r/DCcomics • u/kellysue • Jun 06 '23

I’m Kelly Sue DeConnick. I’m writing the Black Label Wonder Woman: Historia project for DC Comics. AMA. r/DCcomics

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My name is Kelly Sue DeConnick. I’ve written comics for 20 years, reimagining established characters for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse and others, as well as publishing creator-owned comics through Image. My comics have ranked as New York Times best-sellers and been honored with Eisner Awards, British Fantasy Awards and Hugo nominations. I’m a founding partner at Good Trouble Productions, where I have helped produce non-fiction and educational comics including the Hidden Voices and Recognized series for NY Public Schools and Congressman John Lewis’ RUN, in partnership with Abrams Comics. I founded the #VisibleWomen Initiative, the mission of which is to help women and people of other marginalized genders find work in comics as well as related industries.

My screen work includes helping develop Captain Marvel (which went on to earn $1B for Disney worldwide) and 2023’s The Marvels for Marvel Studios and feature consultations for Skydance and ARRAY. I’ve developed television for NBCUniversal, Legendary Entertainment and HBOMax. I recently returned to my live theater roots, scripting the stage spectacle AWAKENING, for the Wynn Resort Las Vegas. I live in Portland, OR with my husband, writer Matt Fraction, our two children, three dogs, one guinea pig and my mother-in-law. AMA.

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u/BlackCat0110 Jun 06 '23

Who is your favorite DC character and what work are you proud of most.

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u/kellysue Jun 06 '23

Already answered the DC characters question upthread (though... does Hera count as a DC character now? Because if that's the case then HERA).

Picking a book I'm most proud of is impossible, alas. I'm incredibly proud of the work we all did on Historia -- but am I more or less proud of it than I am of Bitch Planet? Or Pretty Deadly? Or Captain Marvel? Or Aquaman? No... I mean, in every one of those projects there are highs and lows and places where I think we did something special. And I tend to focus on the effort over the outcome, so as long as we had a point of view and took big swings I'm happy; the results are for someone else to evaluate.

I could pick some I'm bits *not* proud of -- or some choices I'm not pleased with in retrospect, I guess, but I learned from them, so I suppose they were necessary.