Grant Morrison wants to do All-Star style Wonder Woman

[HoldFastNow]

Did a search, didn't find this posted.

Avclub.com posted an interview with Grant Morrison today. It was pretty interesting, but the part that I found most interesting was this:

"Wonder Woman is the one I want to get to work with next. I’ve become fascinated by all the contradictions and complexities in the character over the years, and would love to do an All-Star Superman-style take that would clarify and redefine what she stands for, and what she’s capable of as a character."

You can read the whole interview here (http://www.avclub.com/articles/grant-morrison,30678/).

[PeterSparker]

That would be awesome.

[allanpat]

I'll read anything Grant writes, but I'm still amazed that DC passed on Darwyn Cooke's All Star Wonder Woman...

[Jason California]

Does the article state who he would like as an artist?

[Fygar]

They should let him do it, because it'd be awesome.

[JABSEN]

I'll read anything Grant writes, but I'm still amazed that DC passed on Darwyn Cooke's All Star Wonder Woman...Huh. I hadn't heard about this. Any link of him talking about it? I know there was an Adam Hughes one in the works once.

[Morrison_Lad]

Let's see ... my favorite writer, my favorite character.

Hmm.

Yeah, I'm all over this, should it happen. I think Morrison would have a lot of interesting ideas to bring to the character of Wonder Woman.

[HoldFastNow]

I'll read anything Grant writes, but I'm still amazed that DC passed on Darwyn Cooke's All Star Wonder Woman...

Yeah, that would've been awesome. But iirc, Cooke only wanted to write it and J Bone was going to draw it and that was a big reason DC passed.

[Morrison_Lad]

I'll read anything Grant writes, but I'm still amazed that DC passed on Darwyn Cooke's All Star Wonder Woman...

Cooke didn't want to do All Star WW. That's still being worked on by AH!

Cooke wanted to do an all-ages Wonder Woman book. The feeling I got at the time was that DC didn't feel there would really be a market for it. After all, the main title is only in the 30k+ orders/month range.

[GrimmBen]

Huh. I hadn't heard about this. Any link of him talking about it? I know there was an Adam Hughes one in the works once.

The Adam Hughes one is still a go last I heard. A hand injury has delayed it, but I think he's back drawing it now. I'd heard it said Hughes made sure DC wouldn't solicit the mini-series until it was all complete by drawing the first issue last.

[sloth_love_chunk]

Yeah, where is Adam Hughes' All-Star Wonder Woman?

[JABSEN]

The Adam Hughes one is still a go last I heard. A hand injury has delayed it, but I think he's back drawing it now. I'd heard it said Hughes made sure DC wouldn't solicit the mini-series until it was all complete by drawing the first issue last.Ah, cool.

[JeremyDale]

I'd rather see the AH! Wonder Woman series, but the Morrison version sounds like it'd be interesting, I suppose.

Darwyn Cooke's all-ages WW? I want it.

- j

[allanpat]

Cooke didn't want to do All Star WW. That's still being worked on by AH!

Cooke wanted to do an all-ages Wonder Woman book. The feeling I got at the time was that DC didn't feel there would really be a market for it. After all, the main title is only in the 30k+ orders/month range.

Oh yeah, you're right - i remember reading the interview a while back, and for some reason thought it was All Star WW

[Treacle]

I would totally buy this.

And I wonder if an All-Star style reworking would be a good basis for a Wonder Woman movie too...

[Ray G.]

Would love to see it, of course.

[Morrison_Lad]

Yeah, where is Adam Hughes' All-Star Wonder Woman?

As someone said, he had some kind of hand injury. I think he also got busy with some other work, and obviously ASWW can wait, since it is in its own little world.

It's still on, though, as far as I know.

[The Goddamn Schweitz!]

Not really a major Wonder Woman fan (nothing against her, I've just yet to read anything that's captivated me) but all three of those projects (Hughs, Morrison and Cooke) all sound like excellent books that I would love to read. Guess I'll get one of them at least.

