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Catwoman #4
We learn a little bit more about Selina's past and are introduced to more people in her life. At best it appears as though the Frank Miller prostitute origin has been retconned out of continuity. So I guess one point for Winick?




Heh, I don't know about anyone else, but I thought Selina looked a bit like Sailor Star Fighter in those last few panels.
Anyway, from the last few pages of Catwoman #4, an interview with the boys behind this book:
1. What do you love about writing/drawing these characters?
Judd: Catwoman is brilliant, damaged, sophisticated, crass, and a born survivor who also seems at times to have a death wish. The complexities leap her.
Guillem: I like lonely characters so I can focus on the body language, facial expressions, how he or she interacts with the background.
2. What is your favourite thing about your part in the New 52?
Guillem: It will be long remembered and I'm incredibly happy I got the chance to be a part of it. I feel I'm adding something to the character, putting a bit of my own vision of Catwoman in the book.
Judd: The fresh stories we get to tell, how we get to hit the ground running, and how we can welcome new readers. All the stories are open to EVERYONE.
3. Can you tease the villains they will be fighting in upcoming issues?
Judd: Well, Catwoman's a criminal, so her adversaries cross a few spectrums. She'll have a run-in with an ugly mobster named BONE, have a budding romance with a member of the Gotham Police Department, and OH YEAH--there's Batman!
Guillem: See Judd's answer. I just want some of the villains we have in the book to stay for a long time because they're great. I love Bone.
4. What new things are you doing with these characters?
Judd: We are getting back to the core of Selina Kyle. She is, first and foremost, a thief. She steals not to survive, but because she digs it.
5. How will you shock readers?
Guillem: Every issue I've drawn to date has a very strong surprise or cliffhanger at the end. I'm always shocked when I read Judd's scripts.
Judd: As of Catwoman #1, pardon the pun, but the cat's out of the bag on one of our MAJOR surprises--the Catwoman/Batman romance.
6. What is your favourite page in the first few issues and why?
Judd: Am I allowed to say ALL of them? If I HAVE to choose, it's page 3 of the first issue. Catwoman crashing out her window in a hail of gunfire, half in her costume, whip in one hand, cat carrier in the other. This says EVERYTHING about our book and Catwoman. Dangerous, sexy, and unexpected.
Guillem: Issue #1, page1. All started there. I hope it takes a long time to finish.




Heh, I don't know about anyone else, but I thought Selina looked a bit like Sailor Star Fighter in those last few panels.
Anyway, from the last few pages of Catwoman #4, an interview with the boys behind this book:
1. What do you love about writing/drawing these characters?
Judd: Catwoman is brilliant, damaged, sophisticated, crass, and a born survivor who also seems at times to have a death wish. The complexities leap her.
Guillem: I like lonely characters so I can focus on the body language, facial expressions, how he or she interacts with the background.
2. What is your favourite thing about your part in the New 52?
Guillem: It will be long remembered and I'm incredibly happy I got the chance to be a part of it. I feel I'm adding something to the character, putting a bit of my own vision of Catwoman in the book.
Judd: The fresh stories we get to tell, how we get to hit the ground running, and how we can welcome new readers. All the stories are open to EVERYONE.
3. Can you tease the villains they will be fighting in upcoming issues?
Judd: Well, Catwoman's a criminal, so her adversaries cross a few spectrums. She'll have a run-in with an ugly mobster named BONE, have a budding romance with a member of the Gotham Police Department, and OH YEAH--there's Batman!
Guillem: See Judd's answer. I just want some of the villains we have in the book to stay for a long time because they're great. I love Bone.
4. What new things are you doing with these characters?
Judd: We are getting back to the core of Selina Kyle. She is, first and foremost, a thief. She steals not to survive, but because she digs it.
5. How will you shock readers?
Guillem: Every issue I've drawn to date has a very strong surprise or cliffhanger at the end. I'm always shocked when I read Judd's scripts.
Judd: As of Catwoman #1, pardon the pun, but the cat's out of the bag on one of our MAJOR surprises--the Catwoman/Batman romance.
6. What is your favourite page in the first few issues and why?
Judd: Am I allowed to say ALL of them? If I HAVE to choose, it's page 3 of the first issue. Catwoman crashing out her window in a hail of gunfire, half in her costume, whip in one hand, cat carrier in the other. This says EVERYTHING about our book and Catwoman. Dangerous, sexy, and unexpected.
Guillem: Issue #1, page1. All started there. I hope it takes a long time to finish.
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I hope so, never liked that one!
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I was introduced to her in B:tAS and that definitely played a role.
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Or the Batman Returns one, where she's a loyal corporate type, finds a nasty secret from her boss, is betrayed and almost killed by him, and something snaps and she embraces a mentality almost 180 from her old, being an untethered and free like her cats.
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Plus taking it out of continuity means taking out Holly too - which I luved very much. I miss Holly, even her short time as Catwoman!
So, boo to re-retconning that out..... :(
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I do hope we see Holly at some point--if not just so her last story doesn't have to be freaking Countdown.
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Rumor is the prostitute origin was done under an unfriendly editorial regime who sought to diminish her popularity by reimagining her as such (think Catholic Church & Mary Magdalene). Unfortunately for them, Batman Returns happened and the effect was just the opposite.
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http://dcboards.warnerbros.com/web/thread.jspa?threadID=2000242939&start=30&tstart=30
See mycroft and zod's posts.
And an anonymous powerpoint floating in the net:
http://www.slideshare.net/branding-disasters/destroying-your-brand
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