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Kelly Sue DeConnick

Kelly Sue DeConnick’s work spans stage, comics, film, and television. In the comic world, she is best known for reinventing Carol Danvers as “Captain Marvel” and for the Black Label standard-setting Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons (DC). Her independent comics Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly (Image Comics) have ranked as New York Times bestsellers and been honored with Eisner and British Fantasy Awards.

Kelly Sue’s screenwork includes stints on Captain Marvel and The Marvels, in addition to having consulted on features for Skydance and ARRAY and developed television for NBCUniversal, Legendary Entertainment, and HBOMax. Kelly Sue is also a founding partner at Good Trouble Productions, where she has helped produce nonfiction and educational comics including the “Hidden Voices” and “Recognized” series for NY Public Schools and Congressman John Lewis’ Run, in partnership with Abrams Comics.

Harriet Moulton

Harriet Moulton is a butch artist who currently resides in the West Midlands, UK, and whose work focuses on lesbian and sapphic romance.


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