Well, I want Steph to be happy and it's probably better that she doesn't wallow in her recent breakup with Tim (and I'm also getting Bryan Q. Miller Batgirl vibes) but I'm curious who she's flirting with and if they're a legitimate love interest.
So after 2 fill-in issues drawn by Robbi Rodriguez, this will be drawn by Jonathan Case.
I hunted around a bit to see some of his work. Some of what I found: He drew (and colored, and lettered) a story in Catwoman 80th - "The Catwoman of Earth" written by Jeff Parker; and he drew a half-dozen or so issues for Batman '66.
Looking at his Instagram, he draws in a number of different styles, and can employ a cartoony style that may be the one we'll see in this issue.
Sarah Stern's coloring choices are (for better or worse, so YMMV) so influential in how this particular book looks that, if she colors the next few issues, it will be interesting to see how different the book can look and feel with different line art.
While the August solicit does say Jonathan Case is drawing #9, I just happened to read the "DC vs. Vampires: Hunters" one-shot which came out this week, and looked up info about the artist Neil Googe. Turns out Googe just announced on Instagram and Twitter that he's drawing a 4-issue arc of Batgirls starting with #9.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd8di6lK0I-/
Maybe Googe meant starting with #10, or maybe the solicitation is wrong.
I didn't know this, but Jorge Corona won't be doing any more interiors. In his Instagram post of May 17, he noted "from issue 7 and forward I'll work only on covers for the series. Unfortunately some schedule commitments made me have to step back from interiors." He reiterates that this was his call to make.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdqgTFbLOrm/
While Anarky didn't appeal to me much in his initial appearances, I think him and Steph are just opposite enough that I think I could see a fun amount of sparks. I'll be honest, I never really saw much between her and Tim (and that's just not because he has a boyfriend now).
Keep in mind that you have about as much chance of changing my mind as I do of changing yours.
Keep in mind that you have about as much chance of changing my mind as I do of changing yours.