Gaiman on Batman

Batman is my favorite comic currently...well, to be true Detective Comics, written usually by Dini, is probably my favorite...and Gaiman is capable of good stuff. I am cautiously optimistic about his replacing Morrison. I'm pretty sure he'll be great.

I am definitely a Gaiman "squee!" fan, but not very familiar with Batman. However I will give you hope in that everything Neil undertakes he is amazing at. So I'm sure he'll do it justice and then some. Also thanks for the news. I'll have to go run and ask my friend James how he feels about this (he's a batman freak and works at a comic book store).

I can't remember when I last read a Batman comic. Sometime in the 60s maybe. I haven't read any of Neil Gaiman's comic works and have only tried, unsuccessfully, to read one of his novels.

Well, he certainly is responsible for getting me interested in comics. I used to think that it was a childish medium. How wrong I was.

This might make me pick up a batman comic. Good move on their part.

Sarpedon said:

Well, he certainly is responsible for getting me interested in comics. I used to think that it was a childish medium. How wrong I was.

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I've never thought it was a childish medium. There's always been good writing going on, at least since Marvel made the characters three-dimensional and believable.

I heard Neil Gaiman isn't "taking over" Batman, per se, but that he's just going to do a couple of issues. Like one Detective and one Batman. So... a little less exciting, perhaps.

Speaking of RIP - was anyone totally, totally confused by the Sept.08 Detective? It seemed totally unconnected to Aug.08 Batman. Do I have to wait for Sept.08 Batman to come out before it makes sense?

As long as he doesn't re-introduce lines like this;

"Don't count your potatoes before they've hatched Joker!" (WTF DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?)

Then I'm fine with Gaiman. Should be interesting to see.

Squeeeee!

I love it when people like Gaiman take over for a small story arch. Good things tend to happen.

Yeah, I *squeed* for this one when he announced it on his blog. Was that just yesterday?

Truly we are living in Camelot.

major squee-ness! i wonder who would be the artist for it then...
must make friends at the comic book store. or hope that barnes&noble cares. *screwed*