Paul Pope — The Cat, Sans Bat
Catwoman #7, July 2002
Black and white — and read all over:
Paul Pope delivers a stunning Catwoman cover for Ed Brubaker’s great run from the early aughts. Smartly, the art/editorial decision makers kept the published cover in its original black and white state, with just a hint of red color applied after the fact. (Blood, naturally.) Pope did a series of these covers for the Brubaker run — all terrific.
Pope’s best known “mainstream” comic book is Batman Year 100 (2006), a wild ride into the bat-future; it would be lovely to see him return to the character at some point.
Looks like the new updated version of the out-of-print Pope art book (coming later this year from Boom!) has a cover with same black/white/red color scheme! Nice.
