Quick Reminder: Batman Beyond #23

[PDStorrie]

Folks,

Forgive the shameless selfpromotion, but I wanted to remind you about a little change of pace in this month's issue of Batman Beyond (#23). It's my first published work for DC and a story I think fans of the cartoon will enjoy. Particularly if you're fond of the Royal Flush Gang!

Here's how DC described the issue:

"There's a new "King" in town, and he's putting together a new Royal Flush Gang. Is Batman playing with a full deck when he asks "Ten" to help him take down this dangerous and motley crew?"

Arriving on stores July 25th, BATMAN BEYOND #23 is written by yours truly, Paul D. Storrie, with the usual fine interior art by Craig Rousseau, inks by Rob Leigh and a tremendous cover by BATMAN BEYOND cartoon series artist Darwyn Cooke.

Pick up a copy or two, won't ya? And don't hesitate to let me know what you think after you read it. I'll be around!

PDS

[Calhoun07]

Already have it on order!

[PDStorrie]

Excellent! Look forward to hearing what you think of it.

PDS

[James Harvey]

I think this is great news.We're actually gonna get some good stories finally before the book ends. I can't wait to read it!

[Clayface]

I'll defintiely be checking it out. I really wanted to give the BB comic a try, but Bader just killed it for me - I couldn't take it. I'm looking forward to seeing someone else as the writer for a change!

[PDStorrie]

DG,


Originally posted by DickGrayson
I think this is great news.We're actually gonna get some good stories finally before the book ends. I can't wait to read it!

Hope ya still feel that way AFTER ya read it!

I'm very much looking forward to hearing the reaction from fans.

PDS

[PDStorrie]

Clayface,


Originally posted by Clayface
I'll defintiely be checking it out. I really wanted to give the BB comic a try, but Bader just killed it for me - I couldn't take it. I'm looking forward to seeing someone else as the writer for a change!

Y'know, I was really hoping at some point to tell the tale of Clayface's return had I been able to write more BATMAN BEYOND. Sadly, never got the chance.

Make sure to let me know your impressions after reading #23, okay?

PDS

[Clayface]

Originally posted by PDStorrie

Y'know, I was really hoping at some point to tell the tale of Clayface's return had I been able to write more BATMAN BEYOND. Sadly, never got the chance.


Doh! I would have loved to have seen that! I've always wondered if he made it into the future, and I would have loved to see a story about it!



Make sure to let me know your impressions after reading #23, okay?


Will do, but I gotta warm ya: I can be harsh!Anyone that knows me can attest to that fact. :D

[Bird Boy]

I'll try and pick up issue #23...doubt if I'll be able to..as no comic book shops carry BB around me.. :(

I haven't tried one yet though..and I plan on doing so!

-BB

[Salvor]

Originally posted by Clayface

I can be harsh!Anyone that knows me can attest to that fact. :D[/COLOR]
That is true. :)

Damn it, I will be gone for vacation when the issue's released so I won't be able to go pick it up until September or something... still, as a big Royal Flush Gang fan, I do intend to get it.

Hey Paul, what did that other story you had written for BB deal with? It's a shame it won't make it to the final print, I can't believe how lame Bader's last script sounds...

[James Harvey]

Paul Storrie goes pretty indepth about what his next story would have been, and I think it sounds pretty good. He's goes into detail about it in an interview for Batman: The Animated Newsletter, the next issue premiering in the next week or so. And issue #24 does sound like a horrible way to end the series. "Terry's Mon Dates A SPlicer" has crap written all over it.

[Shriek]

Originally posted by Bird_Boy
I'll try and pick up issue #23...doubt if I'll be able to..as no comic book shops carry BB around me.. :(

I haven't tried one yet though..and I plan on doing so!

-BB

Dude, Ask the worker if they can special order it. They do that a lot.

[Calhoun07]

I am just curious...how does Hilary Bader get to keep her job? I don't know if I've read reaction for anyone of her stories that have been positive.

[James Harvey]

She had maybe 3 or 4 good issues, the rest are all crud. The fill-ins, or ones where Rich Fogel helped, were actually real good. The rest was....well...poo.

[Maxie Zeus]

Originally posted by PDStorrie
Forgive the shameless selfpromotion,

I say this board needs MORE shameless self-promotion by the fine artists who bring us the Bat-universe.

[James Harvey]

I think it's great to see any artists or writers mingling with us - even if it is just to promote! I'd love to see more of it, actually.

[Calhoun07]

I am also a writer/artist. Of course, I don't have anything coming out from Marvel or DC, but still, I like it. Who else here is a writer/artist?

[James Harvey]

As just about everyone knows, I'm a writer, hoping to be a professional journalist someday. As for art, well, I was a steady drawer all through high school, and I did plan to have a future in it, before I got Journalism in my head.

