The History Of The Universe As Told By Wonder Woman

Lynda Carter, Actress, discusses her performance as the title character on the ’70s television series Wonder Woman, and how her the experience has impacted her life. She also talks about why she feels the television character she helped to create has had such a profound and lasting impact on multiple generations of fans.

Lindsay Wagner, Actress, most widely known for her portrayal of Jamie Sommers in the ’70s tv series, The Bionic Woman, shares stories about her experience as one of the earliest televised female superheroes and why she feels there exists a strong need for similar icons of female power for young men and women today.

Trina Robbins, Author & Comic Herstorian. From Wonder Woman to the Powerpuff Girls to her own teenage superheroine, GoGirl!, her characters have ranged from superheroines to women who kill. A veteran of San Francisco’s underground comix movement she now delivers passionate lectures on comics, graphic novels and girl power.

Danny Fingeroth, comic book writer & editor, is best known for a long stint as group editor of the Spider-Man books at Marvel Comics. His book, Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us about Ourselves and Our Society, explores the origins of the superhero and why superheroes remain such a potent myth for our times and culture.

Shelby Knox, Feminist Scholar, is the “heroine” of the documentary The Education of Shelby Knox. A feminist blogger who “earnestly and sincerely wants to make the world a more equal place for all people”, Shelby writes and speak about how gender, race, class, age, and sexual orientation impact the individual and collective lived experience. 

Elizabeth Streb, Extreme Action Choreographer, intertwines the disciplines of dance, athletics, boxing, rodeo, the circus, and Hollywood stunt-work. Once called the Evel Knievel of dance, and a MacArthur Genius award-winner, her dancers are referred to as superheroes, as they defy the limits of gravity and test the boundaries of bodily motion.

Dulce Pinzon, Photographer. Dulce’s striking portraits of Mexican-American immigrants dressed as superheroes pay homage to the men and women that somehow manage, without the help of any supernatural power, to withstand extreme conditions of labor in order to help their families survive and prosper.

Gail Simone, Wonder Woman Author. In the 68 years of Wonder Woman’s publication, Gail is her first female author. Faced with the challenge of writing her story, Gail laments “I have to struggle to show the female characters showing any weakness… But I’m not interested in perfection, and I don’t think the readers are, either.”

George Perez, Wonder Woman Artist, is credited with revitalizing Wonder Woman’s character at a critical point in her career by tying her more closely to the Greek gods and bringing a more feminist slant to her story. Considered to be one of the most influential comic book artists of all time, George credits comic books as teaching him how to speak English.

Jennifer K. Stuller, aka The Ink-Stained Amazon, grew up with Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman. Stuller’s life-long passion for female super and action heroes inspired her to write Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology– a comprehensive history of superwomen in comics, film, and television.

Andy Mangels, Wonder Woman Day Founder, is known throughout the comic industry as Wonder Woman’s #1 fan. Founder of Wonder Woman Day – an annual fundraiser that raises money for battered women’s shelters – Andy jokes that he has more (wonder) women in his life than any gay man he knows.

Valerie Perez, Filmmaker, sees herself as more than a Wonder Woman lookalike. Engaging regularly in acts of charity and volunteerism, Valerie harnesses the virtues of the character while seeking to fight the evils of real life by using her powers, and those of her beloved icon, only for good. Valerie’s commitment to her self-imposed task is admirable and, at times, downright inspiring.