What really gets me is where Straczynski says "While other characters, from Batman to Superman and others, throughout the DC Universe have undergone substantial changes over the years, Wonder Woman has remained pretty much the same in appearance." What planet has he been living on?
I assume he's living on the world where he has to sell a product to a skeptical audience that doesn't even realize Wonder Woman is still being published. And I'm guessing he means that Superman made the cover of Time Magazine when he died, and Batman's costume and origin get tweaked every movie and every time some writer has too much time on his hands, and sometimes that makes the news, too.
Either that, or he's a lot younger than he looks, and is comparing Wonder Woman versions since the Superfriends launched...
John, Linda C liked the goofy boots the most!
I don't entirely disagree. As a single element, they're sort of cute and fit the character. My problem with them is twofold. First, they're detailed and fussy in a way that will give animators a rougher time than necessary. Second, those lines don't match up to anything else in the costume, not even the fussier-looking bracers.
I could see making that piping a unifying element, though. Run from the top of the boots up the outsides of the legs and up into the straps or neckline. In a dark red without much other ornamentation, that could look pretty nifty. But the animators will still hate you.
(I called them "boot-things" not out of distaste so much as not knowing if they were supposed to be boots, shoes, or some kind of Anklets of Submission.)
