Jamie Rich kicking off the Batman panel with @TomKingTK @Joelle_Jones @TonyDanielx2 @Clay_Mann_ @Sean_G_Murphy and @HackinTimSeeley here at #C2E2 pic.twitter.com/axQ9tbk8Ka
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Kicking off with Batman 44 that came out this week from King, Jones and @mikeljanin
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Stories of Catwoman trying on dresses and flashbacks to older Catwoman stories
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Janin artwork from this week pic.twitter.com/x03BxKlmf1
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King talking coming in during the new 52 and DC You and wanting to talk about Selina and Bruce’s history but not being able to until Rebirth
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
King: Continuity is about the messiness of life and how everything doesn’t always come together
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The panel pic.twitter.com/gZERrreita
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King saying I wanna write happy ppl now and Jones saying right but Selina is a f*cking burglar pic.twitter.com/axJZLVbhR0
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
That beautiful Jones designed dress. She was tired of usual generic stuff. She had to do something interesting to compliment her pic.twitter.com/V1jnhtHQaf
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Jones: I was sitting around doodling and this just came to me. Did 6 different designs for 6 different kinds of weddings then boiled them down to 1.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
King showed them to his daughter. Best dad moment ever.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Daniel coming on with 45. Actually inking himself without Sandra. His return to Batman 5 years later. pic.twitter.com/nCLAIimrK7
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Rich – What made you ant to come back?
Daniel – I was working with Grant Morrison before, then writing myself, wanted to comeback just the artist
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Pages from 45.
Daniel – something left unfinished. Wanted to do it better. Wanted to return. pic.twitter.com/WFpBppBt05— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
King: I can’t describe this without spoiling it
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Booster Gold in the future wants to get a wedding gift for Batman. What do you get for the man who has everything? Remebers the Superman story
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Booster Gold in the future wants to get a wedding gift for Batman. What do you get for the man who has everything? Remebers the Superman story
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Booster – I’ll give Bruce a world where his parents are saved and Batman was never born. And it sucks. pic.twitter.com/uhFfrrTiNc
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Continued belowDick Grayson becomes Batman in the future pic.twitter.com/c3Lnw2Wf8z
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This is Dick without Bruce with a lot of bullets (since Dicks parents died without being shot he’d be ok with guns if Bruce wasn’t Batman)
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Daniel: this is a rougher more rugged Batman.
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Daniel praising @tomeu_morey and his work here. Darker skies and greenish not red.
Looks fantastic— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Danny Miki inked the cover for 46. Catwoman escaping Arkham. pic.twitter.com/FhqgdgKLFh
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King: every 2 or 3 issues we’re switching genres and tones cause double shipping.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Rich – how do you approach all the tones with the artists
King – I can see the beautiful comic they make and try to describe it as sparse as possible
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Mann’s inspiration for this cover. Mann being shy. was excited to draw the dress. pic.twitter.com/clpcRKsTOq
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Pages from DC Nation 0. Joker looking through your mail slot. pic.twitter.com/3OByde1s4f
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
King: Joker is scary. Doesn’t have motivations and that’s why he’s so different than any other character. Joker doesn’t care what he’s doing. No A to B
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Joker and a guy named Roger. Finds out the wedding is happening and hits up a random guy and says hes waiting for his wedding invite at Roger’s house pic.twitter.com/zB5HR9npr4
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Joker won’t kill Roger unless the invite doesn’t come pic.twitter.com/Ulp7h5cXzK
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King has a story of two guys on chairs in an issue with a huge cosmic piece and Garcia-Lopez pages
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It’s dark and hilarious. Lots of Dad jokes.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Now onto Batman: White Knight pic.twitter.com/KLodO7k1mp
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Murphy: what if Joker was cured? Would you be more or less a threat to Batman? Gone to multiple reprints (along with Mister Miracle)
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
This book helped Murphy renegotiate some of his contract pic.twitter.com/q65FJJU7GZ
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Murphy talking fan discussions on Twitter:
“It talks about politics but it’s not political”
Pitched last year before Trump. After Trump they approved cause it seemed more plausible someone could vote for Joker.— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Continued belowAll the variants are character portraits
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There’s a fan here in a pink bathrobe Batman suit like the error Murphy made in an earlier issue pic.twitter.com/IbGl9ft5BA
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“I just wanted to draw all the Batmobiles and needed a plot for it.” – Murphy
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Now onto #8 pic.twitter.com/T8fOW8lpAw
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Oversized issue. All the Batmobiles here! pic.twitter.com/kEAIxoFBpU
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Murphy: we’ll have an announcement at NYCC about more “Murphy-verse” books and a sequel to White Knight
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Now Daniel and Murphy talking cars.
