Wooooo hooooooo! The Knight (who I presume will be involved), Squire, and the sweet art of Cameron Stewart? This book keeps finding ways to get better and better.

What happened to Frazer Irving though? I thought that he was tapped to draw the third arc?

Damien and Squire’s interaction was my favorite part of Battle for the Cowl; I look forward to more of it in Batman and Robin.

As oppose to Phillip Tan? I’d been following Stewart for years and never heard of Tan until very recently. Plus, the artist after Stewart is Frazier Irving. He’s not exactly Jim Lee.

I love all these artists except for Tan who I’m unfamiliar with, but I’m hoping he wins me over.

cameron stewart is an amazing artist! so glad for these news. he was also one of the defining artists behind the most recent catwoman relaunch. here’s hoping we see her back in the book as well

Cameron Stewart is an exceptional artist and I am hoping for a long run from him, wont happen I know but I can dream

AWESOME! I’ve loved Cameron Stewarts art since I first saw him on Catwoman so this is great news to me.

YES!!!! This is amazing news! Please oh please oh please let his run be a long one. He is such a great artist.

Awesome.

“I like Cameron’s art but he’s kinda too low-profile for that book.”

Not any MORE he ain’t. Getting assigned to Batman is a de facto push to the majors. Couldn’t be happier for him.

That pic is so CLEAN. Almost a Ty Templeton look to it.

yep yep – no complaints. Irving would be awesome. how about Philip Bond? And if all these are too cartoony, Phil (ANOTHER one?) Jiminez – a former Morrison partner-in-crime – would be great, too.

I think Stewart is a solid artist but I actually quite dissapointed that Frazier Irving isn’t going to draw the third arc. I think Irving is a phenominal artist who hasn’t really gotten the recognition he deserves. I was hoping he would be on Batman and Robin because it would look beautiful and open a new audience to his work.

A good choice, I think– Stewart is a great storyteller with his art, and will really add to an already great book.

Awesome news. Keep Mr. Stewart on this book if you can, DC, or at least rotate him out with another high quality artist until Mr. Quitely comes back on.

Hooray for the Squire, one of Morrison’s best creations!

I did a quick google search and found this interview (http://www.hypergeek.ca/2009/08/droid-interrogation-an-exclusive-interview-with-frazer-irving-on-gutsville-batman-robin-days-missing-and-more.html) where Irving states he’s scheduled to draw #10 to 12:

“I have heard that you are going to be doing art for an upcoming arc of Batman & Robin, taking over duties from Frank Quitely? Is there any more you can tell us about this? Or is it all still under wraps?
Frazer: All I can say is that I am pencilled in to do issues #10-#12. No more can I say”

Wonder where this leaves Quietly’s original schedule?

Iny any case, I’m looking forward to seeing both Irving and Stewart on the title!

Wow, barely anyone, myself included, is missing Frank Quitely on this title. I liked his work more on “smaller” titles than Batman & Robin and All-Star Superman… and I liked it a LOT better when he inked his pencils too.

Cameron Stewart is a phenomenal artist and he drew the difficult Seaguy series well, so I’m confident this will be great too.

I remember Morrison saying that he “hoped” Irving would be after Tan, and I think Quietly’s coming back after Stewart is done.

Huh? I like Cameron’s art but he’s kinda too low-profile for that book.

Too low profile? He’s the third announced artist on a book that’s existed only three months. Has it been around long enough to establish the tenor of artist typical of it yet? Is Phillip Tan more “high-profile” than Cameron Stewart?

does frank quitely ever do more than 2 issues ina row?

Yes. He just did three issues in a row on this title your posting a comment in a comment-thread about. Prior to that, he did 12 issues in a row of All-Star Superman.

Wow, barely anyone, myself included, is missing Frank Quitely on this title.

Can you miss an artist’s work before they’ve been replaced?

I wrote: Wow, barely anyone, myself included, is missing Frank Quitely on this title.

J. Caleb Mozzocco wrote: Can you miss an artist’s work before they’ve been replaced?

Er maybe not literally, but read the comments – there are only about 2 people who are unhappy with the fact that Mr. Quitely won’t be drawing this book anytime soon.

As to your defense, J. Caleb Mozzocco, of Mr. Quitely’s drawing a whopping 3 issues in a row of this book – originally we were told that he would be alternating with other artists. This notion was at least supported by those trade ads – “GRANT” and “FRANK” set bigger than anything else on the page – which certainly left the impression that he would be doing more than 1/4 of the first year’s worth of the book.

While Stewart, Tan and these other artists mentioned in other posts are all able and talented, the real question is “will Frank Quitely ever return to this book?”

I picked it up in the first place not only for Morrison but for Quitely as well. I thought this series would give us this creative team EVERY ISSUE. It’s a letdown. I know Frank can be slow at times, but I’d be willing to accept a month or two in between arcs for consistent Quitely every issue. Does anyone know if he’s committed to another project or when he coming back?

Even though it was late at times, they did do 12 issues of All Star Superman together…

Guys, Quitely will still be coming back for Morrison’s last arc of this book, as planned. That’s all anyone’s saying officially.

Freaking Sweet!

It is 100 percent lame how DC promoted this book as being by Morrison and Quitely if Mr. Quitely is only going to draw 25-40 percent of it (and that’s a big if – 3 issues out of 12? 6 issues out of 15? how long will this book run?). Look at the house ads for this book – they sure as heck didn’t say “GRANT & frank & phillip & cameron & frazer and maybe frank again if he feels up to it” – they said GRANT AND FRANK.

I’m really missing Frank Quitely’s art. He was the reason I read this series. I was seriously disappointed when I picked up issue 4 and it wasn’t him anymore. Tan definitely is lacking the extreme attention to detail and the story telling abilities that Quitely has. Now I feel like I’m just reading another generic DC comic. I’m sorry to say, but I feel like the good story is being wasted on artists who aren’t really good fits for it. Add that to the fact that switching artists always makes a story feel disjointed and unsatisfying.