Princeless: Girls Rock/Girls Leadership Anthology #1

by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Kit Cox, Alicia Whitley

Princeless has been one of the most beloved ongoing all-ages comics for six years, six volumes, four issues of short stories, and one action packed spin-off. Now, witness a brand new first for Princeless. In order to give back to the communities that inspire us as creators every day, Princeless is starting up a charity anthology. While the entire anthology will be collected in physical form later this year, digital issues will be coming out starting in February. The best part is, this has given us an amazing opportunity to work with some of our friends, first supporters, and heroes. This anthology features original stories of or inspired by Adrienne, Raven, and Bedelia form some of comics top talent. Included in this issue Kelly Sue Deconnick, Kit Cox, Alicia Whitley, Bri Rudd, Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, Jason Strutz, Kyle Latino, and a cover by Katie Cook! So won't you join us for a few new adventures while giving back to charities that help build the strong female characters of tomorrow?

31 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 16, 2018

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.