A new look for an old, old character

[arbre_rieur]

Three pages from WONDER WOMAN 5...









I love it.

Comments

[espanolbot]

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.

[long_silence]

Those sea horses look sick.

And not in a good way.

[sinisterlink]

Yeah, they look a little green around the gills. *snerk*









....I'm sorry, that was bad. :p

[icon_uk]

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

[icon_uk]

The Thames is a very healthy river all things considered, with a wide variety of wildlife

[valtyr]

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.)

[valtyr]

Wait, Poseidon is coming from upriver? He's coming under London Bridge there. That's... really, really weird. It would make sense if he were coming up from the sea, but why would Poseidon be hanging out in central London?

[valtyr]

On a third look, the geography's wrong. Diana stands with her back to Tower Bridge, facing Poseidon, who's come from upriver. But you can see the Tower of London behind her, on her left. She should be facing out to sea, as the Tower is on the north side of the river. But Poseidon came from upriver. Either Azzarello thinks there are more bridges east of Tower Bridge (which would negate the point of Tower Bridge) or he thinks the Tower of London is on the south side of the river. Research fail.

[espanolbot]

Oh yeah, forgot about the whales and dolphins.

I think that it make presumably be deep enough for him, considering it also used to be port until semi-recently.

[espanolbot]

Inhaled too many crisp packets and shopping carts.

[espanolbot]

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.

[superfangirl1]

But a great laugh and I agree.

[valtyr]

The Thames is silty, so it can look pretty brown at times - it's misleading.

London Bridge has a clearance of about nine metres, apparently... tight fit.

[biod]

Or art fail. The world may never know.

[espanolbot]

To visit Forbidden Planet and the Hunterian Museum, presumably.

[espanolbot]

Well considering the Poseidon connection the nautical term kind of makes sense, even if the meaning isn't quite the same.

[valtyr]

Hippocampus, looks like.

[valtyr]

It looks very possible the artist worked from photographs, as every panel looks right, it's just incorrectly arranged.

[icon_uk]

It's not that it's not quite the same, it's that it's outright inaccurate.

"Six bells" IS a definite time depending on the watch of the boat

Middle Watch - 3am
Morning Watch - 7am
Forenoon Watch - 11am
Afternoon Watch - 3pm
Last Dog Watch - 7pm
First Watch - 11pm

It can never be 6pm. (or 6am depending on when the scene is set)

And if she's being literal then Big Ben sounding the hour has the "hour sequence" before it strikes so it's many more than "six bells"

Sorry, I'm not even nautically minded, but it just struck me as odd.

[icon_uk]

Yup, reminds me of Baian, Poseidon's Marine General of the North Pacific Ocean

[icon_uk]

Yeah, I long since gave up expecting decent geography of non-American cities in comics, if it means the artist gets to draw iconic tourist spots.

[pallas_athena]

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.

[kosaginolegion]

Maybe they need to consult Google Earth. I find the street view very useful for getting a general layout.

Now if I could just go visit the British Museum virtually that way.

[wizardru]

If it's consolation, they also get domestic cities incredibly wrong, too. I see my city drawn incorrectly constantly (though some artists make more of an effort than others).

[eyz]

I kinda like it, but I miss the previous Poseidon...

Will this one also know Arthur!Aquaman?