In an attempt to get to more of these messages and get a little closer to reducing my inbox current inbox clutter I’ll mass response a few recurring questions from this week.
I don’t have any more information regarding what this series is going to be about than what we already know. I do think that the “awful” comment was blown out of proportion and Jones was just being facetious when she said it. Jones also said that Michelle Pfeiffer’s version of Catwoman is a big inspiration for her and that version of the character is a lot more rebellious. I can’t interpret for someone what they meant, so if you have any questions about what she meant you should ask her very nicely if she wouldn’t mind clarifying. Joëlle Jones has a twitter account.
I will say that based on her work on Lady Killer I have every confidence in Jones’ ability to write a complicated character like Catwoman and I’m ecstatic that she got the gig and that Catwoman’s series is being restored. It’s an exciting new route because, to my knowledge, this is the first time a married woman will be headlining in her own series at DC. Not co-starring. Not getting second billing but headlining and it’s great that we’ll be getting more of Selina’s first-person perspective, which I’ve missed.
Anyone who just spent the last year “concerned” about Selina’s independence and complaining that Selina hasn’t had enough perspective just remember: ya’ll let her last series die. So, you had better make sure this series’ sales are sustainable and buy the book. Complaining on twitter, making edits for Tumblr, and pirating the book on a free website does nothing to support your fave. You have to spend money and buy it. Consider this a warning.
The reason that people think that Catwoman needs to be reformed, a la her third series, is because people think that Batman needs Catwoman to change who she is to be together. That she needs to conform to his lifestyle and standards. This is not what Tom King is going for. Tom King’s batcat is contingent on the fact that they both except each other for who they are, flaws and all. He has said repeatedly, as recently as last weekend, that Bruce does not want or excepts Selina to change. I also think there’s this old-fashioned idea that people become completely different people when they get married and that is simply not the case.
King said, “It’s like: oh right! That instinct is still inside her. Just because she’s with Batman, that doesn’t mean it’s going to leave her. That’s part of being married. You don’t throw away who you are. You accept who you are… I don’t think being married is going to change them. It’s a piece of paper to them. Their love isn’t based on going in front of a priest or judge. If they did it or never did it, their love would stay the same.”
I think there’s something to be said that the concern is placed solely on Selina to change her ways to make the marriage work. Bruce is far from a perfect person, and he is operating under less than legal means as well. There’s a reason he took up masked vigilantism instead of joining the police force, going to law school, or becoming a politician. In the last few years Bruce’s own perception of his morality has shifted. In a fairly recent issue of Red Hood and the Outsiders he admitted that he is technically a criminal. The entire point of WOJAR was to point out that Bruce is a flawed person and Selina accepts this.
I’ve already answered about what Tim Seeley said about Selina’s daughter, and about the batfam’s involvement in the wedding. Twice. To everyone who sent nice messages this week; I see you and I appreciate every bit of it. Thanks so much!
