75 years ago, in December 1941, 'Wonder Woman' was born
It was interesting to read in The Guardian on July 15 2016 that "Wonder Woman artist Frank Cho quits in row over ‘vulgar’ cover".
Annys Shin described Mr. Cho for The Washington Post thus:
Jill Lepore, ‘The Secret History of Wonder
Woman’, 2014:
“...(Gardner) Fox’s Wonder Woman was a secretary in a swimsuit. (William Moulton) Marston’s Wonder Woman was a Progressive Era feminist, charged with fighting evil, intolerance, destruction, injustice, suffering, and even sorrow, on behalf of democracy, freedom, justice, and equal rights for women. In 1942, when Fox’s Wonder Woman was typing up the minutes to meetings of the Justice Society, Marston’s Wonder Woman was organizing boycotts, strikes, and political rallies...”
Los Angeles Times, September 29 2016:
“...(Gardner) Fox’s Wonder Woman was a secretary in a swimsuit. (William Moulton) Marston’s Wonder Woman was a Progressive Era feminist, charged with fighting evil, intolerance, destruction, injustice, suffering, and even sorrow, on behalf of democracy, freedom, justice, and equal rights for women. In 1942, when Fox’s Wonder Woman was typing up the minutes to meetings of the Justice Society, Marston’s Wonder Woman was organizing boycotts, strikes, and political rallies...”
Los Angeles Times, September 29 2016:
“'Wonder Woman' writer Greg Rucka confirms superhero is
queer.”
Lynda Carter, star of the TV series Wonder Woman, from 1975
to 1979.
Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex
Recently I watched 'Wonder Woman', 2009.
I really loved the way the film opened with following frames depicting the dialogue between Ares and Hippolyta....they way Hippolyta tells Ares how he was no good in the sack
courtesy: Warner Bros. Animation, DC Comics
It was interesting to read in The Guardian on July 15 2016 that "Wonder Woman artist Frank Cho quits in row over ‘vulgar’ cover".
Annys Shin described Mr. Cho for The Washington Post thus:
“Frank Cho is at his first comic book signing in Paris doing
something he excels at: drawing women's breasts.
This particular set is spilling out of a bikini top as the
young man who requested the sketch looks on. But as the 20 or so other men
behind him in line well know, Cho is capable of drawing almost any permutation:
breasts in profile, breasts under T-shirts, breasts amplifying superhero logos,
and so on. And they all have one thing in common: their disproportionate size.
For Cho, 38, who grew up in Beltsville, the son of Korean immigrants, the
alphabet starts with two letters, both of them D...”
Artist: Frank Cho,
Photograph Frank Cho / DC Comics