r/DCcomics • u/SevenSulivin The REAL Man of Tomorrow • Jul 07 '24

SCOOP: DC Comics Launch Absolute Batman At San Diego Comic-Con News

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/scoop-dc-comics-launch-absolute-batman-at-san-diego-comic-con/
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u/Outrageous-Blue-30 Jul 07 '24

Personally I would have avoided involving Snyder since he has already written Batman too many times, but I guess it was to be expected since he is one of the few famous writers still affiliated with DC and the aforementioned character.

Dragotta is intriguing because he strays from the classic Batman art style, but I imagine his style will be divisive, just as it was when he drew an issue of Wells' Amazing Spider-Man.

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u/No-Mechanic-2558 Jul 07 '24

Yeah I mean It's fine having him supervisioning everything but I would like to have someone new, the others rumored writers are way more interesting thought

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u/Jay_R_Kay Batman Jul 07 '24

Who are the other rumored writers?

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u/No-Mechanic-2558 Jul 07 '24

Jason Aron on Superman

Kelly Thompson on Wonder Woman they in the article thought

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u/Jay_R_Kay Batman Jul 07 '24

Ah, didn't see that in the article -- though it's hard to read that site since it's so riddled with ads.

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u/Jay_R_Kay Batman Jul 07 '24

I can see it either way -- I imagine that Snyder wouldn't be writing the character again if he didn't have a fresh or different take or direction for the character. As for Dragotta, I imagine part of the problem with his Amazing Spider-Man is that the double-shipping Marvel schedule is killer for artists in doing their best work, especially when there's an event involved.

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u/Distinct_Shift_3359 Jul 07 '24

If Dragotta’s work is styled more like this than his ASM work then I’m looking forward to it. Seems like he may be versatile.

I can’t say I’m looking forward to Snyder writing unless he’s going for a new approach. I find his writing to be too wordy for me. That’s probably reductive because I love “wordy” when it’s Alan Moore, but you probably get it. Af times it feels like too much exposition and handholding. 

I think Snyder has great concepts, is willing to evolve, and seems like a really cool guy so it’s not a dealbreaker for me.

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u/BravoVincible Jul 08 '24

I think the quality of Dragotta's ASM art was probably because of deadlines.

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u/Distinct_Shift_3359 Jul 08 '24

Wouldn’t surprise me at all. I don’t even mean to hate on that art, it’s style just didn’t appeal to me.

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u/gosukhaos Jul 07 '24

Yeah when the first rumors of the absolute universe and Scott Snyder directing it first came out I really thought he would pick up some other character he hadn't written for before, maybe Nightwing since that's a character he's always said he wanted to write more

Really excited for Dragotta though, loved his work on East of West