New Wonder Woman Arc to Focus on her Brother OR No One Wants This

DC Comics announced a new creative team for their Wonder Woman comic yesterday, with James Robinson coming on board to write the book alongside Carlos Pagulayan and Emanuela Lupacchino on art. They’re going to do a six-issue arc that will run bi-monthly from September through December, and it will pick up on threads first introducedContinue reading “New Wonder Woman Arc to Focus on her Brother OR No One Wants This”

Women in Comics Statistics: DC and Marvel, August 2016 in Review

My latest “Gendercrunching” column is up now on Bleeding Cool, and August 2016 was a decent month for DC and Marvel, with both publishers posting some of their betters totals for the year. DC’s overall percentage of female creators dipped down slightly, landing at 17.2%, but that’s still a relatively strong total for the publisher.Continue reading “Women in Comics Statistics: DC and Marvel, August 2016 in Review”

Wonder Woman Comic Sales Stay Strong With Highest Sustained Run In 20 Years

There have been several relaunches of Wonder Woman over the past few years, along with significant creative revamps that didn’t change the numbering, and each came with a sales bump. However, few of these sales bumps lasted for long. Generally speaking, every comic book series drifts down the chart each month without big events orContinue reading “Wonder Woman Comic Sales Stay Strong With Highest Sustained Run In 20 Years”

Wonder Woman #1 Preview: Hitting the Ground Running

Following up on Wonder Woman Rebirth #1 from two weeks back, the new Wonder Woman series is set to officially launch this Wednesday. Yes, I know it’s confusing to have a Wonder Woman Rebirth #1 followed by Wonder Woman #1. It seems like a dumb strategy to me, too. Everything would be a lot simplerContinue reading “Wonder Woman #1 Preview: Hitting the Ground Running”

Wonder Woman: Rebirth #1 Review: A Tale of Two Wonder Women?

It’s finally here, gang. A much needed new direction for Wonder Woman. The New 52 version of the book had its ups and downs, but it’s been mostly downs lately. And it looks like Greg Rucka knows this. His first issue back writing Diana, with artists Matthew Clark and Liam Sharp, serves as a definiteContinue reading “Wonder Woman: Rebirth #1 Review: A Tale of Two Wonder Women?”

A Big Change for Wonder Woman in DC Universe Rebirth #1 (And Why the Special Irks Me)

DC Comics new initiative “Rebirth” is now underway, with the oversized special issue DC Universe Rebirth #1 hitting comic shops at midnight last night. DC titles will begin to relaunch starting in June, allegedly bringing a new tone to the DC universe that will focus on hope and inspiration rather than the darkness and cynicismContinue reading “A Big Change for Wonder Woman in DC Universe Rebirth #1 (And Why the Special Irks Me)”

Check Out these Liam Sharp Pages from Wonder Woman: Rebirth #1, Plus a Tease from Nicola Scott

We’re getting ever closer to the debut of DC’s “Rebirth” relaunch in June, so close that we’re starting to get more concrete teases now. Among them is a peek inside Wonder Woman: Rebirth #1, the special issue that will come out in early June before Wonder Woman officially relaunches  with a new first issue laterContinue reading “Check Out these Liam Sharp Pages from Wonder Woman: Rebirth #1, Plus a Tease from Nicola Scott”