This morning, filmmaker and comics writer Kevin Smith took to his Facebook page to announce details (and share some art) from the forthcoming Batman: Bellicosity, the third miniseries by Smith and his longtime friend and Comic Book Men co-star Walter Flanagan.

Flanagan's art, which was widely criticized in the first miniseries (Batman: Cacophony) and much improved in time for the second (Batman: The Widening Gyre), has made another leap forward in this series, which Smith says rounds out their trilogy.

The series stars Onomatopoeia, a character Smith introduced during his best-selling Green Arrow run who went on to become a Batman villain in Smith's trilogy. Rumor has it that Smith has a deal in place with DC that no other writer can use the character without his permission.

The Batman costume is also looking pretty old-school in this shot, which makes sense--not only is it the third in a series of stories that started before The New 52, but Smith's Batman books have always taken a lot of time to produce and generally have been considered non-canonical anyway.

The series will reportedly kick off in the summer. Check out Smith's comments below, and the preview art at right.