“Wonder Woman, Bring back the legs, the muscles, and the flag, please”: Here’s another piece from a mainstream media source complaining about Wondy’s new wardrobe…and another one from someone who seemingly doesn’t read Wonder Woman comics anymore. You know, if everyone who complained about the costume change this week actually read a Wonder Woman comic a couple times a year, then maybe her comic would actually be a hit. Or, at the very least, ranking higher than Green Arrow on charts like these. I suppose there is an important lesson for DC in the reaction to the Wonder Woman-gets-pants story—there are a ton of people interested in the character that don’t actually read her comics out there, meaning the potential audience for the character is pretty huge. So make with the Earth One GNs and all-ages out-of-continuity manga already!
The ladies who compiled this deserve gold medals for linkblogging: I mentioned in my post yesterday that the tsunami of Wonder Woman-talking-about overwhelmed me to the point where I just couldn’t keep up. How many posts are there about Wonder Woman on the Internet? Well, When Fangirls Attack found roughly three billion, which you can see assembled here. Wow. That is a lot of posts. For me the must-read one was that on Project: Rooftop, in which the P:R gang responds at great length to the redesign. Most of them weren’t terribly enamored of it, although Jemma Salume loved it enough to draw it almost immediately.
This Batcave Beach comic sounds kinda neat: Even if it isn’t about Batman, Alfred and the sidekicks all taking a family trip to the beach. (Via Comics Reporter)
Well, it seems like a lot when you put it like that: With Zuda officially going the way of CMX, Chris Arrant counts the dead DC imprints (Via Journalista)
It’s not often you see an article that uses a preise, reverend and rabbi joke as the lede: “Funnyman, and the Jewish superhero’s story, is finally being told”
Good luck making an Ant-Man movie anything but hilarious!: “‘Ant-Man’ Will Have Same Level of Comedy As ‘Iron Man’, Says Edgar Wright”
Sadly, it’s not a Star Trek/True Blood crossover: “Star Trek, True Blood Stars Collaborate on Comic-Book Series”
July 2nd, 2010 at 9:08 am
from ben caldwell’s blog (in regards to manga wonder-woman) http://purgetheory.blogspot.com/2010/06/wonder-woman-manga-test-page.html
July 2nd, 2010 at 11:18 am
A few others that Chris Arrant forgot in his list: Impact, WildStorm’s ‘Eye Of The Storm’, Humanoids, 2000AD and All Star.
July 2nd, 2010 at 11:32 am
Super-hero outsiders are as vulnerable to “the version from my childhood is the best because it’s from my childhood” syndrome as the rest of us. Maybe more-so, because their childhood memories are the only ones they have of these heroes.
And after taking a second look at the SFGate.com post, the blogger clearly knows nothing about the character outside of his experience as a child and the TV show.
As far as DC’s dead imprints are concerned, the same can be said of any major book publisher, from DC and Marvel to Tor to Penguin. All publishers launch, acquire or close a couple of imprints or lines every year, due to anything from mismanagement to declining public tastes.
July 2nd, 2010 at 1:46 pm
There’s a new Elseworlds Superman book solicited for August. And America’s Best Comics has just released a new Tom Strong book.
July 2nd, 2010 at 2:06 pm
DC never owned Humanoids or 2000AD. They just licensed the comics.
July 3rd, 2010 at 11:09 am
That’s correct but the fact remains that Humanoids and 2000AD were imprints of DC for a while.
July 7th, 2010 at 2:37 am
I’m so glad to see some friends have provided their own comment on some tv series or movies here