New WW Creative Team: Tom King and Daniel Sampere

[The Frog Bros]

Sounds like King was being diplomatic as possible in saying "yes Absolute Power totally interrupts the main storyline".





Its kind of spoiler-y but

spoilers:

the issue will be flashing back towards a few locations and events and seems like Max Lord's death is one of them. Though King also says "supposedly killed Max" so seems more like "everything is canon/everything isn't stuff

end of spoilers

Re: bottom panel. I’m always glad when Diana is among the tallest (if not the tallest) in the room. On the other hand, had she not been in heels, she would not have been taller than Steve here. But there’s been other instances where Sampere has drawn her taller than him regardless so I’ll give this a pass.

[Donpayne]

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/05/09/to...nder-woman-qa/

New Interview

Interview
- Included Wonder Girls driven by fan demand
- 3 Absolute issues post #10
- Imaginary Steve as isolation comfort

Longer interview on Sunday in audio

[Skytten]

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/05/09/to...nder-woman-qa/

New Interview

Interview
- Included Wonder Girls driven by fan demand
- 3 Absolute issues post #10
- Imaginary Steve as isolation comfort

Longer interview on Sunday in audio

Worst timeline

[Laser_Man]

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/05/09/to...nder-woman-qa/

New Interview

Interview
- Included Wonder Girls driven by fan demand
- 3 Absolute issues post #10
- Imaginary Steve as isolation comfort

Longer interview on Sunday in audio

3 months of tie ins?

DC really couldn't stand WW comics getting momentum. I don't see the readers bothering to come back after such a long time.

[Gaius]

3 months of tie ins?

DC really couldn't stand WW comics getting momentum. I don't see the readers bothering to come back after such a long time.

DC and Mark Waid when they see a WW book doing well

[Skytten]

DC and Mark Waid when they see a WW book doing well

No, but really.
However it seems like King actually had the opportunity to say no, but didn't. Three issues so early is crazy. Had hope the leak was wrong.

[The Frog Bros]

What kills me is that they just did this. Momentum from Dawn was going strong on several books then they put out an event that sapped it. And this was only a few months ago. Sheesh!

[Zagre]

3 months of tie ins?

DC really couldn't stand WW comics getting momentum. I don't see the readers bothering to come back after such a long time.

Seriously, 3 months of tie-ins is Absolute Nonsense (taht wasn't a pun, it's just what it is - ok, maybe it was a bit of a pun) even when your book isn't doing so hot. Why do it here?

This is alredy doing well, you're going to cut its momentum in the ebst case scenario (and it's not like Absolute Power's plot has been universally embraced either).

[Primal Slayer]

https://aiptcomics.com/2024/05/09/to...nder-woman-qa/

New Interview

Interview
- Included Wonder Girls driven by fan demand
- 3 Absolute issues post #10
- Imaginary Steve as isolation comfort

Longer interview on Sunday in audio

AIPT: You’ve got nine issues under your belt as of May 21. Has your run stayed the course from your original pitch? Or have you taken any surprising turns or tweaks?

TK: It stayed the course in some ways. I had a document where it was like, the rules, like the things we’re just gonna do and we’re not gonna do. No sword. I want this to be a lasso/tiara book. Like I want this to be the traditional weapons that have always sort of been associated with Wonder Woman. No gods. I was tired of Wonder Woman living in the clouds and being sort of ethereal, I wanted her to be on the ground. One of them was no Wonder Girls. I want this to be the Diana book. There are so many great characters in the Wonder Woman universe that I think she stops giving the protagonists of her own book very quickly.

I want this to be focused on, again, as I said in the beginning, why Wonder Woman is awesome.

Then the fans were like, let’s get some Wonder Girls out there. Let’s get some Wonder Girls. And they were making arguments to me at conventions, online, anywhere they could being like, “They’re important to this book.” And to be frank, I was convinced I was wrong and I was convinced that I had made a mistake. I like making strong arguments. I like being an arrogant writer, but I also like the fact that people can change my mind. And they changed my mind. And so I was like, okay, we’re gonna add Wonder Girls content to this. So bringing in those three and having them be a big part of the plot going forward. That was more fan-driven than me-driven.

Nice to hear him say he was wrong. Thinking that Wonder Woman is JUST Wonder Woman and no supporting characters is very interesting since so many writers tend to think like that. Yet Batman and Superman, they are FAMILY MEN.

[Dr. Poison]

Nice to hear him say he was wrong. Thinking that Wonder Woman is JUST Wonder Woman and no supporting characters is very interesting since so many writers tend to think like that. Yet Batman and Superman, they are FAMILY MEN.

I'm with you on this. A good creator listens to fans and weighs what they have to say. I'm not saying a creator should honor every fan request but when fans point out things that are important, they should be given consideration. I love that King doesn't want to use the Gods. They really do detract from Wonder Woman and water her down at the same time.

[Primal Slayer]

I'm with you on this. A good creator listens to fans and weighs what they have to say. I'm not saying a creator should honor every fan request but when fans point out things that are important, they should be given consideration. I love that King doesn't want to use the Gods. They really do detract from Wonder Woman and water her down at the same time.

I love the Gods but when they show up it should feel important. Unless it's Ares in a suit trying to stir up trouble because he's bored and he's playing a Spike/Angelus type character.

WW shouldn't be more grounded than Superman or Batman

[Gaius]

Nice to know he'll be jumping into Diana presumably actually dealing with Trinity after AP.

[Alpha]

I love the Gods but when they show up it should feel important. Unless it's Ares in a suit trying to stir up trouble because he's bored and he's playing a Spike/Angelus type character.

WW shouldn't be more grounded than Superman or Batman

I just wish the stories in which she wasn't grounded weren't all about the gods. But Tom did frame the question that way, so I'm not really arguing with you

[Donpayne]

https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/dc...n-9-interview/

Key points
1) Sovereign run will end around ~20th issue, effectively
2) He has mapped out things in his mind till #25 with something else following Sovereign
3) #9 location will include one location set during 70s where she is doing her kung fu thing