FML #3

by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Cris Peter (colorist), David López (cover_art)

Turn up the volume with FML Issue #3, crafted by the award-winning creators of Captain Marvel and Wonder Historia. As wildfires edge closer to Portland, unexpected challenges hit Riley’s band, STFU. Riley’s transformation complicates their audition for HeavyFest, leading Lydia to “help” with her heavy metal… trombone. Meanwhile, Patti preps for an impending interview at True Crime Con LIVE about a book yet unwritten, and unknowingly steps closer to a grim mystery. When a dead body surfaces at the Witch’s House, secrets threaten to unravel. Tune in for a narrative rich in dark humor and suspense, where every note and clue draws us deeper into the chao. • Eight issue series.

Kindle Edition

Published January 15, 2025

About the author

Kelly Sue DeConnick’s work spans stage, comics, film and television. Ms. DeConnick first came to prominence as a comics writer, where she is best known for reinventing the Carol Danvers as “Captain Marvel” at Marvel and for the Black Label standard-setting Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons at DC. Her independent comics Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly (both from Image Comics) have ranked as New York Times best-sellers and been honored with Eisner Awards, British Fantasy Awards and Hugo nominations.

Ms. DeConnick’s screen work includes stints on Captain Marvel, a film that earned $1B for Disney worldwide, and 2023’s forthcoming The Marvels with Marvel Studios; in addition to having consulted on features for Skydance and ARRAY, and developed television for NBCUniversal, Legendary Entertainment and HBOMax. 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 also a founding partner at Good Trouble Productions, where she has helped to produce non-fiction and educational comics including the “Hidden Voices” and “Recognized” series for NY Public Schools and Congressman John Lewis’ Run, in partnership with Abrams Comics.

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

Ms. DeConnick lives in Portland, OR with her husband, writer Matt Fraction, and their two children.

Reviews

[Colin Post · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is unabashedly a book for GenX/elder Millennials, but that’s fine with me. My kids are still young, but I can see them in Riley and Lil - how to carve out your space as a young person in a fucked up world…and how to parent those young people through that.

[Michael Daines · Rating 5 out of 5]

(4.5)

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still so good.

[Kitkat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Things escalated and got very interesting! I can't. wait to find out what happens next.

[Jesse · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great stuff, very colorful. Not quite as strong as the first or second issues, but I'm still loving it!