Dan Didio - Is he a writer?

[>>Riz!]

Dan Didio takes over the Outsiders in January as ongoing writer.
What do you think of his writing skills?

[HoM]

He's a writer-- an okay one-- and he's surrounded by some of the best in the business. I think this helps. I think that people won't let him slide if he's not good, or his ideas suck, and that he's probably asked for this to happen. If I was in his position, I'd want my editors to be absolute bastards to me, to ensure I don't get complacent because of my position. Editorial will be hyper-sensitive to his work, and that should be a good thing, right?

I think Tomasi wasn't the best fit for this title, I think he can do so much better (As Nightwing, GLC and The Light Brigade have demonstrated) and he'll be onto bigger and much more awesome things in the future.

Booya

[HoM]

From a Newsarama Interview:

Newsarama: Dan, how did the decision to write The Outsiders happen? Has this been in the works for awhile now?

Dan DiDio: We've been talking about this for awhile. I've been looking for an opportunity to do more writing. I've said before that I got a little bit of a writing bug back when I was working on the Metal Men material. Paul [Levitz] and I – before all the changes took place with DC – Paul and I were discussing this, and Paul gave me the thumbs up to work on one of the books. I just had to figure out what it would be. And when this assignment was opening up, I was very interested in it.

I don't want to take away from what Pete and everybody are doing on the book, but Pete's schedule was changing, and so there was an opening on the Outsiders. And this has been a group of characters that I've always loved. I basically had every issue of Batman and The Outsiders from back in the day.

...and...

Nrama: And the reason that the last creative team is leaving?

DiDio: Can't talk about that now, but it definitely has to do with the post-Blackest Night universe.

[theyallfalldown]

Oct 4, 2009 7:30:39 GMT -5 HoM said:

From a Newsarama Interview:

Newsarama: Dan, how did the decision to write The Outsiders happen? Has this been in the works for awhile now?

Dan DiDio: We've been talking about this for awhile. I've been looking for an opportunity to do more writing. I've said before that I got a little bit of a writing bug back when I was working on the Metal Men material. Paul [Levitz] and I – before all the changes took place with DC – Paul and I were discussing this, and Paul gave me the thumbs up to work on one of the books. I just had to figure out what it would be. And when this assignment was opening up, I was very interested in it.

I don't want to take away from what Pete and everybody are doing on the book, but Pete's schedule was changing, and so there was an opening on the Outsiders. And this has been a group of characters that I've always loved. I basically had every issue of Batman and The Outsiders from back in the day.

...and...

Nrama: And the reason that the last creative team is leaving?

DiDio: Can't talk about that now, but it definitely has to do with the post-Blackest Night universe.

yeah im intrigued about this! i hope huntress manages to get on the team, she needs t be doing something, limited appearances every now and then arent enough!