Wven though he's not, he's so humble! He's not difficult or nasty about it, but he is a lot to live up to. I have four brothers, and I thought about sibling rivalry and it seemed like pitting them against each other as brothers, especially because Dick even in our series is older, so he's kind of this older brother who is really perfect and amazing. So I might have started trying to come up with a way that I could incorporate Dick as well.ĭick Grayson is an important character to the Titans, and it felt like just throwing him in as a side character would be a disservice. I was taking away one of his favorite characters. It was so pathetic, I just felt like a villain. But Dick is Gabriel's favorite Robin! So, when it became clear around Teen Titans: Beast Boy that we could possibly continue the series, and Gabriel found out it wasn't Dick, he was so sad.

Originally, when I pitched the series way back when, Damian was the Robin because he's my favorite Robin and he's kind of damaged and complex, which makes him a good character to explore in a book. As someone who loves Dick as a character, I think this is the first time I've understood quite how, for want of a better way of putting it, annoying Dick Grayson could be to those around him. One of the things that this book in particular does, is that it looks at things from Damian's point of view. I want to ask about the Robin-ness of Robin, because when people think Teen Titans, they do tend to think of Dick Grayson. Kami Garcia: Oh, I know! It's so hard to not tell people because they're been waiting for Starfire for so long.

So when I saw the name, it really was a, 'Oh, this is amazing!' moment. Maybe I should have expected Starfire was going to come into things, but I really didn't. Popverse: I will start this by saying at the end of Teen Titans: Robin, when you see the list and you see the particular name at the end of the list, I kind of wanted to cheer. (Very mild spoilers ahead, if you’re concerned about such things.)

To mark the book’s release, Popverse spoke to writer Kami Garcia about the new graphic novel, the differences between Damian Wayne and Dick Grayson, and just how exciting it is to finally tell people what’s coming up next. Dick Grayson that is, who shows up to complicate matter in the newly-released fourth book in the series, Teen Titans: Robin. Before Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo’s YA version of the Teen Titans can find their latest member - Teen Titans: Starfire was announced on Monday for a July 2024 release - the Titans have to deal with a Dick.

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