I started reading dc comics on a whim and i figured it would be one of those things where im interested for like three days and then forget about it forever but its been over a month,,
I generally don’t like posting about a series or what have you until i feel like i have an adequate knowledge base about it and feel like i know what im talking about. But with comics theres just too much. So instead of waffling about it im just gonna post these now before i psych myself out of it again
All Teen Titan Members Illustration from Dc Animated Movie Complete. and one illustration for Damirae. It is so satisfied to complete all Teen Titans (DCAM) Illustration.
Okay so I recently got an ask about Diana and Donna’s relationship, but I would like to clear up a few things about Donna’s early history in a separate post before jumping into all of that.
I see a lot of people grouping Donna and Diana’s relationship alongside Bruce/Dick, Ollie/Roy, Barry/Wally, and Arthur/Garth when it really doesn’t apply.
Donna and Diana’s relationship and history is drastically different from any other mentor/mentee (including Diana/Cassie) in comics, mostly due to Donna’s creation as a character.
Despite the title “Wonder Girl,” Donna was never Wonder Woman’s sidekick, while Dick, Wally, Roy, and Garth, were created for that reason. Even in the retconned versions Donna never really worked with Diana until after her time as Wonder Girl was over. Why is this? This is where it gets complicated.
Donna Troy was a mistake. When creating Teen Titans back in 1966, the writers were looking at teen heroes being published at the time. Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash had already teamed up for some issues of The Brave and the Bold, and I think they wanted to diversify the group with a girl. And they saw the character Wonder Girl being published in the Wonder Woman title!
However, Wonder Girl was originally published as part of a series about Diana’s adventures as a teenager, so she wasn’t exactly a new character. She wasn’t Donna Troy.
Wonder Woman v1 #109
Somewhere along the way however, Wonder Girl (and Wonder Tot too) started fighting alongside Diana and started being referred to as separate characters from Wonder Woman. But there was no explanation as to whom exactly they were.
So when they published Teen Titans, they accidentally created a new character. Eventually, they realized this and gave her a name and a backstory - Donna Troy!
Garfield Logan is not known for his serious moments. He’s not even that close friends with Donna. But he gave her an incredibly meaningful and honest conversation during one of her greatest periods of growth, that I’m sure she treasures greatly. In four sentences Gar told Donna exactly what she needed to hear, and I don’t think anyone else could’ve done it.
this was super fun and relaxing and im letting lose on the very constrained style. I think this one is closer to my natural drawing style. I miss rendering faces so bad
…So then why night after night, did I dream of other lives? Little fragments of impossible histories in another world and time? In them, I stood alongside other Titans, born of mortal flesh and blood. We were brave and powerful and our exploits rivalled those of our divine namesakes. I loved them. I grew up with them. They made me whole. They were my family. That world knew us as Cyborg, Nightwing, Starfire, Raven, Jericho, Changeling, Arsenal - but I knew them as Victor and Dick, Koriand'r, Joey, Garfield and…Roy. They called me Wonder Girl - but I remembered with an almost blinding clarity calling myself by another name. A mortalname. Donna Troy. -The Return of Donna Troy #1
