Kelly Sue DeConnick has a massive, loyal, and deeply passionate following for a very good reason: she makes comics that mean something to people. In this Creator Spotlight episode, we discuss her body of work, and the distinct humanity of her voice as a writer.
This episode features excerpts from a previously recorded interview with DeConnick. Kelly Sue portrait art by the amazing Christian Ward.
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Reading List
Kelly Sue DeConnick's complete comics bibliography can be found at ComicBook DB (chronological version here). Below, we're listing work of hers and the relevant work of others we mention on the show:
- Osborn: Evil Incarcerated by DeConnick, Ellis, and Ríos
- Planetary by Ellis & Cassaday, is Kelly Sue's go-to "I love this" reading recommendation.
- Supergirl (2005) #65, 66, 67 by DeConnick & ChrisCross & Deering
- Captain Marvel: The Enemy Within by DeConnick, Buffagni, Hepburn, and Andrade
- The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight by Martha Ackmann
- Ghost Vol.1: In the Smoke and Din by DeConnick & Noto
- Captain Marvel (2013) Vol.1: In Pursuit of Flight by DeConnick, Soy, Ríos
- Captain Marvel (2013) Vol.2: Down by DeConnick, Sebela, Soy, Andrade
- Captain Marvel (2014) Vol.1: Higher, Further, Faster, More by DeConnick & Lopez
- Captain Marvel (2014) Vol.2: Stay Fly by DeConnick, Lopez, Takara
- Captain Marvel (2014) Vol.3: Alis Volat Propriis
- The best way to support Pretty Deadly (or any creator-owned book) is by buying it in single issues, ideally at a Local Comic Shop. The week this episode is released, you can pick up the new-this-week issue #8 of Pretty Deadly as well as the #1 issue of Mirror, co-created by Kelly Sue's PD collaborator Emma Ríos and Hwei Lim.
- Pretty Deadly Vol.1: The Shrike by DeConnick, Ríos, Bellaire, Cowles
- Pretty Deadly Vol.2: The Bear by DeConnick, Ríos, Bellaire, Cowles
- The films of Alejandro Jodorowsky are worth getting weird with, especially El Topo (1970).
- Bitch Planet Vol.1: Extraordinary Machine by DeConnick, De Landro, Wilson IV, Peter, and Cowles
- Kelly Sue is working on another creator-owned project called Parisian White with the great Bill Sienkiewicz that we can't wait to learn more about.
