CATWOMAN #39 is OUT NOW!

she's out! catch her! catch that slinky cat!

Hello friends!

I was really excited to have a thoughtful essay to share about Catwoman today for the release of CATWOMAN #39, but I don’t. In fact, I’m instead pretty sick in bed with an as-of-yet mystery virus and am just getting this out a day late! And into the evening! But I would be very upset with myself if I didn’t at least make a post letting you know.

That being said, DC books release on Tuesday and I know a lot of you don’t go to the comic shop til Wednesday, so let’s pretend I was waiting on y’all to post about it.

So here it is, from my fevered depths, big inhale, several coughs, and then -

CATWOMAN #39 - DANGEROUS LIAISONS PART ONE

SCRIPT: me ART: Nico Leon COLORS: Jordie Bellaire LETTERS: Tom Napolitano

MAIN COVER: Jeff Dekal (unbeatable)

EDITORIAL MAGIC: Jessica Chen, Jess Berbey, and the amazing umbrella of the Gotham office, a place I truly cannot believe I’m working.

Out today wherever comics are sold!

Note: I hear the book is selling pretty fast and is way marked up some places, which is good news, but also bad, because I want y’all to be able to read it for cover price! To that I say - I myself am a digital reader when it comes to single issues, and digital is never marked up. Digital readers are awesome readers too!

I love writing Selina. I find myself being so grateful she exists, every time I write her. I’m even more grateful when I see Nico and Jeff and Maika draw her, Jordie color her…I could go on and on.

Anyway. We begin. Hope you’ll enjoy.

Nico and I did a great interview with the folks at Gatecrashers and it was a really good time! If you want to see more of how we work and talk together, we got really excited in this one. I say in that interview that I’ll post my Catwoman playlist so I will, here, for you all to enjoy. Listen, and have fun.

Don’t read too far into it (she said, knowing y’all will cause I would too) because I don’t want anyone conspiring about how the presence of Massive Attack’s “Dissolved Girl” means the Joker is gonna dunk Selina in a vat at the Ace Chemical Factory. It’s not that deep. I’m not hiding messages for you.

But everyone one of these is a vibe, a mood, a moment. Some of these are literally just what I imagine is in Selina’s helmet when she’s riding, her mind when she’s fighting, her ears when they’re pounding. Some are for later issues that I can’t wait to write. Some of them are just, wordlessly, Valmont.

Oh and lastly, sorry this post is a mess, I feel truly unwell today, but —

In my sick bed I have been watching a lot of really stupid reality TV, so expect a post about that soon, because that shit is like modern anthropology. I gotta write something from this nest of blankets.

Ciao. Stay weird, talk soon!

TH 1.19.2022 16:50