Catwoman
She Has No Head! – Superheroines On Film Are Killing It
I’ve spent most of my life aching for great superheroine portrayals on film. To see some of my comic book heroines reflected back to me on 40-foot screens. With a few awesome exceptions (X-Men, X2) I have been disappointed again and again (Catwoman, Elektra, Sue Storm in Fantastic Four, Batgirl in Batman & Robin, Poison Ivy in Batman & Robin, Supergirl, Mary Jane in Spiderman, okay not a superheroine, but still) the list of bad performances, bad writing, bad directing, and just bad ideas is painfully long.
Clockwise From Top Left: Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts in Iron Man 3, Olivia Thirlby as Judge Anderson in Dredd, Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises, and Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanov/Black Widow in The Avengers.
Committed: Catwoman (The Dark Knight Rises Blu-Ray)
Since today is my birthday it is lucky that I get to write about something I really like; Anne Hathaway’s depiction of Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises. With the release of the blu-ray next week (December 4th to be precise, in plenty of time for early holiday shopping), I had a chance to review it and check out all the special features that come with it. Since I’m sure you’ll be able to find plenty of reviews of the entire, impressive package, I focused my attention on Catwoman and the feature elaborating on the design and approach taken on that character.
3 Chicks Review Comics – Episode 047
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Inside this episode! We have a review of Ann Nocenti and Rafa Sandoval’s Catwoman #14 and Kathryn Immonen and Valerio Schiti’s Journey Into Mystery #646. We then have an awesome interview with Marvel Editor Jeanine Schaefer! C’mon in for a listen! Kelly mercilessly plugs her book – on sale for Cyber Monday at Amazon! Sue talks about how 3 Batgirls have swept the Kick Ass DC Woman Tournament 3 years in a row. Also, did you see what Sue is Thankful For this year? Great list of great things! Ooh! And Renae De Liz has a great new Kickstarter going. Check it out!
Here are the breaks:
Catwoman #14 – 00:43
Journey Into Mystery #646 – 14:01
Interview with Jeanine Schaefer – 23:31
Extra bits! – 97:43
3 Chicks Review Comics is a podcast featuring female comics lovers and bloggers Sue from DC Women Kicking Ass and Kelly Thompson from She Has No Head! Tune in to CSBG every other Monday at noon as we review comics and discuss hot topics of the week. In addition to the blogs above, you can also follow us all on twitter as well: Kelly and Sue. Special thanks to Nik Furious for our awesome 3 Chicks theme song.
*As always beware of spoilers if you haven’t read the books in question! Advance reviews are always spoiler-free!
Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 316: Catwoman (volume 2) #53
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. Today’s page is from Catwoman (volume 2) #53, which was published by DC and is cover dated May 2006. Enjoy!
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Committed: Ms. New 52 and Her Powerful PMS
DC’s solo, female superhero titles depict women who are firmly focused on emotions, family, home, and sex. These women are so distracted by these things, that they’re barely able to think about their jobs as superheroes. It is disappointing to read so many women characters depicted this way, consistently unprofessional and erratic, and it is hard to imagine a male character ever worrying about any of these things to this level.
Greg reviews every single new DC comic!
Oh, yes, it’s time once again for something crazy like this. Brace yourselves! You might want to get a glass of water and some provisions before you start reading. It’s a long one, in case you can’t guess.
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Into the back issue box #56
Oh, Jim Balent – what life must have been like for you before you found your true calling!!!!
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Committed: My Fantasy Superhero Creative Teams
It being the day before Thanksgiving, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of you happy holidays. I hope you have a lot of good comic books to read when you’re too full to move.
In the next few days it will not only be Thanksgiving but also my birthday, so I’ve decided to create my own unconventional creator/superhero wishlist. On previous Thanksgivings I have asked diverse comic book creators about what they’re thankful for and discussed my own gratitude for comics, but this year I’m taking a different direction and writing about what I’d like to see.
She Has No Head! – Superhero Fashion Week Edition
A very fashion forward Rogue by Nuno Alves for Project Rooftop
It was fashion week in New York City this past week and that, plus my love of Dean Trippe’s wonderful superhero re-design website Project Rooftop had me thinking about the great hits and misses of superheroine fashion. So in honor of Fashion Week and Brian’s month of Top Fives I thought I’d do a nice light post about some of my favorite female superhero costumes…really just an excuse to post a lot of fantastic images.
I kept the list to five…but then added about a million honorable mentions…because, well, because I’m a terrible editor…the secret is out. Oooh, and if you think I could keep my big mouth shut about a few costumes I think are in desperate need of an update…you’d be wrong…they’re at the bottom (where they belong). Bwahahaha!
Onto the list!
Paging Doctor Wertham!
You know, the surprise is not that someone wanted the government to crack down on comic books, but that someone didn’t do it sooner …
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