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  I’m a Special Guest at WonderCon this weekend in Anaheim! My schedule is below; in particular, I’m excited about my presentation on Saturday at 11:30: “The Empire of a Wicked Woman” tackles comics, Catwoman, some powerful women in history, and the occasional cat-shaped car. See you there!     FRIDAY, MARCH 31 The Dichotomy Between Good and Bad Sometimes a hero has to make a bad decision and sometimes a villain falls onto the side of good. What makes a hero or a villain as these lines become blurrier? Find out with WonderCon Anaheim special guests Michael Cho (Shoplifter), Chad Hardin (Harley Quinn), Chris Roberson (iZombie), Genevieve Valentine (Catwoman), and moderator Mark Waid (Archie) as they seek the balance that keeps readers rooting for and against their favorite comic characters. 2:30pm – 3:30pm, Room 213   WonderCon Special Guest Signing: Genevieve Valentine All Author Signings take place in the Author Signing Area, at the rear of Hall A. Special thanks to Mysterious Galaxy. 3:45pm – 4:30pm, Exhibit Hall, Author Signing Area – Rear of… Read more »

Catwoman 42: “Gathered From All Sides”

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Catwoman #42 is out in the world! In “Gathered From All Sides,” Selina needs to be Catwoman, Spoiler just needs A Catwoman, and their reunion goes just about as well as you could expect for two people who last met when one of them kidnapped the other one. There’s a preview available at MTV, which features Selina in what might be her sharpest suit yet, a chat between old friends, and a reminder that Bill Turner is part of something bigger than himself. (The quote this month is from Empress Pulcheria, whose skills at delegation are whose idea of a nice militarized parlay ends up being a soft spot with Penguin, because of course.) It’s been a blast writing Stephanie, especially given their beautifully awful setup in Batman Eternal, in which Selina regrets nothing and Stephanie is ready to fight her despite being perfectly aware she’s going to get her ass handed to her. She does find a mentor (you’ll have to see who), and is going to have an arc of her own as… Read more »

Catwoman 41: “Caesar or Nothing”

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Catwoman’s back, and so am I! (Both a little belated, announcement-wise, but what can you do.) Post-Convergence, the story picks up with Selina having locked down her empire. As Catwoman, she can undermine Black Mask with no one the wiser – and has backup in Eiko. As herself, she rules the Calabrese cartel and has kept relative peace among the families. Nothing can shake her. Except the news that Batman’s dead. In my first arc, “Keeper of the Castle” (which will be out in trade soon – stay tuend for details that are hopefully more timely than these details were!), Selina made some brutal choices in order to become the lesser of two evils, alienating people she loved, sorting out family politics, and realizing she has to be wholly herself if she’s going to survive – she has to be Catwoman as much as Selina, and she has to face what she’s capable of, for good and otherwise. In this arc, she’ll have to find out if even that’s going to be enough to save… Read more »

Catwoman #40: “The Issue and End”

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Last week, Catwoman ended an arc and started a new one – in both the literal and figurative senses. Selina as a mob boss was always going to be a big step, but it seemed like such rich ground for her, and am really glad Gotham gets to spend a little more time unpacking this long con – particularly since this arc gives us more crunchy stuff in the Gotham underworld when it’s going to look a little different (thanks to some of the events in Batman), and Selina will have a whole new roster of problems once she starts Catwomaning again. (Spoilers that she comes back to the suit, I guess, but I mean, it’s also the cover.) Garry Brown’s run ends with this issue. I could not have asked for a better artist to make this arc come to life – besides little things, like his knack for architecture that meant Gotham really was a character in the book, he’s been accommodating about every last lapel when it matters, and I am really… Read more »

Catwoman #39: “Better Than He Does Himself”

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Or: the one in which Selina Kyle confirms a rumor. This is an important issue plotwise: It’s the one in which Selina has to decide if she’s going to war against an ever-more-powerful enemy; it’s the one in which she has to sit down in the all-neon diner that Drive forgot and decide if she can even believe she has a brother, much less anything he says. But this is also the issue in which Eiko finally tips her hand about one of the reasons she’s been so drawn to Selina, and sets another plot in motion. I talk a little about the thinking behind the quotes and the plot forces at work over at Comicosity. When I was first plotting out what I expected to be a six-issue arc, there were a few emotional beats I considered indispensable. One was Nick, around whom Selina’s moral axis pivoted and whose death would set up Antonia to be both guilt-trip and threat to Selina – a contestant for the throne, even if neither of them wanted… Read more »

Catwoman and Other News

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I have some fun bits of news! We’ll start with the big one. DC announced its June titles today; among them is the note that I will be continuing as the writer of CATWOMAN. It wasn’t a sure thing – I was taken on initially for a single arc, and the future was conditional. It was a big change for her, in terms of both situation and tone, and we all knew it was going to be a leap of faith for readers. As such, I have even more reason to be completely thrilled at the fan response to this take on Selina, which has been above and beyond anybody’s expectations, and I can’t wait to continue her adventures. Thanks so much to everyone who’s been reading it for making this possible. And speaking of thrilling: Locus has released their 2014 Recommended Reading List, and I am on it! I actually couldn’t believe how generous a showing I made this year, and since it will likely never happen again, we’ll just go through it all.… Read more »
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