26 Kelly Sue DeConnick Quotes for You to Enjoy

Kelly Sue DeConnick

American Writer

Born: Jul 15, 1970

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You don't usually have to wait a month for a new episode of a TV show. We ask comic readers to wait a month for a new issue, and honestly, given the time that it takes to put them together, a month is really too fast. Kelly Sue DeConnick

In a weird way, I think I'm much better at oneshots than longform. So I try to focus on five or six-issue arcs. I have a real fondness for the one-shots because that's where I do my best storytelling. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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I don't think working in superheroes is slumming it. I'm proud of this form. I like this. There's nothing inherently masculine about power fantasies. There's nothing inherently masculine about superhero comics. There's nothing inherently masculine about mythology. About science fiction. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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Part of a writer's job is just spacing out, looking into the air and imagining things. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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With 'Pretty Deadly,' I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a three-act structure in it. I don't know - someone probably can. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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One of the things I enjoyed when working in manga was when I couldn't tell where anything was going because there weren't narrative tropes and structures I was used to. After doing it for seven years, I got to the point where I did see structures. I did start to learn, but at first I didn't know where it was going. It was very exciting for me. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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'Female Convict 701: Scorpion' is based on a manga as is 'Lady Snowblood.' I saw 'Lady Snowblood' in the theater between writing issue three and issue four of the first arc of 'Pretty Deadly,' and I was really surprised how much I was influenced by it. Kelly Sue DeConnick

I used to write reviews for 'Artbomb.' Our policy was to only cover books we loved and recommended. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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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

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For hard resets, conventions and conferences can be inspiring. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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I like my heroes to be imperfect; I like them to be striving. I identify with that kind of aspiration to do better. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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Girls have always read comics. There's nothing intrinsically masculine about telling stories with pictures. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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If you have a smartphone - and you have a smartphone - then you have a comic book store in your pocket. So you don't have to get over any social anxiety you have about entering that space. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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I think women have every right to feel like they're the protagonists in their own stories. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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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

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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

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I need to go where I'm not comfortable. I think that's the artist's job. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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One of the things about comics is people can linger on images and words as long as they want. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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Yes, the Bechdel Test. It's named for Allison Bechdel, who is a comic book creator. The test is, are there two named women in the film? Do they talk to each other? And is it about something other than a man? I actually think the Bechdel Test is a little advanced for us sometimes. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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Everything that feminism stands for is everything American, white, red and blue democratic. It is all the same stuff. So, I am boggled that I should have to give up this term that encapsulates what I want for my children, for my world, culture, brothers and sister because someone else thinks it means I don't shave my armpits. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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I'm really just trying... to write what feels true to me. I don't think about a lofty responsibility. I think I'd be paralyzed by that. Like any of my male colleagues, I'm writing the stories that interest me in a way that feels true to me. Kelly Sue DeConnick

With Marvel, I obviously don't own the characters, so there are levels of approval to go through. But I'm very seldom told no, and never without reason. Maybe I've just been lucky; I don't know, but I don't think it's as frustrating as people generally imagine. I act as though I own it all while I'm writing, I think. I hope, anyway. Kelly Sue DeConnick

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