What did he say about Lord? How hard should I brace myself?
What did he say about Lord? How hard should I brace myself?
Sounds like King was being diplomatic as possible in saying "yes Absolute Power totally interrupts the main storyline".
Its kind of spoiler-y but
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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
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it's the "supposedly" that makes me question if King is going to revisit Lord's death. Why say "supposedly" for an almost two-decade-old story, if he isn't planning to explore it. Maybe Wonder Woman killing Lord is something that has been accepted as a result of the Lasso of Lies, and King plans to retcon it. I'm curious.
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.
“Look, you can’t put the Superman #77s with the #200s. They haven’t even discovered Red Kryptonite yet. And you can’t put the #98s with the #300s, Lori Lemaris hasn’t even been introduced.” — Sam
“Where the hell are you from? Krypton?” — Edgar Frog
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
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).
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.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.
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.
Currently(or soon to be) Reading: Absolute Power, Batman/Superman: World's Finest, Birds of Prey, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Justice Society of America, Shazam, Titans, & Wonder Woman.