Agreed. Everyone I showed Catwoman to in 2001 said, "Ew, what's up with the bug eyes?" That was my immediate reaction as well but I wanted other people's honest opinion. Everyone hated her work boots as well. They all comment, "that's not sexy or very pretty." I continued to hate the look and bland theme of the comic more & more in 2001 so I stopped reading the 2001 series around issue #7. I bought the trade collections years later after I had gotten over the disgust. I had collected the entire 90's series up to the point that it got an awful new artist and writer. I hated it when Jim Balent redesigned her costume in 1999, cutting her hair, modifying her mask to cover her nose, added whiskers and a tail. And sure enough, that's when her sales started to drop off the Top 100 comics sales list, so I know I wasn't the only one who hated the changes.
Haha. I see what you mean by bug eyes. It's just the art style though. When it's drawn by Jim Lee, Adam Hughes, Fabok, Janin, Jones or similar artist that's more realistic, they look good. Fine, at least.
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I don't like the one with the tail and whiskers either.
I can't wait for this statue I can't find the one of Selina by herself but I will happily take this one.
The goggles are only bug eyes when Cooke drawn it. Many artist today draw it sleek and less bulky.
Whatever her new costume is it's going to be tough to beat the one she's wearing right now.
Cat. Woman. by Patrick Zircher.
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"Who wouldn't go out with the Black Widow? I'd strangle a litter of kittens for one dinner with her!"
Adrian Toomes aka the Vulture
"Natasha Romanoff, A.K.A. Black Widow - ex-KGB, formerly with S.H.I.E.L.D...Probably the brains of this operation.I have followed her career, and she has been consistently UNDERRATED."