After seven mind-bending years, Grant Morrison is preparing to close out his Batman saga with the release of Batman Incorporated #13 in July. But if you're concerned about what's going to happen to all your favorite Inc. characters -- Man-of-Bats, Red Raven, Jiro, Knight, El Gaucho, and the rest -- fear no more.

DC Comics will be releasing the Batman Incorporated Special #1 in August, an anthology of sorts featuring a variety of different creators telling all-new stories with these characters. Talent includes Chris Burnham, Ethan Van Sciver, Dan DiDio, Joe Keatinge and more. It'll hit on August 28 for $4.99.In addition, Batman Inc. artist Chris Burnham will be guest-writing this month's issue #11 with Jorge Lucas taking on art duties for a story that spins away from the primary Leviathan tale. I caught up with Burnham to get the skinny on his issue of Batman Incorporated and what his future with the Bat-family holds. Check out a sneak peek at the issue below.

Generally speaking, my process starts with a general idea for the theme or basic plot of the story, and then I'll noodle around and come up with a bunch of weird plot details and character moments. Once I feel like I've hit the critical mass of having enough material to fill up a comic book, I'll turn that into a simple outline, which later gets turned into a page-by-page breakdown, which gets turned into a panel-by-panel breakdown with rough dialogue. This is what the artist, in this case the astounding Jorge Lucas, draws from. As the art is turned in I'll do a final dialogue pass to make sure that the script lines up with the facial expressions and gestures.

When I co-wrote #0 with Grant, he and the editors came in at the beginning of the process to suggest a few additional scenes for the book (the boardroom scene was Grant's idea), and Grant came in again at the end of the game for the final dialogue pass. A fair amount of my dialogue remains intact in the published version, and there are some scenes, like the Man-of-Bats press conference, that are 100% Grant. Teamwork!

Picking up from their flirtations in Batman Inc #0, Jiro (Batman Japan) and Lolita Canary (of the Super Young Team), are on their first real date when they're interrupted by the Bat-Alarm. A titanic team of malevolent motorcycle mavens in color-coordinated costumes are terrorizing the town, and all-out action ensues! I don't want to say much more than that -- spoilers have been proven to cause headaches in 9 out of 10 comic creators!Generally speaking, it's got action, gross-out gags, horrible insults, terrible jokes, super science, romance, triumph, tragedy, and a brand new villain that's sure to be the cosplay hit of the summer. Oh! And it's got a beginning, a middle, and an end! All in 20 pages!The Leviathan story is Grant's to tell, and it wouldn't be fair to him or the readers for me to sweep in for the antepenultimate issue and give Talia laser eyes or reveal that she is her own time-traveling mother. Although…The whole Bat-team thought it would be fun to hop back into the spirit of the pre-New 52 incarnation of Batman Inc. and do one last done-in-one romp, so we made this issue as self-contained as possible.I lucked out and didn't have any convention appearances for a few months after his death, so I dodged most of the vitriol. People are still sad and a little angry, but that's the response we were going for. If people were cheering at Damian's tragic demise, I'd know that we had made a horrible mistake.Damian is my favorite character in the book, both to read and to draw. I was definitely bummed out when I realized that we were really going through with it. I did my damnedest to have him go out like a champ. If those soldiers hadn't been taking pot shots at him, I think he had The Heretic licked.Assuming that Grant and Talia don't kill everybody, I think any of the characters could hold down their own series. I've got a real soft spot for Man-of-Bats and Raven. And I'd love to get some more crazy British super spy action with The Hood. And that Batman Japan guy sure is dreamy...It's another Batman Japan story, and it's the first comic that I'll have written and drawn in quite some time! I'm psyched! It's not finished yet, but I promise it'll be chock full of nonsense. I'm going to see if I can imagine what would happen if Will Eisner and Go Nagai made comics together!I imagine that the vast majority of my time will be spent drawing, but I'm definitely interested in doing some more writing. Both disciplines are diabolically impossible but deeply rewarding. Now when I get tired of banging my head against one wall I'll have another wall to switch to!Stay tuned! I think we'll be ready to announce the Bat-Mite maxi-series in a few months. [laughs]

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