Captain Marvel‘s Kelly Sue DeConnick Talks About That Spider-Woman Cover

You all know what we here at The Mary Sue think of Milo Manara’s variant cover for November’s Spider–Woman #1. But this weekend at Dragon Con, the folks at SparkNotes asked Captain Marvel writer Kelly Sue DeConnick what she thinks of the whole debacle—and her answer is as cool as Kelly Sue herself.

Obviously Kelly Sue is choosing her words very carefully in this interview; she’s employed by Marvel, and Manara himself has drawn the new Captain Marvel. But she goes out of her way to say that she understands the problematic aspects of the cover, and the mixed messages it sends to the women who are coming “in droves” to read Marvel comics. It’s always nice to hear a strong and influential female voice in the comics community speak up about important issues, and I’d say Kelly Sue doesn’t let us down.

(via SparkNotes)

Previously in

• Can gymnasts even re-enact that pose?
• Can 3D rendering?
• At least Marvel’s EIC sort of apologized

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Sam Maggs is a writer and televisioner, currently hailing from the Kingdom of the North (Toronto). Her first book, THE FANGIRL'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY will be out soon from Quirk Books. Sam’s parents saw Star Wars: A New Hope 24 times when it first came out, so none of this is really her fault.

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