Is it really that hard to hand over something mediocre after something truly awful?
Ric is basically We Are Nightwing right now with overly 90s narration boxes that explains how "Ric" feels all the time, nothing unique and a very boring style to read. There's nothing subtle to his writing, it is what it is. That's the best way to describe him. He's honestly the only comic book writer I can think of where I haven't like a single issue he has put out.
The guy gets to write comics for a living, I would do anything to have that job. Give me a weekend, a terrible story as my springboard and I can push out a "pro" script like his. I think most people could do that kinda work with just a little bit of effort. It's professional of him to always take these jobs but I would argue that his quality is not up to pro status. He always takes a job which I respect that about him but other than that what he does with those assignments have always been less than meh to me. If DC asks you do do a follow up to a terrible story, you have nowhere to go but up. If it's bad then oh well so was the thing it spawned from, but it decent to good suddenly that guy looks like a big shot. He could say no to something but if he keeps saying yes then he'll get more clout at DC and start doing more things that he wants which is kinda worrying to me. He feels like he could be one of the guys at the top or near it for DC in the next decade or so. I don't want someone who is molded by this era going to the top but it will happen. Whether it's Lobdell or someone else.