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Kyle Higgins Dropped From Nightwing

kyle_higgins_576We've been saying for a bit that April would see lots of creatives swapping books at DC Comics. Well, not everyone it seems has something to swap to.

On Facebook, Kyle Higgins has posted the following,

So here's something I've put off writing for a while. On Tuesday, DC solicits for April 2014 hit. They'll introduce a new creative team on NIGHTWING which, sadly, I won't be a part of.

It's a weird feeling to leave the book after almost three years, and even though I would love nothing more than to write Dick Grayson for another fifty or sixty issues, it's time to move on. (In that spirit, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention BATMAN BEYOND 2.0 and C.O.W.L…two of the books I am currently working on, which are also– both in their own way– helping to curb the Grayson withdrawal :-)

I've talked many times about my love for Nightwing. He was the hero I grew up with, the book that got me collecting, and the inspiration for my first film. For all those reasons, I had a lot of reservations about launching his New 52 series. What if I wasn't good enough? What if DC wouldn't let me tell the stories I wanted? What if people hated it? What if I hated it?

As much pressure as I felt about doing DG justice, the truth is there's very little I ever could have done to break him. He's an amazing character who's been around for almost seventy five years and will still be around long after I'm gone. Instead of thinking about what I've been able to do for DG, I've found it much better to think about what DG has been able to do for me. In that regard, I'll only ever be able to look at my time on Nightwing and smile. Why?

Because Dick Grayson made me a better writer.

So, with that, I want to thank Mike Marts for championing me, Scott Snyder for believing in me, Jen Aprahamian, Ryan Parrott, Alec Siegel, Michael Nie, James Tynion, Brian Buccellato, and Brad Bode for supporting me, Eddy Barrows, Rod Reis, Trevor McCarthy, Geraldo Borges, Andres Guinaldo, Juan Jose Ryp, Brett Booth, Will Conrad, Jason Masters, and Russell Dauterman for inspiring me, and finally– to every single Dick Grayson fan out there who bought the book and gave me the chance to live out a dream… issues 28 and 29 are for you. You guys are amazing and I owe you everything.

Kyle Higgins

Los Angeles 2014


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