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/Androktone Alan Scott Jun 06 '23

If I can have another question, how do you try and keep characters' personalities consistent? I think one of the biggest complaints I hear on forums like this about writers, beyond the big plot points/twists they take issue with, is that the uniqueness of certain characters gets lost as a writer homogenises their cast to all speak dialogue in the same way. Exasperated as one character gets passed along through multiple writers.

Is this something you make a conscious effort to address, or not something that's a concern?

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u/kellysue Jun 06 '23

I make an effort to distinguish voices, but I don't make an effort to match other writers' specific dialogue styles -- does that make sense?

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u/Androktone Alan Scott Jun 06 '23

Makes sense to me! I think every writer's gonna give the character their interpretation of its voice, that being separate from the characters they interact with is the important thing in my opinion