News: When Byrne Was Offered Wonder Woman... November 25, 2004 08:37 pm

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Topic: Mr. Byrne....Q about Fearbook
Posted: November 25 2004 at 2:32pm

When I was offered WONDER WOMAN there were a lot of things that came immediately to mind -- not the least of which being that I would have to be out of my frigging mind to follow George Perez, even if it was ten years later.

One of the actual story concepts that came to me, tho, in the midst of my fear and trepidation, was to wonder just how our Decent, God Fearing Nation would respond to a woman who was walking around claiming to have, you know, actually met the Greek Gods. Bound not to sit too well with the Jerry Falwells, I figured.

Unfortunately, this also seemed like a story that I could not really handle properly in a monthly superhero comic. (Hey! This was ten years ago! Today, I know, I could do 200 pages of Wonder Woman pacing her apartment worrying about all this. Now that's comic books!) Then I was asked to do the novel, and I realized that was a perfect place to explore all the themes this idea suggested.