I mean, that's not the kind of thing you want to be saying to people on the newspaper, like, ‘Smoke weed! It makes you a better writer,' but it's absolutely true, you get more into detail, I think.'

So, I've written for Batman like in my Green Arrow run and ‘Cacophony,' but this time I was writing stoned and it was a different approach to the character, and I feel a better approach. 'So, I think it's a lot more creative than any of the other stuff I've done in comics, because you know, it's not a stoner story by any stretch of the imagination but getting stoned just allows you to kind of look at something from a completely different perspective than you normally do. I was like, ‘Quick, what happens to Batman next?' 'Like, I remember writing it, like blazing, writing, waking up the next morning, reading it going, ‘This is dope,' because I didn't remember writing it. 'I really wanted people to dig it because I thought it was like some of my best comic book writing and I wrote it completely stoned, you know, and that's what's wonderful,' Smith said. The writer and director also frankly discussed part of the reason he felt more at-ease while penning 'The Widening Gyre.'

'By the time we hit ‘Widening Gyre' man, we just hit the ground running and both of us are much better at the job than we were the last time out.' ‘Cacophony' is totally an easy read, but you could see in places like, ‘Oh, they're still putting it together,'' Smith said. 'We had such a good time doing (‘Cacophony'), but also I hadn't written a comic in a while, (Flanagan) had never drawn for DC, so we were both kind of figuring it out. Smith explained why he and Flanagan decided to return to Gotham City after completing the three-issue mini-series 'Batman: Cacophony' earlier this year. Issue three of 'The Widening Gyre' is available now, and issue four hits comic book shop shelves on Jan. We caught up with Smith this September when he and longtime friend and collaborator Scott Mosier brought their popular SModcast series to Red Bank's Two River Theater, and after the show he took some time to bring us up to speed on a few of his upcoming projects in the worlds of film and comics.įirst up is 'Batman: The Widening Gyre,' Smith and artist Walter Flanagan's second go-around with the Dark Knight for D.C. But soon, Monmouth County filmmaker and author Kevin Smith will have his name closely associated with all three. Kevin Smith takes on Batman, Bruce Willis, Warren Zevonīatman, Bruce Willis and Warren Zevon: aside from being three pillars of our culture and a trio of pretty cool guys, it doesn't seem like the Caped Crusader, the star of the 'Die Hard' series and the writer of 'Werewolves of London' have all that much in common. The View Askewniverse - News - Kevin Smith takes on Batman, Bruce Willis, Warren Zevon

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