Kelly Sue DeConnick

Kelly Sue DeConnick (born July 15, 1970) is an American comic book writer and editor and English-language adapter of manga. She is writing the series Captain Marvel and Avengers Assemble for Marvel Comics, as well as Ghost for Dark Horse Comics and her creator owned Pretty Deadly for Image Comics.

Career

Kelly Sue DeConnick's first published comic book story was a five-page text story published in CSI: Crime Scene Investigations - Dominos #5 (Dec. 2004). She wrote the Osborn limited series in 2011 which was drawn by Emma Ríos.

She was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Writer in 2014 for her Pretty Deadly series. In response to the announcement of a Captain Marvel movie, DeConnick said "I feel so proud of her, like Carol is this person who lives in my head, and 'look what you did, girl!'" and "It feels like a friend just got a promotion."

Personal life

Kelly Sue DeConnick was raised on various United States Air Force bases and first became interested in comic books and feminism due to her mother. DeConnick is married to fellow comic book writer Matt Fraction with whom she has two children, Henry Leo and Tallulah Louise. She has stated that she is a recovering alcoholic, with fourteen years sober.

DeConnick was to be a guest at Dundrum International Comics Expo in 2012. An associated Irish comic news site published a report which referred to her only in relation to her partner. This became the subject of an internet meme, largely on Twitter, with fans and celebrities proclaiming they were "not the wife of Matt Fraction". Following the attention, the website amended their listings.

At a 2013 convention panel, she stated that "I am willing to make people uncomfortable so that my daughter doesn’t have to!" Following up in a 2014 interview, she explained "I don't think it's a goal to make other people uncomfortable. It's something I'm willing to do. I do purposefully try to push myself out of my comfort zone. Which is fairly cliché, but one of those clichés that got there for a reason."

Bibliography

Writer

Image Comics

• Bitch Planet (series with Valentine De Landro, 2014-present)
• 24Seven Volume 1 (graphic novel, along with other artists, tpb, 225 pages, August 2006, ISBN 1-58240-636-7)
• 24Seven Volume 2 (graphic novel, along with other artists, tpb, 240 pages, August 2007, ISBN 1-58240-846-7)
• Comic Book Tattoo Tales Inspired by Tori Amos (graphic novel, along with other artists, hc, 480 pages, July 2008, ISBN 1-58240-965-X)
• Pretty Deadly (limited series) (October 2013-April 2014)
  • Pretty Deadly Volume 1 (tpb, 120 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-60706-962-8) collects:
    • "Pretty Deadly" (with Emma Ríos, in #1-5, 2013-2014)

IDW Publishing

• 30 Days of Night: Eben & Stella (limited series) (May 2007-August 2007)
  • 30 Days Of Night: Eben & Stella Volume 7 (tpb, 104 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-60010-107-0) collects:
    • "Eben And Stella" (with Steve Niles and Justin Randall, in #1-4, 2007)

