This coming Fall, writer Brian Azzarello and artist
Cliff Chiang are handing over DC's Wonder Woman to wife/husband duo Meredith
Finch (writer), and David Finch (artist).
The Azzarello/ Chiang run of the character focused
mainly on Diana's connection to Greek mythology, but the Finches want to go a
different route and focus on who she is, and what are her relationships with
not only her Amazonian sisters, but also her Justice League friends.
"A
big part of what Meredith wants to do is write a story about a woman who is
trying to take on all of those different things and try to make them all work
together," says David.
"We
wanted to make her a little more flawed. She doesn't always necessarily have
the answers."
David Finch goes on to talk about
bringing Wonder Woman to the big screen.
"With
(superhero) movies being so popular and the audience that comics have,'' the
artist says, "it's really the right time for Wonder Woman.''
Since its creation, by William Moulton Marston in 1941, Wonder Woman had for the most part male writers, and David says that it is a good thing that this time it will be a woman writing a story about a woman.
"I
love the idea that it's a woman writing a woman because we're trying to appeal
to more female readers now,'' says David.
Adds
Meredith: "it makes sense if you're going to try to attract that female
market that you appeal to them on every level — your writing demographic
reflects the demographic of your readership."
Meredith goes on to say that Wonder Woman might be a
superhero, but one that at times is driven by the heart and not the head.
"That's
one aspect of being a female writer I can bring to her. Women tend to react in
a different way, and I can bring some of that reactionary (thinking), going
from your heart sometimes more than from your head,'' she says.
"I
hope that between the two of us, we'll be able to bring that balance so she's
got a really complex character as we go forward."
Source - USA Today
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