CBR: THE BAT SIGNAL: Tony Daniel & David Finch

[CBR News]

With a pair of Dark Knight's suiting up for the all-new "Batman Inc." era, CBR's THE BAT SIGNAL shines on the two writer-artists charting solo adventures for Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, Tony Daniel and David Finch.


Full article here.

[Kimi]

Finch: (...)I've got the Demon playing an important part, and another that I'm going to be mysterious about for now. (...)

Oh, Interesting.

I'm inclined to believe the character in question is Zatanna.

[Mr_Wayne]

It doesn't really seem like Finch is writing the Bruce Wayne of today. It sounds more like the Bruce Wayne inspired by Frank Millers past work. So technically he sounds like he might be a bit OOC.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

I think Finch is making a mistake by choosing to ignore the current set up in his books.

I think it will hurt him when it doesn't line up with what the flag ship book is doing, especially as I imagine his stories aren't going to be as good - if only because he's new to writing.

[Godlike13]

I think Finch is making a mistake by choosing to ignore the current set up in his books.

I think it will hurt him when it doesn't line up with what the flag ship book is doing, especially as I imagine his stories aren't going to be as good - if only because he's new to writing.

I agree. Some of his ideas even seem a bit contradicting to everyone else. Oh well, i'll give it a shot, but well see.

[Captain Jim]

I think Finch is making a mistake by choosing to ignore the current set up in his books.

I think it will hurt him when it doesn't line up with what the flag ship book is doing, especially as I imagine his stories aren't going to be as good - if only because he's new to writing.

Well, in fairness, I don't think he could hardly make the book a duplicate of Batman, Inc. And it makes sense to me that Bruce will be back in Gotham from time to time. I'd think that the arcs in the two books could be fitted in between one another.

On the other hand, I personally have reservations about too much of the supernatural stuff and am also keeping my fingers crossed relative to Finch's writing ability. I'm not really sold on this concept of keeping "hot" artists around by letting them write their own material.

[El Sombrero]

Wouldn't the book be cooler if Bruce was investigating supernatural stuff ALL OVER THE WORLD than just in Gotham? It would even make sense this way, you just have him "make a stop" in between his travels in Inc. Or if they wanted to sync it up really well, you tackle the same areas, but Morrison's book is more fun and lighthearded and has teamups while Finch's is darker and solo.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

Well, in fairness, I don't think he could hardly make the book a duplicate of Batman, Inc. And it makes sense to me that Bruce will be back in Gotham from time to time. I'd think that the arcs in the two books could be fitted in between one another.

Of course he shouldn't try to do Batman Inc, but like El Sombrero I think he's going against the direction of the line by keeping it in Gotham.
It just sounds like same old, when every other book is trying something different.

I guess they want to keep him happy, and also have a series by him not too tied to anything, so it will sell for years to come - and if that's the case, I don't know why they don't just give him an out of continuity series, or set it in the past.

On the other hand, I personally have reservations about too much of the supernatural stuff and am also keeping my fingers crossed relative to Finch's writing ability. I'm not really sold on this concept of keeping "hot" artists around by letting them write their own material.

His 2-pager in Superman/Batman #75 was much better than I was expecting.

Hopefully he won't fall in to the trap of writing for himself, and remembers he has an audience - not just giving us nonsensical stories because he wanted to draw certain things etc.

[Jbenn]

Oh, Interesting.

I'm inclined to believe the character in question is Zatanna.

I wouldn't mind it being Zatanna especially since Dini has said he's not going to revisit that anytime soon.

[Godlike13]

It just sounds like same old, when every other book is trying something different.

Ya, that's how im seeing it too. Which doesn't leave me too excited .

[Red_10]

Of course he shouldn't try to do Batman Inc, but like El Sombrero I think he's going against the direction of the line by keeping it in Gotham.

It just sounds like same old, when every other book is trying something different.

On the other hand, as someone who isn't crazy about the direction the line has taken, I'm pretty interested to see what he can do. I like the premise of the book, but like others I have some reservations regarding his skill as a writer.

We'll see. I'm going to buy the first few issues at least and give it a shot.

[zur en arrh]

Everything Finch is saying here coupled with his generic art pretty much confirms I'm avoiding his book.

I loved Life After Death, but Batman is about to get dropped from my pull list, too.

[bubble_chunks]

"I think that Dick feels like he has all the experience he needs and he's proven himself more than up to the job, but there's always going to be a reverence for Bruce and what he stands for. He's trying to fill very big shoes and trying to step out of Bruce's shadow, both at the same time. I think there's some conflict there to explore."

That quote from Finch pretty much makes me not want to bother following his series. That's an old, long worn-out soap-opera drama that just doesn't need to be revisited at all.

Part of what makes Morrison's new status quo so fresh and interesting for me is seeing Bruce's complete confidence in Dick as Gotham's Batman. I don't want to read about cynical old Bruce questioning and testing everybody around him. That guy's a real jerk.

[Captain Jim]

It just sounds like same old, when every other book is trying something different.

But since Bruce has been gone for 18 months, the same old is new again.

[SpideyZERO]

I like Finch's art, but I don't really have high hopes for his story telling. I will read his first issue to determine it, but I think Batman: The Dark Knight will just tell some self contained supernatural story arc. I don't think it will line up with other Bat-books' timeline, but I hope it will be entertaining.

As for Daniel's Batman, I like his classic type of Batman VS badguys kind of stories, as long as he doesn't try to play with too many ideas. So far he's doing a good job with batman #704