[PDStorrie]

Originally posted by Clayface


Doh! I would have loved to have seen that! I've always wondered if he made it into the future, and I would have loved to see a story about it!

Clayface seems a likely candidate to last, don't ya think? He wouldn't be subject to the rigors of the aging process that a normal flesh and blood human would be.




Will do, but I gotta warm ya: I can be harsh!Anyone that knows me can attest to that fact. :D

I'm thick skinned. I can take it!

PDS

[PDStorrie]

BB,


Originally posted by Bird_Boy
I'll try and pick up issue #23...doubt if I'll be able to..as no comic book shops carry BB around me.. :(

I haven't tried one yet though..and I plan on doing so!

-BB

Sorry to hear of your plight. Good luck in your hunt!

PDS

[PDStorrie]

Salvor,


Originally posted by Salvor

That is true. :)

Damn it, I will be gone for vacation when the issue's released so I won't be able to go pick it up until September or something... still, as a big Royal Flush Gang fan, I do intend to get it.

Hey Paul, what did that other story you had written for BB deal with? It's a shame it won't make it to the final print, I can't believe how lame Bader's last script sounds...

With any luck, you'll find the issue worth the wait!

My second Batman Beyond script featured a mysterious masked woman known as the Sphinx who isn't exactly what she seems. I'd rather not go into it too much more just in case DC ever finds a venue to publish the story.

PDS

[PDStorrie]

Maxie,


Originally posted by Maxie Zeus


I say this board needs MORE shameless self-promotion by the fine artists who bring us the Bat-universe.

Tell you what, I'll do as much shameless self-promotion here as I can manage!

PDS

[James Harvey]

I agree. Clayface should be around longer. He's almost in the exact situation as Freeze, although reversed a little bit. I may have to bring this up on the JL Board. Anyways, feel free to stick around as long as ya like and plug away, Paul! I think your unpublished BB story could work great as a special. Y'know those team-up one shots that DC occasionally publishes? It's be neat, like the SUPERMAN VS LOBO animated book a few years back. BATMAN BEYOND VS THE SPHINX. I'd love to see DC prin tit. It would partly make up for them abandoning the franchise so quickly.

[Maxie Zeus]

I think this is pretty cool! :D

[PDStorrie]

Originally posted by DickGrayson
I agree. Clayface should be around longer. He's almost in the exact situation as Freeze, although reversed a little bit. I may have to bring this up on the JL Board.

Interesting that you should mention the JL ...


Anyways, feel free to stick around as long as ya like and plug away, Paul! I think your unpublished BB story could work great as a special. Y'know those team-up one shots that DC occasionally publishes? It's be neat, like the SUPERMAN VS LOBO animated book a few years back. BATMAN BEYOND VS THE SPHINX. I'd love to see DC prin tit. It would partly make up for them abandoning the franchise so quickly.

Thanks for the kind words regarding the Sphinx story. Hopefully it'll show up somewhere, someday.

PDS

[PDStorrie]

Maxie,


Originally posted by Maxie Zeus
I think this is pretty cool! :D

Y'know, I hadn't noticed that I "graduated" to Member!

PDS

[Frozen]

Calhoun07 wrote:


I am also a writer/artist. Of course, I don't have anything coming out from Marvel or DC, but still, I like it. Who else here is a writer/artist?

I too am a writer and an artist. For years I've practised and practised, and now I work as a character designer for a computer games company - and I love my job! I feel very VERY lucky to do what I love for a living... I also write - I have years and years of unpublished prose and comic scripts on innumerable discs and writing pads. Writing really is my first love.

I'm supposed to be making a web-site so I can put some of my drawings and stuff on, but a combination of computer illiteracy and lack of time means it's still a distant dream - but if anybody is interested/curious, drop me a PM with your e-mail address, and I'll forward some scans- I'd love to get some feedback from the folks on this board. Never before have I respected the opinion of a group of people as I do with you guys...

Thanks for listening!

[Trent Lane]

The Sphynx idea sounds pretty awesome. Hopefully, you'll get to do this story someday cause I'd like to see it. Looking forward to reading ish 23....

[James Harvey]

I can't wait to check it out either. I'll be starting a talkback thread for it on Thursday! This should be awesome!!

[PDStorrie]

Originally posted by flhero311
The Sphynx idea sounds pretty awesome. Hopefully, you'll get to do this story someday cause I'd like to see it. Looking forward to reading ish 23....

I'm a bit disappointed that The Sphinx story won't be appearing (at least not any time soon), but these things happen. Maybe someday!

Now that the 25th has rolled around, I'm anxious to hear what everyone has to say about number 23!

PDS

[James Harvey]

I'm just about to post a thread on it right now!

[Calhoun07]

It will be another two weeks or so before I get my copy, unfortunately.

[James Harvey]

Bummer - yer missin' out.

[Calhoun07]

Oh well.

