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Catwoman #12

 
 
CameronStewart
16:27 / 23.10.02

It's probably not the usual thing read by everyone here, but my first issue of Catwoman is out today. I'd be most appreciative if you all at least had a look and let me know what you think. Buying a copy would be even better.

Thanks...
 
 
Murray Hamhandler
17:18 / 23.10.02
Despite my relative lack of interest in this title/character, I've been determined to check it out once you started on it, Cameron (as you probably could have figured). I bought up the series thus far to catch up and...it's really not half bad. Dunno if it's the art that does it, but it seems to have a very Batman: The Animated Series vibe to it. And not much in the way of strict superheroics. Not a bad book, all told. So did you get tossed this bone or did you request it specifically for one reason or another?
 
 
Mr Tricks
21:59 / 23.10.02
I'll check it out....
 
 
lentil
23:17 / 23.10.02
Soitinly. Believe it or not I've been checking the names on the cover of Catwoman for a few months.

May be a few weeks before i can actually buy a copy though, parce que je suis le Lentil avec pas de lucre maintenant.
 
 
Murray Hamhandler
00:02 / 24.10.02
First impressions: verrrrry nice. If I weren't a CamFan before, I would be now. Tight, nicely composed: it flows. Words cannot express. Here's a face:
 
 
Mr Tricks
00:06 / 01.11.02
Picked it up Cam... very Nice, Congrats...

Sort of had an Archie/sunday comic feel...not sure of it was the coloring or (get this) the amount of space between panels... for some reason that really stood out.

Some nice fight scenes...

And My GirlFriend totally digs it... at least for one person you're in company with Promethea... her only other real read...

Kooodoes!!!
 
 
Panda.
03:33 / 01.11.02
Your art is truly terrible.
 
 
CameronStewart
03:48 / 01.11.02
Thanks very much.
 
 
Sax
07:07 / 01.11.02
Don't worry about him. He just eats, shoots and leaves.

How many black eyes do you have, Panda?
 
 
yawn - thing's buddy
07:11 / 01.11.02
Cameron – I bought Catwoman for the first time yesterday, to check out your work.
I’ll be honest. I thought it was fucking amazing. As far as I’m concerned, this issue of Catwoman is one of those comics where you’re aware that a major new talent has arrived. There are two pages within this book that I would rank as some of the best sequential art I’ve seen in a long time. I say Sequential art not because I’m trying to elevate the medium or any of that shite, I’m saying sequential art cos the story as Deric says…….

Flows.

Oh, and you can draw architecture.

I will go into more detail later
 
 
louisemichel
09:33 / 01.11.02
I bought it.
I'll read it.
But anyway, I already think you're great.
 
 
Sherman
10:37 / 01.11.02
This is the first copy of Catwoman I've bought since the first five issues (Dawyn Cooke's ones -- and those were the first Catwoman comics I'd picked up...well, ever).

I have to say that the only reason I wasn't a fan of yours before was because I'd not heard of you nor seen your work. It's beautiful, just what a Catwoman (or Batman, for that matter) book should be. Well written, too, I like this Brubaker guy. I want to see more. The cop on page two, panel 9 -- perfect. Sylvia looks wonderful -- Veronica Lake? And I dig the way you ink too. All brushwork, I guess. A big sable, like a #6?

And great website you've got too (love that Tennebaum sketch by the way).

Sorry to gush. I like it.
 
 
bigsunnydavros
15:57 / 01.11.02
Picked this up yesterday and thought it looked fantastic!

I'm re-reading it and the moment and I have to say that I'm very, very impressed.

Out of all the comics I've read recently, this one feels the most... I dunno, commic-booky. In a good way! I thought that both the at and the colouring had a very tactile feel to them. I'm not quite sure what I mean by that, but it's true.

As Mr Tricks noted, the amount of space between the panels stood out somehow, and I thought that this worked really well. It just felt so... confident. There are loads of pages that have a mother-load of panels on them, but the book never feels cramped. I like that.

It's great stuff all round: Your action scenes are smooth as all hell, and you seem to have a brilliant grasp on facial expressions/body language.

*gush*

The story was pretty good too... I liked Brubaker's Deadenders, but this isn't really my kind of thing. I think I'll keep picking it up though, cos I am verily into yer art.

[rubs hands together with glee in anticipation of the redrawn scenes in the Invisibles Volume 3 trade]
 
 
Persephone
11:55 / 04.11.02
Got this Saturday night --I have to say, this comic made me feel ...really happy. Sort of a dancey feeling through the whole book?

Sort of had an Archie/sunday comic feel

Yes, I thought that too! In a good way! Also Selina reminded me of Satin in The Spirit. In a good way, too. And I love Holly's hair and her coat.
 
 
Axel Lambert
12:38 / 04.11.02
Cameron, I haven't seen Catwoman yet, but WHAT A GREAT SITE!!! You are now officially my new favourite artist!
 
 
Spatula Clarke
15:28 / 04.11.02
Our local shithole shop still haven't got this in... bastards...
 
 
Spatula Clarke
21:44 / 12.01.03
But they have now! Yay! I can see where Deric's coming from with the Batman: Animated Series connection, but this fels more kinda... pulpy than that. In a very, very good way.

And that fight scene at the Penguin's place is excellent. As action sequences go, that one's got more style and flows more smoothly than anything the usual 'action comics' suspects can provide.

This is going to sound deeply daft, but I think the paper quality fits it perfectly, too.
 
 
Persephone
21:55 / 12.01.03
Oh no, I know exactly what you mean about the paper!

Have you got #13 yet? Funny this thread came up again, the comic shop just called me to let me know that my Catwoman Secret Files is in!
 
 
ThomasMunkholt
12:00 / 14.01.03
Cameron's issues look really good - but can I make sense of things beginning with #12?
 
 
Persephone
13:08 / 14.01.03
Yes! You can jump right in.

Now I have CSF *and* #14, which was happily also at the shop.

(Side question: is there somewhere I can go online to find out when new issues are out? The two books I am following are Catwoman and New X-Men. But the next NXM was not in yet... when? Thanks.)
 
 
kid coagulant
13:18 / 14.01.03
(Check out the Diamond Comics shipping lists:

diamond comics shipping list

'New X-men' this week, new 'Catwoman' next, from the looks of it.)
 
 
FinderWolf
13:57 / 14.01.03
Cameron, just wanted to say I really enjoy your art, esp. on CATWOMAN, which has always boasted terrific art and fantastic writing by Bru. I don't always buy it because I have to cut down on my comic spending and as much as I like it, there are other books I must have even more (nothing to do with you or Ed, of course), but I buy it intermittently since issue 1 and always keep up with it. Nice work!!

You should be proud of your work on the book; it's terrific. Always nice to see you here on the Lith boards. Peace!
 
 
CameronStewart
15:14 / 14.01.03
Thanks very much for the kind words, everyone! Glad to know my work is being well received.

I'm taking a break for issues 17-19 - they're being drawn by superstar Javier Pulido - but I'm back on at issue 20 and I think I'm finally getting the hang of this. Look for big changes in the artwork...

Thanks again!
 
 
Persephone
21:27 / 20.01.03
Oh my god, look...



...and look...



...from Catwoman #14!
 
  
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