I just read the 3rd issue of GRADUATION DAY and the 1st issue of the new OUTSIDERS back-to-back. Gee, same editor, same writer, but 1000% improvement on the art. I recall Tom Raney from WARLOCK (how long ago was that??) and it seems to me the last run of TITANS could have used him.
I read every issue of the last TITANS series, and I kept trying to optimistic throughout, despite inccessant complaints from fans about every single aspect of the the run. Somehow, I didn't get fed up until Barry Kitson arrived-- isn't that odd? As sharp as his art was, the book just feel soullless and lifeless. Plus, from the word "go" I've been getting COMPLETELY sick of this paranoid antisocial bastard they're trying to pass off as Dick Grayson these days. He's almost as bad as the guy who's been impersonating Bruce Wayne since 1986.
That said, I was curious to see how it would be. It's NOT bad. It does seem a definite step up. But I think my patience may be at an end.
Right now I'm wondering what the new TEEN TITANS book will be like.
