As DC Comics' solicitations confirmed yesterday, the much-anticipated debut of the Batwoman series has been moved from February to April -- the date that writer-artist J.H. Williams III notes he originally wanted.

"Some think that this book was to launch last July," the award-winning artist writes on his blog, "this was never the case, this was speculation on the part of some. The book was also never to launch in November either. The zero issue which came out at that time was never in the original plans, but was done as a bit of a reminder as requested by DC, and to set the stage, this of course took out time of the work already in progress. February had been decided on the launch date by the company with reservations about that from me. I felt that was a bit too soon in a realistic look at work progression. One of the reasons for this was that I had been seriously committed to making appearances around the world over this past year. I think maybe 3 months or more of work loss occurred during that time. I kept trying to point this out whenever discussions about schedule came up. When first discussing the launch date earlier last year we had originally wanted April 2011, and now ironically that is what we have. Only after solicits stating otherwise, causing some unnecessary frustrations."

Williams, who's collaborating on Batwoman with W. Haden Blackman and Amy Reeder, says his schedule was further complicated by the addition of the covers for the high-profile Batman Inc. (He's since bowed out of that assignment, with the cover for Issue 5 being his last.)

"Even though there has been issues raised in the scheduling and plans being jumped the gun on, DC acknowledges for the greater good of the project we need more time," he continues. "I’m glad that they saw this was a good idea, this will help maintain a certain standard that we’ve already set in place."

Visit Williams' blog for more of his comments, and to see his covers for Batman Inc. Batwoman #1 is set to debut on April 27, according to the DC Comics website (the solicitations released yesterday say April 6).