A re-imagining of Diana's origin that only changes one thing, by making her spoiled, selfish, and needing to grow and seek redemption. Beautifully illustrated, with a story that makes sense (Diana is, after all, the cherished only child of hundreds) and grows into something quite good by the end.

I dunno, y'all. This story rubbed me entirely the wrong way in a lot of places. It feels a little like a slap in the face of the original purpose behind her character and world. Instead of an island of women raising one girl to be a compassionate, wise warrior who only draws her sword when talking doesn't work, they spoil her and make her conceited and mean. Instead of the Goddesses willingly creating Diana from sand, it's more like a happy accident that happens after Poseidon quiets the seas so...

oh my god, Jill Thompson, why?This is... 120-odd pages of utterly gorgeous, magical, expressive watercolour art, wasted on a deeply unpleasant perversion of Wonder Woman's origins. Thompson takes the classic elements of Diana's heroic origin - the contest, the masked girl who emerges as victor, the tiara, the costume, the bracelets and lasso, the journey forth into Man's World - and transform them into sources of shame and disgust, symbols of Diana's revolting self-absorption and failure. It's n...

Jill Thompson takes the Wonder Woman mythos and adds in some Grimm's fairy tales. Obviously geared towards younger readers, the book's lush watercolors give the book the look of a storybook. Wonder Woman grows up doted on by the Amazons and becomes a spoiled brat. She doesn't learn her lesson until she's done irreparable harm to her sisters. I didn't care for the ending much. There's no real redemption. Diana is just banished without rectifying her mistakes.

I love Jill Thompson; have for quite some time.But this failed to capture the essence of Diana/ Wonder Woman peoperly for me.3.5 stars.

Jill Thompson’s Wonder Woman: The True Amazon is a retelling of Diana’s classic origin with the slight difference that teenage Diana is a brat. She’s the princess so she does what she wants, bitch! And then she learns the dire consequences of her irresponsibility, grows up and is set on the path towards the hero she will become. It’s not a bad story but I didn’t love it. It’s written competently by Thompson and she gives Diana a grounded reason to be more caring and mindful of her actions rather...

Wonder Woman: The True Amazon is a beautifully painted one volume storybook-style origin story for the Amazon Princess Diana, an Eisner-Award nominee I suspect mainly for the art, which is impressive. The story is basically Wonder Woman as Mean Girl, one who Does a Bad Bad Thing which she (for some reason) needed to go through to make a commitment to Peace and Justice.Thompson works from the vibe of Greek myth to elevate Wonder Woman to a God-like status. But first she has to grow up. She gains

At last, a 'Wonder Woman' graphic novel rated five stars by me, happy and utterly satisfied.Even with my still-partial reading experience of the seventy-five years of 'Wonder Woman' comics, I can say, in my humble opinion, that 'Wonder Woman: The True Amazon' is the best re-imagining of the character and her origin.I can finally get the taste of Brian Azzarello's trite, regressive, misogynistic New 52 retcon of the famous superheroine's unique origin (where she's just another of Zeus's bastard c...

I've been a fan of Wonder Woman ever since the 1970s TV series...but sadly the character has been mistreated. In the mid-1990s I can remember reading in the Hollywood Reporter that a Wonder Woman movie was in pre-production. It must have been 2002 or 2003 that I heard the project had been canned because "nobody wanted to watch a female super hero". Then a couple of years later the movie was back on before being once again canned. Then there was a very good animated movie, and finally the feature...

While I really love the art I just couldn't feel the same way about the story. I feel that it diminishes Diana and completely changes who she is by making her mission out in the wider world not because the drive is in her nature that she truly wants to help, but because she MUST do it, because she is left no other choice after she actions and poor decisions. That's just not Diana, or Wonder Woman, to me and it left me disappointed.

The Traumatization of Wonder WomanWith its focus on narration rather than dialogue and its fully painted, lush yet neatly structured artwork, Jill Thompson’s Wonder Woman: The True Amazon does not exactly feel like your typical contemporary comic book. In fact, it hardly feels like a comic book at all, more like an illustrated old-school storybook. It’s an effect that works well in the context, as it somewhat removes Wonder Woman from the other heroes of the DC Universe, highlighting the Amazon’...

Wonder Woman has always had the reputation of being one of the most stable and well-adjusted of the comic book heroes, as well as having on of the kindest hearts. What I liked about this most recent telling of her origin tale is the new take that Jill Thompson considers on how she became that way. She portrays Diana as growing up as a spoiled brat and ultimately learning through her mistakes how to be the person we know her to be today. I've seen more than a few reviews that seem to be angry at

Starting this review off with a disclaimer, I am not a comic buff by any stretch of the imagination. I don't have characters that I know the entire back story of, or know every single story arc they are in. I enjoy comics, I like the perdy pictures and while I don't follow the entire storyline of particular characters, I do have some personal favorites and if I see them in something, I will pick it up.That being said, if I pick up something with a fav in it and they aren't portrayed in a way I a...

It's entirely possible this story just isn't for me. That this Wonder Woman just isn't my Wonder Woman and that's the problem. I don't think it is though.It's supposed to be a new Wonder Woman origin story. The art isn't my favorite although everyone else is raving, but it's not horrible. The idea with this one is the traditional story, Wonder Woman's mother wishing for a child, how the Amazon's cam to live on their own island without men, etc. Only this time Wonder Woman is a spoiled child who

[Quick note: My low rating of this book is much more indicative of Thompson's vision of Wonder Woman than the quality inherent in the work.]We are apparently in a Golden Age of Wonder Woman origin reboot stories. Besides Grant Morrison's Wonder Woman: Earth One, Vol. 2 and Greg Rucka's "Wonder Woman: Year One" story in the current Rebirth issues, we have a movie coming out soon. So I was interested to see Jill Thompson's take. I have loved her work in the past, gobbling up all the Scary Godmothe...

Wonderful art, but the story leaves too much to be desired.Just an alternative brat princess Diana.

This umpteenth retelling of the Wonder Woman origin story treats it more like a fairy tale. It's nicely told and drawn, but I would have preferred to have Thompson's talent applied to anything except the umpteenth retelling of the Wonder Woman origin story. I am tired of having the umpteenth retelling of the Wonder Woman origin story put in front of me. Aren't you tired of having the umpteenth retelling of the Wonder Woman origin story put in front of you?

At this point, I'm amazed the Wonder Woman movie came out as well as it did, because there seems to be a history of poor retellings of her origin story, between this and Legends of Wonder Woman: Origin . If that version was "Wonder Woman as subpar Disney fan-comic", this is "Wonder Woman written by Morgan Rice".Like Legends, this tries to use Ye Olde Standarde Fantasy Speake in its dialogue and narration, apparently going for a children's fairytale style to go with the colourful watercolour a...

A beautiful and emotional, character defining story of Wonder Woman. This is retelling of the origin of Diana. I have to say, I enjoyed this story ten times more than over rated George Perez's origin story. This was a beautiful origin story that makes you familiarize with mythological stuff without making it complicated or confusing. It also has great characterization of Diana and makes her more realistic as a flawed person instead of perfection. This story gives a very emotional and believable

Weaved with mythology and symbolism. I even teared up a few times! I loved it!•Fem power graphic novel.