James Harvey
08-20-2001, 02:03 PM
<b>Ed Brubaker</b> is going to be shaking up Gotham, and not just Batman's world! As we all know: Brubaker is set to relaunch Catwoman later this year with a new volume and a $2.50US price tag. But the biggest suprise is how Brubaker plans to handle the character. According to <b><a href="http://www.comicon.com/newsarama">Comic Newsarama</a></b> DC was so suprised with Brubaker's proposal, they wanted him to relaunch the series. <b>Comic Newsarama</b> was able to get ahold of Brubaker to get his thoughts on the new series.
"If you look at the Catwoman origin from <b>Batman: Year One</b>, she's either a prostitute or some sort of S&M dominatrix or something," Brubaker said. "And I could never tell what ended up being the DC canonical version - they always left it kind of vague - she was somehow living on the streets and making a living illegally. She was that type of person. I figured I could take her back to those roots, to some degree - what if she ended up being the person who sort of defends the people who live on the other side of the law, who are maybe criminals, but who aren’t necessarily bad people because of it? That was the generic idea that I had, and then I started thinking about everything she has been through for like the last three years of the series and I thought everything that she’s done perfectly leads up to some sort of a breakdown/re-evaluating kind of a moment, which would be a great way to redefine the character and take it in another direction."
To read the entire story (and there is <b>ALOT</b> more), then check out this <b><a href="http://www.comicon.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000055.html">link</a></b>.
"If you look at the Catwoman origin from <b>Batman: Year One</b>, she's either a prostitute or some sort of S&M dominatrix or something," Brubaker said. "And I could never tell what ended up being the DC canonical version - they always left it kind of vague - she was somehow living on the streets and making a living illegally. She was that type of person. I figured I could take her back to those roots, to some degree - what if she ended up being the person who sort of defends the people who live on the other side of the law, who are maybe criminals, but who aren’t necessarily bad people because of it? That was the generic idea that I had, and then I started thinking about everything she has been through for like the last three years of the series and I thought everything that she’s done perfectly leads up to some sort of a breakdown/re-evaluating kind of a moment, which would be a great way to redefine the character and take it in another direction."
To read the entire story (and there is <b>ALOT</b> more), then check out this <b><a href="http://www.comicon.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000055.html">link</a></b>.