CBR: Van Meter's Lucky "Black Cat"

[CBR News]

Writer Jan Van Meter spoke with CBR about bringing the thieving feline into her own limited series, her own personal love of heist tales and the secret behind the Black Cat's relationship with Spider-Man.


Full article here.

[whiteshark]

Interesting article.
I will be getting all issues of this limited series for sure.

Black Cat having a crew to help her will do wonders to develop the character and makes sense i think.
And as much as a Spider-Man fan i am,i am glad that this limited series will actually focus in Black Cat.About time this important character got a well written limited series with some awesome art.Which is what this limited series is looking to be for me.

I wonder if the mysterious villain will be a new character or not.
My guess is that since this limited series will develop a new supporting cast to Black Cat will be developing a new villain to Black Cat.

[SlightlyMad]

While I'm sure Javier Pulido will do a fine job on the art (as hid did in the Sandman arc on Amazing), seeing Amanda Conner's cover makes me wish she was drawing it.

[Talisman]

While I'm sure Javier Pulido will do a fine job on the art (as hid did in the Sandman arc on Amazing), seeing Amanda Conner's cover makes me wish she was drawing it.

Moi aussi.

[artiepants]

While I'm sure Javier Pulido will do a fine job on the art (as hid did in the Sandman arc on Amazing), seeing Amanda Conner's cover makes me wish she was drawing it.

i know, those are killer.

[PabloD]

I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty psyched about this series. Van Meter's ideas sound very interesting to me.

The covers are indeed beautiful, as well.

[NewMutant]

Glad Black Cat is getting the limelight she deserves!

[James Conniff]

With Pulido on Pencils I'm there. The article makes me excited to see what Van Meter will do with Felicia as a character.

[stewart48]

Looking forward to this series as well. Always good to see a writer excited for a character. I'd imagine she would hate for Peter to unmask to Felicia, it would ruin her preferred dynamic between the two, if that were to happen I hope it doesn't deter her desire to do a BC ongoing

[froinlaven]

Van Meter also spent time contemplating the relationship between the two characters. The author said she believes that Felicia's attraction to the friendly neighborhood hero ties directly into her love of stealing. "She's not necessarily in love with him. She's doesn't want to be his girlfriend and go to the prom. She doesn't want to have his babies. She doesn't want to get rid of all their gear and go build a little house in the woods together," said Van Meter. "What she has with him is very specific to who they are when they're doing their jobs. That's where he is interesting to her. I realized that he is very like a museum piece. He is like the Hope Diamond under glass in museum. She is not supposed to have him. He is one of the good guys. From her point of view, the thing that's so electric when they're together is that it's not supposed to be happening.

"She looks at the him and the way the world views him and has the same reaction she'd have to watching people walk sightlessly by a Degas in a museum while they're eating their lunch," she continued. "I don't think she thinks anybody in the world can possibly understand his true worth and value the way she does. So, it's okay that she steals him periodically. When they spend the night together, I think that's largely how she sees it - like stealing something other people don't treasure enough."


That's a pretty interesting take, I may check this out.

[EuphemismForSex]

Van Meter also spent time contemplating the relationship between the two characters. The author said she believes that Felicia's attraction to the friendly neighborhood hero ties directly into her love of stealing. "She's not necessarily in love with him. She's doesn't want to be his girlfriend and go to the prom. She doesn't want to have his babies. She doesn't want to get rid of all their gear and go build a little house in the woods together," said Van Meter. "What she has with him is very specific to who they are when they're doing their jobs. That's where he is interesting to her. I realized that he is very like a museum piece. He is like the Hope Diamond under glass in museum. She is not supposed to have him. He is one of the good guys. From her point of view, the thing that's so electric when they're together is that it's not supposed to be happening.

"She looks at the him and the way the world views him and has the same reaction she'd have to watching people walk sightlessly by a Degas in a museum while they're eating their lunch," she continued. "I don't think she thinks anybody in the world can possibly understand his true worth and value the way she does. So, it's okay that she steals him periodically. When they spend the night together, I think that's largely how she sees it - like stealing something other people don't treasure enough."


That's a pretty interesting take, I may check this out.

Didn't read the article, but yeah, that's pretty good. I'm even more excited for this.

(Also yeah, cover artist should do interiors.)

[Bast]

This is so lame. Were have I heard this story before. A beautiful black catwoman who is a cat burglar and has a love hate relationship with the local superhero. How obvious is Marvel to copy DC’s Catwoman. This is just sad.

[The Shadow]

While I'm sure Javier Pulido will do a fine job on the art (as hid did in the Sandman arc on Amazing), seeing Amanda Conner's cover makes me wish she was drawing it.

I loves me Amanda Conner art!

[The Shadow]

This is so lame. Were have I heard this story before. A beautiful black catwoman who is a cat burglar and has a love hate relationship with the local superhero. How obvious is Marvel to copy DC’s Catwoman. This is just sad.

Have you ever heard about that lame story where a superhero hides behind a rich playboy exterior while concealing his masked identity from the public?

How obvious is DC to copy The Shadow? This is just sad.

[froinlaven]

have you ever heard about that lame story where a superhero hides behind a rich playboy exterior while concealing his masked identity from the public?

How obvious is dc to copy the shadow? This is just sad.

owned..........