Scott Snyder Plans Long-Term Changes for Batman
By Skip Harvey
Whether or not you like his approach to Batman, Scott Snyderās run on the Bat-books have been wildly popular and has changed the direction of The Caped Crusader in a lot of ways. Turns out, he aināt done yet.
After theĀ Earth-Prime shaking Convergence, Snyder plans a new āstatus quoā for the foreseeable future.
"This story [Endgame] is transformative. And the only way to stay on the book, I feel like, as much as I was like, āIām going to do some small stories with Bluebird and Batman and Julia.ā That would be great. That would. But then I think of something like this and Iām like, if I donāt do thatā¦. itās an idea that I promise hasnāt been done in 75 years of Batman. And you think of it, and Iām like, that speaks to where I am! If I donāt do it, I feel like, Iām going to regret it.Either itās a jump-the-shark moment, or itās a great moment. I really donāt know. It could be the worst idea or the best idea Iāve had. I have no clue.Bottom line is, I couldnāt be more excited to try it, because it hasnāt been done, and itās personal. It speaks to me. And Greg is 100 percent behind it. So weāre all ready to go, and excited.So āEndgameā really is a goodbye and a hello. It really is sort of like saying goodbye to a lot of things that ā really, everything weāve done on Batman and all of that.And then where we land in June is sort of like, āWhoa! What?ā"
My favorite comments he made recently was about the eternal dance between Batman and The Joker that is culminating in Endgame. Heās set up an interesting take on how the Joker reinvents himself ā like Grant Morrison ā but is adamant that it isnātĀ like anyone elseās.
"And also, I know these characters have these huge legacies, but you have to write them like you made them up. Your versions of them are yours. And for me, this really is the last time they fight. I donāt want to say ānever,ā because I donāt want to be that guy who comes back and does something he said heād never do. But I donāt foresee myself ever writing the Joker and Batman together again as the Batman and Joker.āEndgame,ā for me, was meant to be both goodbye and also Batman wrestling with the idea of whether or not his mortality is something to be afraid of, at the end of the day.ā¦And the story that I thought of for after this ā it was like, wait a minute. If I do that, itās exactly where I am emotionally, meaning I kind of thought I was done, but then I have, like, you know what? If I did that, it would give me a whole crazy lease, and it would give me characters that are in a different place in their lives, where I am, and it would reallyā¦ I know I could do it.Itās easily ā it could be the dumbest thing Iāve ever thought of, ever. Or it could be the best thing. I have no idea.I really donāt know. I mean, everybody at DC is really excited about it now, luckily, and Iām very excited.But I always have to be, like, āhear me outā before I tell them where weāre going with it.And itās not Joker becomes Batman. Iām not going to rip off Dan [Slott] with Superior Spider-Man. Itās not that.But itās a very high level of crazy."
No matter how it pans out, at least he truly wants to try something new.
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Source: Newsarama
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