scans_daily: A new look for an old, old character

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@ 2012-01-26 12:00 am UTC

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char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: brian azzarello, title: wonder woman

A new look for an old, old character

Three pages from WONDER WOMAN 5...

I love it.

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	no subject espanolbot 2012-01-26 08:25 am UTC (link)
	Well, this makes the whole cyclops thing incredibly awkward... Cool new design though. :) I'd have thought that the Thames wouldn't be a great place for Poseidon to incarnate though, what with the pollution and submerged cars I'd have thought he'd dissolve in it. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 24 comments) (Show 24 comments)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-01-26 08:45 am UTC (link)
	The Thames is a very healthy river all things considered, with a wide variety of wildlife (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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valtyr
2012-01-26 08:52 am UTC (link)

The Thames is actually the cleanest metropolitan river in Europe. Dolphins have been reported as far up as London Bridge - they come up to prey on the fish.

Admittedly, I'm not sure it's deep enough for Poseidon's size... but it is tidal, so maybe he could arrange something.

(I'm also doubtful about hearing Big Ben from Tower Bridge. Do people think Tower Bridge is right next to the Palace of Westminster? I noticed in the first Sherlock Holmes movie that they ran from one to the other in a few minutes. They're not very close.)

Last edited 2012-01-26 08:53 am UTC (dolpins are reported, not reporting. That would be weird.)

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	no subject long_silence 2012-01-26 08:36 am UTC (link)
	Those sea horses look sick. And not in a good way. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

	no subject sinisterlink 2012-01-26 08:40 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, they look a little green around the gills. snerk ....I'm sorry, that was bad. :p (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

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	no subject espanolbot 2012-01-26 09:34 am UTC (link)
	Inhaled too many crisp packets and shopping carts. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject pallas_athena 2012-01-26 11:33 am UTC (link)
	I think their poses are drawn from this fountain at Piccadilly Circus: The Four Bronze Horses of Helios. Not in the same order, but I remember the sideways-tongue-out horse. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-01-26 08:42 am UTC (link)
	Is Diana being very literal here? Because in nautical parlance (The only time I've ever heard "Six bells" used) six bells isn't six o'clock (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject espanolbot 2012-01-26 10:11 am UTC (link)
	Well considering the Poseidon connection the nautical term kind of makes sense, even if the meaning isn't quite the same. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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	no subject espanolbot 2012-01-26 09:37 am UTC (link)
	Oh god, I know what those horse things are! DX http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p45XUXM-TAk Ah, I know they're not those things. It would be funny if they started singing though. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject valtyr 2012-01-26 11:06 am UTC (link)
	Hippocampus, looks like. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

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	no subject eyz 2012-01-26 01:44 pm UTC (link)
	I kinda like it, but I miss the previous Poseidon... Will this one also know Arthur!Aquaman? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject darkknightjrk 2012-01-26 03:23 pm UTC (link)
	Considering that the Aquaman book has bee hinting about some drama concerning Arthur using Poseidon's trident, and the fact that Johns said that Arthur and Diana would be fast friends...I'd say it's possible. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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filkertom
2012-01-26 01:45 pm UTC (link)

This is neither snark nor sarcasm.

I'm just realizing -- again -- how effing wonderful it is to be part of the overall fannish community. The worldwide lovers of SF, fantasy, comics, computer games, anime, etc., etc., etc.

We see Lord Poseidon manifest in the Thames in front of Wonder Woman, and lo! the wonderful digressions and analyses begin. Poseidon's coming in from the wrong direction; the composition of the shore of the Thames is incorrect, likely based on out-of-context research photos; nautical time is used incorrectly. We have all the ancillary facts down, all the things that add to the verisimilitude, that make the sequence more real.

Because we're already good with the fact that an ancient Greek god, big as a skyscraper with the mug of a fish, is about to have a chat with a super-powered woman who was not born but sculpted. (Screw the new origin.)

Creators, don't get in the way of our fantasies with your bullshit that kicks us out of them.

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	no subject salinea 2012-01-26 03:37 pm UTC (link)
	hear, hear! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-01-26 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	Because we're already good with the fact that an ancient Greek god, big as a skyscraper with the mug of a fish, is about to have a chat with a super-powered woman who was not born but sculpted Damn right! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject glprime 2012-01-28 12:14 am UTC (link)
	Fear us, for we are well-read and educated. Fear us, for our life experience is diverse and multi-faceted. Fear us... THE DECONSTRUCTORS! In my own words, "I live in my mind. My imagination is vast. Little surprises me, but much interests me." (also, big fan of your tunes) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject greenmask 2012-01-26 02:29 pm UTC (link)
	Is she back to the bathing suit all-times, or is it just cos she's going swimming? Quite interested in this book. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject darkknightjrk 2012-01-26 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	She's been wearing it since issue 1. And yes, you should be reading this book. It is quite spectacular. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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	no subject mullon 2012-01-26 03:13 pm UTC (link)
	Has the art gotten...better? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject darkknightjrk 2012-01-26 03:26 pm UTC (link)
	I'm going to have to go with no. It's not BAD, per se, but it does feel like either the artist is trying too hard to ape Chiang, or the people inking/coloring is changing it to look like that. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

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	no subject his_spiffynesss 2012-01-26 03:30 pm UTC (link)
	When did the King of the Sea become a Great Old One? (Reply to this)

	no subject silverzeo 2012-01-26 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	AHH! LORD JABUJABU! (Reply to this)

	no subject cypherfdp 2012-01-26 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	The idea of the gods all being hideous eldritch monsters has always appealed to me. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject icon_uk 2012-01-27 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	Something we Cthulhu-ists have been saying for years "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!" (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject endis_ni 2012-01-27 12:28 pm UTC (link)
	We can never tell the Daily Mail about these pages. "Damn forrun hippocampi, coming over here, taking our jobs when so many BRITISH!!! kelpie are out of work..." (Reply to this)

	no subject glprime 2012-01-28 12:16 am UTC (link)
	...And then a green-clad, sword-wielding adventurer walked out of his mouth. (Reply to this)

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