Pretty Deadly

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Pretty Deadly is a creator-owned American comic book series by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Spanish artist Emma Ríos, distributed by Image Comics. The story combines elements from western and horror genres, and draws on aspects from mythology and folklore.^[1] Pretty Deadly is Deconnick and Ríos' third collaboration, their first being Osborn in 2011 and their second being issues #5 & 6 of the 2012 Captain Marvel series. The initial print run for issue one of 57,000 copies sold out.^[2][3]

Pretty Deadly
Cover of Pretty Deadly #1
Publication information
Publisher	Image Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing (2013–2016) Series of miniseries (2019–present)
Genre	Phantasmagoria, mythology
Publication date	October 2013
No. of issues	15
Main character(s)	Death-Face Ginny
Creative team
Created by	Kelly Sue DeConnick Emma Ríos
Written by	Kelly Sue DeConnick
Artist(s)	Emma Ríos
Letterer(s)	Clayton Cowles
Colorist(s)	Jordie Bellaire

The Pretty Deadly creative team was nominated for several Eisner Awards in 2014: DeConnick for Best Writer, Ríos for Best Penciller/Inker and Best Cover Artist, and Jordie Bellaire for Best Coloring.^[4] In 2020, Ríos won the Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist for her work on Volume 3: The Rat.^[5][6]

Collected editions

Title	Material collected	Publication date	ISBN
Pretty Deadly – Volume 1: The Shrike[7]	Pretty Deadly #1–5	April 30, 2014	9781607069621
Pretty Deadly – Volume 2: The Bear[8]	Pretty Deadly #6–10	August 24, 2016	9781632156945
Pretty Deadly – Volume 3: The Rat[9]	Pretty Deadly: The Rat #1–5	March, 2020	9781632156945