WIZARD #123: This is the last of the covers which promotes the oversized book of the year featuring the most famous DC characters in their 60th birthday. This time the turn was for Wonder Woman. Inside this issue there is the usual sketchbook and interview with Alex Ross. Now this cover, and
this Wonder Woman, aren't my favorites. My problem is with the change in the model Alex used. In Kingdom Come he used his friend Lisa Beaderstadt to portray this character, she looks very pretty and very feminine with a cool attitude. For this cover he used a different friend, Rhonda Hampton who, pretty as she is, she's a bit more muscular so the character looks more like a wrestler. I still like the KC Wonder Woman more.
WIZARD #138: With his Battle of the Planets series as successful as the revival of 80's properties in comics, Top Cow Comics, publisher of the Battle of the Planets series, decided to do a couple of crossovers, one with Witchblade and the other with the Thundercats. Needless to say that fanboys all over the world went nuts and Wizard celebrated this retro insanity and released this brand new cover with the two main characters from both of these series/TV shows. I, particularly, am not a fan of the Thundercats but I got to admit, that Alex Ross' Lion-O rocks! he's just so fierce and the pose has "bad-assery" written all over it. He completely overshadows Mark from BOTP, and the sword just looks terrific.
WIZARD #141, 144 & 146: To celebrate the release of the final oversized book
JLA - Liberty and Justice Wizard decided to have 3 consecutive issues that feature a single image of the Justice League but, something went wrong and the word "consecutive" went out the window so they published the covers on June, October and December 2003. Frankly I don't care if they messed it up 'cause this is still one of the coolest images of the JLA Alex has ever painted, I love the tones and the sky-at-sunset background and how each cover focuses the attention on one of
The Three, and the lighting is so amazing that even though it's a sunset, Batman is still in the Dark. Awesome!
WIZARD #123: This is the last of the covers which promotes the oversized book of the year featuring the most famous DC characters in their 60th birthday. This time the turn was for Wonder Woman. Inside this issue there is the usual sketchbook and interview with Alex Ross. Now this cover, and this Wonder Woman, aren't my favorites. My problem is with the change in the model Alex used. In Kingdom Come he used his friend Lisa Beaderstadt to portray this character, she looks very pretty and very feminine with a cool attitude. For this cover he used a different friend, Rhonda Hampton who, pretty as she is, she's a bit more muscular so the character looks more like a wrestler. I still like the KC Wonder Woman more.
WIZARD #138: With his Battle of the Planets series as successful as the revival of 80's properties in comics, Top Cow Comics, publisher of the Battle of the Planets series, decided to do a couple of crossovers, one with Witchblade and the other with the Thundercats. Needless to say that fanboys all over the world went nuts and Wizard celebrated this retro insanity and released this brand new cover with the two main characters from both of these series/TV shows. I, particularly, am not a fan of the Thundercats but I got to admit, that Alex Ross' Lion-O rocks! he's just so fierce and the pose has "bad-assery" written all over it. He completely overshadows Mark from BOTP, and the sword just looks terrific.
WIZARD #141, 144 & 146: To celebrate the release of the final oversized book JLA - Liberty and Justice Wizard decided to have 3 consecutive issues that feature a single image of the Justice League but, something went wrong and the word "consecutive" went out the window so they published the covers on June, October and December 2003. Frankly I don't care if they messed it up 'cause this is still one of the coolest images of the JLA Alex has ever painted, I love the tones and the sky-at-sunset background and how each cover focuses the attention on one of The Three, and the lighting is so amazing that even though it's a sunset, Batman is still in the Dark. Awesome!
2 comments:
I disagree with your opinion about Rhonda Hampton as Wonder Woman. She nailed it even without Alex Ross' artistic license, and I know this because I saw her in that same costume on this cover, and in Spirit of Truth, at one of Alex's Halloween parties and she owns it. The other model didn't have the strength and stature. Obviously Alex knows what he's doing.
Excellent comment my friend! I was commenting on how Alex makes Wonder Woman look based on photos I've seen of the models. But I haven't had the pleasure, like you do, of ever meeting Ms. Hampton or Ms. Beaderstadt, let alone go to one of Alex's costume parties.
It's great to have the imput of someone who has had the opportunity of seeing them in person. Thanks a lot!
I just wish you'd post your name to give you due credit...
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