diana princess of the amazons graphic novel

Kids are kids, and they’re going to make mistakes, because they need to learn and experience and grow.” The book also explores, Shannon Hale said, “how hard it can be for adults sometimes to give kids the space to make mistakes. The book, written by Utah authors Shannon and Dean Hale and illustrated by Victoria Ying, will be released Jan. (Image courtesy of DC Zoom) A page from 'Diana: Princess of the Amazons,' a graphic novel for pre-teens about the young life of the character who becomes Wonder Woman. Shannon Hale said she also “loved the idea of writing about a kid who’s the only kid in their entire world - what would that be like?” Though few kids are that alone in their worlds, most kids, she added, “can relate to feeling lonely, and being unsure of their place in their community, and not being sure if they have any friends.” We’ve seen that with Superman in ‘Smallville,’ and Batman in ‘Gotham.’ Of that trinity of heroes, we’ve never really seen that, at least not to my satisfaction, with Wonder Woman.” She’s an incredibly noble character.”ĭean Hale added, “I love seeing how these heroes become who they are. “She’s got a very strong sense of right and wrong, and of justice, of doing the right thing and protecting people who can’t protect themselves. “She gets this look in her eye, like she’s fierce, she’s going to go for it,” Shannon Hale said. “I remember that look she gives when they say, ‘You can’t have that sword,’” Dean Hale said. The Hales said the story was inspired, in part, by watching the 2017 “Wonder Woman” movie, starring Gal Gadot as the adult superhero and Emily Carey and Lilly Aspell as Diana at 12 and 8, respectively. But the new friend, Mona, turns out to be not at all what Diana expected or wanted. So she makes one, the way her mother, Queen Hippolyta, made Diana - from a lump of clay. It’s a great life, though Diana wishes she had a friend. The standalone book starts with Diana as an 11-year-old girl, the only child among the immortal Amazons on the island of Themyscira. (The paperback is 144 pages and costs $9.99.)

7, through DC Zoom, a young-adult imprint of DC Comics. “Diana: Princess of the Amazons,” written by the Hales and illustrated by Victoria Ying, will be released Jan.

Now the Hales, the Utah-based co-writers of the “Princess in Black” children’s books and two young-adult novels featuring Marvel’s Squirrel Girl, have brought their own sensibilities to Wonder Woman - by writing a graphic novel for pre-teens about the young Diana. The sticker, Shannon Hale said, was “very symbolic of my personal role as driver of that car and wielder of four children.”

Diana princess of the amazons graphic novel