Catwoman Poll: Final Results

So the voting is through for all the Catwoman polls, and in spite of my doubts, the people have chosen Julianne Moore. With 28% of the vote, she won pretty handily, too. Charlize Theron (my personal favorite) was second, with 17%. Marion Cotillard and Rachel Weisz tied for third at 14%. Another surprise to me, Kate Beckinsale only got one vote.

So that does it for Catwoman for a while. Thanks for voting! I'll try to do another big poll for another character, but since there seem to be a lot more casting ideas for Catwoman than anyone else, the rest will be quite a bit smaller.

News & Notes

Batman: Battle for the Cowl wrapped up this past week in the comics, and most people (including me) were pretty unhappy with it. Here are some thoughts on it, plus some other random stuff:

• Comixology compares the recent-ish deaths of Batman and Captain America. The short version: one kinda sucked, one was great.


• And here's a list of 5 reasons why Battle for the Cowl was terrible.


• Comics Should Be Good is posting a "cool comic book moment" every day this year, and the other day it was from a Suicide Squad story featuring Batman, Amanda Waller, and a little bit of Deadshot.


• IGN interviews Grant Morrison (spoilers ahead, if you're planning on reading Battle for the Cowl) about his upcoming Batman & Robin series, featuring the new Batman and new Robin.


• Romow picks the top 5 Batman villians but somehow excludes Two-Face.


• And there's another one of these villain profiles for the Arkham Asylum video game, this one featuring a pants-less Poison Ivy:

The Catwoman poll is probably closed by the time you read this (1 hour to go as I'm typing) but check over to the right if you want to try to get a last minute vote in. Or to see the final results.

News & Notes

I've linked to it a couple times before, but wanderingbert's Batman Villain project is still going strong, recently adding the above Black Mask image. I've been slack about these lately, but here are some links:

• DC's' The Source blog has some previews of Mark Bagley's (Ultimate Spider-Man, Trinity) art on Batman.


• MTV's Splash Page looks at the Joker-themed picture from Eminem's new album.


• A crazy person over at Bam Kapow wishes Batman would stay dead.


• The Philadelphia Daily News looks at the recent introduction of Adam West Batman foe King Tut to the comics world.


• Here's a bunch of Joker pictures.


• And here's the trailer for the next direct-to-dvd animation project, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies:

Don't forget to vote in the Catwoman poll, it's very close so far.

Catwoman Poll: Final Round

So Kate Winslet wins the 8th round of polling in a squeaker over Gretchen Mol (you can see the full results at the bottom of the sidebar on the right). I doubt either of them win this final round. But here are your finalists, the winners of the first 8 rounds (including the two tied for first in poll #3) plus the top 2nd place finisher to make it an even 10:

Kate Beckinsale

Marion Cotillard

Megan Fox


Eva Green


Angelina Jolie


Michelle Monaghan


Julianne Moore


Charlize Theron



Rachel Weisz


Kate Winslet

So there you go, vote over to the right.

News & Notes

I've been slack about these lately, so here's a whole bunch of links:

• Christian Bale isn't saying anything about when Batman 3 will come out:
  

  I’ve learned that I do not answer that question until (director) Chris Nolan has answered that question.



• Pop counts down the 25 coolest villains in comics.


• IGN goes a little further, ranking the top 100 comic villains (warning: it's annoying to flip through them one at a time, and they haven't gotten to the top 20 yet).


• Kevin Smith will be making another Batman comic. I'm not sure this is good news, since I didn't like his Cacophony. MTV has some more details.


• Io9 and MTV both look at upcoming episodes of Batman: The Brave and the Bold cartoon.


• Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman costume from Batman Returns brought in over $8,000 at auction.


• Lunch Bag Art asks who would win in a fight: Batman or Darth Vader?


• The LA Times ranks The Top 10 vintage Batman toys.


• The Weekly Crisis discusses some "legacy" characters who have passed their titles to others, and have recently or may soon revert to the classic versions, including Batgirl.

And there's still time to vote in the last of the Catwoman polls, and sorry again for the lousy options in this one.