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Comic Book Club featuring author Kelly Sue DeConnick

Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons by Kelly Sue DeConnick

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Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons by Kelly Sue Deconnick, Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, and Nicola Scott

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Millennia ago, Queen Hera and the goddesses of the Olympian pantheon grew greatly dissatisfied with their male counterparts...and far from their sight, they put a plan into action. A new society was born, one never before seen on Earth, capable of wondrous and terrible things...but their existence could not stay secret for long. When a despairing woman named Hippolyta crossed the Amazons' path, a series of events was set in motion that would lead to an outright war across heaven and Earth-and the creation of Earth's greatest guardian! Legendary talents Kelly Sue DeConnick, Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, and Nicola Scott unleash a critically lauded and Eisner Award-winning reading experience the likes of which you've never seen, with unbelievably sumptuous art and a story that will haunt you.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ms. DeConnick first rose to prominence as a comics writer, where she is best known for reinventing Carol Danvers as “Captain Marvel” at Marvel and for the standard-setting Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons at DC’s Black Label. Her independent comics, Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly (both from Image Comics), have been ranked as New York Times best-sellers. Her books have been named Oregon Book Award Finalists, Hugo Finalists, and have been honored with Alfie, Eisner, and British Fantasy Awards, as well as the Bronze Medal for International Manga from Japan. Her newest, FML, debuts November 6th, 2024 from Dark Horse Comics.

Ms. DeConnick’s screenwriting credits include work on Captain Marvel, a film that grossed $1B worldwide for Disney, as well as 2023’s The Marvels with Marvel Studios. She has also consulted on features for Skydance and ARRAY, and has developed television projects for NBCUniversal, Legendary Entertainment, Amazon Studios, and HBO Max. 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 a founding partner at Good Trouble Productions, where she has helped produce non-fiction and educational comics, including the “Hidden Voices” and “Recognized” series, as well as Congressman John Lewis’s Run, produced in partnership with Abrams Comics.

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

Ms. DeConnick proudly serves on the Video Game Advisory Board for the Geena Davis Institute and on the Board of Directors for the Urban League chapter in Portland, OR, where she lives with her husband, writer Matt Fraction, and their two children.