Red Hood and the Outlaws is getting a new writer in a few issues: James Tynion IV. There will be a new artist, too, but I'm focusing on the change in writer now.
File this under the It Figures Department. I find one book in the DCnU that I absolutely love, so it's changing, getting a new direction, becoming a "fun adventure book." I love the edginess of the book now, so I'm getting nervous about a new direction. And yet, Roy is the focus of Tynion's first arc, so I'm gonna reserve judgment. I just hope he keeps the personalities of the trio of anti-heroes intact. Scott Lobdell really got these characters and did right by them.
So, I'll keep reading, reserving judgment until I see what Tynion does with the book, and my favorite character, Roy.
This sort of thing does seem to happen with dull regularity doesn't it? You find a combination of writer and artist that you love, and settle down for a nice long stint of glory...and then six issues in, they change the whole thing.
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On the other hand, maybe it will work out.
Yeah, definitely. At least Lobdell got 18 issues, which is pretty good these days. I found Tynion's Facebook page, liked it, and left a comment about how important Roy is to me and how I hope he does right by him. ;) So, we'll see.
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