of those things, then I really shouldn’t be there....Since I’ll be departing after the Fugitive/Murderer storyline is pretty much resolved, a lot of loose ends will be tied up...But there will be things that may have been put in play by me that the rest of the group will pick up on. Storylines and characters that are more personally related to my stuff, I’ll be storing stuff away in appropriate fashions – I don’t want to say too much about it, because I don’t want to give anything away.”
<a href="http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-04/batman/batman602.gif"><img src="http://www.toonzone.net/comics/solicitations/2002-04/batman/t-batman602.gif" border=0 align="left"></a> Ed Brubaker, writer for Batman and Catwoman will be taking over the writing duties for Detective Comics. It is unknown who will take Brubaker's place on Batman. Rucka stresses that he will still be co-writing Gotham Central with Brubaker. Below is an excerpt from Brubaker's comments:
Ed Brubaker: "The switch over to Detective was offered, and I couldn't say 'no'. As much fun as I've been having with Scott McDaniel on Batman, I've always seen Detective as the book. It was the start of it all. For me, it was a blast just to be doing the Slam Bradley back-ups in it last summer...pus it will be a challenge - following Greg (who I feel was one of the best people to ever write the book) will be tough, and if you want to stay sharp, you have to keep struggling, I think."
To read the complete, very indepth article, go <a href="http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=13&t=000807">HERE</a>. For more on Batman comics, go check out <a href="http://www.toonzone.net/comics">Toon Zone Comics</a>. Discuss this news <a href="http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19885">HERE</a>.
Stay tuned for more updates here at TZN!