When Tynion took over on Batman I had high hopes, the characterization was solid, I liked the tone and while I felt the plot was a little bit of a rehash of other "new" criminal mastermind stories like RIP, Hush and Knightfall it was interesting enough to keep me reading. Now however we're six issues in and the plot has moved forward by only a few inches and we know little more about the new villain, The Designer, than we did at the start and nothing about his motivations or plans. Six issues is enough space to tell a whole story so I don't think it's asking too much to have at least a decent feel for a new villain...and we don't have one yet. RIP took 6 issues to tell it's whole story, Hush was 12 issues but at half way through we had a great feel for Hush and his designs and likewise the introduction to Bane and the first leg of Knightfall was 12 issues and again by its half way mark we knew who Bane was and how he planned to beat Batman. That we have no concrete information on the designer or what he plans to do and why by this point is just a travesty in storytelling. I'm out.
The only positive? Albuquerque draws a great Joker...but it's in a wasted scene that basically summarizes the last issue. Why was that needed?