FRANK MILLER Draws WONDER WOMAN For Brazilian Convention

[lordultimus]

Frank Miller has said that Wonder Woman would be a major player in Dark Knight III: The Master Race, and now the writer/artist has drawn her in a poster for December's CCXP convention in Brazil.

Miller is the featured guest for the convention, set to take place December 3 through 6 in São Paulo, Brazil.



Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1 debuts November 25.

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[gtrout]

He's just trolling us now, isn't he.

[captainbellman]

It feels like Miller's art is reflective of his deteriorating mental state, like Louis Wain...only getting more horrifying rather than more interesting.

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[alicemacher]

Let's play Spot the Errors (that is, besides CCXP having commissioned this poster at all)!

-- Liefeldian overuse of hatching

-- Hair that doesn't fall as real hair does, even if we assume a strong breeze blowing it

-- Right shoulder much, much bigger than the left

-- Right shoulder resembling buttocks

-- Left shoulder: muscle fibres generally go inside the body, not outside

-- Left leg much, much broader than the right

[icon_uk]

I'd seen a small scan of this already today, but somehow seeing it larger... doesn't really help at all.

Of course, a degree of exagerration and stylisation is common in Frank Miller's work, especially in recent years, so I'm not sure what else we might have expected.

Like Manara drawing an eroticised female figure, it may not be to everyone's tastes (It's certainly not to mine) but Miller producing something like this should hardly come as a surprise.

Good grief.

[7dialsmystery]

Just that. Good grief.

e_e

[philippos42]

Frank Miller: Part of the problem since 1979.

Was that too mean?

OK, this is what I mean: This is Frank, again, deciding that Amazon warrior means bloody and multiple weapons. He was doing this 35 years ago. And you know what? That's excusable. Marrying it to a pin-up pose is kind of ugly and weird, though

And these details bug me: "Bloody katana" is not a Wondy motif. There's no lasso, that's forgotten here. That labrys is...I don't even know what's going on there, but I'm going to say insufficient leverage. Why fishnets? (Really, why?)

And her proportions! Her shoulders, arms, and hands are all hypertrophied, but her body from waist down is bizarrely skinny. Looks like she has thigh gap to her toes!

That said, I appreciate that her hair is very curly, and the top looks kind of practical. And it's kind of neat that someone remembered the old-fashioned shorts, but kind of sad they were on this design.

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[his_spiffynesss]

The axe heads seem to be attached to one of those side handle batons/tonfa sticks.

[bradygirl_12]

Dreadful.

A (somewhat) Satirical Analysis of the "Art" of Frank Miller

[simiansyndicate]

Frank Miller: Gonzo Artist. As in the Muppet, not the media movement. You ever see those puppets hold a pen? I like to imagine Frankie does his work in the same way, with arms flailing about, mimicking what he thinks it means to art.

Let's...let's break this one down. (I'd break down the image of Batman that's been circulating as well, but I only have so many blood vessels in my brain to devote to aneurysms what with my high blood pressure. Seriously, do you know the cost of HCTZ? Frank Miller must, because I could have sent a kid of his through college, but I digress...)

Let's talk about proportions. Now, it is written that uneven proportions can give character to a piece of art, but then there's Frank Miller's sense of perspective. That is to say, he has no sense of perspective, either. Look at the left and right legs. The left one isn't just scrawny, it looks like she's had her thigh muscles surgically removed. The right leg, on the other hand, is much wider, but the curves in the legs, the very linework, doesn't make visual sense.

There there's her arms. Both of which are shifted behind her back, meaning she's pushing her chest out and forward. This would make sense, and the right arm doesn't look half bad...until you look at her LEFT ARM. Perspective, again, is being mangled in such a way that it visually hurts to look at. Which way is her left arm positioned? At her side? Is this a magic eye, and I'm just missing the point? Well, no, because she's holding the short sword behind her. But then why can we see so much of the musculature? It makes her look like she has a Lobo-arm (the weaponry could also be argued as Lobo-esque). Her left hand, roughly in the same position as her right, is super-tiny. She had a massive bicep, a weird armpit, and a tiny hand. You know who else has that? Most of Rob Liefeld's characters, but we're not here to piss on Robby today. (Not today...)

Additionally, how the hell is she holding that axe? Notice, it floats around her wrist area, sitting in a ready position that would impress and frighten any Belmont. Furthermore, what is in-between her fingers, a railroad spike? We can't tell, because Frank Miller went with a stylistic choice to completely ink her hands, save for her fingertips.

This is jarring, because not only do we have Frank's heavy-ink shading, but some other artist came in and ALSO added shading with the colours. Why doesn't it make sense? Because the weapons are casting a shadow on her legs, and her body is casting a shadow on the background, which means that the light source is coming from the foreground. But wait, according to Frank's shading on her hands and weapons, the light would be coming from the background...which it can't do, at least not that intensely.

I'd be lying if I said I'm starting to feel the blood on my brain, but those veins have long since passed. The final nail in the coffin? Her 80's-style hair is blowing majestically in the wind, while the straps/tassels on her arms remain motionless, as if afraid to move: the Miller might see them if they move, as his vision is based on motion. Which explains why the drawing looks so wonky! If the paper were constantly moving, Frank could see what he's doing! I would be afraid too, little tassels...I am afraid.

On that note, I'm starting to taste metallic almonds and smell burning toast, which is weird, because toast makes my GERD act up mighty fierce! So does Frank Miller art from the last decade and a half. And I know more of this is coming.

I better stock up on my blood pressure medicine, nexium, and tums. Miller is coming.

Re: A (somewhat) Satirical Analysis of the "Art" of Frank Miller

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Re: A (somewhat) Satirical Analysis of the "Art" of Frank Miller

[simiansyndicate]

I'm genuinely proud of this, I've never won an internet before.

[junipepper]

I can't see any merit to this at all. It's both ugly and meaningless.

[halloweenjack]

Yep, that's a Frank Miller drawing, all right.

[yap]

I feel like I'm looking at fanart of Dr Frankenfurter attempting cosplay