The idea was always that I’d keep doing it as long as it gave me a lot of pleasure and allowed me to express myself . And it still does, but I can see the end coming closer. I’m coming to the end of long runs and stories I’ve had planned in my notebooks for years and the stuff I’m developing now is quite different.
The Action Comics run concludes with issue #16, Batman Incorporated wraps up my take with issue #12, and after that I don’t have any plans for monthly superhero books for a while.Multiversity is eight issues and I’m 30-odd pages into a Wonder Woman project but those are finite stories.
I’m not saying that I’ll never write superheroes again. It’s just that my relationship to them has changed especially after finishing the book and I’m not sure if I want to maintain the same kind of relentless level of production.
Morrison has a new mini-series from Image called HAPPY! coming out in September.
Today Rob Liefeld tweeted that he "will be close behind." He also said that he will be working on his DC books (DEATHSTROKE, SAVAGE HAWKMAN, GRIFTER) well into 2013. He went on to tweet he's enjoyed doing the books, but "the current corporate comics conditions are an absolute bear, on both sides, for both Big 2. Not a political statement #fact ."
This seems to continue the trend of writers and artists (Chris Roberson, Roger Landridge, Ed Brubaker) leaving Marvel and DC for more creator-owned works and to do something other than super heroes. Who's next?
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