Confirmed: Grant Morrison will write Batman [Archive]

Kevinroc

02-11-2006, 02:11 PM

Busiek and Johns on the superman titles
Dini and Morrison on the Batman titles

wow

:)

Remember, Busiek and Johns are co-writing a Superman arc. Then Busiek will take over one of the super-titles. The other writer has yet to be announced.

And we'll still have the James Robinson arc before Dini and Morrison take over the Bat-titles.

Gingold

02-11-2006, 02:14 PM

Hooooooooooooooooooooooooraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Indefatigable

02-11-2006, 02:16 PM

Robinson, Dini and Morrison...wow!

gketter

02-11-2006, 02:24 PM

and it looks like Grant morrison will be going to a more....fun and healthy batman?

heh that'll be a pretty drastic change

Mister Intensity

02-11-2006, 02:30 PM

Batjerk RIP

Mister Intensity

jwd

02-11-2006, 02:55 PM

Tadhg

02-11-2006, 02:59 PM

This sounds promising.

I'm curious how Morrison will write Batman in his solo title. The only time I've seen his approach to Batman was the "I'm a human amongst superheroes but I can still wipe the floor with all of 'em" approach. :)

I don't think his new run will be anything like it, but you can check out Gothic. It's a TPB collecting 6-10 of Legends of the Dark Knight by Morrison and Klaus Janson.

noh-varr

02-11-2006, 03:00 PM

This sounds promising.

I'm curious how Morrison will write Batman in his solo title. The only time I've seen his approach to Batman was the "I'm a human amongst superheroes but I can still wipe the floor with all of 'em" approach. :)

But it worked! And it was still Batman just not an asshole Batman! So I will actually be picking up a Batman title, never thought I'd be saying that....

Agent0

02-11-2006, 03:26 PM

Sweet! I just hope that Batman actually is Bruce Wayne under the cowl and not Dick Grayson or someone else.

Groovie Mann

02-11-2006, 03:30 PM

i think the editor, tomasi, stated it wasstill bruce in an interview with newsarama

jwd

02-11-2006, 03:35 PM

But it worked! And it was still Batman just not an asshole Batman! So I will actually be picking up a Batman title, never thought I'd be saying that....

Oh yeah don't get me wrong. I loved his take on Batman in the JLA. I'm curious to see how he handles Batman in his own world though and for instance the Bruce Wayne side of things. Since you really don't get to se those things in the JLA. I'm actually looking forward to this book more than I am the one by Dini.

90'sCartoonMan

02-11-2006, 03:37 PM

Grant Morrison on Batman? Hh.

Looking forward to it!

Watchman

02-11-2006, 04:00 PM

This is gonna be good.

stillanerd

02-11-2006, 04:00 PM

Wow! If Grant Morrison's Arkham Asylum was any indicator, his take on Batman is going to put the current writers to shame. Him along with Paul Dini on Detective are finally going to give us the Batman we deserve.

EDIT: considering this:

Morrison said that he’s already plotted 15 issues, and in his first issue alone, he has 15 ninja man-bats as well as Talia, and the story is called “Batman & Son”. Morrison said Batman coming out of 52 OYL will be a more of a “fun guy, more healthy”, more like the “Neal Adams, hairy-chested, love-god” version of Batman.

Does this mean that "Batman: Son of the Demon" where he fathered Talia's child is now canon? Wow!

MicroZone

02-11-2006, 04:16 PM

This so makes up for "All-Star 90s Image Comics Batman"

AlistairCrane

02-11-2006, 04:30 PM

Wow! If Grant Morrison's Arkham Asylum was any indicator, his take on Batman is going to put the current writers to shame. Him along with Paul Dini on Detective are finally going to give us the Batman we deserve.

EDIT: considering this:

Does this mean that "Batman: Son of the Demon" where he fathered Talia's child is now canon? Wow!

Seems more likely that Talia is going after Bruce's son with Selina.

Hellstormer

02-11-2006, 04:42 PM

Morrison + Batman= Heat attack
Quick someone get me a Lazarus pit! :eek:

stillanerd

02-11-2006, 04:46 PM

Seems more likely that Talia is going after Bruce's son with Selina.

