Pretty Deadly #9

Pretty Deadly #9

by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Emma Ríos (Artist), Jordie Bellaire (Artist)

The Reaper of War exacts his toll. In doing so, he makes it personal for Ginny.

Genres: Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Historical

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 13, 2016

About the author

Kelly Sue DeConnick’s work spans stage, comics, film and television. Ms. DeConnick first came to prominence as a comics writer, where she is best known for reinventing the Carol Danvers as “Captain Marvel” at Marvel and for the Black Label standard-setting Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons at DC. Her independent comics Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly (both from Image Comics) have ranked as New York Times best-sellers and been honored with Eisner Awards, British Fantasy Awards and Hugo nominations.

Ms. DeConnick’s screen work includes stints on Captain Marvel, a film that earned $1B for Disney worldwide, and 2023’s forthcoming The Marvels with Marvel Studios; in addition to having consulted on features for Skydance and ARRAY, and developed television for NBCUniversal, Legendary Entertainment and HBOMax. Her most recent stage work is the mythic spectacle AWAKENING, which opened at the Wynn Resort Las Vegas in November 2022.

Mission-driven, Ms. DeConnick is also a founding partner at Good Trouble Productions, where she has helped to 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.

In 2015, Ms. DeConnick founded the #VisibleWomen Project, whose mission is to help women and other marginalized genders find paid work in comics and its related industries. The project continues to this day and recently expanded in partnership with Dani Hedlund of Brink Literacy.

Ms. DeConnick lives in Portland, OR with her husband, writer Matt Fraction, and their two children.

Reviews

[Kitty G Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a series I love and yet have issues with. I genuinely adore the artwork and colour schemes, I think the way that Rios manages to show Fear and War as picture-based forms is GREAT, but with that said, the story is often very confusing and this is a series which certainly works better in a volume than issue by issue. However, I want to support the team and buy the issues as they come out, and I also find myself wanting to know what will happen next and what amazing spreads and colours we will see next. 3*s for this issue.

[Octavia Cade · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't say enough about the artwork in these last few issues. Emma Ríos has done good work in the earliest Pretty Deadly comics, but the trench warfare sections are far beyond the rest. Far beyond. They're so good that I don't even really care about the story anymore, I'm too riveted to the pictures. There are some of them, particularly the ones involving Alice, that I would happily hang on my wall so that I could stare at them every day. And I genuinely find the story compelling, so when I say that I've stopped caring about it in comparison to the art, it should give an indication of just how spectacular that art is.

[asmaa☁️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not sure if it's because I'm slow or sth, but I appreciate this series a lot more for the artwork, the page layouts, and the coloring than the actual storyline.

[Anam Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

Why can't you leave Alice alone for an arc, whyyyy!! :l