So I write it as though it’s a movie and very often say things like “the camera moves in for close up.” And then Tim will call me and go, “the cameras not moving anywhere. JL: My background is as you guys know is mostly in film and television. But as I’m interpreting it, I’m seeing it again, and that makes it so much fun. And then actually, it transforms for me also when I’m drawing it because reading it, Jeph writes full-script, it’s all there, except he leaves a lot for me to interpret. TS: I felt just the same way about the script. I would have liked to have been that 10-year-old buying this following special. Every time I see new pages, I just turn into a 10-year-old fanboy that used to go to the comic store every single Wednesday.

In complete honesty and no hype, I think what he’s doing on this book is the best work he’s done in years. Believe it or not, he did my first comic book and is currently doing the other end of the rainbow. JL: That was really the big draw, no pun intended. This was a good way to kind of jump back into an area that we were comfortable, and we’re just really excited to work together again. And Jeph has been obviously elsewhere and on other media. Well, for him to write and for me to draw interiors. It’s been a long time since either of us had done any interiors. Tim Sale: The biggest thing for me is working together with Jeph again.

The most important thing was that Tim was comfortable with the time that we had and the amount of work that it was going to require because it is 48 pages, square-bound, prestige format. With the video coming out and the anniversary coming out, we said, “How would you feel about doing another Halloween special.” Immediately Marie Javins was incredibly excited and enthusiastic and Ben Abernathy was on board and it came together very quickly. It started out as an idea and because we hadn’t done a Halloween special in literally decades. Jeph Loeb: It started at the end of spring, the beginning of summer, that kind of thing. AIPT: How long has the Batman long Halloween Special in the works?

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