Hell, Morrison should just All-Star style every major character in the DC universe. All-Star Green Lantern, All-Star Flash. This could be a classic line.

[Deej]

Let's see ... my favorite writer, my favorite character.

Hmm.

Yeah, I'm all over this, should it happen. I think Morrison would have a lot of interesting ideas to bring to the character of Wonder Woman.

I thought that was Supergirl.

[ZombieSpeedball]

They certainly need to do something to keep the brand going. They did one really good series and one half-completed series of crap, and we haven't seen anything All-Star in a while.

[Patton]

Good interview. I guess he's not going back to Marvel anytime soon.

[WhindamPryce]

I think at this point only Morrison could get me to buy WW. Only one at DC, I mean... though I guess Johns would be cool too.

How about Miller's sperm bank WW? now that'd be AWESOME!!! (kidding)

[Arion]

Does the article state who he would like as an artist?

Probably Quitely.

[Tom Burgos]

Probably Quitely.

I truly hope that if that was the case, Morrison never gets the gig. Call me crazy, but besides all the kickass stuff that Diana represents, I like my Wonder Women to look somewhat pretty.

[Arion]

I truly hope that if that was the case, Morrison never gets the gig. Call me crazy, but besides all the kickass stuff that Diana represents, I like my Wonder Women to look somewhat pretty.

That reminds me of that WW cover Quitely did. She didn't look like a favored daughter of Aphrodite...

[Tom Burgos]

That reminds me of that WW cover Quitely did. She didn't look like a favored daughter of Aphrodite...


He did a WW cover? what # ?

[andrew french]

Huh. I hadn't heard about this. Any link of him talking about it? I know there was an Adam Hughes one in the works once.

http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=169212

Unfortunately, DC had passed on it. But an all star wonder woman by Morrison (and QUITELY) would be a good concession prize.

[Blake Sims]

He did a WW cover? what # ?

This one maybe?

http://www.majorspoilers.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11a/WWCv27var%5B8%5D.jpg

[WhindamPryce]

That's a sweet cover. And I love Quitely. But I don't think he'd be right for this. I don't want a "pretty drawings" artist like Greg Land either. But just someone who can make WW look more aesthetically pleasing. This is not a knock on Quitely. I've loved everything of his that I've read, from way back when he was doing Invisibles issues. I just find his women to not be all that pretty, which Diana definitely needs to be.

[Whip]

This sounds like it could be either the best thing or worst thing ever.

I am very intrigued.

[andrew french]

wow the Quitely Wonder Woman is awesome!

Hopefully Grant Morrison and Quitely will just revamp all the cool dc guys, like Aquaman and Plastic Man.

and Metamorpho

[Tom Burgos]

This one maybe?

http://www.majorspoilers.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11a/WWCv27var%5B8%5D.jpg

I totally respect if people love Quietly and his aesthetic sensibility, but to me that's just plain ugly...my opinion, not a knock on the guy or his fans, of course.

I certainly don't want an All Star WW by Land and his creepy PhotoPornFaces, but I definitely want an artist that conveys the "as beautiful as Aphrodite" part of the character...

[UltraMan Tiga of Planet X]

Id buy that for a dollar.
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love to see it happen. I also would love to see an all-star ambush bug

[Big Poot!]

I wouldn't mind reading this!

[Stupendous Man]

Wonder Woman is one of those characters I've never been able to get into. A good run from Morrison might change that though.

[WhindamPryce]

I totally respect if people love Quietly and his aesthetic sensibility, but to me that's just plain ugly...my opinion, not a knock on the guy or his fans, of course.

I certainly don't want an All Star WW by Land and his creepy PhotoPornFaces, but I definitely want an artist that conveys the "as beautiful as Aphrodite" part of the character...