[PDStorrie]

Originally posted by calhoun07
It will be another two weeks or so before I get my copy, unfortunately.

Sorry to hear that. Let me know what you think once you've got it!

PDS

[Calhoun07]

Yeah, it'd be nice to have a good comic book store to get these things from right away, but the discounts I get thru Wesfield make up for it. I figured one month I save on average of $40-$50 per month over the cover prices with the Westfield prices. And that's pretty substantial.

[James Harvey]

I'm hoping the interview in the newsletter will add a few people to the readers list of the book. Hopefully they got a kick out of the interview.

[PDStorrie]

Originally posted by DickGrayson
I'm hoping the interview in the newsletter will add a few people to the readers list of the book. Hopefully they got a kick out of the interview.

Likewise!

PDS

[Bird Boy]

I want this issue dang-nabbit!

That's it, I'm gonna go all out for this issue..I'm searching EVERYWHERE. I want this issue by golly, and I'm GOING TO BUY IT!

I've been hearing too many good things about it, and I wanna read the story!!! :(

-BB

[PDStorrie]

Originally posted by Bird_Boy
I want this issue dang-nabbit!

That's it, I'm gonna go all out for this issue..I'm searching EVERYWHERE. I want this issue by golly, and I'm GOING TO BUY IT!

I've been hearing too many good things about it, and I wanna read the story!!! :(

-BB

Good hunting to you, BB!

PDS

[Bird Boy]

Originally posted by PDStorrie


Good hunting to you, BB!

PDS

Well...guess what.. I finally found it..lol.

And I must say..it's the crappiest comic book I've ever read....what trash.....


JUST KIDDING!!! I loved it. The BEST BB comic I've EVER read. In all aspects, it's great. Definitely my favorite so far. I look forward to other comics from you Mr. Storrie!

-BB

[James Harvey]

Hey Paul! I'll have a review up for the issue next week on the site. I'll let ya know when I put it up.

[PDStorrie]

Originally posted by Bird_Boy


Well...guess what.. I finally found it..lol.

And I must say..it's the crappiest comic book I've ever read....what trash.....


WHAT?!? Why I oughta ...



JUST KIDDING!!! I loved it.


Just pullin' my leg, eh? Well, since you loved it, I'll forgive ya.



The BEST BB comic I've EVER read. In all aspects, it's great. Definitely my favorite so far. I look forward to other comics from you Mr. Storrie!


Thanks so much for the kind words. As a matter of fact, I have a couple of announcements for the board in regard to upcoming stuff --

1) I've completed an issue for the upcoming JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES comic that will follow the Cartoon Network series

2) I have a project that you folks will (I think) find VERY interesting in the final approval stages at DC. I'll be sure to pop by the board and make a formal announcement on it when I have the proper okays.

PDS

[PDStorrie]

Originally posted by DickGrayson
Hey Paul! I'll have a review up for the issue next week on the site. I'll let ya know when I put it up.

Excellent! I'm looking forward to reading it.

PDS

[Trent Lane]

Originally posted by PDStorrie

2) I have a project that you folks will (I think) find VERY interesting in the final approval stages at DC. I'll be sure to pop by the board and make a formal announcement on it when I have the proper okays.

PDS

Ooooo, a mystery project!!! If it's anything like your issue 23 of BB, everybody's in for a real treat... BTW, it's cool to get to talk to someone who's written a comic book and is in the biz. thanks for dropping by...

[James Harvey]

It'd be awesome if it was that "lost" BB story. Looks like it's time to change yer signature, Paul! :)

[PDStorrie]

Originally posted by flhero311
Ooooo, a mystery project!!! If it's anything like your issue 23 of BB, everybody's in for a real treat... BTW, it's cool to get to talk to someone who's written a comic book and is in the biz. thanks for dropping by...

Thanks for the kind words, FL.

As for dropping by, it's my pleasure. It's good to hear what the fans have to say!

PDS

[PDStorrie]

Originally posted by DickGrayson
It'd be awesome if it was that "lost" BB story. Looks like it's time to change yer signature, Paul! :)

Thanks for the reminder about the sig, DG. I hadn't gotten around to tweaking it.

I can state that the "mystery project" *isn't* my unpublished BATMAN BEYOND story. Sorry. I think, though, that you'll find it even MORE interesting to read!

PDS

[Bird Boy]

so many people online that tease tease tease....ah well..I can already tell it's worth the wait, since you said it's more interesting to read than your lost BB ish....


Ooo...the suspense!

-BB

[PDStorrie]

Originally posted by Bird_Boy
so many people online that tease tease tease....ah well..I can already tell it's worth the wait, since you said it's more interesting to read than your lost BB ish....


Ooo...the suspense!

-BB

There you go! I'm not TEASING. I'm creating SUSPENSE! See, this way you get added value for picking up the book.

"The experience begins before you open the cover!"

;)

PDS