.
>
> As for writing Batman, you've obviously been away
from comics for
> quite a while. Much of the Batman continuity is very
much grounded in
> "bleak urban life" these days. The current writer of
the flagship Bat
> title, Detective Comics, is none other than Greg
Rucka, whose novels
> have been discussed here recently. And the current
back-up story in
> Detective Comics is a revival of hard-boiled P.I.
Slam Bradley (who
> actually predated Batman as the arguable "star" of
Detective Comics),
> brought up to date by Ed Brubaker, who's written
several great
> hard-boiled comics, including one of my faves, SCENE
OF THE CRIME.
I second the whole Batman thing. Ed Brubaker also wrote
"Gotham Noir," a Batman Elseworlds adventure featuring
Commissioner Gordon like you've never seen him. Highly
recommended. I picked it up a couple of months ago.
Hugh Lessig
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