Ch-Ch-Changes At The DCU For February

[Rich Johnston]

Rob Liefeld writing and drawing an issue of Hawk And Dove! With Batman in it! With big bat thighs that are wider than... Dove.

Federico Dallacchio off Suicide Squad!

Tom Raney on Suicide Squad!

Keith Giffen not drawing O.M.A.C!

Scott Koblish and Scott Kolins drawing it all now!

Ivan Brandon off Men Of War! (But not till March)

Aaron Lopresti and Matt Ryan off Justice League International!

Marco Castiello on Justice League International!

Cliff Chiang off Wonder Woman! (But only for two issues!)

Tony Akins on Wonder Woman! (Ditto!)

Ron Marz off Voodoo because they want a "change of direction"!

Josh Williamson on Voodoo because he is that change of direction.

Change of direction including a crossing over, in part, with Stormwatch and Grifter!

Voodoo artist Sami Barsa not going anywhere!

Their editor, Rex Ogle, leaving DC Comics! Probably for Scholastic.

Gail Simone off Firestorm! (But also not till March)

Dan Jurgens off drawing Green Arrow (though he is still co-writing it)!

Ignacio Calero drawing Green Arrow!

Paul Jenkins and Bernand Change finishing their DC Universe Presents stint on Deadman for a three parter Challengers Of The Unknown from Dan DiDio and Jerry Ordway!

Gianlua Gugliotta and Wayne Faucher off Mister Terrific!

Jesus Saiz off Birds Of Prey!

Javier Pina taking over all art duties on Birds Of Prey!

Oliver Nome on Mister Terrific!

Marco Rudy, the first casualty of the DCU is on Swamp Thing instead of Yanick Paquette or Victor Ibanez! Yay Marco!

(Update: Scott Snyder underlines that Yanick is not off Swamp Thing in any permanence but that Marco is drawing #6... and it seems #4, not Victor Ibanez as DC lists)

John Paul Leon and Jeff Huet assist Travel Foreman on Animal Man!

Chris Spouse and Karl story replace... whoever is meant to be drawing Legion Of Super-Heroes!

Sholly Fisch replaces Joshua Hale Fialkov on the Action Comics backup before he even got a page printed

Nicola Scott and Trevor Scott replace George Perez and Jesus Merino drawing Superman for a few issues.

Some of these will be temporary changes, some are probably one of the "fill-in" issues that DC has been preparing for all the titles to help with schedules, and some are wham, bam, thank you ma'am!

[HellBlazerRaiser]

What's your point?

[Andrew72287]

Hawk and Dove: Meh

Tom Raney On Suicide Squad: Not bad.

Keith Giffen not drawing O.M.A.C!: Sad, but probably due to Superman duties.

Scott Koblish and Scott Kolins drawing it all now!: Not bad

Ivan Brandon off Men Of War! (But not till March): We think.

Aaron Lopresti and Matt Ryan off Justice League International!: For an issue.

Marco Castiello on Justice League International!: For an issue

Cliff Chiang off Wonder Woman!: He wasn't on January's issue either.

Tony Akins on Wonder Woman!: He was solicited for January.

Ron Marz off Voodoo because they want a "change of direction"!: Too bad

Josh Williamson on Voodoo because he is that change of direction: We'll see

Voodoo artist Sami Barsa not going anywhere!: Okay

Gail Simone off Firestorm! (But also not till March): We think

Dan Jurgens off drawing Green Arrow (though he is still co-writing it)!: With him going to Superman, not surprised.

Ignacio Calero drawing Green Arrow!: We'll see if he stays for Nocenti's run.

Paul Jenkins and Bernand Change finishing their DC Universe Presents stint on Deadman for a three parter Challengers Of The Unknown from Dan DiDio and Jerry Ordway!: Still hoping for Grant Morrison's Atom.

John Paul Leon and Jeff Huet assist Travel Foreman on Animal Man!: Jeff Huet was also solicited last month as well.

Chris Spouse and Karl story replace... whoever is meant to be drawing Legion Of Super-Heroes!: No, they're just doing the cover, like they have been since issue #1, Francis Portela is still the artist.

Sholly Fisch replaces Joshua Hale Fialkov on the Action Comics backup before he even got a page printed: That's assuming his backup was supposed to be ongoing, which we don't know.

Nicola Scott and Trevor Scott replace George Perez and Jesus Merino drawing Action Comics for a few issues: Which started with issue #3, when DC also announced they were also drawing #5 and #6.

So about half this was either already announced or misinformation.

[Blackfist]

liefield batman has a badger face

[Michael P]

Nicola Scott and Trevor Scott replace George Perez and Jesus Merino drawing Action Comics for a few issues.

I think you mean Superman there, Rich.

[Manolis]

Ron Marz was amazing on Voodoo, and it was a surprisingly quality book. what is the new direction they are after? T&A?

and Cliff Chiang off wonder woman is a pure travesty...

[sleeve]

fill-ins are a reality to keep the trains running on-time in didio's germany. time will tell if these are short-term changes, or if we'll be getting chronic whiplash from "new directions".

i am very disappointed that the various editors couldn't tell that a direction was a flop from communicating with writers before greenlighting a project. that seems to be a huge issue with comics these days. ho-hum projects get the go-ahead and are hyped like there's no tomorrow.

[NinjaMic]

Godamnit DC you were doing so well

[Clem]

That cover for Hawk & Dove is truly horrendous.

It's badly out of proportion, details are wrong all over the place and how the hell does Batman get away with swinging so casually on a rope? What's he saying "LOOK GUYS, ONE HANDED!!!"

[Blackfist]

and Cliff Chiang off wonder woman is a pure travesty...