#Joelle Jones

[fantastic-nonsense]

As a Wonder Woman fan, what's your exact opinion of Yara Flor? I see she's been received quite negatively in some parts of the internet (namely South American portions).

This ask is making me once again think about how every single piece of Yara Flor concept art is god-tier and the concept of introducing "an Amazon from the Amazon" was absolutely galaxy-brained and then DC just RUINED it by making her an adult from Idaho and doing absolutely nothing with her supposedly indigenous Brazilian mythological roots.

I'm actually super angry about how Yara was handled. Yara was the first new major Wonderfam character in 20+ years, had a ton of hype and reader buy-in, and had a fantastic initial concept; she was a desperately needed new legacy character and DC just fumbled it in every way possible. Yara could have been a vital addition to the lore, especially since the core Wonderfam is so heavily white and we've needed a new Wonder Girl for ages. But instead of creating that added dimension, we got......that.

I just...there was SO MUCH MOMENTUM AND EXCITEMENT for her, and then she absolutely bombed because no one at DC sat down and planned out who she was or what her story was going to be, then gave her introduction solo to a woman whose lack of research and care is offensively tacky at best and outright racist at worst. Joelle Jones' awful writing for Yara's initial solo combined with the bait-and-switch of introducing her not as an indigenous teenage girl from Brazil (as advertised) but as an adult woman from Idaho completely torpedoed Yara's hype and sustainability as a character.

Jones failed to define who Yara is, what she cares about, and why she matters to the rest of the Wonderfam despite having 12 issues and an event comic to do so. She also didn't do the research and DC refused to put someone on the book who would or had lived experience, and it shows. Yara's backstory was bungled horrendously, her lore is offensive, convoluted, and contradictory to the already established Amazonian lore, and she has no real, lasting connection to either the Themyscirans or the tribe she supposedly hails from. All of which were huge mistakes.

The Esquecidas (the Amazonian splinter tribe Yara is theoretically from) have successfully been integrated into the larger Amazonian mythos (thankfully), but Yara herself is just kinda there because she's effectively a dead character. There's nowhere for her to go since her introduction was fumbled so badly. I'm sure there's a lot of scrapped plans sitting around at DC while someone tries to figure out how to make her into a workable character, but at the moment she's basically unsalvagable as-is and needs a bottom-up revamp.

tl;dr most people, including me, like the concept of Yara. We like the execution a lot less, for a variety of reasons (mostly racism and cultural ignorance issues, but also narrative incoherence and a lot of missed opportunities). She's technically fixable, but she's fundamentally not sustainable as she's been built thus far.

anyway, forever thinking about the sheer wasted potential of not introducing Mainverse!Yara as a young teenager so she could actually reasonably be titled "Wonder Girl," be in Jon and Damian's age group to give her a natural group of friends, and have a natural narrative path forward for her stories

[batmancurated]

bruce wayne by joëlle jones

—from the story ‘scars’ from batman: the brave & the bold #2

[soranatus]

CASSIE SANDSMARK Costume redesign by Joelle Jones

[wwprice1]

These Disco Dazzler covers are phenomenal! So fun!

[bobbole]

Herb Ritts for Valentino, 1995

Joelle Jones, variant cover for The Sandman Universe Nightmare Country The Glass House #2

[dailydccomics]

Catwoman by Joëlle Jones

[lovely-bellflower]

Joelle Jones’s redesigning Cassie Sandsmark costume “just as a funsies warm up” posted on instagram

[riotsandcomedy]

Nubia: Queen of the Amazons #4 variant cover by Joelle Jones and Jordie Bellaire

[wonds-troy]

Cassie Sandsmark by Joëlle Jones

Artist Joëlle Jones redesigned Cassie as Wonder Girl for fun 🥹🥹 AND I LOVE IT!!!!! The look maintains street style with useful pieces made in gold. I wish one day we would have an official design like this (it's definitely better than the original costume that is used nowadays).

[pulpsandcomics2]

Maleficent by Joelle Jones

[artverso]

Joelle Jones - Batman and Catwoman

[superheroes-or-whatever]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2024-) #1 art by Joëlle Jones

[dirtyriver]

Zatanna: Bring Down the House #4, cover by Joelle Jones

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Black Canary: Best of the Best #5 by Tom King and Ryan Sook. Cover by Sook. Variant covers by (2) Joëlle Jones and (3) Chris Ng. Out in March 2025.

"A deal with an immortal devil could be the answer to everyone’s troubles. Or is Vandal Savage more trouble than he’s worth? Meanwhile, Shiva and Canary fight to a standstill—could the only end to this battle be death?"

[williamaltman]

SCARLET WITCH #3 Variant Cover by JOËLLE JONES

[dailydccomics]

Female Furies by Joëlle Jones