Okay, right now this is just rumour from Bleeding Cool with no locatable source or confirmation, but it’s a rumour that makes me sad so I’m going to make you all sad.
So, apparently Scott Snyder is leaving “Swamp Thing” in order to lighten his workload so he can focus on “Batman” and his Superman book with Jim Lee and, presumably, “American Vampire” when it returns from its hiatus. Now, bear in mind that there’s no locatable source for this outside of Bleeding Cool itself and Snyder himself has in no way confirmed this as true (and it’s not like we can look to the ‘Dark’ solicitations for confirmation), but if it is then one of DC’s best books, in my opinion, just lost a really great writer.
The possible good news of this rumour is that a creator from Image Comics is set to take over the book. So what say you? If Snyder is to leave, who would you like to see take over in his stead?
Updated: Scott Snyder has confirmed on Twitter that he is leaving the book with issue #18, and it was a planned ending all the way. See below for the full write-up. No ideas on who is following up…yet, but it seems Yanick Paquette is also off the book.
Hey guys – was going to wait until we got a little closer to announce this, but yes, Swamp Thing #18 will be my last issue, and Yanick’s too.
To be 100% clear: @YanickPaquette and I have been planning this ending – both an ending for us as creators on the book, and for the storyline we started way back in issue #1 – for a long time. Even before we signed on to do Swampy, we both knew it would be a limited run, as we had other projects in the pipeline we knew would eventually come to pass. But the chance to do Swamp Thing, to bring back a character we’ve both loved dearly since childhood, was just too thrilling to turn down.
That said, we both ended up staying longer than we’d planned, too, out of love of the character, love for the story we were getting to tell, love for our team, and above all, out of love and gratitude for you guys, the fans who’ve helped us do something here that many people said was impossible – make Swamp Thing a viable book in the DCU. For that, all of us on team Swampy will be forever grateful to you guys.
Truthfully, these characters are some of my personal favorites in comics, ever – the early issues by @LenWein and @BernieWrightson played a huge part in making me want to write in the first place. Then the fearless work by Moore, Bissette… The thing is, Swamp Thing has always been a series where creators did these crazy things, where they experimented, pushed themselves, imagined big, took risks – and the fact that you guys have supported our team, as we’ve tried our own crazy ideas on the book, story-wise, artistically…. it really means the world to us. It’s been a tremendous honor to write this book. And to have worked on it alongside friends like the art team – and one of my best friends in the world, and one of mu writing idols, @JeffLemire… Don’t know how to thank you all for giving me the opportunity.
Anyway, all this sounds so fucking sad, BUT – please know that these issues coming up next are the big ones – the status-quo-changing-mega-ones 🙂 – that we’ve been building towards since issue #1. So the best is still coming, with the finale of Rotworld and our shocking storyline ending in Swampy #18.
After that, Swampy will continue with an exciting new team, to be announced soon. Please give them the love and support you’ve shown us. They certainly have our blessing.
Again everyone, can’t thank you all enough for this one. You guys made this gig a dream come true in every way, corny as that sounds. I thank you, team Swampy thanks you – and from deep in the swamp, Alec Holland, Abby Arcane, The Parliament, even Uncle Anton thanks you, too.
