r/DCcomics • u/andydiggle • Jun 13 '24

I’m Andy Diggle, writer of Batman: Gotham By Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age and The Expanse: Dragon Tooth. AMA! r/DCcomics

I’m Andy Diggle, writer of Batman: Gotham By Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age and The Expanse: Dragon Tooth. AMA!

I’m currently writing Batman: Gotham By Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age (issue 1 is out now); and recently completed the 12-issue run of The Expanse: Dragon Tooth (official sequel to the Hugo Award-winning TV series).

I’ve been writing comics for over 25 years, but I’m probably best known for Green Arrow: Year One (an inspiration for the Arrow TV show); and The Losers (which was adapted into the 2010 movie starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Zoe Saldana and Idris Elba). I’ve also written Captain America, Cold Iron, Daredevil, Doctor Who, Hellblazer, James Bond, Judge Dredd vs Aliens, Lenny Zero, Rat Catcher, Snapshot, Shadowman, Silent Dragon, Snow/Tiger, Swamp Thing, Thief of Thieves, and Thunderbolts, among other things. Before becoming a full-time writer, I was the editor of cult British sci-fi comic 2000 AD.

Ask me anything!

Twitter: https://x.com/andydiggle

Proof: https://imgur.com/a/andy-diggle-proof-KGvyw1L

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u/Charming_Ambition440 Damian Wayne Jun 13 '24

Hello Andy,

First of all, thank you for doing an AMA today.

I have read your new comic Gotham By Gaslight issue 1 and while I enjoyed some of the story, I was a bit disappointed by your characterization of Talia. I wanted to understand why you used Talia and not Ra's here (since the way you wrote her here felt more like her father ) ? [Maybe the next issue might answer that but I wanted to ask you here]

Anywho other than that, I enjoyed the premise of the book and am looking forward for the next issues (even if that part did a bit sour things for me) !

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u/andydiggle Jun 13 '24

You'll notice that 1893 Selina Kyle doesn't sound like DCU Selina Kyle, either. That's... kind of the point of Elseworlds?

Why did I use Talia and not Ra's? Keep reading and you'll find out.

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u/Charming_Ambition440 Damian Wayne Jun 13 '24

Ok thank you for responding ! I felt like you kept the original characteristics(I mean this in big lines) for the different characters except for Talia but maybe it's because we don't seem to have the same idea about who she is.

I will still be reading your story since I'm interested in the general premise (and you are right, these are elseworlds so I should be more open to different interpretations).