Ah ha! Didn't consider that possibility, especially since I think Selina is going to give birth to Bruce's child One Year Later. The idea that Talia abducts Bruce and Selina's son in order to raise the child as her own and make him the next Ra's Al Ghul would really be a great storyline if done right.

Lubichev

02-11-2006, 05:25 PM

Wow! If Grant Morrison's Arkham Asylum was any indicator, his take on Batman is going to put the current writers to shame!
My nine year old could have written more compelling stories for Batman than Winnick. I'm not taking anything away from Mr. Morrison, but he doesn't really have to work to hard to give us better stories that we have been subjected to lately.

All this news sounds quite exciting. Hopefully this will be a new chapter for DC's Batman.

tjarvis

02-11-2006, 05:36 PM

Well all I need now is confirmation that Dick Grayson isn't going to die during this whole Crisis business, and I'll be picking up both Batman and Detective OYL.

Lord Grog

02-11-2006, 05:36 PM

Let's not forget to jump for joy really really high for Dini on TEC! That is most welcome news too!

LG

Mia

02-11-2006, 05:37 PM

Seems more likely that Talia is going after Bruce's son with Selina.

Uh-no! I don't think so. I find it highly unlikely that if it was Selina's child, Morrison would use Talia in his story. And there is no confirmation that Batman is the father of Selina's baby.

I'm not a big fan of Grant Morrison but I do like his Batman. I also hope that we will be seeing more Talia in his book. Morsisson really was a fan of Emma on the X-Men. And when it comes down to it both Emma and Talia are knock offs of Mrs. Peel from the Avengers tv show. Morrisson (like most male comic writers) seems to have a thing for strong, sexy and intelligent women. So I can see him choosing to show case Talia over Selina (who more often than not behaves like a bit of a bimbo). Talia's more of his kind of heroine. I know he likes Huntress too. It would be so cool to see her back in a Bat book.

Watchman

02-11-2006, 05:42 PM

Let's not forget to jump for joy really really high for Dini on TEC! That is most welcome news too!

LG
Don't worry mate, we're all jumping. :)

Both Morrison and Dini. This is good news. Hope they can make Batman great again... and all his villains.

Steel Spider

02-11-2006, 06:02 PM

This news has excited me. I finally have a reason to start picking up a Batman title again :D

Grant

02-11-2006, 06:11 PM

Sounds good. I'm glad Batman is going back to his "70s Lover man" roots.

I hope he gets sideburns. Batman needs sideburns.

4DGlasses

02-11-2006, 06:33 PM

Arkham Asylum was awesome. Add that to the fact that Morrison is a bigger fanboy than most of us, and you're getting a writer that will make fill-in issues as exciting as the six issue epics.

Brack360

02-11-2006, 07:46 PM

This is great news. After a year's worth of lackluster stories in the main Batman comics, I'm really looking forward to Grant Morrison and Paul Dini on Batman and Detective.

meethraa

02-11-2006, 07:50 PM

I'd like if better if he kept writing ASS for a longer run. I can't say I'm that excited about him on Batman, but I'll definitely check it out.
Who know, maybe this is the return of the Morrison I used to love.

The Shadow

02-11-2006, 08:33 PM

I hope it's better than his Superman... but after the craptacular Winick this is a god-send!

Doom Hammer

02-11-2006, 09:13 PM

Hey, cool, I'm gonna start buying Batman. :)

Trusty Mutsi

02-11-2006, 09:23 PM

Sounds good. I'm glad Batman is going back to his "70s Lover man" roots.

I hope he gets sideburns. Batman needs sideburns.

I agree. When Frank Miller really energized the grim Batman craze, I thought it was cool.

After about 15 years of it, I began to wish Bats was fun again.

I guess I'm just sentimental, and want to see him happy.

Anybody remember the Kingdom one-shot "Planet Krypton" where Batman sees Batwoman and says "Kathy"?

That brought a lump to my throat. Batman seemed to soften from his grimness for a moment. It jumpstarted my desire to see him shed the "dark" thing for a decade or two.

I may have to buy the single issues in thanks (I've been sticking to trades).

Bravo. Bravo.

Young Avenger

02-11-2006, 09:44 PM

I have a reason to start buying Batman. Detective and Batman will be must reads after Robinson's arc is done.

