Kelly Sue DeConnick's Bitch Planet #1 Takes No Prisoners

Kelly Sue DeConnick (PRETTY DEADLY) and Valentine De Landro’s (X-Factor) highly anticipated BITCH PLANET hit stores and lit up social media with its #noncompliant message and its show-stopping storyline. Now it’s being fast-tracked to a second printing in order to meet customer demand.

A science fiction take on the Women-in-Prison exploitation cinema trope, BITCH PLANET follows five prisoners on an all-female penal planet, ready to make their escape by way of a gladiatorial exhibition against a team of visiting male prisoners. There are five women—all ridiculous and real—and all very different. One shouldn’t be there. The other four are unrepentant and guilty as Hell.

BITCH PLANET #1 remains available for purchase across all digital platforms, including the Image Comics website (imagecomics.com), the official Image Comics iOS app, Comixology’s website (comixology.com), iOS, Android, and Google Play.

BITCH PLANET #1, 2nd printing arrives in stores on 2/11 and can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code DEC148092.

BITCH PLANET #2 hits stands on 1/28 and can be ordered with Diamond Code NOV140643.

You Didn’t Order Enough – More All-New Marvel NOW! Titles Return to Press

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You Didn’t Order Enough – More All-New Marvel NOW! Titles Return to Press!

Here we go again! All-New Marvel NOW! has the comic industry buzzing – and today Marvel Comics is proud to announce that more game-changing new titles have sold out at Diamond (though copies may be available at retail level) and will immediately head back to press.

Critics and fans have spoken – and SHE-HULK, MOON KNIGHT, MAGNETO, MS. MARVEL, CAPTAIN MARVEL FANTASTIC FOUR, NEW WARRIORS, ALL-NEW X-FACTOR, ALL-NEW X-MEN and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY are all hits! Various issues for these blockbuster titles will be returning to press. Please see below for ordering information. These red-hot books join well over fifty others to return for second printings in 2014 alone! No fan should miss out on the year’s grandest storytelling event when these exciting issues explode back into comic shops this April.

Retailers are strongly encouraged to check their orders on future issues of these runaway hit series, as All-New Marvel NOW! continues to garner critical acclaim and mainstream media buzz from all corners of the entertainment industry.

SHE-HULK #2 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (JAN148388)
Written by CHARLES SOULE           
Art by JAVIER PULIDO
Cover by KEVIN WADA
FOC 03/24/14, On Sale – 04/16/14

MOON KNIGHT #1 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (JAN148386)
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Art & Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
FOC – 03/24/14, On-Sale 04/23/14

MAGNETO #1 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (JAN148385)
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Art by GABRIEL HERNANDEZ WALTA
Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
FOC – 03/24/14, On-Sale 04/16/14

MS. MARVEL #2 SECOND PRINTING (FEB148098)
Written by G. WILLOW WILSON
Art by ADIRAN ALPHONA
Cover by JAMIE MCKELVIE
FOC – 03/31/14, On-Sale 04/23/14

CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 SECOND PRINTING (FEB148095)
Written by KELLY SUE DECONNICK
Art & Cover by DAVID LOPEZ
FOC – 03/31/14, On-Sale 04/23/14

FANTASTIC FOUR #2 SECOND PRINTING (FEB148096)
Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Art & Cover by LEONARD KIRK
FOC – 03/31/14, On-Sale 04/23/14

NEW WARRIORS #1 SECOND PRINTING (JAN148387)
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST
Art by MARCUS TO
Cover by RAMON PEREZ
FOC – 03/24/14, On-Sale 04/16/14

NEW WARRIORS #2 SECOND PRINTING (FEB148099)
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST
Art by MARCUS TO
Cover by RAMON PEREZ
FOC – 03/31/14, On-Sale 04/23/14

ALL-NEW X-FACTOR #3 SECOND PRINTING (FEB148093)
Written by PETER DAVID
Art by CARMINE DIGIANDOMENICO
Cover by KRIS ANKA & JARED FLETCHER
FOC – 03/31/14, On-Sale 04/23/14

ALL-NEW X-MEN #23 SECOND PRINTING (FEB148094)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art & Cover by STUART IMMONEN
FOC – 03/31/14, On-Sale 04/23/14

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #12 SECOND PRINTING (FEB148097)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art & Cover by SARA PICHELLI
FOC – 03/31/14, On-Sale 04/23/14

Pretty Deadly Volume One: The Shrike from Image Comics

 

Ginny is Death’s daughter, a reaper of vengeance. She rides through the West on a horse made of smoke, her face tattooed with her heritage, and deals in revenge. She is the mysterious, elusive center of PRETTY DEADLY, the first creator-owned comics series by acclaimed writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Captain Marvel, Ghost, Osborn) and artist Emma Ríos (The Amazing Spider-Man, Osborn). The first five issues of the critically acclaimed title will be collected in its first trade paperback volume, THE SHRIKE, in April.

 

Simultaneously beautiful and savage, PRETTY DEADLY unfolds over the course of an ongoing story that DeConnick and Ríos developed together, creating a world and characters that are entirely their own. At the same time, DeConnick and Ríos say, it’s almost as if PRETTY DEADLY has a will of its own guiding the action.

 

“The book is absorbing us while breathing on its own,” said Ríos. “Sometimes I feel we are hidden behind a rock, gasping, watching the characters do their things.”

 

“This book has defied my directives at every turn, but made it up to me in a series of goosebump moments where things came together as if by magic,” said DeConnick.

