Pretty Deadly: The Shrike Vault Edition

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of PRETTY DEADLY, Emma Ríos has opened her personal vault and is sharing the first five issues of PRETTY DEADLY in their original, detailed artboard scale.

Collecting the opening arc of the surprise-hit series that marries the magical realism of Sandman with the western brutality of Preacher. Death’s daughter rides the wind on a horse made of smoke and her face bears the skull marks of her father. Her origin story is a tale of retribution as beautifully lush as it is unflinchingly savage.

Collects PRETTY DEADLY #1-5

Kelly Sue DeConnick is best known for surprise hits like Carol Danvers’ rebranding as Captain Marvel and the Eisner-nominated mythological western, PRETTY DEADLY; the latter was co-created with artist Emma Ríos. The sci-fi kidney-punch called BITCH PLANET, co-created with Valentine De Landro, launched to rave reviews in December 2014 and has since been nominated for an Eisner. She currently writes AQUAMAN for DC as well as develops television for Legendary TV with her husband and partner, Matt Fraction, as Milkfed Criminal Masterminds.

Based in Spain, Emma shifted her focus to a mix of both architecture and small press until working on comics full time in 2007. Having worked for Boom! Studios (Hexed) and Marvel (Doctor Strange, Amazing Spider-Man) she returned to creator-owned production in 2013. She coordinates ISLAND with Brandon Graham, creates PRETTY DEADLY with Kelly Sue DeConnick and MIRROR with Hwei Lim.