Longtime Batman artist Greg Capullo will be taking a break from drawing the Dark Knight in 2016.

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Newsarama reports Capullo is putting his DC work on pause to work on a creator-owned project with Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar."Greg is going to take a break after Batman #51," current Batman writer Scott Snyder said during his spotlight panel at NYCC. "It's going to be very short. He and I have known this for some time."He's going to do a short project with Mark Millar. I'm going to stay on Batman. When you work with someone for a long time, the best thing about comics is the collaborative nature of it."Capullo has been the artist on Batman since DC's New 52 reboot back in 2011. Some of his recent work includes the critically-acclaimed and dramatic Endgame run that concluded earlier this year. Read IGN's Endgame review to learn more.

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