In a series of tweets this past Saturday, Scott Snyder confirmed that he and Greg Capullo will no longer be the creative team behind DC Comics best-selling ongoing series, Batman.
We still have some time left together – 50 and 51, which are truthfully 2 of my favorites, 50 is all out fun – and we're just enjoying it.
— Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) January 24, 2016
I see that a bunch of you have questions about what I'm doing next – which is touching in itself, so thank you – but my feeling is 1/3
— Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) January 24, 2016
while I genuinely couldn't be more excited for what's coming (been planning it a long time) the next couple months are really about 2/3
— Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) January 24, 2016
celebrating my brother in arms @GregCapullo & the time we have left on Batman together. My focus here will be all on that. Hope u understand
— Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) January 24, 2016
However, the end of their run on Batman won’t be the last time we will see these two collaborating together. Snyder continued his tweets revealing that their break-up will only last for six months until they are working on their “biggest DC stuff together.”
The funny thing is @GregCapullo is only gone for like 6 months before we start working on our biggest DC stuff together, so it's barely 1/2
— Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) January 24, 2016
a break! Hope to wow u even more w/what @GregCapullo and I have next, but this run together has been the ride of my life & I'm really 2/?
— Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) January 24, 2016
grateful to you guys for it. Learned to be a better writer, better person from @GregCapullo – thanks for supporting us so long. You rock
— Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) January 24, 2016
In case Snyder’s tweets are in doubt, Capullo confirmed the rumor.
— Greg Capullo (@GregCapullo) January 23, 2016
Rich Johnston at Bleeding Cool is reporting that Snyder will make a return to the comic series that launched his career at DC and the one that launched Batman, Detective Comics.
Johnston surmises the reason for the move to Detective Comics is to relieve pressure off Snyder from the event driven nature of modern comics as well as the pressure that comes from consistently putting out the top-selling comic at DC. He also believes Snyder “will be more able to do as he pleases with he (sic) character.”
It’s still unclear what Capullo and Snyder will be working on when they reunite later this year.