Originally Posted by
t hedge coke
And she should be a sexualized character, to my tastes, but I also don't want her sexualization to overtake her validity as a threat, and sitting there wondering how the unzipped top works (and never catches skin) instead of "can she get away from Batman with the jewels this time?" means that the objectification, the sexualization, has overtaken everything else. When the point of Catwoman is to show up, bend over a bit, purr, and we're done, that's not a crime, but it is sad.
Take a Catwoman artist, and just ask: Did they ever draw a dangerous looking Catwoman? Or a actiony Catwoman? A fierce, dangerous looking Catwoman? Or is it pretty much all sexual-pretzel impersonations?
That, to me, is an easy way to judge. There's a difference between what I've seen of Howard Chaykin using Catwoman and Guillem March. I think Frank Miller's recent Catwoman illo looked great, but it was a poor choice, regardless, especially as a standalone piece. Sometimes in life "I like it" or "it's technically very good" don't create a "get out of criticism free" card.