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Making Women’s History While Writing One
Kelly Sue DeConnick isn’t only making women’s history but writing her own as well.
The first thing you notice about Kelly Sue DeConnick is her striking red hair. It’s a bright, bold red meant to be noticed. It speaks almost for her saying, before she herself ever gets any words out, “I have arrived. You can’t miss me.” For those that don’t know, Kelly Sue DeConnick is a comic writer/creator whose work has literally changed the game for women and the comic industry simultaneously.
You’ve seen DeConnick’s work, though you may not have known she was behind it. The writer for Marvel’s Captain Marvel for three years she was on-set for the making of the film. But big-screen, big-budget adaptations is just the tip of the iceberg. Her resumé includes work on Detective Comics, Aquaman, The Adventures of Superman, Avengers Assemble, Bitch Planet and her current work on Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons.
It’s this last title, Wonder Woman Historia, where DeConnick is actually writing a history book of The Amazons, the warrior goddesses and the origin of Princess Diana AKA Wonder Woman. The book retells and adapts the creation story of DC’s Amazons, in which several Greek goddesses create a new race of female warriors from the souls of women who died violently at the hands of men. This time, though, it’s the voice of the Amazons who narrate the story, not some outsider who wasn’t there.
The comic is illustrated by Phil Jimenez and it dares to be second fiddle to the story that’s being told. Jiminez’s pages here are works of art, worthy of gallery shows. Each page needs to be poured over, explored. Jimenez is working here like this is the most important story he’s ever worked on. Which isn’t being heavy handed. This is a story that should carry with it such weight.