Azrael52

02-11-2006, 09:52 PM

I for one have really liked Winnick, but it's time for a change. I like the Diniverse, but for my comics, if I could place my order early, I'd ask Dini for 1/2 Animated Batman and 1/2 more serious (oh, and 0/2 a big dick).

I am looking forward to the new creative teams on both the Bat books and the Supes books. Bring on the OYL!

jaguarshark

02-11-2006, 09:57 PM

I was planning on dropping as many as monthlies as possible to focus on buying trades and getting through university without being completely broke, but wow... Dini AND Morrison? The announcement of Robinsons's arc didn't convince me to stay onboard, Dini alone didn't totally didn't do it for me, but now that Morrison's here... Looks like 'Tec and Batman will both be firmly on my pull list.
Originally posted by The Shadow
I hope it's better than his Superman...
I don't know if that's possible... All-Star Superman is pretty damn good :p , and Morrison's ideas seem more suited to that character. But still, it's going to be must-read stuff.

literally exaggerated

02-11-2006, 10:39 PM

I'm curious, will we be seeing Batman: Gothic Batman, Arkham Asylum Batman, JLA Batman, or a completely new Batman?

thats what I love about Grant. Every other writer seems to write each character a certain way, but Grant can write any character to suit the story as needed. Thats really hard to do. Regardless, every single incarnation of Batman he's written has been well realized, interesting and badass.

Nick Kal

02-11-2006, 10:52 PM

This is brilliant.

seaflower

02-11-2006, 11:25 PM

I am jumping for JOY!

I love you Grant!

Nick Kal

02-11-2006, 11:31 PM

Batman will be one of DC's top selling books again. Amen to that! Praise Jesus.

Guts/Batman

02-12-2006, 12:17 AM

Yessssssssssssssssssssssss....

Kid Seven

02-12-2006, 01:27 AM

I can confirm that we're getting the two Kuberts on Superman and Batman.

chicainery

02-12-2006, 02:00 AM

Awesome news!!!!

Kid Seven

02-12-2006, 02:20 AM

Yeah, couldn't hold it in any longer. Lookin' forward to it.

The Joker

02-12-2006, 06:30 AM

Great news!!

BUT ... I cant say I'm looking forward to it as much as Dini's upcoming run. :evilsmile

ultramandingo

02-12-2006, 10:56 AM

out in the hallway at wonder-con morrison told us ( after we buged him for awile and his handerlers were outasight ) that his bat man would be more "jamesbondish"-plus with all that easterntraing stuff he wont be all angst ridden and grim
" that was frank miller working out some of his own issues"...zing!!!
oh , then he told us not to tell anyone ........

Patient Boy

02-12-2006, 11:06 AM

Damn it DC. I can't add anymore titles to my pull list.

Apathy Boy

02-12-2006, 12:09 PM

Batjerk RIP

Mister IntensityWhich is ironic, since Morrison's depiction of Batman as the monosyllabic, ridiculously competent star of JLA was one of the key factors in the creation of Batjerk. I remember reading a Wizard JLA Special where Morrison was talking about how Batman had plans in place to take care of the rest of the JLA and that J'onn "was deathly afraid of Batman because he knew he'd be the first to go." Even then, I realized how wrong that was.

Thankfully, it sounds like Morrison won't be going that route this time around.

However, I have to say quite firmly that I believe Bruce Wayne is the type of guy who'd get his chest waxed.

Grant

02-12-2006, 02:36 PM

However, I have to say quite firmly that I believe Bruce Wayne is the type of guy who'd get his chest waxed.

Considering all the bandages he wears in that area that's smart thinking.

CURSD BLADE

02-12-2006, 02:46 PM

While Morrison is awesome, I am going to be a rebel here and say its sad to see Judd Winick go. I must be in the majority here, but I thought Winick and Mahnke on Batman were great.

Also, how the hell is Morrison going to juggle all these titles: 52, All Star Superman, Batman, The Authority, WildC.A.T.S, an upcoming Vertigo project with J.H. Williams

Grant Morrison is the new Brian Bendis!

MicroZone

02-12-2006, 03:25 PM

I hope it's better than his Superman... !

