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Nicieza to Replace Yost on Red Robin

By | March 11th, 2010
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A day after the release of Red Robin #10, DC has announced the series’ next writer to be Fabian Nicieza, beginning in July with issue #13. What does Nicieza have to say about his new duties?

“It feels great to be back on Red Robin for the first time! Having the opportunity to close out Tim Drake’s Robin series was bittersweet. He’s a character I’ve always wanted to write, but it was a tumultuous, dark time for him and I was writing the book knowing the series would end and evolve into Red Robin.

“I was reading Chris Yost’s first year on the series with jealous admiration in that he was doing a great job, getting to work with an excellent young artist in Marcus To and getting to move Tim through the darkness into a better place as a way of natural story evolution!

“To unexpectedly get the chance to come back at this time, with Tim Drake in a more positive place mentally, stepping into his own as a young adult and better prepared to develop his own distinctive approach to crimefighting – both in Gotham City and across the world – only means the hundreds of stories I’ve always wanted to tell with the character now number in the thousands!

“What lies ahead? Adventure, mystery, complex moral issues, an evolving rogue’s gallery specific to the character, romantic triangles (maybe quadrangles!), fun and humor all ripe for the picking! I can’t wait for readers to see this excellent character’s continuing development into something unique and special in the DC Universe!”

While normally not a fan of Nicieza’s more “serious” ventures (Cable & Deadpool, of course, being something else entirely), I was at least satisfied with his ending arc for the original Robin ongoing. However, Nicieza will definitely need to step it up in order to follow Chris Yost’s excellent year on the title, particularly in the field of character development (which Yost knocked the socks off of). Here’s hoping Fabian’s run on Red Robin starts out stronger than his Azrael did.

This information courtesy of The Source.


Walt Richardson

Walt is a former editor for Multiversity Comics and current podcaster/ne'er-do-well. Follow him on Twitter @goodbyetoashoe... if you dare!

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