Angry soapbox time people!  

The news is out that my beloved Amazonian Princess is about to get a brand new penciler, and it’s non-other than former Ms. Marvel artist Aaron Lopresti. I wish I was excited about this, but I just can’t seem to muster the effort. Sure Lopresti is a fine artist, but once again I just feel sad for Wonder Woman.  

Here she is, barely on her 16^th issue, and already the book has had 6 artists! 6! And now that “long-term” art team the Dodsons are leaving this will make Lopresti the 7^th artist. That’s almost a new artist every two issues. This is absolutely inexcusable. Why does DC let this happen? And why does DC have to convince an artist to take on handling the art chores for the grand dame of comics? In an interview on Newsarama.com Lopresti originally said he turned down the assignment and had to be encourage to take the job, read about it here:  

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=143911 

He turned down the assignment? He had to have people convince him? Totally insane. This is an artist DC wants on the book? Someone who’s devotion to the character is circumspect? Creators should be clamoring for the opportunity to work on Wonder Woman! It should be opportunity to be excited about, a chance to leave a lasting mark on a freakin’ icon!  

Which is why DC needs to realize they already have the perfect Wonder Woman artist waiting in the wings! Former co-collaborator of current Wonder Woman writer Gail Simone! Yup! Miss Nicola Scott herself, whose work you can marvel at on Birds of Prey. Scott would be a perfect fit, someone who wants to work on the character (based on past interviews), someone who is an excellent artist, someone who has worked with Simone already and whose work mixes perfectly with Simone’s writing, and (although this shouldn’t be a reason) someone who is a female. If having the female Simone on the book has managed to get tons of press, see Newsweek and the New York Times, then imagine the PR that DC could get outta having a female artist on the book too! Talk about a hit of epic proportions! C’mon DC, get your heads out of you fannies and make it happen!  

That is all.

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