Forget the addition of Andy Kubert to Batman #18, it’s the artist on the second strip that interests me:
Batman #18 will also feature a back-up story written by Snyder and James Tynion IV with art by the wonderful Alex Maleev.
Alex Maleev? On a DC book? Am I the only one surprised to see this? This is his first DC work in more than a decade (He previously did Batman art back in the days of “Cataclysm” and “No Man’s Land”) and, apparently, a sign that Marvel putting artists on The Dark Tower is a sure way of sending them over to DC. After all, look where Jae Lee is these days…
December 6th, 2012 at 8:59 pm
It doesn’t appear as though Marvel is using Maleev much these days, so this is not a surprise. I’m actually rather non-plussed about the idea; I find Maleev’s work too reliant upon photo ref. and rather boring.
Andy Kubert on Batman again? Now THERE is a story. He’s amazing.