Anyone know what Judd Winick will be writing in the future?

[Winghead]

I know Winick is controversial and a lot of people here don't like him but I find his stuff enjoyable. Has anyone heard of any upcoming projects besides Titans? Why is he leaving Green Arrow?

[Shellhead]

Whenever a writer leaves one of the big two after having already worked for both, I always assume that he becomes a barista at Starbucks. Judd, give me a regular size latte, and uh, one of those biscotti things.

[DeTroyes]

I know Winick is controversial and a lot of people here don't like him but I find his stuff enjoyable. Has anyone heard of any upcoming projects besides Titans? Why is he leaving Green Arrow?

1) He co-wrote DC Universe: Decisions with Bill Willingham, but aside from that, nothing else has been announced.

2) No idea why he's leaving GA/BC, and so far as I know, no one from DC has made any kind of statement as to why. Not even Winick. Which prossibly means, it wasn't his choice.

3) And in truth, Judd Winick has been strangely quiet since April of this year. No interviews anywhere since then, very few convention appearances (only one that I know of - SDCC - and even then, he said very little), and almost no words anywhere else. Its almost as if he's trying to avoid talking to anyone, fans or the press.

4) Neither does DC seem to be talking about him. Notice that whenever future Titans plans are discussed, its always from someone like Didio and very rarely does his name even get mentioned. Contrast that with Sean McKeever, who is always being referenced in his Teen Titans work.

With all of this mind, you have to wonder if Winick is even going to be around much anymore.

[PastePotPete]

I know Winick is controversial and a lot of people here don't like him but I find his stuff enjoyable. Has anyone heard of any upcoming projects besides Titans? Why is he leaving Green Arrow?

Wow. A Winick fan?? I didn't know there were any left.

Which probably explains why we haven't heard anything about his next project. You're a rare breed, sir. You might even be the last of your kind. Like Superman!

[Kuma]

Loks like i can start picking up GABC

[carabas]

Depends. Who is the new writer?

[apoehler]

Man, hopefully nothing I read. I love the Outsiders but his run was tedious and nearly unreadable.

[thehod]

3) And in truth, Judd Winick has been strangely quiet since April of this year. No interviews anywhere since then, very few convention appearances (only one that I know of - SDCC - and even then, he said very little), and almost no words anywhere else. Its almost as if he's trying to avoid talking to anyone, fans or the press.

Hardley bloody surprising, seeing as fans have been treating him like the comic writing anti-christ for the past few years on the basis of scant little evidence.

[kalorama]

Hardley bloody surprising, seeing as fans have been treating him like the comic writing anti-christ for the past few years on the basis of scant little evidence.

Well, Chuck Austen has pretty much gone away and you know how nature abhors a vacuum.

[Winghead]

Oh yeah, he's writing a little project called "Battle for the Cowl". I guess that's where he's been. :)

[Winghead]

and you'd be surprised how many Winick fans there are. Most of the owners of the comic shops I go to like him, loved his Batman run, and say nothing but good things about him. Its only on these forums that he gets bashed.

[WorstThingUS]

and you'd be surprised how many Winick fans there are. Most of the owners of the comic shops I go to like him, loved his Batman run, and say nothing but good things about him. Its only on these forums that he gets bashed.

Yes, the people who actually pay for it. It's like saying that gas station owners don't bash oil companies, only their customers do.

[kalorama]

It's actually nothing at all like that.

[Batgirl]

Wow...another Winick fan! I thought that I was the only one...Anyway...No idea what he's working on/will be working on.

heh, I mentioned that I liked Winick the other day when I was at my LCS, and one of the guys who works there was like, "Well, everyone has their own tastes." then went back to what he was doing. :tongue:

[4thHorseman]

and you'd be surprised how many Winick fans there are. Most of the owners of the comic shops I go to like him, loved his Batman run, and say nothing but good things about him. Its only on these forums that he gets bashed.

I liked his Batman run also, but nothing else really.

[Xero]

Wow. A Winick fan?? I didn't know there were any left.....

There are quite a few of us.

[Wind-Breaker]

I'm a Winick fan as well, I bumed that he left GABC. I think his work on that book was more entertaining then his work on Titans :frown: . If he's going to be done with DC in the future than I hope Marvel picks him up and put him on titles like New Exiles or Deadpool.

[Winghead]

according to Fabian Nicieza on a Robin board at dccomics.com Judd's the man behind battle for the cowl.

[Bat-Reader]

I liked his Outsiders and Green Arrow. I like his GA&BC run (i really like Mike Norton's art in this book.)

I didn't like his Batman run and i don't like his Titans run.

