BATMAN HAS A NEW MOMMY

his mommy is usually a man

Oh wow, hi. Hell of a week, yeah?

YEP.

…who are you?

I’M YOUR SENSE OF HUMOROUS CONTENT.

Oh my god! I was wondering where you went. See, with the way things have been going in the world lately, I’m not so good at making jokes and—

THAT’S WHY YOU’RE DOING THIS GAG WHERE YOU TALK TO YOURSELF IN THE HEADER TEXT. BECAUSE CHIP DOES IT.

Nice try, Chip Zdarsky isn’t funny. I mean he’s funny, yes, but not funny ha ha. Funny weird.

YES BUT BATMAN #125 CAME OUT TODAY AND YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT. WHILE STARING AT THE BLANK PAGE, DISAPPOINTING GOD AND EVERYONE ELSE, YOU DECIDED—-

To rip off the ol’ Chip-off, okay, makes sense. But here’s the thing. I really loved Batman #125. The work Chip’s about to do on this book is nothing short of mind-blowing. I’m so excited for what’s next, and I can even tease for you that Chip and I have plans to maybe make our books touch a little. We’ve got this crazy idea where we think Batman and Catwoman might like each other if they ever had the chance to be in the same book, but shhh! Don’t steal our idea! No one is doing this! No one is thinking like we are!

DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, HERE’S WHAT THE BAT HAD TO SAY ABOUT CHOOSING CHIP ZDARSKY TO BE HIS NEW WRITER!!

*THIS referring to - choosing Chip to be his new ‘Martha,’ that’s what he calls his writers

LET’S TALK ABOUT OTHER STUFF NOW. WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW SUBSCRIBERS THIS WEEK.

That we do! Hello, friends! Stretch out, stick around, and of course - check out the main event, PHENOMENOCITY. I just made us a new landing post where you can access all of the comics and additional content, which will be updated every time we add more, so if you’re looking for a page to bookmark, that’s the one.

YOU COULD ALSO SHARE THAT PAGE IF YOU’RE ENJOYING THE COMIC OR THIS BLOG. WE LOVE SHARING.

Okay, header joke, are you going to stick around the entire post?

PROBABLY. IT’S EASIER FOR ME TO BE DIRECT SO YOU CAN BE NICE IN THE REPLIES. LIKE ‘GOOD COP, BAD COP.’

Well.

WELL.

Poor choice of phrasing but I get where you’re coming from.

CATWOMAN #44 CAME OUT THIS WEEK

my whole life is waiting for sozomaika covers to grace my libertine little lids

The second and final part of our Harley-Cat team up road trip, and the return of a classic Batman: the Animated Series villain - Red Claw!

The incredible Bengal brought her to life in Cat #43

DID YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE OF NOTE OR JUST WRITE CAR CHASES WITH HOT GIRLS?

…I k*lled a character this month, does that count?

*RECKLESS CAJUN WHOOPING*

YOU DID WHAT? THIS IS WHY PEOPLE CAN’T STAND YOUR ASS. TALK ABOUT KNIGHTS OF X SOME MORE, OKAY?

You’re all loving the book and I’m loving that you’re loving it. I know some people are upset about not seeing a continuation in PREVIEWS, and I get it! This industry is crazy and no one tells anyone anything!

So I’ll tell you - Knights #5 is the last issue of that book, but we’re not done. We’re about to take Betsy on maybe her greatest ride yet, and some very special people close to her are coming along too - but to do it the way we wanted involved a big ol’ exciting pivot. Our Captain Britain isn’t going away, and I’m not done telling stories with her, and thankfully…Betsy and I seem to be permitted to still do so. We’re happy about it, thanks for coming. Sorry for the stress. Issue #4 is big, you’ll love it, and Bob just turned in what might be the Spread of his Career for issue #5. We love this book.

ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY?

I’m reading Cultish by Amanda Montell, about the language of cults….watching Barry S3 and The Staircase…eating a lot of green grapes and spicy peanuts… listening to Santigold, Mozart, and the same house music as everyone else in L.A. this summer.

Still working on some personal pieces that I’ll share soon, promise.

NOW TELL ‘EM WHAT THEY GET TOMORROW AND YOU CAN HAVE A POPSICLE

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POPSICLE TIME?

Yeah okay. One for each of us.

STAY WEIRD.

Talk soon!

-TH 7.5.22 17:07