I'm not sure than any comic will be as good as Grant Morrison's Superman, simply because there is no greater character in comics than Superman, when he's done properly. But if someone does do a better comics than ASSM, Grant will probably be the guy who writes it.

MicroZone

02-12-2006, 03:27 PM

Which is ironic, since Morrison's depiction of Batman as the monosyllabic, ridiculously competent star of JLA was one of the key factors in the creation of Batjerk.

um... those roots date back to solely to Frank Miller's work and was just copied by lesser writers and eventually the now talent-deprived Miller himself.

meethraa

02-12-2006, 04:38 PM

um... those roots date back to solely to Frank Miller's work and was just copied by lesser writers and eventually the now talent-deprived Miller himself.
I keep reading that and I don't see it.
DKR is obviously not a factor because that is a much older Bruce Wayne, and anyway one of the points is how much harder Batman had grown over the years and how that reflected the differences between Bat and Man. And even with all the roughness that he has to him, DKR's Batman is actually very much human and flawed and it's very clear at certain points that his sternness is mostly just for show-off, just a defense mechanism, much like Miller is doing now with ASBatman.
Batman in Year One on the other hand is anything but the arrogant Batgod that can do no wrong, so I really don't see how Miller was that much responsible for it.
I'm not saying that Morrison alone made "Batjerk" what he is now, but he definitely solidified the incarnation in ways that Miller never did.

MicroZone

02-12-2006, 06:55 PM

I keep reading that and I don't see it..

Then you missed the point everyone was making. The reasons why Miller chose to go in the direction that he did for DKR were irrelevant to why people copied his vision of Batman. Miller's Batman was considered "cool" because his Batman was a hardass, so hack writers wrote hardass Batman too, thinking THEY would be cool as well. It didn't matter that Miller thinks he has a reason for creating psychotic & angry Batman. Others simply copied his end result: a psychotic and angry Batman.

You can make an argument that John Byrne could take some of that blame for inspiring Batjerk as well, since his MOS reimagination of the World's Finest friendship was also copied when it came to Batman's antisocial relationship between himself & the rest of the DCU.

But to ignore a decade of Batjerk and blame Grant Morrison is simply rewriting history.

Mia

02-12-2006, 07:47 PM

that his bat man would be more "jamesbondish"-plus with all that easterntraing stuff he wont be all angst ridden and grim

Oh yes!!!! This sounds positively delicious!

jaguarshark

02-12-2006, 09:27 PM

Originally posted by ultramandingo
plus with all that easterntraing stuff he wont be all angst ridden and grim
This is great, and I wish more had been done with it sooner, because it finally gives us a 'logical' reason for Batman NOT to be permanently angsty and depressed. For as long as I can remember, the defenders of the grim'n'gritty approach to Bats have noted that it makes sense he would be that way, being an obsessed vigilante and all.
I'm not saying 'logic' has to play a big role in comics, but I like the character's personality, motivations and actions to all gel together in some way, and so the 'Eastern Training' is a great way to explain how a man could devote all of his nights to dressing up as a bat and hunting down pyschopathic criminals, without being a total jerk himself. I don't want Batman to have complete inner peace, but I want him to at least be a little bit centred, optimistic and wise.

Captain Jim

02-12-2006, 09:42 PM

I know I'm in a decided minority, but I *dont* care for Morrison's writing in general and disliked Arkham Asylum in particular. Maybe I'll give it an issue, though.

meethraa

02-12-2006, 10:07 PM

But to ignore a decade of Batjerk and blame Grant Morrison is simply rewriting history.
I agree. Good thing I didn't do that, then.
My point, which I'm sure you didn't miss, is that Morrison (and to some degree Waid) not only continued that tradition of Batjerkness but added a whole new level of detachment and superiority to the character, which is definitely not solely rooted on Miller, and frankly has become a completely different beast altogether.

Or, in other words, To ignore over a decade of Batjerk and blame Frank Miller is simply rewriting history.

manofsteel

02-12-2006, 10:28 PM

This is indeed AWESOME news! I can't wait for this. Morrison writes a terrific Batman.

Apathy Boy

02-12-2006, 11:20 PM

I agree. Good thing I didn't do that, then.
My point, which I'm sure you didn't miss, is that Morrison (and to some degree Waid) not only continued that tradition of Batjerkness but added a whole new level of detachment and superiority to the character, which is definitely not solely rooted on Miller, and frankly has become a completely different beast altogether.

