No sooner than DC started previewing the title that it was announced Batwoman would be delayed once again. The book, which had been delayed before, is easily one of the most anticipated DC titles of the year, as Greg Rucka and JH Williams III run on Detective comics with Kate Kane quite literally defines a fan favorite run, and if nothing else shows the power of supply and demand from the fans, who bought the book in singles and trade in droves. To see it delayed, for no known reason, was a bit disheartening.
That’s why JH Williams III took to his blog to address the delay:
Well, its obvious to many that Batwoman’s release has been pushed back yet again. This was not our choice, and as to why, I’m not at liberty to really discuss. So the release may be farther away now, but be assured that work is still commencing. The upside to a later release means that gives us plenty of time to get a lot of issues done. Amy has turned in some variant cover work for the series and has shown us thumbnails for issue 6, looks really nice. So while I’m moving forward, she is too, we’ll have my arc done and hers well on it’s way to completion by the time this thing rolls out. The only real downside is that solicits were pulled on us twice, making readers heads spin, wish that didn’t happen, but it has, lets just make the best of it. I’m fast approaching the middle of issue 3’s interior art, Haden and I’ve started working on script for issue 8, the first 5 covers are done, and Dave has had issue 2 in his hands for his special magic touch.
In addition to this, JH Williams III premiered the cover to issue #3 on his blog, as well as the artistic process for who he created the cover. To check that out, please check out his blog, and in the meantime I suppose we just have to wait and see when it comes out (and hope for no more delays).
