Charles Soule Announced As New "Swamp Thing" Writer

[CBR News]

Following the exit of Scott Snyder from "Swamp Thing," DC newcomer Charles Soule will take over writing duties on the book with KANO on interior art beginning with issue #19 in April.


Full article here.

[InformationGeek]

I'm not sure about this writer since I have no experience with his work and frankly, I only found out about his existence because of him taking of this book. However, he promises a two issue opening arc and the art will be done by Kano (who drew the goregous Zero issue if I remember correctly), I'll buy the opening arc to see what it is like. If good, I'll stick with it. Bad, I'll drop it like I was originally planning.

[FHIZ]

Oh cool, kano is taking over. I support that decision! I'm interested to see where this goes. I'll be sticking around.

[shingi70]

winder what the direction animal man and swamp thing will take post flashpoint.

[MattBearPig]

Sad to see Snyder and Co. leave the book, but hopefully these new guys will meet the same high standards. I'll give them a few issues to prove their mettle.

[CagedLeo730]

winder what the direction animal man and swamp thing will take post flashpoint.

You mean Rotworld, right?

[imtav]

Oh good, I was looking for excuses to drop a title from my pull list to make room for others. This looks like a perfect jumping off point. I'm thinking I'll replace this with Guardians of the Galaxy.

[golgi]

Awesome news. Charles Soule is a solid writer. SOLD!

[doordoor123]

You mean Rotworld, right?

I think he meant flashpoint in a crude manner.

[HellsRider]

Ah, KANO! I liked his work on the zero issue and is a great choice and they could have Becky Cloonan be fill-in artist if necessary with their styles being a bit similar. Going in blind with this writer, but I do like to hear his first arc will be a short one which should give a good taste in terms of his style and direction. With Soule mentioning that bit about Swamp's powers, I hope he has more fun with it and be more imaginative than how Snyder's used his powers.

[Movieartman]

OHMYGOD!
Andy Brase is Amazing Please please PLEASE God let him get a ongoing title.

[C_W]

OHMYGOD!
Andy Brase is Amazing Please please PLEASE God let him get a ongoing title.

Damn! Not familiar with the man but someone hire him now!

As for the change, not familiar with the writer or any of his previous work. I can't really see where you can go after rotworld with Swamp Thing. Snyder has done a fantastic job with the story, I'll miss his writing. I'll give the first arc a shot though. If I enjoy it then I will continue reading the series. If not then I suppose I'll drop it from my pull list.

[Dr. Cheesesteak]

I'll probably check this out, but it'll be on a tight leash. I really want to like Swamp Thing (the book, not necessarily the character), in fact, I'm pretty sure I do. But Rotworld was/is just... so long, it was off-putting to the max. Same exact thing regarding Animal Man, too...

[SpideyZERO]

Nice to have some confirmation, and Kano on art? I am in

Pretty nice interview as well and Soule has some pretty good ideas. I am looking forward to seeing how Alec deal with his position as the Avatar of the Green and I hope I won't be disappointed by Soule.

Anyway, is it just me or Scarecrow has been pretty prominent recently?

[The Animal Man]

Oh good, I was looking for excuses to drop a title from my pull list to make room for others. This looks like a perfect jumping off point. I'm thinking I'll replace this with Guardians of the Galaxy.

really? guardians of the galaxy