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Jones Dad is a mechanic, also draws great cars. Murphy praising her work
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Now onto Prelude to the Wedding from Seeley and covers by @rafaalbuquerque pic.twitter.com/5ZjjA1Z8Yh
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What if the villains show up to the wedding reception?
That was the reception but then grew and changed.
This is the chaos and reaction of Bat-family to the wedding— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
What if the villains show up to the wedding reception?
That was the reception but then grew and changed.
This is the chaos and reaction of Bat-family to the wedding— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Dick – will I Be best man?
Damien – what’s Selina gonna be like to be my mom?— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
@OttoSchmidt72 Riddler art pic.twitter.com/ejey7H72mj
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
King wanted to do all these arcs of the bachelor parties and other lead ups and DiDio said nah.
So then went gory
Dan called later and wanted them so King called Seeley— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Each issue has 2 Schmidt pages of Joker dropped in pic.twitter.com/YQxsXQewFs
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Last issue is Harley v Joker beating the crap out of him cause he doesn’t know what a good relationship needs and means. Doesn’t want him to wreck the Bat/Cat romance pic.twitter.com/yXgkL515j7
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Batman is a 100 issue story – it’s King and Mikel all the way there at Rebirth gonna be there at 103
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Frank Miller, Jim Lee, Andy Kubert, Garcia-Lopez, Mann, Jones, Lee Bermejo will all be on Batman 50
Celebration of this double ship. Never happened before like this.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Continued belowAudience getting save the date cards on the way out
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They have announced Catwoman 1 written/illustrated by @Joelle_Jones
Audience went nuts pic.twitter.com/4dVkcQ8JH2
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How’d this come about?
Jones: was a part of writers workshop. Didn’t like writing but did it to draw what I want. Jones did a one issue in the workshop. Was well liked. Then she pitched an ongoing
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Pitch: someone is impersonating Selina Kyle she’s gotta find them
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Pitch: someone is impersonating Selina Kyle she’s gotta find them
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Jones: I’ve loved Catwoman for forever. Michelle Pfeifer is amazing. She loves to portray women who are awful people
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Catwoman 1 starting in July. Comes out same day as Batman 50.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Questions from the audience:
Is David Finch coming back? He has a page in issue 50— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Will we see the 3 Jokers stuff?
It is underway, @JasonFabok is a part of those plans
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Are y’all gonna “One More Day” is?
King: no whatever happens in 50 happens and we’ll keep going
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Will there be more Murphyverse? Will you expand into more DCU?
Murphy – I’m a Batman purist so probably not sequel would probably not include Superman. But maybe Azrael
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Will Selina Kyle’s daughter show back up with the wedding?
King grimaces. Seeley says it’ll be touched on.
King says he couldn’t comment— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
King what’s your process with a 100 issue arc? Was there a beginning middle end?
King stole the plane in Batman 1 for Messener Loeb in Flash 54
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
King – what I do best is 12-issue series. A 100 issue story could be like a 12 issue series. My character, my Batman can change and grow.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
King – Batman is a dissecting what is going on at the time. One vision one plot.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
King talking Date Night and praising Mann with Clark wearing the Batman costume and having his glasses on
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Rich praises King for being an artist’s writer.
King – “if you make your artist happy they’ll draw better”
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Murphy telling stories about @Ssnyder1835 and him asking to draw 1000 mermaids
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Seeley – I’m totally a dick to artists even though I am one. You never get nicer as a writer. You’re always a horrible horrible person.
Continued below— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Jones – I don’t think I’d ever write for other artists
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
King is praising @Inkdropinc work on Batman/Elmer Fudd
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
King – key to Comics is taking the absurd and taking it seriously. Have to think deep and ask questions
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Lee Weeks is coming back to Batman for 51-53
Grounded art. What you think of when you think Batman— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
King thinks people might hate him after 50
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
And that’s a wrap on the Batman panel at #C2E2
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018