Or, in other words,Dang. That's what I was going to say, word for word.

MicroZone, you'll notice my original post used the qualifier "one of the key factors" in the development of Batjerk. While I don't think it's fair to place sole blame on Grant Morrison's JLA, I do think it was one of the keystones to the evolution of Batjerk, alongside DKR, Byrne's MAN OF STEEL, Giffen's JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL and maybe A DEATH IN THE FAMILY (which didn't depict Batman as particularly jerky, but did set the tone for how depressing Bruce's life would be post-Crisis).

Mister Intensity

02-13-2006, 04:51 AM

IMO, the main blame for Batjerk is Denny O'Neil and his insistance that Batman is untouchable and unbeatable. While Morrision may have taken that portrayal to the extreme with his "man among gods" portrayal in JLA, it was O'Neil as editor who insisted that Batman couldn't even be taken by surprise by an ordinary person who had the right opportunity to knock Batman out. He even commented in his 1991 intro to Batman: Tales of the Demon, that it is hard to imagine Batman to get blindsided by someone knocking him on the head like he was in those tales or something along those lines (I don't have the book in front of me but he did write something like that).

Mister Intensity

dancj

02-13-2006, 05:29 AM

it was O'Neil as editor who insisted that Batman couldn't even be taken by surprise by an ordinary person who had the right opportunity to knock Batman out. He even commented in his 1991 intro to Batman: Tales of the Demon, that it is hard to imagine Batman to get blindsided by someone knocking him on the head like he was in those tales or something along those lines

And this is the same Denny O'Neil who had the Joker kick the crap out of Batman in the classic Joker's Five Way Revenge story

Dan

chicagokmc

02-13-2006, 09:59 AM

hopefully grant takes prometheus, a character he created, and takes him back to the glory days of being a true bad-ass serious threat. a well-written prometheus would be a fresh addition to bats rogues gallery.

Joe Rice

02-13-2006, 10:05 AM

This is hot.

aderechelsea

02-13-2006, 10:44 AM

i am reading Batman onlyu for the last couple of years but i am a Morrison fan since his invisibles days ....

i am ecstatic about their imminent "marriage"

Mister Intensity

02-13-2006, 11:55 AM

And this is the same Denny O'Neil who had the Joker kick the crap out of Batman in the classic Joker's Five Way Revenge story

Dan

One and the same.

Myron

DouglasDanger

02-13-2006, 02:36 PM

I hope his Batman isnt too silly. Batman needs to have balance. If JLA: Classified is any indication, I think he can do it. I also hope Batman stops wearing his underwear on the outside.

jwd

02-13-2006, 05:55 PM

I know I'm in a decided minority, but I *dont* care for Morrison's writing in general and disliked Arkham Asylum in particular. Maybe I'll give it an issue, though.

Well I can find good and bad news in both cases -

Paul Dini - Loved the animated series work. The Mad Love one shot I think it was and/or the Harley Quinn one that he wrote to introuce Harley Quinn into the DCU - I honestly can't remember much about them. I just remember I found them kind of average. Also the fact he's doing single issue stories is exciting but at the same time I personally sometimes (not all the time) like getting to the end of the issue and going "CRAP! I have to wait to find out what happens next! Auuugghhh!" So I at least hope he'll have some themes/storylines running throughout the series.

Morrison - I read Arkham Asylum a long time ago and again I can't remember much about it. I think I was still a teenager and since it was creepy I thought it was cool but as I said I was a teenager and well ... there's a lot of things I thought were cool then I wouldn't care for now so who knows what I'd think of it today.

I did enjoy about the 1st 1/2 of his JLA run. I really liked the way Batman was potrayed there. Especially the issues before they expanded the roster. That doesn't mean I want to see the same potrayal in the Batbooks. I mean for instance he's Batman all the time in JLA. The batbooks I'd like to see at least Bruce Wayne side of things, Alfred, Robin, maybe Lucius Fox, etc

His X-Men work though - I read one issue and I haven't been back to the X-Universe since then.

I think both though understand the character and each has a unique perspective on the character. Because of this reason I'm optimistic and hopeful for both books.