Note: It seems seeing your favorite heroes and villains transformed and twisted into new times and locales is a popular past-time for artists, as Costa Giovanni has stepped up to the plate and taken Gotham’s gang into the Wild West, Sergio Leone style. Costa’s style really works here, and the standouts for me are the turncoat Two-Face and the Native American Nightwing. Thanks, Giovanni! – Chris A.
Note: One of the biggest homegrown successes here at P:R has been Denis Medri‘s expert and rambuctious redesign of Batman and his supporting cast. Medri continues to work in this niche, and here’s some new illustrations the artist has done in that world. – Chris A.
Note: After wowing us earlier this year with his stunning rockabilly redesign of Batman and the assorted characters of Gotham City, Denis Medri returns for a victory lap by showcasing his designs in several action shots and illustrations. You’ve seen the designs before — now see them in action! – Chris A.
Note: If anyone would have a big enough wardrobe closet to accommodate this many outfits, it would be Selina Kyle. We had 50 excellent submissions into our Fan-Art Friday: Catwoman free-for-all, with a number of P:R Regulars, P:R contest winners and even a few newcomers. We’ll start things off with this furry piece by Mark Bello — enjoy the show! – Chris A.
Note:Dean and I hand over the keys to P:R Roundtable to our talented cast of contributors, as comics writer Vito Delsante, Dark Horse editor Rachel Edidin, comics scholar Jessica Plummer, and cartoonists Jon Morris and Joel Priddy take on DC’s alpha female Catwoman. From the first costume Selina put on to her most recent garb in The Dark Knight Rises, our staff don’t pull any punches and don’t put away the claws. In this P:R Roundtable rundown, we focused on the major costume shifts over the character’s history, and glossed over any minor variations like the recent “New 52″ design. And remember, submit your own art for our Fan-Art Friday: Catwoman — deadline is this Friday! – Chris A.
Catwoman’s first costume, by Bob Kane
Note: With Anne Hathaway in the movie houses giving Catwoman her due, we thought now would be the perfect time to invite you to celebrate Catwoman — in all her guises — in our newest Fan-Art Friday. You can draw Catwoman in any of her myriad of costumes over the years, or better yet — create a new one just for here! For this Fan-Art Friday, the deadline for submissions is Friday, August 10 at 1pm Eastern time. Email them to us at projectrooftop@gmail.com. To get you inspired, below is Kris Anka‘s excellent redisgn of Selina Kyle we showcased earlier this year. – Chris A.
Note: We will leave off this week with a great piece of fan-art of Catwoman by the french artist Bengal. He’s done a number of great Catwoman pieces for fun, pulling in Catwoman styles from Julie Newmar to the later Batman: The Animated Series’ design. If you like this, do an internet search for ‘Catwoman’ and ‘Bengal’ and you’ll be in for a treat.. – Chris A.
Note: The good folks over at the CBR blog Comics Should Be Good recently had a fun art challenge where artists were tasked with redesigning a comic book character from the vantage point of a popular science fiction writer or artist. Elephantmen artist Axel Medellin jumped in with both feet as he re-interpreted DC’s Catwoman through the vantage point of H.R. Giger. While the Batman Forever-esque nipples is a downer for me it is reminscient of what Giger might do, and the design of the helmet, hands and glove is positively inspired. – Chris A.
Note: After reimagining Batman, Nightwing and Robin in the seedy 1950s greaser scene, artist Denis Medri returns to take a look at the rogues of Gotham and more of Batman’s supporting. Catwoman, Joker, Poison Ivy and Bane join Batgirl, James Gordon and Alfred in round out this amazing collection of Rockabilly gothamites. It’s interesting to note that reimagining Catwoman for the 1950s brings her costume full circle, close to her original suit from the 1940s. – Chris A.
Note: Superheroes have a long tradition in American history, but artist Gene Gonzalez is giving that a whole new meaning with a series of pin-ups re imagining some heroes and villains in the tell-tale styles of 1968. So far he’s done renditions of Catwoman, the Riddler and Death that’s received a lot of buzz. Go over to his site for detailed notes on each design, and hopes of more to come! – Chris A.
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