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Post by Dr. Poison on Nov 19, 2014 8:42:22 GMT -5
What a breath of fresh air this issue was. Was it perfect? No. But it's a lot more in line of what I would expect from a Wonder Woman comic. This is, IMO, David's best art ever. It's distinct, detailed, and really makes each page "pop". The brighter coloring really lifts the mood of the book tremendously from Azz/Chiang's run and the best part? Not a single one of the Olympians or Zola in sight so far. The attack on Swamp Thing made sense as all clues indicated that someone with his abilities were behind the disasters and then Diana finds him at the scene of the crime. I don't think it's a huge stretch to think that he was behind it all given his usual agenda of promoting plant life. I thought it was very realistic of her to vent to Aquaman. I thought it was great that it was him instead of Superman or Batman for a change. It makes sense that she would open up to him given that they both come from royalty of hidden civilizations. While some may have found it whiny, I think it's only human of Diana to need to voice her frustrations with everything she's had going on lately. I wonder if the old Amazon is the same one from the Pre-New 52 that created Donna Troy? They look similar. Overall, I enjoyed the issue and think that the Finchs are off to a good, solid start. 4/5
BTW - was I the only one who was hoping that when Diana stepped out of the shower at the beginning of the issue, Steve Trevor would greet her and hear her say, "I had this horrible dream last night that I was actually the daughter of Zeus......"?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 9:29:04 GMT -5
I will be reading it this Friday and I having read your initial post here and I don't mind the spoilers at all and I've kind of looking forward reading it and for what I read here I'm glad you liked his artwork - David Finch and the initial grade of 4/5 looks very encouraging for me to hear this. I will come back to this thread on a later time on Friday after I get a chance to read it first and I will be getting the variant cover that featured Swamp Thing - that's my favorite cover so far. Thanks for this post and looks like Finches have a good beginning here!  |
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Post by Dr. Poison on Nov 19, 2014 22:12:42 GMT -5
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Post by hondobrode on Nov 19, 2014 22:53:09 GMT -5
Glad to hear the good review Doc. I want to like it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2014 11:30:55 GMT -5
I flipped through it. Not a fan of the art, so I'll pass.
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Post by Action Ace on Nov 20, 2014 22:47:50 GMT -5
The art was a little better than the last Finch issue I read. I didn't think the opening half was all that good, but I did like the Aquaman/ Wonder Woman conversation. Super Friends flashback! It was maybe a little above the average Azzarello Wonder Woman issue, but still well behind Sensation Comics and Superman/ Wonder Woman.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2014 17:00:49 GMT -5
I just read Wonder Woman #36 - I felt that this issue has great moments of both Aquaman and Wonder Woman sharing a moment together - that's was a plus and I feel that the way the Finches put this together (this is their first issue) tried very hard to make Wonder Woman more realistic and that's the encouraging part. Having read Sensation Comics, Superman Wonder Woman, and Wonder Woman during the Azz/Chiang's run that this book is much better than Azz/Chiang, just as good as Superman Wonder Woman during the first six issues, and step below Sensation Comics.
I just hope that they will (The Finches) improve their skills together and most of all I feel that they have a good start, not spectacular - but, I enjoyed reading it today.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2014 0:54:22 GMT -5
WW #36 a female fans point of view.... Mary SueA couple of highlights from the review... -M just as an additional point, I found the link in my google news feed, and it seems ot be treading fairly well and getting a lot of agreement from outside traditional comics newssites, outside from the core of hardcore fanboys who fawn over everything a company and artists like Finch do, you know the audience DC needs to reach if they are ever going to expand their sales outside the shrinking niche it has become. |
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Post by Dr. Poison on Nov 28, 2014 8:10:49 GMT -5
WW #36 a female fans point of view.... Mary SueA couple of highlights from the review... -M just as an additional point, I found the link in my google news feed, and it seems ot be treading fairly well and getting a lot of agreement from outside traditional comics newssites, outside from the core of hardcore fanboys who fawn over everything a company and artists like Finch do, you know the audience DC needs to reach if they are ever going to expand their sales outside the shrinking niche it has become. This same website has had an issue with Wonder Woman since the New 52 launched as evidenced by their recent article suggesting that DC no longer use Azzarello's revamped origin for her: classiccomics.boards.net/thread/885/wonder-woman-origin-used-filmI read issue #36 and I can say that with utmost certainty, this reviewer is either exaggerating heavily or just flat-out lying about several of their points. Her breasts are NEVER drawn bigger than her head and there is only one scene where the angle of the panel suggests that her waist could be smaller than her thighs but again, I think it's the angle more than anything else. Furthermore, Diana is NOT silent at the Justice League meeting. Superman is the only one who doesn't say anything, actually. As for why she's holding a teddy bear on the JL jet, it's because she just came from a village that was destroyed and was horrified by all of the death there. She realized that the teddy bear belonged to a little girl and felt great sorrow for the girl being killed. Wonder Woman is all about compassion so the teddy bear scene totally makes sense to me. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2014 11:50:08 GMT -5
I flipped through this issue again last night, because of that article. The anatomy stuff is interesting. I agree with the complaint about her waist, but it didn't stand out until I was looking for it. Of course, I can understand how my particular threshold for such things may be much higher. Her breasts do seem about the same size as her head, but when I isolate them the head seems too small as opposed to her breasts being too large.
As for the teddy bear, I'm not sure how Ms Kremer misread it but Dr Poison is right.
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