Kate Kane: Batwoman Appreciation 2018

[Caivu]

WIP by Sean Carroll:

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By Carlyle Wilson:

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[Caivu]

By Ramon Villalobos:

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And an update on Becca Rachlin's sketch cover:

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[AcesX1X]

do you think we'll ever see kate in the movies?

[Caivu]

do you think we'll ever see kate in the movies?

Ever? Sure. Soon? That I'm less confident about... but the huge success of Wonder Woman gives me more hope of that than I had, say, six months ago. If Batgirl does well, I could see it. Plus there have been rumors of her possibly being in Gotham City Sirens (which is a long shot).

I have mixed feelings on her joining the DCEU, because on the Gotham side of things, the story feels very late-stage. Batman's older than he's usually depicted, for example. If she were to be in it, having her be close to Bruce's age like she is in the comics would be the wrong way to go (because she'd either have started being Batwoman in her late 30s, or else was active this entire time and just wasn't referred to, which isn't ideal for a movie), but having her be 20 years younger also seems wrong.

[Caivu]

By Kent Archer:

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By Michael Mencer:

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[millernumber1]

By Kent Archer:

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By Michael Mencer:

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That latter one looks kinda like Mother Panic

[Caivu]

That latter one looks kinda like Mother Panic

Probably unintentional, but still fitting.

[Troian]

do you think we'll ever see kate in the movies?

Possibly eventually but even then I highly doubt it.

[Caivu]

By Jeff Dekal:

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Sketch cover by Devin Lawson:

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[Man-Thing]

The Andreyko trades came in yesterday. Gotta love all the review snippets plastered all over the front and back covers. I particularly like the one that reads "Offers everything any fan of the character could ask for." (bonus, that quote is superimposed over the cover of Issue 34)

My eyes can only roll so much, guys.

[millernumber1]

The Andreyko trades came in yesterday. Gotta love all the review snippets plastered all over the front and back covers. I particularly like the one that reads "Offers everything any fan of the character could ask for." (bonus, that quote is superimposed over the cover of Issue 34)

My eyes can only roll so much, guys.

Bwahahaha. The Andreyko issues offered exactly two things I, as a fan, wanted: Jeremy Haun's art (and that was supplanted by the incredibly ugly art of the last arc), and Beth/Alice's return.

That's not everything, just saying.

[Caivu]

Some more drinks.

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- 2 1/4 cups sugar
- 2 cups warm water
- 1/2 cup coarsely cracked black pepper, plus 1 tablespoon finely ground black pepper
- 2 quarts strawberries, hulled and halved
- 2 1/2 cups blanco tequila (20 ounces)
- 1 1/4 cups fresh lime juice (10 ounces)
-1 teaspoon salt
- 1 lemon wedge
- Ice

- In a medium saucepan, combine 2 cups of the sugar with the warm water and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Remove the saucepan from the heat, stir in the 1/2 cup of coarsely cracked black pepper and let cool. Cover with plastic and refrigerate for 3 hours.
- Pour the black pepper syrup through a fine-mesh strainer into a large measuring cup.
- In a large pitcher, muddle the halved strawberries. Add 2 1/4 cups of the black pepper syrup, the tequila and fresh lime juice (reserve the remaining black pepper syrup for another cocktail).
- Refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
- On a small plate, mix the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar with the finely ground black pepper and the salt.
- Moisten half of the outer rims of 10 rocks glasses with the lemon wedge and coat lightly with the pepper-and-salt mixture. Fill the rocks glasses with ice.
- Stir the drink well, then pour or strain into the prepared rocks glasses and serve at once.

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Over ice, layer:

- 1 shot of Southern Comfort

- 1 shot of Amaretto

- 1 shot of Grand Mariner

[Caivu]

Sketch cover by Richard Cox:

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By Amy Reeder:

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[Man-Thing]

I'd also just like to reiterate one last time that I really do think these two trades should have been split up into three, with the first Annual tacked on to the end of This Blood is Thick, just for closure, even if it's not great closure.

To reiterate earlier points:

Six issues of Webs.

Material from Secret Origins + three issues of Nocturnal Species + Future's End.

Six issues of Unknowns + Annual 2.

End result: This Blood trade becomes a bit larger, Unknowns trade gets a little smaller, Webs is the same length as To Drown the World, and Nocturnal Species is roughly the size of the new Elegy trade.

[Caivu]

I'd also just like to reiterate one last time that I really do think these two trades should have been split up into three, with the first Annual tacked on to the end of This Blood is Thick, just for closure, even if it's not great closure.

To reiterate earlier points:

Six issues of Webs.

Material from Secret Origins + three issues of Nocturnal Species + Future's End.

Six issues of Unknowns + Annual 2.

End result: This Blood trade becomes a bit larger, Unknowns trade gets a little smaller, Webs is the same length as To Drown the World, and Nocturnal Species is roughly the size of the new Elegy trade.

I do like the idea of putting the first annual in a logical place like that... but I think I like that DC didn't get money from an additional TPB even more. Not for that crap.