DC decided to reboot their comic book universe, so I decided to blog along with it!
Wonder Woman #1
Brian Azzarello: writer
Cliff Chiang: artist & cover
Now this...this is how you do a comic book. Tight script. Great art. Intriguing all around. This stuff is golden. This is a properly done reboot.
The best thing about this reboot is that they don't tell you anything. They assume you know who Wonder Woman is, and if you don't, you learn pretty quick not to mess with her. There is a modern setting for old gods, and it pays off in brutal, awesome retellings.
Seriously, I can't praise it enough. Azzarello has a way of telling a great story using few words. He lets the few words that are spoken have meaning and impact. He relies on a good artist to compliment those words, and with Chiang he has found a great artist. Chiang can get a little on the sketchy look, but when its his time to shine as an artist and make an impression, he does so. Where most artists are given a double page or single page to devote to showing off drawing the hero of the book, Chiang used one page to show the scariness of the villains in this story. And it rocked.
This does feel like a horror story, but I think that its a horror story that is devoted to showing how gods treat and feel about mortals. And I like it. And here is Wonder Woman called upon to protect the mere mortals. I think I'll stay on for the ride on this one.
And yes, this is my first time buying a Wonder Woman comic. I take pride in that fact.
Words: 10/10
Pictures: 10/10
Recommend: If I got a few more pages of this book, I would have gladly paid $3.99 for it.
Buy Next Issue: I'm there. Hook, line, and sinker.
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