DC announces Green Lantern creative teams

From DC Entertainment

Feb. 20, 2013

With Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke’s upcoming departure on GREEN LANTERN and their final story arc “Wrath of the First Lantern,” hitting stands today, what better time than now, to introduce the new GREEN LANTERN lineup?

This June, DC Comics brings you all new creative teams and introduces a new series in the Green Lantern family of comic books.

GREEN LANTERN written by Robert Venditti with art by Billy Tan

GREEN LANTERN CORPS written by Josh Fialkov with art by Bernard Chang

GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS written by Justin Jordan with art by Brad Walker

RED LANTERNS written by Josh Fialkov with art by Alessandro Vitti

LARFLEEZE written by Keith Giffen with art by Scott Kolins

Get ready for the bold and exciting future of Green Lantern storytelling and head on over to THE SOURCE [http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2013/02/20/new-green-lantern-creative-teams-announced] for the full announcement and promo art. Feel free to share the news.

I rarely leave because a creator leaves. If it is a series I have been enjoying then I always want to give the next person a chance to entertain me, and if that doesn't work then I will bail. Sometimes I do get tired of someone's vision of a character. I love Brubaker's Captain America, but I did get my fill and when it got rebooted a year or so ago I just moved on.

The only creator I truly followed was Bendis until the Avengers Disassembled arc. Up until then I bought everything of his that I could (I go back to his AKA Goldfish days). I still enjoyed his USM series until its first run ended. Since then I have bought maybe a handful of his comics. Really every time Marvel reboots a series I read I take that as an opportunity to quit the title.

Really for me it has to be a mesh of creator and character(s), and hope the concept appeals to me. For instance, I don't care who is going to be on Dr. Strange I ain't going to buy the comic. If I hear enough good things about it I may pick up the back issues later. That is why I pour over Previews section looking at the indy comics, just looking for something that jazzes me.

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Travis Herrick (Modular Mod) February 21, 2013 at 10:26am

Well I guess this puts the conspiracies to rest of DC pulling Venditti off of Constantine since he is now at a more high profile title. I am interested to see what he will do after Johns' long run.
Figserello February 21, 2013 at 5:37pm

A factor in my buying habits over the years has been that if I've followed a writer on a character for several years, through thick and thin, well, when the creative teams change, I use that as my excuse to jump ship. It's a big sort of personal investment to follow a character like that for years on end, and its nice to draw a line under it and move on.

When Peter David left Hulk, when Morrison left JLA, when Ennis left Hellblazer; each time I jumped. Even going back to my earliest phase of comics collecting, I gave up X-Men when Byrne left, and Avengers when the Perez/Shooter/Bryrne variations wound up with issue #200.

Is that just me? Or is there going to be a fatigue factor at work and fans jumping at a chance to draw a line under a long period with a character with Green Lantern. And Johns' tenure on GL has not only been long, it's been kinda ...grievous? (I would say emotionally and spiritually taxing, but I think that description would hold for those that actually appreciated Johns' work too.)
Jason Marconnet (Pint sized mod) February 21, 2013 at 8:03pm

I didn't start with Johns's run at the beginning. I started with the Sinestro Corps arc and haven't stopped. I did go back and pick up GL:Rebrith. I haven't decided if I'll stick with it after leaves or jump ship. I feel after following along for 6 years it might be time to give GL a break. I felt the same after reading all of Fraction's Iron Man for the entirety. It was time to take a break from Tony.

I loved Johns's GL run. What's weird is that Hal doesn't make my list of top 5 favorite characters even after reading for 6 years. What I liked about it was the epicness ( is that even a word?) of the run. It was emotionally taxing but exciting. Sure it had slow parts but when I thought I was done there would be a run of issues in a row that were really good. The current focus on new GL Simon Baz has been terrific.

I am curious to see if the new creative team will take a more superhero focus on the charachters rather than the sci-fi epic approach.
Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man February 21, 2013 at 8:26pm

I follow creators much more than I follow characters. I don't really follow any characters.

Figserello said:

Is that just me? Or is there going to be a fatigue factor at work and fans jumping at a chance to draw a line under a long period with a character with Green Lantern. And Johns' tenure on GL has not only been long, it's been kinda ...grievous? (I would say emotionally and spiritually taxing, but I think that description would hold for those that actually appreciated Johns' work too.)
Travis Herrick (Modular Mod) February 22, 2013 at 11:45am

I rarely leave because a creator leaves. If it is a series I have been enjoying then I always want to give the next person a chance to entertain me, and if that doesn't work then I will bail. Sometimes I do get tired of someone's vision of a character. I love Brubaker's Captain America, but I did get my fill and when it got rebooted a year or so ago I just moved on.

The only creator I truly followed was Bendis until the Avengers Disassembled arc. Up until then I bought everything of his that I could (I go back to his AKA Goldfish days). I still enjoyed his USM series until its first run ended. Since then I have bought maybe a handful of his comics. Really every time Marvel reboots a series I read I take that as an opportunity to quit the title.

Really for me it has to be a mesh of creator and character(s), and hope the concept appeals to me. For instance, I don't care who is going to be on Dr. Strange I ain't going to buy the comic. If I hear enough good things about it I may pick up the back issues later. That is why I pour over Previews section looking at the indy comics, just looking for something that jazzes me.

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