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Chip Zdarsky Looks At Who Will Replace Him On Batman

After Chip Zdarsky on Batman, Matt Fraction, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Ram V, Tom Taylor, Eve L Ewing, Tini Howard, Tom King, James Tynion IV?

It was Bleeding Cool that broke the story that not only would Chip Zdarsky's run on Batman with Jorge Jimenez and Mike Hawthorne be coming to and with Batman #157, but that the series would then continue with Hush 2 from Jim Lee and Jeph Loeb. But who comes next? Well, in this week's ZCN, or Zdarsky Comic News, which basically should be the new Wizard and Chip should just stop doing comics to concentrate on that full time, he talks about who will be coming next.

Bleeding Cool has run the gossip that we will be getting a new Batman #1 in July or August, and trust Chip Zdarsky to make sure that the person taking over the book for the relaunch is one of these people he postulates below. No mention of Zeb Wells or Dan Slott though…

• MATT FRACTION Hm, cool plan. Befriend me, launch a hit comic series called Sex Criminals together, watch it open doors for me until | ascend to writing Batman for DC Comics and then swoop in to steal it from me. Very cool.
• KELLY SUE DeCONNICK It may sound insane that Kelly Sue married Matt in order to get closer to me so she could stab me in the back twenty years later and write Batman, but here we are.
• RAM V Yeah he wrote Detective Comics while I was on Batman, breathing down my neck, waiting for the king to fall. Well, I've fallen, Ram! Happy now? Take the poisoned chalice that is Batman, you monster!
• TOM TAYLOR Oh, so you want to write Batman? Well, | guess you should start with Detective and then you'll get Batman in a couple of years after I leave and—ha! I tricked you, you goddamn Aussie! Now you've got to wait until Ram leaves! Ha ha ha
• EVE L EWING: I basically made Eve by giving her a ZCN feature, complimenting her work while she plotted to steal Batman from me! Also, she lives in Chicago, where The Dark Knight was filmed. Do I smell that rat Chris Nolan pulling some strings? It's almost too unbelievable! Almost.
• TINI HOWARD
  Leaves Catwoman a few months ago, almost as if she had a big assignment coming up? Interesting. Also, when we came up with the title "Gotham War" she said "more than you know" — and chuckled to herself. WTF?
• TOM KING Quite the plan. Create "BatCat" so my mentions are forever flooded with "y no marry" and "bruce and selina r otp and ur garbage' causing me to lose my mind and then you swoop in, reclaiming the title after James Gunn fires you for making Hal Jordan "too sad."
• JAMES TYNION IV lol I think he's just fine  without Batman

Extract courtesy of CHip Zdarsky… Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen, place your bets, and pick up your copies of Zdarsky Comics News in store now…

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