When coming up with Wonder Woman cover designs, sometimes people will pitch ideas to me, either the writer or the editor. And it's interesting, because I know they're not trying to, but they end up pitching things that end up feeling like damsel-in-distress covers, where the tension comes from her needing to be rescued somehow. And it's something I immediately push back against.
We wanted the book [Paper Girls] to feel to evoke the '80s, but not necessarily feel that it was drawn then. - Cliff Chiang
We wanted the book [Paper Girls] to feel to evoke the '80s, but not necessarily feel that it was drawn then.
- Cliff Chiang
I want her to be powerful on these covers, and sometimes that's a quiet power and other times it's a more bombastic power. But when you're going to h… - Cliff Chiang
I want her to be powerful on these covers, and sometimes that's a quiet power and other times it's a more bombastic power. But when you're going to h…
Matt Wilson, the colorist, has this great palate [in Paper Girls] that brings up all these emotions and this feel of the '80s without being actually … - Cliff Chiang
Matt Wilson, the colorist, has this great palate [in Paper Girls] that brings up all these emotions and this feel of the '80s without being actually …
I don't think I've ever worked on a project [Paper Girls] that is this personal. We draw so much on our memories of growing and we're putting so much… - Cliff Chiang
I don't think I've ever worked on a project [Paper Girls] that is this personal. We draw so much on our memories of growing and we're putting so much…
[Paper Girls] needed to have a certain kind of almost neon style to it, but at the same time we wanted also to show the modern perspective that we ha… - Cliff Chiang
[Paper Girls] needed to have a certain kind of almost neon style to it, but at the same time we wanted also to show the modern perspective that we ha…
The '80s were a really different time for kids.Technology has changed so much of how we stay in touch and keep tabs on people. - Cliff Chiang
The '80s were a really different time for kids.Technology has changed so much of how we stay in touch and keep tabs on people.
Nothing I've worked on has been asked this much of me to put it on the page [like Paper Girls]. - Cliff Chiang
Nothing I've worked on has been asked this much of me to put it on the page [like Paper Girls].
What I like about Paper Girls in particular is that because we're approaching it more from a female perspective, we're able to consider the emotional… - Cliff Chiang
What I like about Paper Girls in particular is that because we're approaching it more from a female perspective, we're able to consider the emotional…
[Paper Girls] is very much is about how we are thinking about our past and growing up. - Cliff Chiang
[Paper Girls] is very much is about how we are thinking about our past and growing up.
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