‘ARROW’ PRODUCERS ARE NEW WRITERS ON ‘GREEN ARROW,’ SO GET READY FOR OLLIE TO BE A JERK
By Matt D. Wilson
DC Comics announced Thursday that Green Arrow will have a new creative team starting with October’s issue #35, and TV fans who like to scroll through the credits might recognize the writers’ names. Andrew Kreisberg and Ben Sokolowski, producers on The CW’s hit series Arrow, will take over writing duties while Daniel Sampere (Batgirl) will handle art.
The current Green Arrow team of Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino will finish up their run in September’s Green Arrow: Futures End #1, according to the DC Comics blog.
In an interview with the LA Times’ Hero Complex, Sokolowski said, ““We really want to bring the old-school Oliver Queen voice back to the character. In other words, the opinionated, liberal Robin Hood-esque hero that has fallen through the cracks a bit, both in the comics and TV models.”
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