tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post500359200183460044..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Oh, I see Wonder Woman has already heard the news...Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-63068973715109816832014-07-03T05:49:42.216-07:002014-07-03T05:49:42.216-07:00This combination sure as heck isn't appealing ...This combination sure as heck isn't appealing to THIS woman! I have been enjoying the heck out of Azzarello and Chiang's Wonder Woman. Granted, I wasn't overly thrilled about her new parentage and some other things, but I like his takes on the Greek Gods, and I love his Orion, and the art has been gorgeous.<br /><br />I console myself with the feeling that there is no way that Finch will last more than a few months, since he has some...issues with finishing issues. I've never even heard of Mrs. Finch, so I cannot judge her writing. <br /><br />But oh, I would KILL to have Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti doing a Wonder Woman book!SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-5338042615912247372014-07-02T20:03:43.116-07:002014-07-02T20:03:43.116-07:00Simpler & more cynical:
There is very little ...Simpler & more cynical:<br /><br />There is very little wonder associated with the woman, these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-62563100132838099142014-07-02T19:50:51.935-07:002014-07-02T19:50:51.935-07:00@JohnF:
It's not that Diana needs an invisibl...@JohnF:<br /><br />It's not that Diana <i>needs</i> an invisible jet (any more than Nick Fury needed an invisible Jag), but the jet is a kind of litmus for the degree of whimsy & absurdity that would establish what kind of writer we're dealing with. Especially in the DC era of paranoid, humorless neck-snappin' vitriol.<br /><br />If Grant Morrison could make the ever-problematic Egg-Fu Yung "work" in the modern DCU then how hard can it be to make Diana into something better than a fat publisher's hood ornament?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-47114853800563217132014-07-02T17:03:27.925-07:002014-07-02T17:03:27.925-07:00I, for one, never need to see the Invisible Jet ma...I, for one, never need to see the Invisible Jet make a comeback. WW can fly under her own power. I like it like that.JohnFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339402431610031589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-7471954665974207662014-07-02T12:21:50.124-07:002014-07-02T12:21:50.124-07:00I don't see how hiring Finch's wife enable...I don't see how hiring Finch's wife enables DC to say "We have a woman working on Wonder Woman!" when there are literally a hundred women working in comics now who would not only create something fucking astonishing-if-not-award-winning if given half a second's opportunity but would be happy to play with the character if they were allowed to, well, play?<br /><br />It's the editorial edict on WW that's the truly hobbling thing. If Time/Warner, Time-Warner, Timewarner... How d'you spell that, anyway? If they would stop looking at Diana as a holy cash cow, lose their uptight determination to keep her a grimderp Warrior Nun and maybe make with the invisible planes and hi-concept hijinks again, they would sell more books. If they would only make her fun. Girls like fun from time to time, y'know. Girls don't necessarily want to have to talk about breaking the patriarchy & their pesky menses all the time, they like to dance and even make fart jokes.<br /><br />Since around the time of Identity Crisis, DC's Wonder Woman has been a neck-snappin' passel of creative issues to rival Hawkman, and it's the "creative ownership" of tImEwArNeR and their editorial poodles who have made that happen.<br /><br />Hiring Finch and his wife is only one more dumb, plodding step on the road to a movie that isn't going to do anything to revive the character. Whereas: would you read Kate Beaton's history of Wonder Woman? I would read the ink right off Kate Beaton's Wonder Woman.<br /><br /><br /><br />* (Hellcat, Ms. Marvel, Captain Marvel, Pretty Deadly, Saga... Notice anything going on here, DC? Have you noticed how many quality, high-profile titles have Jordie Bellaire's name on them every month, unlike your precious Finch? One powerhouse who sets the visual tone for an average of two to three books a month EVERY month to your one house-brand "superstar" who can't keep a book alive.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-10655526511359884992014-07-02T07:01:06.246-07:002014-07-02T07:01:06.246-07:00given the fact that Wonder Woman is now the flagsh...<i>given the fact that Wonder Woman is now the flagship book in an honest-to-goodness line of Wonder Woman comics (consisting of Superman/Wonder Woman and the upcoming anthology series Sensation Comics Starring Wonder Woman)</i><br /><br />The "line" of Wonder Woman books is pretty much an accident, though, isn't it? The Superman/Wonder Woman book comes about because of a New 52 gimmick to emphasize that Superman isn't married to Lois Lane anymore. And the Sensation Comics book seems to be because of the choices of the Digital First editorial office rather than the main DC editorial office.<br /><br />I mean I'd be excited if I really thought that DC had finally realized that Wonder Woman was an awesome character and that they should be doing more with her, but I don't think that's what is actually going on. I think it's more an accident of timing than anything else.<br /><br />(And, frankly, if someone in Bob Harras's office decided to put Wonder Woman front and center, I doubt I'd enjoy the book that resulted. So I'll just hold out for Sensation Comics. If its at least as good as the previous two anthology series that the digital offices put out it'll be an enjoyable way to spend 99 cents nearly every week...)Jerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10060430253113856206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-66732436298797561782014-07-02T03:36:13.261-07:002014-07-02T03:36:13.261-07:00I don't know if we'll really get a sense o...I don't know if we'll really get a sense of Meredith's writing skills, as current DC editorial pretty much crushes all but the most powerful of writers.<br /><br />Also, find it odd that you bring up the Bechdel test, as it's not really an assessment of anything. I can think of dozens of different anime that pass the test with flying colors that are still sexist as hell.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021943379915718040noreply@blogger.com