Marvel Comics

• Sif, one-shot, "I am the Lady Sif" (with Ryan Stegman, April 2010) collected in Thor: Latverian Prometheus (tpb, 112 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4372-6)
• Rescue, one-shot, "Rescue Me" (with Andrea Mutti, May 2010)
• Enter the Heroic Age, one-shot, "Coppelia" (with Jamie McKelvie, May 2010)
• Girl Comics vol. 2 #3, "Chaos Theory" (with Adriana Melo, July 2010)
• Age of Heroes #3, "Girls' Night On" (with Brad Walker, July 2010)
• Osborn (limited series) (November 2010-April 2011):
  • Osborn: Evil Incarcerated (tpb, 120 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-78515-175-3) collects:
    • "Osborn" (with Emma Ríos and Becky Cloonan, in #1-5, 2010)
• Captain America and The Secret Avengers, one-shot, "All the Pretty Monsters" (with Greg Tocchini, March 2011)
• Spider-Island: I Love New York City, one-shot, "Spider-Mom" (with Chuck BB, September 2011)
• Castle: Richard Castle's Deadly Storm (graphic novel, with Brian Michael Bendis and Lan Medina, hc, 112 pages, September 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5327-6)
• Avenging Spider-Man (July 2012-August 2012):
  • The Good, the Green and the Ugly (tpb, 112 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-78515-780-8) collects:
    • "Wadjetmacallit?!" (written by Kathryn Immonen and drawn by Stuart Immonen, in #7, 2012
    • "Untitled" (with Terry Dodson, in #9-10, 2012)
    • "Untitled" (written by Kevin Shinik and drawn by Aaron Kuder, in #12-13, 2012)
• Captain Marvel vol. 7 (July 2012-November 2013)
  • Volume 1: In Pursuit of Flight (tpb, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-78516-549-5) collects:
    • "Untitled" (with Dexter Soy, Richard Elson, Karl Kesel, Al Barrionuevo and Emma Ríos, in #1-6, 2012)
  • Volume 2: Down (tpb, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-78516-550-9) collects:
    • "Untitled" (with Christopher Sebela, Dexter Soy and Filipe Andrade, in #7-12, 2012-2013)
  • Avengers: The Enemy Within (tpb, 152 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-78518-403-1) collects:
    • "The Enemy Within" (with Scott Hepburn, Matteo Buffagni, and Gerardo Sandoval, in #13-14, Avengers: The Enemy Within #1, Avengers Assemble vol. 2 #16-17, 2013)
    • "Untitled" (with Filipe Andrade, in #17, 2013)
  • "Kiss Today Goodbye" (with Jen Van Meter and Patrick Oliffe, in #15-16, 2013, collected in Infinity Companion, hc, 688 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-78518-886-X)
• Castle: Richard Castle's Storm Season (graphic novel, with Brian Michael Bendis and Emanuela Lupacchino, hc, 112 pages, October 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6482-0)
• Avengers Assemble (November 2012-March 2014)
  • Science Bros (tpb, 144 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-78516-797-8) collects:
    • "Untitled" (with Stefano Caselli and Pete Woods, in #9-13, 2012-2013)
    • "Company Man" (written by Christos Gage and drawn by Tomm Coker, Mike Mayhew, Mike Deodato and Luke Ross, in Annual #1, 2013)
  • Avengers: The Enemy Within (tpb, 152 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-78518-403-1) collects:
    • "The Enemy Within" (with Scott Hepburn, Matteo Buffagni, and Gerardo Sandoval, in #16-17, Avengers: The Enemy Within #1, Captain Marvel vol. 7 #13-14, 2013)
  • "Infinity" (with Barry Kitson and Jen Van Meter, in #18-19, 2013, collected in Infinity Companion, hc, 688 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-78518-886-X)
  • The Forgeries of Jealousy (tpb, 112 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-78516-798-6) collects:
    • "Untitled" (with Matteo Buffagni, Warren Ellis, Paco Díaz, Neil Edwards and Raffaele Ienco, in #21-25, 2013-2014)
• Captain Marvel vol. 8 (March 2014-present)
  • Higher, Further, Faster, More (tpb, 136 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-78519-013-9) collects:
    • "Higher, Further, Faster, More." (with David López, in #1-6, 2014)

BOOM! Studios

• CBGB #4 (with Chuck BB, October 2010) collected in CBGB (tpb, 112 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-60886-024-8)

DC Comics

• Supergirl vol. 5 (June 2011-August 2011)
  • "This Is Not My Life" (with ChrisCross, in #65-67 2011)
• The Witching Hour (December 2013)
  • "Legs" (with Ming Doyle, in #1 2013)
• Adventures of Superman (November 2014)
  • "Mystery Box" (with Valentine De Landro, in #17 2014)

Dark Horse Comics

• Ghost vol. 3 (September 2012-March 2013)
  • In the Smoke and Din (tpb, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-121-6) collects:
    • "Resurrection Mary" (with Phil Noto, in #0, 2012)
    • "In the Smoke and Din" (with Phil Noto, in #1-4, 2012-2013)
• Ghost vol. 4 #1-4 (December 2013-June 2014)
• Prometheus: Fire and Stone - Omega, One-Shot, (with Agustin Alessio, February 2015)

Editor

• Killing Demons (2003) graphic novel

Manga adaptations

• Black Cat Vol. 1-20
• Blue Spring
• B.O.D.Y. Vol. 1-4
• Demon Diary Vol. 1-7
• Descendants of Darkness Vol. 1-3
• Despotic Lover Vol. 1-4
• Doubt!! Vol. 1-6
• Fruits Basket Vol. 1-3
• Girl Got Game Vol. 1-10
• Kare First Love Vol. 1-10
• MeruPuri Vol. 1-4
• Nightmare Inspector Vol. 1
• Portus
• Ral (Omega) Grad Vol. 1
• Sensual Phrase Vol. 1-18
• Sexy Voice and Robo
• Slam Dunk Vol. 1-16

References

External links

• Official website
• Kelly Sue DeConnick at the Comic Book DB
• Kelly Sue DeConnick at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
• Kelly Sue DeConnick at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
• Interview with Kelly Sue DeConnick @ GeekGirlCon 2013 on YouTube