ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN

Not trying to overwhelm you with two posts in two days, but this one felt worth it. I hope you’ll agree.

I’m finally achieving a long held dream of writing WONDER WOMAN. And I’m doing it with the most incredible team in artist Hayden Sherman, colorist Jordie Bellaire, and editor Chris Conroy.

Art by Hayden Sherman, colors by Jordie Bellaire

It’s wildly hard to talk about this stuff. I want people to be intrigued and excited but also… I love the first issue SO MUCH and I deeply do not want to diminish that reading experience for people.

So it’s going to be a bit tricky. I’ll tell you what I can. I’ll also say this is the best place to stay up to date with whatever IS going to be shared. I literally cannot wait for you guys to see the full wild look! Ahhhh! There will definitely be some new details and images coming out next week at SDCC and I’ll put all that info up here as soon as I get the all clear. You can also read about the existing released/official details here.

Here’s what we know now… ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN ON A MOTHERFUCKING PEGASUS MADE OF BONES. SO, Y’KNOW, SUBTLE LIKE.

We also know the first issue is 48 Pages (30 Story Pages). It’s out everywhere OCTOBER 23rd. It’s an ongoing. And it’s amazing. Okay, that last one is subjective (but I’m still right!)

This book is still in its infancy (although something like this has a long and detailed infancy), but it is already one of my favorite things I’ve ever worked on and while most of that is being in love with the Diana and the idea and with my creative team — part of it is also this whole Absolute Universe and the very IDEAS of DC ALL-IN.

It’s exceptionally fun to play in this universe of ideas we already love and brand new ideas we’ve never quite seen like this before. And I’m sure it goes without saying that the other two debut books (BATMAN and SUPERMAN) — by incredible creative teams of Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta and Jason Aaron and Rafael Sandoval — are pretty freaking strong… with creative teams like that it’s no surprise. Everything I’ve seen and experienced being a part of Absolute so far has been… just really fucking great.

Oh wait… did you ALSO want to hear about the new BIRDS OF PREY arc starting up in October? We’ve got the incredible Sami Basri joining us for art on this arc, and also because Jordie is taking on Wonder Woman and is a very busy woman — we’ve got the excellent Adriano Lucas taking over colors on BOP. The team is also changing a bit for this more espionage/spy centric arc based in Gotham — with Vixen rolling off and Grace Choi and Onyx Adams rolling on. You can read the full DC October Solicits here.

This team is now officially almost 50% BIG GIRLS and I could not be more delighted.

Check out Leo and Jordie’s terrific cover below. As DC was going for a united look for all the mainline October covers, I was worried that the limitations would hurt us, but of course, Leo remains the best and so he absolute nailed it. Though I confess he just turned in the final cover art for BIRDS OF PREY #15 and it’s one of my favorite covers of the whole run and Oracle fans will be DELIGHTED. ;D

Art by Leonardo Romero, colors by Jordie Bellaire

Okay. That’s gotta be it for today. But expect a BLACK CLOAK post soon too. I’m sorry, there’s just too much cool news!

Thanks for strapping in for the ride.

<3 Kelly