The JMS Wonder Woman you didn’t see
on July 20th, 2011Previous Wonder Woman concept sketches are HERE and HERE. And the story behind it all is HERE.
Some time ago, J Michael Straczynski approached me about developing a new look for Wonder Woman for a possible, more fantasy-oriented version of the comic series. Obviously, this did not happen. But JMS gave me permission to post the sketches. This was a pencil doodle that I whipped up in color in Photoshop. I’ll be making some of the sketches available for sale over the next few weeks and will post as they become available.
I’ve worked on Wonder Woman a number of times in the past and really enjoyed it. I was a big fan of the George Perez run in the 1980′s.
I don’t know if I’d have had time to do a WW project anyway, considering my schedule is kind of horrible for at least another six months, but you never know. Hope you enjoy the sketches.
Probably dumb posting these during San Diego Comic Con. Doubt if anyone will see them, LOL!
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UPDATE: More sketches here.
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I like this much better than the grim & gritty urban look that they went with for his run.
I think the one they went with is mor practical for fighting but I like the colors and gauntlets of this design. Thanks for sharing.
I’m afraid I haven’t been clear. This is not the costume intended for that storyline. This was for a different story idea.
To be more precise, this was for a completely different WW story JMS was developing to run AFTER the WW story with the jacket and the pants.
This costume would have been all the more exciting if it had followed the one for the “Odyssey” storyline. Interesting to know that JMS did have long-term Wonder Woman plans, instead of his run just being “filler” until the reboot (which has been theorized by some on various snarky web forums).
I would still love to see you handle art-chores on Wonder Woman (even if for a guest issue) at some point Colleen. Your style is very complimentary to WW and her world.
He definitely had other plans. The proof is before you. For whatever reason, things didn’t work out. I know he gets a lot of movie work these days.
Even so, I don’t know if he had me in mind as the artist or not. I was only asked to do design work. I do not know much about the story he planned.