The creative team at Justice League Dark has sparked my interest in Wonder Woman. Usually Batman is my big three go to person, but I'm going to start giving it a read.
The creative team at Justice League Dark has sparked my interest in Wonder Woman. Usually Batman is my big three go to person, but I'm going to start giving it a read.
I think this thread has had a very nice discussion so far and has highlighted multiple concurrent problems with the Wonder Woman franchise (with some problems extending to other DC properties outside of Batman).
Seems like most people have come to the conclusion that the lack of male readership isn't the problem. I think it's really just the quality of writing plus exposure. Maybe a cartoon could help? Who knows. DC would really have to invest in her while not changing who she is to be as "cool" as Batman. She's cool on her own if you write her right.
(Also, why isn't this thread in the Wonder Woman section? That area of the board needs more traffic)
I second this.
I picked up the book because I liked the art and thought the direction Azzarello was taking the character sounded interesting and ended up enjoying the run.
I don't think Wonder Woman needs more male sidekicks. I think she needs better stories in general. Other times I've checked out her books I've found the stories middle of the road and uninteresting which lead to me not continuing to read her solo books.
Better writing in her main comic could help, but I also think the demographics of the floppies distinctly work against her. The Warbringer novel spent several weeks on the NYTimes YA bestseller list, and "Diana Princess of the Amazons" by the Hales went into a second printing and apparently has sold over 200K copies.
The problem isn't Wonder Woman. The problem is with DC and the comics market they work in.
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Just a personal observation; at my LCS, about 90% of patrons are male, and nearly every patron I've seen pick up a copy of WW was male. I think if anything, the question should be how to attract more FEMALE readers, not just to WW, but to comics as a whole.
“To the future or to the past. To a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone - to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone: from the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink - greetings!" - Winston Smith
Someone was trying to make a point earlier that the WW film was watched primarily by females. Which is true only technically. I'm saying that pointing out that the WW film was attended in theaters by females 2%-6% more than males is really not worth noting. The statistic says little about WW and her appeal to genders except that she appeals roughly the same to males and females.
“To the future or to the past. To a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone - to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone: from the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink - greetings!" - Winston Smith
Actually the difference is 4/12% because 100%–52%=48% (I'm pedantic, I know), but I agree with you: the difference isn't so strong to say Wonder Woman have a primarily female audience; even if it is a remarkable data for a superhero movie. Anyway the problem (at least for me) is that usually the audience of a movie doesn't become reader of the book that inspired the movie.
«It's like kids trying to write stories for adults or something.»
There is an huge difference among write a good story and try to write a great one.
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I get as much Wonder Woman as possible for my budget as trades.
I got Perez Omnibuses, Azzarello Absolutes, Phil Jimenez Omnibus and some hard covers. And a mini statue
What Wonder Woman needs is better Writers and better Artists.and maybe more ''People'' would find her a lil more instrestring.fix some of the crap yal have messed up w her extended Family.ARTEMIS.NUBIS.CASSIE.FURY.GRACE CHOI and especially poor DONNA.DC has basically taken the girl next door and DESTROYED Her.i don't know what it is they have against WONDER WOMAN and the TITANS.but let it go and do right by them and give less attention to the Batman and more to the other heroes in the DC Universe.