*nods sagely* Amen brudda.
That's pretty much why I dropped Batman. Loeb did it with Hush, Azzarello with Broken City, it's gonna be Winnick with his upcoming run.
Brubaker is STILL doing it with Catwoman.
Then look at Robin: They changed Robin from Tim Drake, the character that people buy the book to read about, to Stephanie Brown. Amazingly/Stupidly, the writer ACTUALLY thinks that people buy the book for the hero, Robin, alone when it's the character who operates behind him that people buy the book for. And here's where I was informed of his phonyness; his opening pitch was 'this will be the first FEMALE Robin' (paraphrased)--ARG!! What a crock!