That might be part of it, yeah. And I think Jae might not want to draw certain types of stories. And there are certain types of stories that I'm not as interested in drawing; maybe Jae likes to do those, I don't know. Maybe one story arc that will suit Jae and have him do that, one that would fit me.

Let's talk a bit about some of the specifics in your first arc -- which starts with a horizontally-formatted issue?

Yeah! I was just about to start the cover for solicitations, and I got an email, "Have you started the cover yet?" "I'm finishing this other cover right now..." "Hold off on that right now, and let me get back to you." About four hours later I got an email back, "This is what we're going to do -- we want you to draw it sideways." "OK!"

"Batman/Superman" launched this past June. Cover by Jae Lee.

I did some quick layouts just to get an idea. Apparently something like that had already been done, so [DC Comics assistant editor] Anthony Marques was like, "No, we can't do that! This has been done, we need something else." So we came up with another idea for the horizontal format. That's being tweaked right now.

I remember Marvel doing some annuals in a horizontal format about 12 years ago; "MarvelScope."

The ones I remember are the Todd McFarlane "Spider-Man" where it crossed over with "X-Force," and a "Fantastic Four" [#252] that John Byrne did a long time ago.

Drawing a horizontal issue must be a learning curve, but is it an enjoyable challenge?

Oh, yeah. I'm assuming it'll be a lot of double-page spreads with a lot of panels on them. But that's just me assuming. [Laughs]

Is the arc you're drawing also set in the early days of Batman and Superman's crimefighting careers, like the first few issues?

It's back to the modern times. Batman and Superman are basically drawn into this big fighting thing, and so they'll be fighting a bunch of people you know, and some you don't know -- most of them that you know, some that you might not have seen yet. Metallo's in it, Nightwing's in it. There are a couple of other characters that I don't want to mention. I'm looking forward to it.

You've been working on some rather high-profile DC material, but this is not only a book starring their two biggest characters, it's also got the momentum following the announcement at Comic-Con International last month that Superman and Batman are going to be starring in a movie together in a couple years. Psychologically, that has to make this an especially cool book to be taking on at this time.

I wasn't so sure that I wanted to do "Batman/Superman" originally when they asked me about it, because, I didn't want to follow Jae! [Laughs] I talked to Norm Rapmund and Andrew Dalhouse, my inker and colorist, and they were like, "No, do 'Batman/Superman'!" This was right before ["Man of Steel"] came out. The movie came out, and I really liked the movie a lot, so I was like, "OK, cool, I definitely want to do this now." And then the announcement a couple weeks ago -- which none of us knew about. I got a call, "They're going to be announcing a Batman/Superman movie!" I'm like, "No, they're not!" Twenty minutes later, they announced it.

It's early still, but have you gotten far at all into your collaboration on the book with writer Greg Pak?

Greg Pak and Brett Booth's first "Batman/Superman" collaboration is September's "Doomsday" one-shot. Cover by Tony S. Daniel.

A little bit, because we worked on the Villains Month "Doomsday" issue. That was a great story, and I really enjoyed drawing it. I love drawing Doomsday -- especially the new version, he's really cool. There are three stories that kind of weave into one story. It's "Batman/Superman" #3.1, so I've already worked on "Batman/Superman"!

As noted, you've done a lot of different stuff for DC this year, shorter runs and plenty of covers -- do you enjoy getting to do a little of everything, or do you prefer the longer runs?

I like both. I do like drawing new things a lot. And you don't know who you're going to like to draw. I like drawing Nightwing a lot, he's really fun. I like drawing the Titans. I like Superman. But then every now and then you get a curveball. I was not a big Green Arrow fan, but he's actually really fun to draw. So is Hawkman. Katana, I really like to draw Katana. You don't know.

Given the various projects you've been working on recently, how much do you like to change your approach up with each project?

I lucked out with "Teen Titans" at the end, because we went to Gotham. I changed the art up a little bit, it got a little darker. And so I carried it over into "Nightwing," and that was cool. I didn't want to change my stuff up for Justice League of America, because I was just coming on for an issue originally, and David Finch has a pretty dark style, so I thought, "Oh, maybe just keeping it a slightly more dark style might work." But there really just wasn't time. Those needed to be done so fast, I didn't have time to really adjust, and had to basically just draw.

Any final thoughts you'd like to share at this point on your upcoming run on "Batman/Superman"?

I'm super-excited. I asked [Pak], before I got the Doomsday plot, "Can you send me over a plot so I can see how you space stuff out?" He sent me over "Batman/Superman" #1. I just loved it. It was great. It was unexpected, and I liked the Earth 2 stuff, and I was so looking forward to it. The first few issues have been great.

I actually read the plot for "Darkseid" [Villains Month one-shot also written by Pak], and that's really cool. Oh man, I really want to draw that one, too.