kelly sue deconnick Archives

In-Store Convention Event Schedule And Guest Update
Top creators will be on hand for a day of interviews and major publishers will have panels about their upcoming books and editorial plans. Featured guests include comic creators Marguerite Bennett, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Tyler Crook, Mike Deodato, Matt Fraction, Christopher Hastings, Matt Hawkins, Dan Jurgens, Ryan North, Rick Remender, Jimmy Palmiotti, Stjepan Sejic, Randy Stradley,[...]
From Content Warning To A Sad Reality: Bitch Planet #6 Review
The new issue is written by the fantastic Kelly Sue Deconnick, and features guest artist Taki Soma, who also does brilliant work. [WARNING: Spoilers for Bitch Planet below!] When we last left off with Bitch Planet #5 we had just experienced Meiko Maki's death This new issue brings us back to her childhood and provides us with the backstory of why she went[...]
Bitch Planet #6 Standalone Special Issue Comes With A Content Warning
The sixth issue is going to be a standalone special, with writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Pretty Deadly, Captain Marvel) being joined by special guest artist Taki Soma (Sinergy, Rapture) In Bitch Planet #6, Meiko Maki's past is uncovered: how she went from promising engineer to killer—and the ace up her sleeve. For those of you who[...]
Milkfed Unboxing Their Bitch Planet Trades On Periscope
Filmed by Kelly Sue DeConnick, the Milkfed Studio folks have shares their unboxing of the new Bitch Planet trade paperbacks on Periscope. Giving us all a sneak peek on the inside…   Including the back page…   And some colourful splash pages. And even the DCBS variant cover version – which Image Comics still does for collections. Everyone at Milkfed is happy![...]
Complex Female Protagonists In Hollywood? 'They're Taking Pitches, Today.'
A discussion at DragonCon enitled Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary Comics, consisting of Kelly Sue DeConnick, Laurenn McCubbins, Damien Williams, John Flowers, Tini Howard, Kari Storla, and Daniel Amrhein had many highlights You can read a number of them here.  DeConnick has been having meetings with network executives who are suddenly saying that they're looking for complex female protagonists, and[...]
A Bitch Planet Party In Portland With Kelly Sue DeConnick
Kelly Sue DeConnick is coming to Floating World in Portland, Oregon on Wednesday, October 7th to celebrate the release of Bitch Planet Vol 1: Extraordinary Machine. De Connick has become a powerhouse figure in comics, inspiring dedication from her readers I wonder if Floating World is ready for them all? And ready for them all to[...]
The Rise Of The Female Superhero With Amanda Conner, G Willow Wilson, Medeith Finch, Gail Simone, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Babs Tarr, Kate Perkins, Tara Butters, Sana Amanat, Marguerite Bennett, Shelley Bond, Michele Fazekas, Hayley Atwell, Jennifer Lawrence, Melissa Benoist And More. Like Grant Morrison, Axel Alonso, Jim Lee, Dan DiDio.
Amanda Conner, G Willow Wilson, Medeith Finch, Gail Simone, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Babs Tarr, Kate Perkins, Tara Butters, Sana Amanat, Marguerite Bennett, Shelley Bond, Michele Fazekas, Hayley Atwell, Jennifer Lawrence and Melissa Benoist are joined by Grant Morrison, Axel Alonso, Jim Lee, Dan DiDio and more to talk about the rise of the female superhero for Yahoo[...]
SDCC '15: Image Comics – Where Creators Own Reality With David Lapham, Ed Brisson, Kelly Sue De Connick, Sina Grace, and Brandon Montclare(UPDATE)
David Brothers introduced panelists David Lapham, Ed Brisson, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Sina Grace, and Brandon Montclare. Brothers immediately began the panel praising Genius from Top Cow, about a young girl—who happens to be a military genius—uniting her neighborhood against the local authorities "It's very resonant if you follow the news," Brothers said[...]
Parisian White, A New Comic By DeConnick And Sienkiewicz
The best is yet to come. — Bill Sienkiewicz (@sinKEVitch) June 21, 2015 I am still SO EXCITED ABOUT @kellysue doing a book with Bill Sienkiewicz that I could puke!!! — kait the grait (@fourteenacross) June 20, 2015 We've only just reported that Bill Sienkiewicz will be working on a new comic book with Mark Millar. Well, Bill is clearly a[...]
Kelly Sue DeConnick Leaves Captain Marvel
Announced during the Milkfed Panel at HeroesCon yesterday, with Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick talking about their upcoming projects, DeConnick announced that she would be leaving the Captain Marvel comic book. @CaptMarvelNews So hard to go, but it's time. — Kelly Sue DeConnick (@kellysue) June 21, 2015 Which ties in with a previous report regarding the title[...]