I just said the EXACT same thing a few posts before this. :)

[Corwin: Bear Fighter]

I was just talking with a buddy about how I've never read a Wonder Woman comic that I genuinely loved, which is ridiculous since she's such an icon. She's appeared in good stories, but her own title has never once kept my interest. Knowing Morrison, and knowing I like 99% of everything I've read by him, this could finally change.

[Patton]

I truly hope that if that was the case, Morrison never gets the gig. Call me crazy, but besides all the kickass stuff that Diana represents, I like my Wonder Women to look somewhat pretty.

It's kind of weird to hope someone doesn't write something they want to write. You don't have to read it, right? Or am I missing something?

[shoelaceless]

It's kind of weird to hope someone doesn't write something they want to write. You don't have to read it, right? Or am I missing something?

He's going to write her ugly!

[Fake Pat]

This is pretty much the only way I'd ever give a shit about WW.

[Corwin: Bear Fighter]

He's going to write her ugly!

:lol:

Not all comics starring female leads need to double as spank material.

[Patton]

He's going to write her ugly!

:lol:

And after he wrote Emma so fat!

[Morrison_Lad]

I thought that was Supergirl.

Heh. Not really. I was very excited about Supergirl starting off, when her ad was in every book when I was first starting to read comics.

But Wondy is by far favorite character. And I don't even read Supergirl anymore.


I totally respect if people love Quietly and his aesthetic sensibility, but to me that's just plain ugly...my opinion, not a knock on the guy or his fans, of course.

I certainly don't want an All Star WW by Land and his creepy PhotoPornFaces, but I definitely want an artist that conveys the "as beautiful as Aphrodite" part of the character...

Hmm. I never had a problem at all with that cover. Weird.

[c.rob]

I hope they don't get a cheesecake artist to draw it.

[Patton]

I hope they get a hamburger artist.

[Corwin: Bear Fighter]

I hope they get a hamburger artist.

You know what would bring the world together? A bacon artist.

[kylethoreau]

I don't even like wonder woman and I know I'd be all over this.

[Mylazycat]

Let him do it. I'd be there.

[Superior Kiai]

Glad the AH! book is still happening. The Cooke book should happen. And I'd love if the Morrison book happened too!! Just pair him with someone like Ryan Sook (A guy DC's had under contract for a long while without giving him any substantial assignment) or José Luis García Lopez and get it started already!!!

[Morrison_Lad]

I hope they don't get a cheesecake artist to draw it.

This is an attitude I've never really understood. In art is beauty. And yes, sometimes beauty includes sexuality.

Diana is gifted by the gods, one of whom is Aphrodite. She is given the beauty of Aphrodite.

Now, I may not be an art historian, but I've seen a hell of a lot of paintings and sculptures of Aphrodite/Venus in Italy and France. And they are almost all attempts at capturing the beauty of the female form, in a state of perfection.

Sure, there are little examples of the artist playing with things. Like, the painting of Venus and Mars, after having sex, and the look of exasperation on Venus' face.

But the underlying idea is: Let's portray this figure as beautifully and as perfectly as we can.

If superheroes are modern mythological figures, shouldn't they be treated the same way?

[RebootedCorpse]

:thumb:

[Zac Goyette]

I would like to see this. Morrison could give the character the push she needs. I think the character is in desperate need of an update and over haul.

[Maestro]

it's nice that he finds "contradictions" in Wonder Woman....

I haven't been interested in a Wonder Woman comic in... ever, actually.

[Corwin: Bear Fighter]

This is an attitude I've never really understood. In art is beauty. And yes, sometimes beauty includes sexuality.

Diana is gifted by the gods, one of whom is Aphrodite. She is given the beauty of Aphrodite.

Now, I may not be an art historian, but I've seen a hell of a lot of paintings and sculptures of Aphrodite/Venus in Italy and France. And they are almost all attempts at capturing the beauty of the female form, in a state of perfection.

Sure, there are little examples of the artist playing with things. Like, the painting of Venus and Mars, after having sex, and the look of exasperation on Venus' face.

But the underlying idea is: Let's portray this figure as beautifully and as perfectly as we can.

