Being able to draw Batman was 100% of my decision to sign with DC.

The greatest thing a man can do for himself is to marry someone who is infinitely better than he is. And that's exactly what I did.

I do believe, especially with the character of Batman, that the tone and the mood of the book is 80% of the job right there. And the more control I had over the story, the more control I had over the tone and the mood.

I've always been a Batman fan, and I've always wanted to draw and write the sort of stories that I've always loved about Batman.

Taking Batman globally, not everything is going to have the same flavor as Gotham City; some places are going to be a lot more bright and airy. I would say that his stories are more broad, I guess I would put it that way.

I'd really want to - just from my own experience as an artist working with a writer, I'd want to do everything I could to tailor it to the artist I was working with.

Being able to draw Batman was 100% of my decision to sign with DC.