They do not retreat to it for refuge as they do in other tellings of the DC Comics Amazons’ origins. Hippolyta is forced to make a choice that resurrects the defeated Amazons without their consent (keen readers will remember that in Book One, the Goddesses did get consent from the souls of the departed women to resurrect them as Amazons). Thus, when the Amazons ultimately and gloriously lose their battle against the Gods, the anguish is three-dimensional. If there is any one person who was born to draw the Wonder Woman mythos, it’s Scott.
And in Book Three, Nicola Scott drew for dear life! There is so much to say about what she does in these pages (along with colorist Annette Kwok ). Book Two was drawn by Gene Ha, who mastered illusions and visual riddles in ways that will take years to unravel. Book One contained the mind-bending work of Phil Jimenez, who won an Eisner for his inventions here. Art by Nicola Scott.Īnd here, at this scene, is the perfect time to talk about the art for Historia. Because the muck is where the truth is.įrom Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #3. What is she doing? Getting down in the muck. Some folks who read DeConnick’s work (or, rather, who don’t read it or don’t know how to read it) often miss these nuances therein and, therefore, mischaracterize what she’s doing within her stories. This is something DeConnick is expert at: dwelling in the complicated liminal spaces, where right and wrong are often kaleidoscopic rather than binary where evil has a little bit of human in it and good has a little bit of demon in it where every action has a consequence, despite intention where the goal-often thwarted by someone, including oneself-is liberation. What do I mean by “full shit”? Well, I mean she took her sweet damn time to ensure that each sentence had its place, every line hit the proper beat, and the underlying sociopolitical perspective was as dire and agonizing as real life. Milkfed Dispatches wrote the full shit out of Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #3.
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