Anybody who’s read ‘Pretty Deadly’ knows that I tend to savor an immersive, ‘You’ll figure it out as you go!’ style. ‘Pretty Deadly’ really does not hold your hand. Kelly Sue DeConnick Read Quote
Going into the second arc, I’m making a conscious effort to do something I say I never do, which is to change my style because of feedback. I’m trying to make ‘Pretty Deadly’ more accessible by being more clear in the writing. Kelly Sue DeConnick Read Quote
My son is such a lover, such a caretaker and so funny. He’s seven, and he genuinely cracks me up. And my daughter is a fearless powerhouse. They fill me with wonder and admiration. Kelly Sue DeConnick Read Quote
If there was any creature in American culture more derided than the young girl… I know people will argue with me about that, but everything girls are into gets ridiculed. I have a lot of compassion in my heart for girls in their teens and twenties who are going through this particular passage, because I get it. It makes sense! Kelly Sue DeConnick Read Quote
I’m not particularly good at page layouts. I make an effort to stay out of the way of the artist. What I’ll try to express instead is, ‘What we’re going for here on this page is the idea of the containment of these women’s bodies. So I want them framed as though they’re bursting out of the panel borders.’ Kelly Sue DeConnick Read Quote
Gray space is fertile ground for fiction. When I can see both sides of an argument and feel strongly in both directions, then there’s a story there, then I can write real characters that I care about and believe in and champion on both sides. Kelly Sue DeConnick Read Quote
The first gift my husband ever gave me was a pack of index cards. I’m pretty sure the second was a ‘Powers’ scriptbook. This was well before either of us worked for Marvel. Kelly Sue DeConnick Read Quote
I need to go where I’m not comfortable. I think that’s the artist’s job. Kelly Sue DeConnick Read Quote
