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John Layman And Jason Fabok On Detective Comics

Published Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:45:45 -0500

Last updated Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:59:23 -0500

John Layman is the writer of Chew… and now the writer of Detective Comics from #13 in October, with Jason Fabok on art.

Layman used to be an editor and occasional writer for Wilstorm Comics, but was fired by Paul Levitz after he came out in support of creators whose work was being bowlderised by DC Comics at the time. He's done some work for the company since, but for a while he was all but blacklisted there. And famously Vertigo rejected the oppotunity to publish Chew seven times, before Image Comics took it on. He's also been rather critical of DC Comics in public commentary of late. Including the following on the news that DC had fired Chris Roberson over comments he'd made on Twitter.

Question: Should DC fire/not hire anybody who speaks up and says Before Watchmen is a idea that perhaps is an ethically dubious endeavor? Should DC fire/not hire anybody who speaks up in support of the Superman creators, and the notion they got a bad deal? Should creators speak up when they feel their colleagues are/have been treated poorly? Or is the expectation creators should keep any opinions to themselves, especially if they expect to get DC work in the present and/or future?

Clearly not… I do understand he was approached to work on the New 52 before it launched, but was unable to fit anything into his schedule. That has changed of late it seems and now he's writing one of DC's highest profile comic books. Quite the sea change. Nice one John… and we hope you stay as open and frank as ever!