Newsarama has posted a interview with Judd Winick the current Batman writer.


Newsarama: Judd, you've written the Batman title with both Bruce Wayne as Batman and now with Dick Grayson in the role. Even though he's wearing the same costume, what do you see as the biggest difference now that Dick is Batman?

Judd Winick: I'd say first and foremost, Dick's playing a role. It's been discussed for years that actually, Bruce Wayne is the disguise and Batman is the man. In this case, he's many times removed. Dick Grayson is not Batman. And I think that's what he's coming to grips with. Is he going to merely play the role? Or does he need to embrace Dick Grayson as Batman and truly find out what that is? So it's an entirely different dynamic.

I think that's the biggest difference. Dick became Nightwing. That's who he is. Dick Grayson has an outer life and an inner life as somebody else. Batman is just this full-on, obsessed, damaged, dark individual, this weapon of revenge that Bruce created. Dick isn't like that.

Nrama: They both lost their parents to crime when they were young, so what do you think made Dick different?


Winick: He had the advantage of having Bruce raise him and give him this outlet when he was young. I don't think it's purely something that innately and genetically makes Dick a happier person. When Bruce's parents were murdered, he had no one but Alfred, and had no way to vent this or work it through. He didn't know what would finally solve this for him, which would be to fight crime and attack those who had taken away from him. But Bruce gave that to Dick when he was young. When he was just sort of recovering from this, when he was just coming out of this experience, Bruce gave him the ability to fight back. And I think that probably gave Dick Grayson hope and formed him into the person he became. Instead of becoming another Batman, he became what he was.

But I actually see Dick Grayson as Batman as a person who is playing a role, one that he did not plan to do forever. I think he just sort of sees this as a means to an end for now.

the rest of the interview can be read here.