Wonder Woman as You've Never Seen Her Before

[uadlika.insanejournal.com]

Kate Beaton of "Hark, a Vagrant" writes a webcomic that is full of awesome, win, history, and Canadianness. She recently posted a new comic that contains a version of Wonder Woman we are unlikely to ever see.

:o)

Comments

[toasty_fresh.insanejournal.com]

Hell yeah now this is a WW I can get behind

[goobalicious.insanejournal.com]

I adore this. The faces in the third panel have me cracking up.

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[cardinalx.insanejournal.com]

I rather like the little Wonder Woman pic you´re using, do you have a larger version of it lying around? Or the full pic, if it´s been cropped.

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[goobalicious.insanejournal.com]

The icon itself was cropped and edited by a_trill on LJ. The image is this (http://www.joshuamiddleton.com/galleries/comiccovers/misc/wonder_woman.html) gorgeous Josh Middleton cover:D

[shanejayell.insanejournal.com]

*Snerk*

^__^

[bluefall.insanejournal.com]

The determined, professional fierceness with which she yanks that cat the hell out of that tree is truly sublime.

[swingbound.livejournal.com (from insanejournal.com)]

This reminds me greatly of Wonderella. And since I like Wonderella, I approve.

[cmdr_zoom.insanejournal.com]

Yes, that's who I was thinking of.

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

Well, she does stand for truth...

(And yay! I'm glad someone posted this.)

[box_in_the_box.insanejournal.com]

... Holy shit, you're right. I never thought of it that way, but making Wonder Woman a totally honest but tactless asshole would kind of be awesome. The joke here is that I'm totally serious.

[rhythmbandit.insanejournal.com]

Kate Beaton just keeps getting better!

[sandoz_iscariot.insanejournal.com]

As soon as I saw this on her lj I knew it had to be posted here. XD BEATEN TO THE BEATON.

[uadlika.insanejournal.com]

muahahahaha

[salamangkiero.insanejournal.com]

Oh, hell yeah. I love this idea.

[eldabe.insanejournal.com]

I was already cracking up at, "Oh you bad guys." The eyeroll and the hands-on-hips are fantastic.

And then, of course, it just got better.

[darkknightjrk.insanejournal.com]

"Woah, did he run away because of his name. I would."

:D Hilarious. :D

[mcbangle.insanejournal.com]

I love Kate Beaton! I'm so glad you posted this!

[wtfomfg2.insanejournal.com]

Eh, it's a little too Wonderella for me. Not that that's a problem, I love Wonderella, it's just doesn't feel original.

[kaetepixie.insanejournal.com]

She's got a certain bit of *crustiness* that sets her apart, somehow. At least to me. :D

Or you can just consider that it's actually Wonderella, and that's why she's grumpy - the old bat got her name wrong!

[aaron_bourque.insanejournal.com]

awesome, win, history, and Canadianness

2 out of 4 ain't bad, I guess.

[deepspaceartist.insanejournal.com]

Well, you could say that this happened years ago and the old lady is Canadian. Now it's 4/4! Satisfied? :p

[aaron_bourque.insanejournal.com]

Nope, sorry. Kate Beaton does nothing for me.

[deepspaceartist.insanejournal.com]

Fair enough. To each their own.

[petalsinthewind.insanejournal.com]

I always love Beaton's faces.

[psychop_rex.insanejournal.com]

I love how COMPLETELY freaked out the cat is in the last panel. Also, how unusually blue-collar this version of Diana is. She's not only not anxious to help, she's annoyed because the little old lady is interrupting her smoke break. 'I stand for TRUTH! - and the TRUTH is that I'm in a bitchy mood right now, 'cause people have been on my ass all day about all kinds of dumb #%^%, so count yourself lucky that I didn't make you rescue your own damn cat'.
Seriously, though, if she wanted to, Kate Beaton could draw a great traditional WW. Look at those three panels where she's taking care of the cat - look at her expression, the way her hair flies back, the clenched fist, the practiced way she tosses the lasso. That's classic Wonder Woman there.

[freeman333.insanejournal.com]

"Hark, A Vagrant!" is definitely a comic worth checking out. I wouldn't call it one of my favorites, just because it doesn't have an ongoing story, and I don't tend to be as impressed with gag-a-day strips (even extremely well executed ones) as I am with those that carry on a narrative. But other than that, Beaton's work is pretty damn near perfect; her drawing style is impeccable and full of delicious detail, and her writing leaves me in stitches, even when I have no idea what she's talking about (being not a strong student of history, Canadian or otherwise).

In this way H,aV! is kind of like XKCD, in that I just don't get about 30% of the jokes, but I enjoy the jokes I don't get a bit more in H,aV! just because the art is so lovely. Not that I don't also love XKCD, but there isn't as much to look at, generally speaking, in Munroe's work, whereas Beaton always has something to offer.

Love!

[mxlm.insanejournal.com]

I'm not entirely sure why, but I'm strongly reminded of The Pro.

Well, without the Ennis toilet humor, but still.

[golden_orange.insanejournal.com]

Traumatised Nibbles cracks me up.

And yeah, Wonder Woman kind of works well with the whole "WTF this shit's beneath me" kind of attitude.

[lots42.insanejournal.com]

Nibbles is traumatized because he just faced the truth about his own existence, namely the fact that he's named Nibbles.

Hey, Didio!

[stig.insanejournal.com]

When you line up the Wednesday Comics sequel, be sure to call Kate Beaton to do the Wondy segment! Unlike the previous writer/artist, you can at least read her handwriting.

[halloweenjack.insanejournal.com]

Dang, someone beat me to it. :( This is part of a series where she's doing reader requests; I'm still holding out hope that we'll see Shatner.

[lots42.insanejournal.com]

Shoulda made the kitty talk, Wondy.

[ladymirth.insanejournal.com]

Introducing Frank Miller's Wonder Woman!