If superheroes are modern mythological figures, shouldn't they be treated the same way?

You can make her beautiful without making it meaningless eye candy. Cheesecake is meaningless eye candy.

[Zac Goyette]

You can make her beautiful without making it meaningless eye candy. Cheesecake is meaningless eye candy.

Only if the artist doesn't tell a story. I don't care how "cheesecake" the female form is drawn as long as the the artist is telling a good story with the art.

[Maestro]

Only if the artist doesn't tell a story. I don't care how "cheesecake" the female form is drawn as long as the the artist is telling a good story with the art.

clearly the best way to make everyone happy is to have this drawn by the awesomely talented Frank Cho

http://www.comicartfans.com/Images/Category_128/subcat_30156/Cho%20Wonder%20Woman.jpg

[Zac Goyette]

clearly the best way to make everyone happy is to have this drawn by the awesomely talented Frank Cho

http://www.comicartfans.com/Images/Category_128/subcat_30156/Cho%20Wonder%20Woman.jpg

I actually had Frank in mind when I posted.

[Morrison_Lad]

You can make her beautiful without making it meaningless eye candy. Cheesecake is meaningless eye candy.

If we're talking Greg Land tracing porn shots, sure.

But if we're talking real artists, then making her look hot is what he's SUPPOSED to do! Look at the Power Girl, and Amanda Conner's artwork. PG is smokin' hot. But she's also hilarious with her expressions and body language.

I bet a lot of people would call Conner's art in Power Girl "cheesecake." But I call it simply fun, excellent artwork.

[Mwstattel]

Did a search, didn't find this posted.

"Wonder Woman is the one I want to get to work with next. I’ve become fascinated by all the contradictions and complexities in the character over the years, and would love to do an All-Star Superman-style take that would clarify and redefine what she stands for, and what she’s capable of as a character."

Ok, great . . . get to work.

[andrew french]

variant cover by Jaime Hernandez, i hope

[HoldFastNow]

Glad the AH! book is still happening. The Cooke book should happen. And I'd love if the Morrison book happened too!! Just pair him with someone like Ryan Sook (A guy DC's had under contract for a long while without giving him any substantial assignment) or José Luis García Lopez and get it started already!!!

I was just wondering what Sook was up to these days. I've loved his work on 7 Soldiers and his brief stint on X-Factor. I had know idea he was back at DC. Hopefully he has something permanent lined up soon.

[artimoff]

variant cover by Jaime Hernandez, i hope

Shoot for the stars. Art by Xamie Hernandez.

I'd pay $50 an issue for that.

[shoelaceless]

I was just wondering what Sook was up to these days.

He's drawing one of the better strips in Wednesday Comics.

[JABSEN]

Wait, when did we all just agree to address Adam Hughes as AH!?

[andrew french]

Shoot for the stars. Art by Xamie Hernandez.

I'd pay $50 an issue for that.

totally agreed

[Patch]

Cooke wanted to do an all-ages Wonder Woman book. The feeling I got at the time was that DC didn't feel there would really be a market for it. After all, the main title is only in the 30k+ orders/month range.

There's something screwy with the whole comics market-to-kids thing. My daughter saw some Wonder Woman comic covers in a book I have and immediately wanted to read stories about her. I bought her the Showcase collection (stuff from the 60's) and she's reading those. But they are pretty dated storylines.
Same thing happened with the Divas cover. She was all over it. Who are these characters? What do they do? What are their powers?

[Superior Kiai]

He's drawing one of the better strips in Wednesday Comics.

Yeah! His Kamandi stuff is just awesome, and I feel ashamed for not mentioning it in my previous post. But I would still like to see him in a monthly or with any kind of regularity. I just love his style.

[Arion]

Yeah! His Kamandi stuff is just awesome, and I feel ashamed for not mentioning it in my previous post. But I would still like to see him in a monthly or with any kind of regularity. I just love his style.

I love him, he is a great artist.