george perez and wonder woman

[the-wolf]

What did Perez do with WW that subsequent writers have not? What exactly makes his run great and why can't other creators simply follow this mold?

[carabas]

What Perez had that most other WW writers did not, was that he was A-list talent, just coming off Crisis On Infinite Earths and Teen Titans.

[Kid Kyoto]

He also got to start fresh, with everything new. If he came back to WW now it would be an uphill climb because 'Wonder Woman fights Ares for the first time' will always be more interesting than 'WW fights Ares for the 1000th time'.

And dang he was just plain good.

I'd also say he nailed the supporting cast by making them human, they look and act ordinary, not like comic characters.

[Venetian]

What did Perez do with WW that subsequent writers have not? What exactly makes his run great and why can't other creators simply follow this mold?

I didn't george lopez was an artist, is that the same guy as the comedian?

[carabas]

Who is George Lopez?

[BurningStarIV]

What did Perez do with WW that subsequent writers have not? What exactly makes his run great and why can't other creators simply follow this mold?

I think it was simply that he was a big name resetting the series. I think his stuff is....okay. Not great. I certainly don't think it's as great as everyone seems to imply. It was okay, and certainly one of the better runs on Wonder Woman. I just find it all a little dry. Perhaps it's a sign of the times. That is, from what I understand, generally the way comics were written in those days.

I didn't george lopez was an artist, is that the same guy as the comedian?

This thread is about George PEREZ, the comic book writer/artist (extraordinarie some would say). Not George LOPEZ, the comedian/actor. Two entirely different people with different last names and different careers.

[mswood]

Well it really breaks down into three main categories.

1. Artist. For the first time an artist truly tried to create a realistic universe for the character. His design from clothes, armor, architecture, hairstyles that truly let you believe Amazons were from ancient greece. On this point he has never truly been eclipsed.

2. Plot (which is where most of his real influence took place) and universe of this character. He discarded most of the inane backstory and elements of the character that simply don't make sense. Now many of these things were popular, but they still didn't reflect a realistic approach to the characters origin. From the basics of actually using the gods true names and pairing her origin to gods that make sense. To removing the advance scientific element of the amazons, that absolutely did not make sense. Sorry but in having a completely isolated culture of warrior women making vast technological strides with no outside influences and a very limited amount of resources is utter crap. Even the most gifted minds on earth are encouraged, influenced and inspired by the works and achievements of others.

He crafted a real supporting cast, even uses the names and careers of pre crisis characters and made them real characters.

He had her not know english. I mean really.

Again in this aspect, I think he still excelled over all others that have since come.

3. Dialogue and and the written word. Easily his weakest aspect on the book and why it was more successful with a real writer doing the written word. After he took full writing duties, the quality suffered, you remove him from the artistic duties and another layer of realism is lost.

Several writers have done better (some times much better) with this aspect.

[David O Burcham]

He also incorporated more Greek mythology.