![]() The Amazons are written as complete idiots in this book. The only old woman on Paradise Island, Derinoe, who looks like she should be offering our heroine a rosy red apple, is obviously up to no good and stirring up discontent, among other things - but the Amazons listen to her and are easily manipulated against Diana. For one, she’s the wife of artist David Finch and I’m pretty sure that’s how she got the gig seeing as she’s only written one comic prior to this, for Zenescope (so you know it’s good!).īut mostly her book, War-Torn, isn’t just a dull, humorless adventure, it’s also too simplistic. Meredith Finch though - I don’t think she’s a good choice to replace Azzarello as a writer at all. I wasn’t a huge fan of Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang’s Wonder Woman and only read a couple volumes but I could appreciate what they were doing, and they certainly had a fair number of supporters. But with her loyalties divided, Diana’s Amazons begin an insurrection against her progressive rule, led by the barbaric Donna Troy. She may fuck it up, but right now I think this one could still turn out to be something I'll look forward to reading.ĭiana has become the new God of War in addition to being Queen of Themyscira and Wonder Woman in the Justice League. At any rate, I'll give this title the same fair shot I'd give any other new author. I'm not willing to shoot Meredith Finch down just because there's some questions surrounding how the hell she ending up with a major title like this one. Maybe I'm just rating it high because I disliked the look & feel of the last run, and anything would seem better to me. Sure, Wonder Woman looks like a runway model in some panels, but the guys look model-y, too. It's also not as hyper-sexual as I was afraid it was going to turn out. It's not always consistent, but none of it is fugly. Especially the part about Dona Troy.Įveryone was so worried about the art, but I thought it was fine. Maybe hectic isn't the right word, but I wish some of these individual plot threads had been explored a tad more. I get that they were trying to show how many different pieces of her life she's been trying to juggle, but it made for a somewhat hectic story. Torn is also a great name for this volume, because the plot feels torn into too many different pieces, as well. Can they put someone else in there for a bit? I mean, I love it when she goes back to visit her sisters on Themyscira, but she really needs to distance herself from those crazy bitches. I'd love to see Wonder Woman get out from under that Queen of the Amazons thing, though. Justice League, God of War, Queen of the Amazons, plus she's got a movie coming out. Torn is a good name for this volume, because Diana is getting pulled in so many different directions. You! Yeah, you in the back? Put down the fuckin' pitchfork! Most of my friends adored that run, so I'm not trying to be disrespectful. That's not to say it was awful or anything, I just didn't care for it personally. ![]() So this was (to me) a breath of fresh air. ![]() I was one of the 3 people who wasn't a huge fan of Azzarello's Greek-heavy storyline or Chiang's blocky artwork.
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