GREEN ARROW Gets a New Creative Team in October

everything comes to an end..!

ok, as many of you may already know, Jeff Lemire and I are leaving Green Arrow, September Future's End issue being our last one. Just want everyone to know that DC never asked or pushed us to leave the book. It was Jeff and mine decision to close after 20 issues in a row and a closure of a circle. It was a blast working with Jeff Lemire (and with my always faithful Marcelo Maiolo) and for those who loved the team-work, i'm more than sure we're going to work together again pretty soon.

I've given all myself to this run (and the same can be said of Jeff) and I hope we've given you fans a fresh and exciting monthly read and a new mythology to Green Arrow for future creative teams to have fun with.

Thanks much everyone for the love and support showed during this incredible two years. It has been GREAT.

I also wish a luminous future to the new creative team. I'm more than sure they'll make wonders with the Emeralr Archer.

All i can say now is that it's time to look ahead to new exciting projects! Stay tuned on my Twitter (And_Sorrentino) for more news coming soon! :)

http://sorrentinonewsweek.blogspot.it/2014/07/everything-comes-to-end.html

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@mrtummytumms: I don't think there has ever been a creative team that's had a crap run that's came back for a second time and done good.

Disapointed I have to say after all those things they promised :-(
Oh well, lets hope the next project is a good one.

I would have preferred the writers from Gossip Girl, but that's just me.

@jonny_anonymous: So writers can't get better over time right? So if I wrote a book back in 2006 that was average. That means I'll do the same thing in 2014? If your not going to read it, then whatever. It's your choice. At least there are some people who are willing to GIVE THE BOOK A SHOT, rather than saying that it's going to suck.

I'll give it a shot, but expectations are low. If Lemire and Sorrentio (sp?) wanted to leave, that'd be one thing. But that's not what it sounds like. They have this screwed up idea that fans who like only the show, will suddenly want to read the comic. Maybe. They have professional marketing folks (I think) who might know something we don't, but that sounds like a long-shot, at best. I just hope the book doesn't go back to it's issues 1-16 days. (Fwiw: I don't like her art that much, but love Lemire's writing.)

I'll give them 1 issue before I decide to drop it. This current run made me actually care about Green Arrow

@manwhohaseverything: Sorrentino is a dude :P

I'll be darned. I admit the Andrea threw me off!

I'll about to quit DC altogether.

@the_tree: They could just follow Ann Noccenti around cleaning up her messes....

Isnt there already an ARROW comic book based on the TV show?! Well I'm p!ssed now...

Looks like my DC pull list is down to ONE as of October...and that's Red Hood and the Outlaws...

NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

noooo...i thought Lemire and Sorrentino were gonna be on till at least issue 50.

I swear if DC screws this team and book over just to get Sorrentino on a Batman book I will be pissed.

Maybe if we complain enough and the creative team sucks they will put Lemire and Sorrentino back where they belong.

I really don't like Arrow, but I do like the idea that Ollie will be returning to his roots. I like his new design, but his character since the New 52 began has been super bland. I'll give their first issue a shot.

Ah well okay I'm sad but ok.

From what I know, that almost never happens.

(And BTW, Andrea Sorrentino is a man)

The interview pretty much confirmed that secret woman character that oliver is looking for will be felicity. ugh.

@dotwilson: I liked their run well enough but dropped it after the outsiders war. So that's my opinion F*$#kface deal with it.

I was like > @_@ !?! F*^!*^*% @_@ F!^*!^*^*

Green Arrow was one of the very few good things still going at DC. Taking LaS off the project is a bad idea. Lemire saying it was his choice..I don't buy it..he has stated many times he had long term plans for the character. And now DC thinks GA will get 2 million buys just because that's how many people watch Arrow?

Just continues to show that DC is run by a bunch of morons.

Why do I see myself dropping this title?

The art style finally looks like it matches the character after two years. Maybe I'll try this out.

yay, no more green arrow for me!

No i don't want Felicity and Diggle as team Arrow I really like Naomi and Henry

EDIT:

"yes, some of our favorite “Arrow” characters will feature prominently in the comic" NO PLEASE NO

