Katie Kubert

But if we go into the backup story, which, um, the backup story is called Rhetoric.

It's by Dan Waters is the writer, Scott Hepburn on art, Ian Herring on the colors, Wes Abbott on letters, and Katie Kubert is the editor.

With special thanks to Sharif Robbins-Brinson.

And this was part of a contest, actually, to, uh, help to create a new villain.

And yeah, so anyway, that connection with Nick and with the rest of the team over at DC, you know, it was always made fairly app- uh, clear to me from all parties that if I had an idea for Absolute Batman, that that idea would be welcomed, um, with the talk of po- a possible annual or, or at some point.

But yeah, so I, I was talking with Katie Kubert, and I just kinda cold pitched Katie about an annual idea that I had, um, for the Absolute Batman book, and, um, I just pitched her the entire story over Zoom, and she said, uh, "Yeah, let's do it." [laughs] Um, and it- that's what...

Yeah, it, it...

The story that I pitched her is almost exactly what is in the book.

And you have a ton of variant covers, you told me.

And you have Sabrina Futch, associate editor, Katie Kubert on editor, Chris Conroy, executive editor.

And yeah, a lot happens.

Jim, have you got a bit of a

Colorist Mike Splicer.

On letters, we have Tom Napolitano, editor Jessica Burby, group editor Robert Levin, and you'll see those names on the Bat books of this day and age.

Mm-hmm.

We have cover artist for cover A, David Salizki, and editor-in-chief Marie Javins.

On letters, Lucas Gitani.

Andrew Marino, editor.

Group editor, Katie Kubert.

Chris Conroy, the executive editor.

His kids draw now.

His granddaughter draws.

So, you got the Kubrts, Andy and Andy.

Adam and Andy.

And it was open that entire time.

I think he opened it with his wife.

Like I said, his kids draw, his granddaughter.

He just made his kids draw and he called it a school.