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[nomoment]

http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazines/wizard/WZ20050525-justice.cfm

 

[Tamanon]

Whoa! It's like JLA : The End

Looks very cool though, love Ross' art.

 

[Wellington]

Damn, looks AWESOME!

 

[Spike Spiegel]

"Someone"? More like everyone! :lol

 

[ThirstyFly]

Looks cool. Why is Wonder Woman cracking though?

 

[Macam]

I love it when he does full books; of course, they're usually epic in story when he signs on, which makes them even better. I just wish one day he'd do another Marvel focused story, although given the current state of the Marvel universe, perhaps the DC world is better.

 

[tsp_gatmog]

I thought this was about Axel Rose.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

Looks cool. Why is Wonder Woman cracking though?

'Cuz they're all dying, and she's a clay figure given life by the Olympians?

 

[Outcast2004]

I can't wait for this, when Ross is on he's VERY on.

I do have a couple of small gripes about his art (why does he ALWAYS make Superman look so OLD?), but I still love it.

As an artist myself I am mesmerized by his painting, the color palette and just plain awe of his work.

Marvels, to this day 10+ years later, still floors me every time I read it. It's the closest I'll get to seeing the heroes and villains in front of me.

 

[Wellington]

Marvels, to this day 10+ years later, still floors me every time I read it. It's the closest I'll get to seeing the heroes and villains in front of me.

Marvels fucking owns.

 

[DaveH]

Hooray.

 

[karasu]

WTF was that crap

 

[Macam]

I do have a couple of small gripes about his art (why does he ALWAYS make Superman look so OLD?), but I still love it.
.

I frankly love the fact that Ross does it. Considering the character's legacy, it, at least in my mind, helps add a depth to Superman you just don't see when you get the Rob Liefeld's of the world drawing him; it makes him look weathered, like he's been through Hell and back, and it contrasts his physique to add subtle layers to the dialogue and actions. He does a similar thing with Batman, and again, I think it plays out well. It's those nuances that have always helped elevate Ross' work to me in addition to his style and the nature of the stories he partakes in.

Spike (and I ask you, since you seem the most likely person to know), has Ross done any full Marvel books in the last few years? He seems to be primarily DC-focused, and the rare moments when I see his work, it's generally just a cover or a poster or some such trifling. As Outcast noted, Marvels was/is absolutely phenomenonal and I'd love to see him tackle that universe again, at least as long as the story's there to back the art.

 

[ThirstyFly]

'Cuz they're all dying, and she's a clay figure given life by the Olympians?

I was not aware of that. Has she always been a clay figure? Didn't she

Spoiler

have a baby

at the end of Kingdom Come? How the hell is that possible? Forgive my ignorance on the subject, I'm not the biggest super hero comic reader and it's been years since I've read anything JLA related.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

Spike (and I ask you, since you seem the most likely person to know), has Ross done any full Marvel books in the last few years? He seems to be primarily DC-focused, and the rare moments when I see his work, it's generally just a cover or a poster or some such trifling. As Outcast noted, Marvels was/is absolutely phenomenonal and I'd love to see him tackle that universe again, at least as long as the story's there to back the art.

Hmmm... nope, I can't recall anything really. Nomo might know about something I don't but IIRC the only work Ross has done for Marvel lately has involved just covers and art prints. Oh, and the Spider-Man 2 opening.

Looks like he's sticking with DC.

ThirstyFly: It's really a long story, but I'll try to be brief.

The Amazons of Themiscyra are the reincarnated souls of women who died long ago, brought to life again by the goddesses of Olympus to become champions of equality and protectors against Ares. Diana's mother, Hippolyta, was pregnant at the time of her first death, and when she was reincarnated the spirit of her unborn child remained behind in the Cavern of Souls to be reborn later, in desperate times when a hero would be needed. When Hippolyta began to feel an unexplained yearning, the goddesses of Olympus commanded her to go to the shore of Themiscyra, to carefully fashion a baby's image from the island's clay soil and pray for their guidance. The goddesses then combined their powers with the earth mother Gaea, each bestowing a gift upon the soon-to-be child (strength, beauty, wisdom, etc.), and using the soul of Hippolyta's unborn baby they made her clay figure flesh and blood with the gift of life.

And Diana, princess of Themiscyra, Wonder Woman, was born.

Basically, she's a clay figure made flesh and blood by the gods. Some theorize that, when she dies, she'll return to the earth from which she was made, which would explain the cracks forming on her legs. Plus it just makes for a cool artistic effect too, don't you think?

Check out Doug Mahnke's take on Wonder Woman's corpse.

As for the baby thing from Kingdom Come... eh, that's the writer's prerogative. If a writer wants it to be possible, then it's possible. Hell, how do we even know Kryptonian DNA is compatible? Lois sure as hell hasn't squeezed out any kids yet. Miller gave Supes and WW a kid too, in DK2.

 

[ThirstyFly]

Heh. Thanks for taking the time to explain her origin. Now all I have to do is decide if I want to pick this up as the singles are released or wait for the collections. What way usually works out to be cheaper?

Miller gave Supes and WW a kid too, in DK2.

I've read DK2 as well, but it was so bad I've blocked it from my mind and have forgotten that.