 

Having worked together on Marvel’s Osborn,

DeConnick and Ríos found common ground in their love of Westerns and Japanese cinema for PRETTY DEADLY. DeConnick was inspired by spaghetti westerns, Japanese “pinky violence” films, and Grimm’s fairy tales, while Ríos found her visual language for the series by absorbing both Westerns and samurai films. Colorist Jordie Bellaire (THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS, NOWHERE MEN) maintains the earthy, dusty atmosphere of the art, as well as the magical tone of the story, thanks to a subdued palette punctuated with bursts of vivid color.

 

“We wanted a very Leone feel to it,” said DeConnick. “As we worked, I felt we were straying from that original notion and though I came to love the direction the book insisted on going, I felt a twinge of grief at the loss of the Leone connection. I don't know why, but I did. Then a friend of mine quoted this Leone line to me: ‘The important thing is to make a different world, to make a world that is not now. A real world, a genuine world, but one that allows myth to live. The myth is everything.’ So in the end, it seems we haven't strayed at all.”

 

DeConnick and Ríos maintain a PRETTY DEADLY website, where they post images from the creation process, fan art, and answers to reader questions.

 

PRETTY DEADLY VOLUME ONE: THE SHRIKE by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Emma Ríos, and Jordie Bellaire will be in comic book stores on April 30 and in bookstores on May 13.

• ISBN 978-1-60706-962-1
• 120 pages, full color, paperback
• $9.99
• Collects PRETTY DEADLY #1-5

FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE ALL-NEW MS. MARVEL GOES BACK TO PRESS

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FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE ALL-NEW MS. MARVEL GOES BACK TO PRESS!

“…fantastic from cover-to-cover” – ComicVine.com

It’s the story the whole world is talking about, seen everywhere from The New York Times to The Colbert Report – the new Ms. Marvel is a hit! And today, Marvel is proud to announce that Captain Marvel #17 – featuring the very first appearance of Kamala Khan – has sold out at the distributor level (though copies may be available at retail level) and will immediately be going back to press.

From the red hot creative team of Kelly Sue DeConnick & Filipe Andrade comes your very first peek behind the curtain at the breakout character of 2014 – with an all-new cover featuring Kamala herself! Don’t miss out on the first appearance of the newest Marvel hero when theCaptain Marvel #17 Second Printing Variant hits comic shops this December!

CAPTAIN MARVEL #17 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT

Written by KELLY SUE DECONNICK

Art by FELIPE ANDRADE

Cover by ADRIAN ALPHONA

FOC – 11/18/13, ON SALE – 12/11/13

Image Comics Pretty Deadly #1 Sells Out

 Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Ríos's PRETTY DEADLY #1, one of the most anticipated new releases of the year, has officially sold out at the distributor on its first day of release and will be going back to press for a second printing. DeConnick and Ríos's fantasy western, featuring Death's daughter in an Old West that's equally influenced by magical realism and Japanese exploitation films as it is by spaghetti westerns.

PRETTY DEADLY #1 may still be on sale at your local retailer while supplies last. In addition, PRETTY DEADLY #1 is available digitally on the Image website (imagecomics.com) and the official Image Comics iOS app, as well as on Comixology on the web (comixology.com), iOS, and Android. The second printing of PRETTY DEADLY #1 will be in stores on 11/27 and can be pre-ordered now using Diamond Code SEP138208. PRETTY DEADLY #2 releases on 11/27 and can be pre-ordered now with Diamond Code SEP130627.

Pretty Deadly #1 Preview from Image Comics

Ginny is Death’s daughter, a reaper of vengeance. She rides through the West on a horse made of smoke, her face tattooed with her heritage, and deals in revenge. She is the mysterious, elusive center of PRETTY DEADLY, the first creator-owned comics series by acclaimed writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Captain Marvel, Ghost, Osborn) and artist Emma Ríos (The Amazing Spider-Man, Osborn), coming from Image Comics in October.

Simultaneously beautiful and savage, PRETTY DEADLY will unfold over the course of an ongoing story that DeConnick and Ríos developed together, creating a world and characters that are entirely their own. At the same time, DeConnick and Ríos say, it’s almost as if PRETTY DEADLY has a will of its own that guides the action.

 Preview Pages in Pretty Deadly #1

“The book is absorbing us while breathing on its own,” said Ríos. “Sometimes I feel we are hidden behind a rock, gasping, watching the characters do their things.”

“This book has defied my directives at every turn, but made it up to me in a series of goosebump moments where things came together as if by magic,” said DeConnick.

Having worked together on Marvel’s Osborn, DeConnick and Ríos found common ground in their love of Westerns and Japanese cinema for PRETTY DEADLY. DeConnick was inspired by spaghetti westerns, Japanese “pinky violence” films, and Grimm’s fairy tales, while Ríos found her visual language for the series by absorbing both Westerns and samurai films. Colorist Jordie Bellaire (THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS, NOWHERE MEN) maintains the earthy, dusty atmosphere of the art, as well as the magical tone of the story, thanks to a subdued palette punctuated with bursts of vivid color.

“We wanted a very Leone feel to it. As we worked, I felt we were straying from that original notion and though I came to love the direction the book insisted on going, I felt a twinge of grief at the loss of the Leone connection. I don't know why, but I did,” said DeConnick. “Then a friend of mine quoted this Leone line to me: ‘The important thing is to make a different world, to make a world that is not now. A real world, a genuine world, but one that allows myth to live. The myth is everything.’ So in the end, it seems we haven't strayed at all.“

The first issue of an ongoing series, PRETTY DEADLY #1 will be in stores on October 23 and can be pre-ordered from the August issue of Previews (AUG130504).