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Jonathan Rich writes, During the packed Milkfed Criminal Masterminds panel, Kelly Sue DeConnick took the microphone to discuss the expanding worlds of her popular titles Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly, as well as the return of the #VisibleWomen role model initiative. "The next story arc will have new backup short stories and tales of the non-compliant," DeConnick said to[...]

Jonathan Rich writes for BleedingCool. Although there were some technical hurdles to overcome with the initial announcement, the Milkfed Criminal Masterminds comic company has launched a new website to allow fans to be in the know about new titles, developments, and works from the indie professionals publishing under their brand. Saturday afternoon at Heroes Con 2016 in[...]

Bleeding Cool reported earlier on the Milkfed panel at Heroes Con with the launch of their new website. But there was more to come. Jonathan Rich writes,

The MilkFed mailing list from the studio owned by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction sent out its mailing list with this topper We know what all those books are (Parisien White is an upcoming comic from Kelly and Bill Sienkiewicz, Adventure Man from Matt and Terry Dodson). But Cathedral and The Recidivist? Haven't a clue[...]

That's a KISS figure breaking into Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction presentation to the Instore Convention Kickoff, streaming to comic book stores all day long in the USA. They talked about their work, and working together and apart, and also that together they've written a TV pilot with Krypton/Man Of Steel/Dark Knight David Goyer, a product/concept brought[...]

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,[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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![...]

Today sees the final issue of Captain Marvel And The Carol Corps, and the final scheduled comic book written, or in this case, co-written, by Kelly Sue DeConnick It ends with goodbye and thanks from Kelly Sue. But the final scenes give the comic a meta-narrative that seems backed by the comic as a whole, and[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

Milkfed is the company founded by Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick that publishes comics through Image, and now makes TV shoes through Universal And prides itself on having the coolset people as part of their operation. The Milkfed panel was always going to be wild But it began with a birthday cake from Brian Bendis[...]

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[...]

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[...]

Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick's deal with Universal Studios to create television series, will include a show based on The Wicked + The Divine by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson, currently published by Image Comics.One of Bleeding Cool's favourite current comics, the series about returning gods possessing the bodies of the young,[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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 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[...]

VP of Current Animation at Marvel Entertainment and former editor Stephen Wacker took to twitter this morning to address the costume change that took

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]