Kyle Higgins
| Kyle Higgins | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 12, 1985 Lockport, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Director |
Notable works |
Batman: Gates of Gotham Nightwing |
Kyle Higgins (born June 12, 1985) is an American comic book writer and film director. He is best known for his work on the Batman franchise at DC Comics.
Career
After writing and directing his college thesis film titled The League, about the superhero labor union of 1960's Chicago, Higgins spent a year writing for Marvel Comics before authoring the back-up features for the 2010 editions of Detective Comics Annual and Batman Annual. The stories introduced the Franco-Islamic character Nightrunner, who he co-created with David Hine and caused some controversy.[1] Higgins stayed on the Batman brand, co-writing the five-issue Batman: Gates of Gotham with Detective Comics scribe Scott Snyder which delved into the history of Gotham City.
When DC rebooted their entire line with The New 52, Higgins stayed in Gotham, writing Nightwing, often interlinking arcs with Snyder who moved to the Batman title.[2] Higgins also wrote the first eight issues of Deathstroke in September 2011.[3] Higgins began writing Batman Beyond 2.0, a continuation of the comic and animated series, Batman Beyond, for DC's digital-first line.[4] In January 2014, it was announced that Higgins had joined the writing team for Batman: Eternal, following his work on Nightwing, which will end in March 2014 with issue 29, the penultimate issue.[5]
In January 2014, Higgins announced his first creator-owned ongoing series with Image Comics, C.O.W.L..[6] The series, co-written by Alec Siegel and featuring art by Rod Reis, revisits the world created by Higgins in The League. C.O.W.L. explores superheroes from the lens of union organization, and features an early-1960s aesthetic, noir overtones, and political drama. The series is planned to debut in May 2014.
Bibliography
- Captain America Theater of War: Prisoners of Duty (2009), co-written with Alec Siegel
- Detective Comics Annual #12 (2010), back-up feature with Trevor McCarthy
- Batman Annual #28 (2010), back-up feature with Trevor McCarthy
- Batman: Gates of Gotham #1-5 (2011), with Trevor McCarthy, co-written with Scott Snyder
- Squadron Supreme (Supreme Power) #1-4 (2011), with Manuel Garcia
- Nightwing #1-29 (2011-2014), with Eddy Barrows
- Deathstroke #1-8 (2011-2012), with Joe Bennett[7]
- Batman Beyond 2.0 #1- (2013-), with Thony Silas[8]
- Batman: Eternal (2014-2015)[5]
References
- ↑ "Racists Totally Freak Out Over Muslim ‘Batman of Paris’". Comicsalliance.com. December 18, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
- ↑ "HIGGINS: Dick's BAT-Time Makes For Better DCnU NIGHTWING". Newsarama.com. June 13, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
- ↑ Vaneta Rogers (June 23, 2011). "HIGGINS: DCnU DEATHSTROKE Will Be a BADASS Again". Newsarama
- ↑ Truitt, Brian (2 August 2013). "Kyle Higgins taps into cartoon love for 'Batman Beyond'". USA Today. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Siegel, Lucas (January 24, 2014). "Kyle Higgins Added to Batman: Eternal Writing Team". Newsarama. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Forthcoming C.O.W.L. Features the First Superhero Labor Union". Image Comics. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ↑ "Welcome To The Edge | DC Comics". DC Comics. June 9, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
- ↑ . DC Entertainment http://www.readdcentertainment.com/Batman-Beyond-2-0-2013/comics-series/11632. Retrieved 27 January 2014. Missing or empty
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