World of Wonder continues to team with New to DCU Book Club, DC Pride Book Club, and DC Comic Book Art Connoisseurs for Women of Wonder in the month of March. Women of Wonder will be celebrating the contributions women have made to the comic book industry (specifically DC Comics).
World of Wonder and Women of Wonder continue to celebrate Women’s History Month by reading The Legend of Wonder Woman (2015-) written and penciled by Renae De Liz. Join us in reading this retelling of Diana’s origin which includes stunning art!
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You are tempting the Gods when you decide to fundamentally reimage iconic characters. Even small changes can set off howls of outrage among the easily outraged. In the Legend of Wonder Woman, Renae De Liz alters the founding and society of the Amazons, their relationship with the Greek gods and Diana’s place and destiny in that world. And, she does it wonderfully.
Naturally, the first thing that strikes the reader is De Liz’s pencils and Dillon’s inks and colors. The images in this series manage to be cartoony cute and beautiful at the same time. Little Diana is adorable, but still able to be emotionally moving.
But, for such a cute looking book there is definitely a darker tone that grows as the story moves on. Alcippe’s turn from antagonist to ally of Diana was not unexpected. Melanippe and Antiope’s reveal as internal threats to Themyscira was a surprise. The pairing of followers of Hades and Ares cannot be good.
That’s what elseworld type stories are for outraged crew!
I’m loving how you broke everything down and gave us a mini-review. I agree with a lot of what you said. I’m not too familiar with Celtic aesthetics so to me it just looked Greco-Roman. I’ll take your word for it. The faces are always lit brightly or in a way where the eyes are the focal point. The colors are vibrant, but so are the shadows, so that gives it a more mature feel than a YA book. Really enjoying this art.
Good eye! That might be where the confusion is coming from. Was it Melanippe in every issue or just that box? My mind must have auto-corrected it to Menalippe if that is the case.
Women of Wonder: Renae De Liz 
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