I actually do own the first... goodly run of [Catwoman] issues, not sure how far up i have. At some point I need to take those out and read them. Since you seem to be a long-time reader, what did you think of Devin Grayson's run on the title?
I've got a long and complicated history with the original Catwoman series, and mostly it's bad thanks to run-ins I've had with Chris Dee and her 'Cat-Tails' bunch. I thought the older series was pretty fluffy and is a prime example of early-90s substance-free, violent and silly comic book writing. That's not to say that sort of format is without its charms, but I'd rather see my heroes as mature, grounded, realistic characters rather than globe-trotting cuthroats.
I thought the old series did a real injustice to Selina Kyle's character, particularily after the Year-One style 'Her Sister's Keeper', which started the series off with a lot of potential but crashed and burned with Chuck Dixon. It was always puzzling to me why they chose to turn Catwoman away from her Miller-esqure roots of prostitution and redemption through violence (a journey that so closely mirrors Batman's that it becomes a commentary on gender and class in the DCU) and make her into a female James Bond who steals.
I guess it's mostly a matter of taste, although I don't think the title was particularily well-written under Dixon or Grayson. But the whole thing is just...silly, especially in comparison to the gravity and depth lent to the character by Brubaker's work. Catwoman got her soul under Brubaker; with Dixon, Grayson et al, she a cypher.
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Date: 2004-08-01 11:00 am (UTC)I've got a long and complicated history with the original Catwoman series, and mostly it's bad thanks to run-ins I've had with Chris Dee and her 'Cat-Tails' bunch. I thought the older series was pretty fluffy and is a prime example of early-90s substance-free, violent and silly comic book writing. That's not to say that sort of format is without its charms, but I'd rather see my heroes as mature, grounded, realistic characters rather than globe-trotting cuthroats.
I thought the old series did a real injustice to Selina Kyle's character, particularily after the Year-One style 'Her Sister's Keeper', which started the series off with a lot of potential but crashed and burned with Chuck Dixon. It was always puzzling to me why they chose to turn Catwoman away from her Miller-esqure roots of prostitution and redemption through violence (a journey that so closely mirrors Batman's that it becomes a commentary on gender and class in the DCU) and make her into a female James Bond who steals.
I guess it's mostly a matter of taste, although I don't think the title was particularily well-written under Dixon or Grayson. But the whole thing is just...silly, especially in comparison to the gravity and depth lent to the character by Brubaker's work. Catwoman got her soul under Brubaker; with Dixon, Grayson et al, she a cypher.
Anyway, sorry, long response to a short question.