[Wind-Breaker]

according to Fabian Nicieza on a Robin board at dccomics.com Judd's the man behind battle for the cowl.

Nice! With Jason Todd being involved in the stories, Judd and Fabian could really undo the recent damage to the character and showcase him a bit.

[kalorama]

I wouldn't say I'm a "Fan" of his (in the sense that I'd buy something specifically because he wrote it), but he's written quite a bit of stuff I've enjoyed. Although it's hardly been warts-free, I've found his GA run very enjoyable.

[DeTroyes]

I wouldn't say I'm a "Fan" of his (in the sense that I'd buy something specifically because he wrote it), but he's written quite a bit of stuff I've enjoyed. Although it's hardly been warts-free, I've found his GA run very enjoyable.

I gotta be honest - Winick was actually the first writer ever to make Green Arrow interesting to me. And yes, I have tried Grell and Smith and Meltzer on GA.

[Pixie_Solanas]

Wow...another Winick fan! I thought that I was the only one...Anyway...No idea what he's working on/will be working on.

heh, I mentioned that I liked Winick the other day when I was at my LCS, and one of the guys who works there was like, "Well, everyone has their own tastes." then went back to what he was doing. :tongue:

Diplomatic shopkeeper.

I'd have looked you up and down, sneered and then proceeded to ignore you till you walked out. That's probably why I don't own an LCS.

[Pixie_Solanas]

according to Fabian Nicieza on a Robin board at dccomics.com Judd's the man behind battle for the cowl.

Thanks for this. More things to excise from my potential pull list. Belt-tightening.

Going from Morrison on the main batbook and Dini on Detective to a Winick-planned "Battle for the Cowl" (if the Nicieza rumor has merit) is like trading in your fully-loaded BMW 7 series to a fuggin' Daihatsu. And i'm too beautiful to be caught dead in a p.o.s. like a Daihatsu.

[Shellhead]

The only time I ever enjoyed Judd Winick's writing was on Exiles. Then again, it's almost impossible to write Exiles badly. Even Chuck Austen turned in a tolerable Exiles arc.

[Sean Walsh]

Winick has kinda been quiet in the DCU since the early days of Infinite Crisis. He co-wrote COUNTDOWN TO INFINITE CRISIS and I thought was one of the "masterminds" of the whole event.

But then his involvement just.....vanished, and he was merely writing Outsiders and Green Arrow (later GA/BC).

Oh yeah, he's writing a little project called "Battle for the Cowl". I guess that's where he's been. :)

Has this been announced anywhere?? That project has been very hush-hush since Didio leaked its existance at SDCC...

Speaking of SDCC, I believe Winick mentioned there that he had something else in the works at DC. Maybe it is BftC....but we don't know for sure.

[Winghead]

Nicieza was asked about Jason Todd in the Robin board and if he was going to be used in Robin, and he responded that Winick was writing Battle For The Cowl and that Jason will play a huge role in that story and that Winick is in his opinion the Godfather of the Jason Todd character, so unless something's changed or Fabian's lying, I have no reason to take this as a rumor, just an unoficially announced fact, and personally I think after the bloated RIP, (which has not been terrible, but very delayed and often very confusing), a Batman story from Winick heavy on action will kick ass. I am sure that he has been working on this for a while and that is why he has been quiet. He will be everywhere come January

[Batgirl]

Diplomatic shopkeeper.

I'd have looked you up and down, sneered and then proceeded to ignore you till you walked out. That's probably why I don't own an LCS.

Yeah, I'm glad he didn't completely ignore me. Wouldn't of been the worst thing in the world considering he wasn't working the register.

I read some/most of Winick's work on GA, and I thought it was pretty good. The first few issues of Titans were drop dead awful, but it's starting to get somewhat better. (Not saying it's great, but it's better than it was before.)

[Ghost Shark]

The only time I ever enjoyed Judd Winick's writing was on Exiles. Then again, it's almost impossible to write Exiles badly. Even Chuck Austen turned in a tolerable Exiles arc.

I don't know, Chris Clarement seems to be doing it okay. :tongue:

By Winick, I liked: Exiles, Outsiders, some of his Batman stuff

I despised: Titans, Trials Of Shazam.

[carabas]

I've liked most of what he'd done, with Exiles, Outsiders and his Batman run (minus Scarebeast) being my favourites.

It's just too bad that pretty much every single book he's worked on recently has been editorially mandated to death.

[Pól Rua]

Hopefully, this.
http://www.tcomics.com/showcase/trades/a/AdvBarryW1.jpg

Honestly, I give Judd Winick a lot of stick, but it's because I hate to see someone capable of writing and illustrating what is still one of my all-time favourite comics hacking out such mediocre dreck.