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I'll likely be hiding from the internet until Tuesday afternoon, when I'm finally done with exams, but I thought I'd share how impressed I was by the newsamara.com interview with the new Wonder Woman artist.
I have to admit, between the departure of Rucka from Wonder Woman and the solicit for the relaunch -
( Is she a martyr or a murderer? A politician or a super hero? Writer Allan Heinberg and artists Terry & Rachel Dodson provide surprising answers, giving Wonder Woman a fresh, sexy look and a bold new direction! )
- I was pretty sure I wouldn't be following the title any longer.
The interview with Dodson, well, didn't entirely change my mind, but at least made it more likely I'll be checking the book out come June.
... The things I really went for were strength and beauty. Attractive. Powerful. Noble. Godlike. Yet, we want to show her being human too, because you can come across kind of cold with those other aspects played up. Something we’re trying to avoid is making her overtly sexy. We wanted her attractive, but not overtly sexy.
...There are ways to do it, and portray it in a way that conveys the positive aspects of the character without giving in to the…dark side.
You just have to remember who you’re drawing and what she’s all about, and come into it with a healthy respect for the character. It’s so easy to go cheesecake and overtly sexy – but you can draw beautiful and powerful without overtly sexual.
...And you do have to go back a ways in art to find where the beauty was more important than the sexuality.
I have to admit, between the departure of Rucka from Wonder Woman and the solicit for the relaunch -
( Is she a martyr or a murderer? A politician or a super hero? Writer Allan Heinberg and artists Terry & Rachel Dodson provide surprising answers, giving Wonder Woman a fresh, sexy look and a bold new direction! )
- I was pretty sure I wouldn't be following the title any longer.
The interview with Dodson, well, didn't entirely change my mind, but at least made it more likely I'll be checking the book out come June.
... The things I really went for were strength and beauty. Attractive. Powerful. Noble. Godlike. Yet, we want to show her being human too, because you can come across kind of cold with those other aspects played up. Something we’re trying to avoid is making her overtly sexy. We wanted her attractive, but not overtly sexy.
...There are ways to do it, and portray it in a way that conveys the positive aspects of the character without giving in to the…dark side.
You just have to remember who you’re drawing and what she’s all about, and come into it with a healthy respect for the character. It’s so easy to go cheesecake and overtly sexy – but you can draw beautiful and powerful without overtly sexual.
...And you do have to go back a ways in art to find where the beauty was more important than the sexuality.
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