Bitch Planet Continues To Show Just How Resilient Women Can Be
From Image Comics, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, with art by Valentine De Landro, Bitch Planet #4 picks up with inmate Kamau Kogo and her mission to put together a team of prisoners to complete in the all-male sport, Megaton This issue gives us a closer look at the inner workings of the prison, how[...]
Bitch Planet Matches Multiversity, Convergence And Justice League For Meta Moment
And now we have a canon explanation… While in Convergence #4 we also see the history of the Crisis, as a publication, established as a real world event. And the "original heroes" from DC's publishing history revived. So, for all this paper shuffling, folding and twisting, making the history of the DC Universe a multi-dimensional origami swan… can anyone else[...]
ECCC '15: Marvel Official – It's Not A Reboot
More on that tomorrow. But as for a reboot? In the Marvel panel at ECCC in Seattle today, they made that clear. Marvel's CB Cebulski stated that what Marvel readers are getting is "not going to be a reboot, not going to be a revamp, not like everything's changing" while Captain Marvel writer Kelly Sue DeConnick reiterated[...]
'There Have Always Been Women In Comics' – The Testament Of She Makes Comics
There have been women in comics for decades." – Kelly Sue DeConnick Women in comics are finally getting the spotlight But do you know the rich history of female comics creators? The new documentary She Makes Comics by director Marisa Stotter and Respect Films/ Sequart brings us a fascinating, in-depth look into the unsung heroes of the comic book[...]
Matt Fraction On *That* Deal, And Appointment Of Lauren Sankovitch And Kit Cox
On his and Kelly Sue McConnick's mailing list, Matt Fraction wrote about the news that they have entered into a two year deal with Universal regarding their work for television. I was reminded of Kelly Sue DeConnick's comment that she took the Prometheus gig at Dark Horse, so she could be part of a writers room-style environment/summit, something that[...]
Sex Criminals A Steal On eBay
The news that Sex Criminals is being developed by Universal Studios on a TV deal with Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick has led to a massive increase in interest in back issues of the comic. A few days ago, an unslabbed copy of the standard cover for Sex Criminals #1 sold for $16, while the Ghost[...]
Fraction And DeConnick Sign With UniversalTV To Adapt Sex Criminals
Matt Fraction And Kelly Sue DeConnick have signed a two-year deal with Universal TV to adapt some of their comic properties for television as well as some original TV series concepts Their Milkfed Criminal Masterminds production company will also be used to as a launch pad for other comic creator's IPs They have hired Lauren Sankovitch[...]
From Strip To Script – Barbarella
Cue me freaking out with delight, but still managing to restrain myself from spending all the money in the world on books I've heard about for years but had limited access to. The comic I ended up pouncing on was the new translation of Jean-Claude Forest's Barbarella, adapted by Kelly Sue DeConnick. I've seen the movie, but[...]
Bitch Planet Continues To Be Empowering With Issue #3
I was super excited to read this months issue of Bitch Planet, from Image Comics, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, with art by guest artist Robert Wilson IV, not just because this comic has impressed me from moment of its release, but also because it focuses completely on main character, Penny Rolle She has been[...]
The ComicsPRO Prometheus Variant Revealed – Plus Kelly Sue DeConnick In Q&A
But ahead of that event, Dark Horse Comics have kindly granted us a glimpse of their special ComicsPRO variant for Prometheus: Fire and Stone "Omega", by artist Valentine De Landro, who also collaborates with Omega's writer Kelly Sue DeConnick on Bitch Planet. We've also had the opportunity to do a Q & A with writer of[...]
Bitch Planet Is More Than Just A Comic Book
Last month, Image Comics released a fantastic feminist comic called Bitch Planet, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, with art by Valentine De Landro Bitch Planet #2 continues with focus on Kamau Kogo, suspected murderer of Marian Collins, who knows she's being falsely accused After battling an intense round of brainwashing, Kamau is joined by one[...]
Comics Industry Reacts To… Push #ComicsForward
And plenty of comic book people have been sharing what such a thing means… to them. The outpouring of people who love comics and want comics to be the best medium and inclusive industry/community is AMAZING! #comicsforward — chrissypedia (@chrissypedia) January 28, 2015 Folks at BOOM spearheading an important conversation about our industry and culture in hashtag #comicsforward[...]
Preview Bitch Planet #2 by Kelly Sue DeConnick And Valentine De Landro
According to the latest Fraction/DeConnick newsletter, the second issue of Bitch Planet is off to the printers. So Kelly Sue DeConnick shared with us a three page preview with art from Valentine De Landro, plus some merchandisable possibilities… Looking into doing more merch and getting serious about those BitchPlanet t-shirts folks keep asking about[...]