Newsarama have an interview with writer Scott Snyder and artist Jock on thier upcoming run Detective Comics in November...

Newsarama: Scott, was Jock someone you specifically wanted for this run on Detective in particular?

Scott Snyder: Yes! I'm so glad they've finally announced this thing. I finally get to talk about it. Jock was my first choice from the beginning. There were a lot of great people I talked to about this, but he was always the person I was hoping to get.

I've been a fan of his for a long time, from his run on Green Arrow: Year One and The Losers, and his run on Detective, recently as well, with Greg Rucka. And I knew he liked American Vampire.

I didn't think he would be available, because I know he's working on a lot, including a project with Andy Diggle. But some friends of mine said they thought his schedule would open up.

So I just got his phone number over in England and called him up. And I told him that, if there is any chance he could do the run, I would absolutely be his number one advocate. I told him it would be a big arc with a lot of concepts running through the whole thing, not just short stand-alone stories, and he seemed to be really interested. He had wanted to do Batman for a while.

Nrama: Jock, did it surprise you when Scott called?

Jock: It did! He phoned the Friday before I was heading off to San Diego. I'd just finished working for the weekend, and I was flying out Sunday. And suddenly I was talking to him, and the project sounded really exciting, but he was talking about the next year of my life. So it really did surprise me.

It felt a bit like a roller coaster from when I got that phone call and when I flew out to San Diego and saw him a few times. And talking with Mike Marts, the editor, and agreeing to do the book. But it was great.

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(Source - Newsarama)