Hitch Leaving Hawkman after issue 12

[Digifiend]

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/03...an-hitch-june/

They're actually planning a 50 issue run?

[BatmanJones]

Linkey-poo?

Using bit.ly to avoid spoiling a series that isn't announced yet. I know that you, in particular, don't believe a thing's going to happen until it actually does but this seems pretty solid. There have been several BC stories about this with lots of twitter hints...

https://bit.ly/2HqDNcr

[vartox]

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/03...an-hitch-june/

They're actually planning a 50 issue run?

Planning a 50 issue run and actually getting to write a 50 issue run aren't the same thing unfortunately

[BatmanJones]

Planning a 50 issue run and actually getting to write a 50 issue run aren't the same thing unfortunately

They're not but if the quality keeps up it's not out of reach. I find this run on Hawkman to be more compelling than any before it, including Hawkworld or the Johns run.

Since CoIE resulted in combining Katar and Carter (something I've never liked), Hawkman's origin/continuity has been a mess. Venditti's solved that in a really great way IMO. Can't wait to see what's next. I do hope Kendra or Shayera will join the series though and that it will be retitled to reflect that.

[MRP]

Conrad also confirmed on his twitter feed he is the new ongoing artist for the book.

-M

[Flash Gordon]

Using bit.ly to avoid spoiling a series that isn't announced yet. I know that you, in particular, don't believe a thing's going to happen until it actually does but this seems pretty solid. There have been several BC stories about this with lots of twitter hints...

https://bit.ly/2HqDNcr

Ellis? Damn... wouldn't have guessed that.


I've long figured Hitch must be working on a bigger DC book behind the scenes. Sad to see him leaving HAWKMAN though.

[Johnny]

Conrad also confirmed on his twitter feed he is the new ongoing artist for the book.

-M

Nice. The art has been one of the best aspects of the book, glad to see the quality ain't going down.

[MRP]

Ellis? Damn... wouldn't have guessed that.


I've long figured Hitch must be working on a bigger DC book behind the scenes. Sad to see him leaving HAWKMAN though.

Hitch said his next two DC projects are as artist only because it was a chance to work with writers he couldn't pass up an opportunity to work with. Re-teaming with Ellis on a project does make sense in that context. He was only supposed to do the first few issues of Hawkman but liked working with Vendetti so much he extended it to 6, then 12 issues, and is only leaving because he has committed to the other two projects. In this day and age, a 12 issue monthly run with no fill ins and without any lead time to get ahead, is a pretty solid run. Sad that the bar is so low on that, but it is what it is.

-M

[Frontier]

Planning a 50 issue run and actually getting to write a 50 issue run aren't the same thing unfortunately

Yeah, in today's climate you're likely to make it to 25 issues, if you even stick on a book that long.

I admire Venditti's passion though.

[Flash Gordon]

Hitch said his next two DC projects are as artist only because it was a chance to work with writers he couldn't pass up an opportunity to work with. Re-teaming with Ellis on a project does make sense in that context. He was only supposed to do the first few issues of Hawkman but liked working with Vendetti so much he extended it to 6, then 12 issues, and is only leaving because he has committed to the other two projects. In this day and age, a 12 issue monthly run with no fill ins and without any lead time to get ahead, is a pretty solid run. Sad that the bar is so low on that, but it is what it is.

-M

Yeah totally, its cool that he did 12 issues. That's a nice big collection, ya know?

I've enjoyed the heck out of HAWKMAN. Feels like a real Adventure comic, capital 'A' n all.

[Lightning Rider]

Please excuse the bump, but I've just finished the first 12 issues of this run. While I found it enjoyable and pretty well-drawn, I found the episodic and decompressed nature of his investigations into past lives a bit pointless at times. I'm also unsure about the redemption origin being added in, though I didn't hate it. Can anyone who kept following the series give me a clue about how it progresses? Now that he has a foundation underneath him, I was hoping for just pure Hawkman adventures.