I love Arrow! I think it's so good, something can't possibly be better! That said, it's sad that Lemire and company are leaving the Green Arrow title, as they've been doing a really good job. I too was under the impression they were going to stick around a lot longer than this, and am disappointed. But hey, instead of theorizing that DC manipulated the creators into telling untruths on their behalf without any evidence supporting that theory, (aside from essentially character witnesses) let's come up with a well-rounded bunch of theories. My favorite is that the creative team got the opportunity to work on something else and jumped at it, but as a side effect had to dump some of their current stuff. I think the releases the creators have given support that theory much more than the other. I for one am excited to see where they'll go next. I'm one of those people who only picked up Detective Comics because I had enjoyed Manupal's and Buccellatto's run on the Flash, so I'll probably pick up something else by Lemire and Sorrentino. Also, sad story, I had been reading the very lackluster first sixteen issues of Green Arrow digitally, to check it out and did a Comixology subscription. When Lemire took over, I had never heard of him at the time, so I had no idea how good it was going to be. It never occurred to me to switch to print until halfway through the run, but by then I had spent so much money on digital, I didn't want to spend more on the same issues in print. So I'm thinking about switching to print with the debut of this new creative team in case it's something special, so I'm on the ground floor or however the expression goes. As for the new team, if it's half as good as Arrow is, it'll be great. However, seeing as they all ready write the adventures of a very different take on Oliver Queen so well, I think it's a little much to ask for them to write the mainstream Green Arrow as good too. I may be surprised, but I'll set my expectations low. And of course with low expectations, one always enjoys something more. I doubt it will be as good as the current team's though. On a completely unrelated note, has it been announced when Azzarello leaves Wonder Woman. If I did the math correctly, thirty-six issues would put his last issue at this December if you take out the Septembers of Zero Month, Villains' Month, and Futures End Month.

I say F*CK Arrow and let's all boycott the show. Who's with me? Grab your free pitchforks right here!

And I haven't read any of the run. So this doesn't affect me. Sooooooooo........ Yeah. Maybe DC will put them on a new book. IDK.

Pretty much the only good DC comic book in the New 52 that I really enjoy since Lemire and Sorrentino took over and now they are leaving?

YE same reaction. I dont mind her on the show but in the comic is just dont territory.

Noooooo..... This news saddens me deeply.

I guess I'll be saving $2.99 every month. Nothing against the new writers, but it's just not a good move.

I hope they don't get rid of Emiko, Fyff and Naomi to replace them with Felicity, Thea (for gods sake if you introduce her just call her Mia Deardeen!), an Diggle. I really liked what Lemire had been doing, we still haven't seen a proper ending to some characters like Shado, Magus and the Longbow Hunters. Please don't try to convert this in a CW drama Areow is good as a TV show but thw writing is pretty bad to comic book standars.

The most appropriate action to another example of the stupidity exhibited by the DC executive morons running the company into the ground.

@ptigrusmagus: Not an appropriate way to address another CV user, refrain from such in the future thanks.

OK posting that on his own blog is at least more legit but I'm still suspicious that it was a hair brained scheme on DC's part to try and bring readers from the Arrow show onto the current comic. Which is never going to happen. Plus Lemire said he was only halfway through his run and had more ideas on the way. It's confusing to say the least.

@lvenger:

I've seen other people pointing out that he said that when they had done half of their run at the time.

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Sad news.

awful news , I know Ollie has always been left leaning but I've been really glad it hasnt been the focal point of his book

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What do you think then? Is this a legtimate decision from Lemire and Sorrentino or do you think DC's half baked execs are responsible for trying to tie the Arrow series into the comics?

@lvenger:

Well Lemire does have an another ongoing and a weekly at the moment as well as his own independent work and if Sorrentino indeed is on another project then I wouldn't blame DC that much.

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@billy_batson: Hmm you make fair points. Lemire is going places with Justice League United and I have enjoyed reading that. Plus a weekly does take up a lot of time and his Indie stuff too. But honestly I'd rather see him off JLU or Future's End than Green Arrow. It's one of DC's finest books and they could have done so much more with their run not to mention the fans wanting them to do so. Just another mistake on DC's long list of them.

I'm sensing something deeper going on here behind the scenes. Lemire and Sorrentino were a great hit!! And as stupid as DC can be at times, there's always one thing that any company will listen to: MONEY. And Lemire and Sorrentino have been bringing DC the $$$. So my theory is that this news is actually tied to some other unreleased news by DC Comics that would trump the disappointment of them leaving Green Arrow. Perhaps a Cyborg (and Metal Men?) ongoing, or a Martian Manhunter ongoing. Whatever it is, the question still remains "What will these creators work on now?" And THAT is the answer to why they are no longer on Green Arrow.

@mrgreenlantern: I for one think it's a great move. I don't want it to be THE focal point, but it's about time that they brought that element back in considering it is such a vital part of his character. Also, keep in mind that this doesn't mean that it will be left-wing propaganda, simply that it will be more political and that his views will be challenged by others. Look at the classic Green Arrow / Green Lantern run of the 70's. While Green Arrow was a strong liberal, his liberal views would also be a source of conundrum for him, and Green Lantern would always be there to challenge those views with more conservative ones. During a time, Hawkman was as conservative as Green Arrow was liberal, and it was great since they would always challenge each other. Or look at the Marvel equivalent in Iron Man and how his overly-capitalist views both enhance and limit the character. I just hope that they don't make this liberal element of Green Arrow trite and 2-dimensional. But history has shown that characters like these can be written with great nuance and room for growth. And for characters like Green Arrow...you need this. Divorcing Green Arrow from his ideologies is like divorcing Batman from his trauma and obsession.