Finished this one last night – great story, absolutely loved it.
“How do you feel about the Wonder Woman/Batman relationship depicted in this story and in general?”
In this story, they work great! Batman as the investigator and Diana as the diplomat work very well together, though I feel like once Bruce was brought in, Diana didn’t really have that much else to do.
In general, still enjoy them – I think of the Trinity, Bruce and Diana have the most in common: both are bound to a mission that drives their lives (his war on crime in Gotham and abroad, her’s the unification and peace between Man’s World and Themyskira), and both strong warriors with a perfectionist streak. Some of their best interactions is when they’re sparring together in the Watchtower or wherever.
Of course, there is the romantic element that’s been played with in the past…ultimately I’ve liked stories where they are an item, I think it can work, but it’s certainly not my preferred coupling for either character.
“What are your thoughts on the Celtic/Irish myth? Any previous knowledge of any of it?”
I had zero knowledge of the Celtic lore, so it did take a little bit to understand everything. I was reading this through a digital trade I got a while back, and in the back it includes a glossary of some of the terms, and I honestly wish I knew that before hand or it was in the front, because I would be reading this throughout the days and think “…wait, what’s this again?”
“Which other pantheons/mythological worlds would you like to see Wonder Woman involved in?”
I can hardly think of one that wouldn’t. I understand the mini-series Odyssey of the Amazons has them fighting Norse mythology figures, which sounds awesome. Egyptian would be cool as well.
“Were there any new characters that you’d like to see make future appearances?”
Hmm…of the pantheon characters, honestly, not a lot comes explicitly to mind. If Sharp does do a follow-up with this world, I wouldn’t mind, but none of them I’m itching to see show up elsewhere if that makes sense.
“Typically, how do you feel about a comic being written and drawn by the same person? What did you think of Liam Sharp’s work specifically?”
It can be a mixed bag. Some of my favorite creators are writer/artists who’ve done amazing, seminal work in comics, like Frank Miller, Terry Moore, Darwyn Cooke, Mike Mignola, Jack Kirby. But you also then get guys like Tony Daniel, who’s a great artist, not a great writer; or guys like Johnathan Hickman or Brian Michael Bendis, who are amazing writers, does cool design stuff, but their actual art leaves a bit to be desired. Then there’s guys like Rob Liefeld, who’s…well, Rob Lifeld.
I’m happy to say that Liam Sharp is more in the first camp. While his dialogue is sometimes a little flat, the overall plot is solid, and his sense of storytelling both propells the story along while often designed to make exquite pieces of art on their own. If they got Liam to take over the Wonder Woman book on his own, I certainly wouldn’t object.
No, but really, with the ending claiming that this was just Part 1, I want them all to come back for another entry to this story. I feel like we didn’t get enough of the villain, but his design was interesting. I can always go for a fantasy story and an epic, so I say bring them all back.
) focuses more on just Wonder Woman and Tir Na Nóg.
It looks like an interesting concept and the art looks stunning.
. Maybe, I should revisit that run at some point. I would not mind him as the next Wonder Woman writer. Yes, the dialogue was a little stiff, but the story was highly enjoyable.The characterizations worked for me. I could see him having a top run of Wonder Woman. His work on the villains felt a bit rushed, but with established villains like Wonder Woman’s rogues gallery or some villains that don’t come with an entire world and cast, he could pull off a great villain, I believe.