Well good news is that Andrew Robinson redid the face for that first cover. I think he looks a lot better. So at least that is one problem solved, and I like the shaggy hair too. Makes him look less like Jason, Tim or Bruce. Hopefully he gets the blue trim back too.
http://andrewcrobinson.tumblr.com/
I really think that Andrew Robinson's art would have been great for a Nightwing book. His art is very cartoonist-like which would have been nice to see. Sort of like what you tend to see as the art for Spider-man titles.