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Grayson Discusses TITANS Departure

Dateline: Wednesday, September 27, 2000

By: RUSSELL LISSAU
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Writer Devin Grayson may have ended her long run on DC Comics� The Titans, but that doesn�t mean she still isn�t a fan of everyone�s favorite team of twentysomethings. Although she�s been replaced on the series by friend Jay Faerber, Grayson would love to head up a project starring the group�s resident redheaded weapons expert.

`I�d love to develop a series for Arsenal,` Grayson says of the hero about whom she has already written one action-packed mini-series. `I think he�s unique in the DC landscape. He has the potential to become a really lovable rogue, almost a James Bond-type adventurer. Creators talk a lot abound finding a lesser-known character and really developing them into something wonderful and cool, and I�d like to think I did that to some degree with Roy [Harper, Arsenal�s public identity]. I feel extremely connected to him--he�s sort of my male alter-ego. And I honestly believe he has unique contributions to make to the DC Universe.`

Grayson�s decision to quit The Titans earlier this year came as a surprise to many fans. The Brooklyn-based writer says she had to leave the series, which she helped launch in early 1999 and helmed for 20 issues, because of several factors. A big one was the demand on her time created by her newest project, Batman: Gotham Knights. Another was the dissatisfaction she felt while writing about heroes that were also characters in other comics--and therefore were being manipulated by other writers.

`Sometimes you find a character you�re working with is having his/her fate influenced by creators you don�t like or trust, and you�re expected to play along, and it�s really hard,` Grayson explains. `I�m actively working on this because I think I need to mature past it, but I still sometimes have the reaction of wanting to put down all my toys and leave the sandbox in disgust when some bully comes in digging a moat around my sand castle.`

The die-hard Titans fans were sometimes a little hard to take, too, according to Grayson. `This feels weird to say because I was one of them,` she says almost apologetically. `They struggle with the same frustration of loving--and in some cases really over-identifying with--these characters while being wholly unable to influence their fate. And they take that frustration out on anyone who gets anywhere near the franchise.`

Speaking of franchises, you don�t have to be a comics professional to see that DC�s biggest cinematic franchise, Batman, is in serious trouble. Grayson says one solution could be a film about another of her favorite Titans: Nightwing, the former Robin. `I do fantasize a lot about writing a Nightwing film for Tom Cruise,` Grayson says. `I think it�s a brilliant match. Cruise as an actor would be eminently capable of communicating Dick Grayson�s passion and intense life force. And he seems to be very attracted to dramas that revolve around difficult father-figure relationships, stories of a young man�s struggle and redemption under the tutelage of an older male mentor. That�s Nightwing�s story, man, and I would give anything to introduce Mr. Dick Grayson to Mr. Tom Cruise. I�ve always had a strong feeling that they would really like each other.`



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