Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction are a married couple who both write for Marvel Comics.

Broadcast date: Friday 6 September

Comics are one of the great American pop culture creations of the 20th century.

Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction have between them been entrusted with the lives of many of the most popular superheroes, including Spider-Man and Supergirl.

Matt dropped out of art school and was picked up after the huge success of his creator-owned graphic novel and comic Casanova. He is now one of Marvel's lead writers.

Kelly Sue had written Supergirl, X-Men and others, when she made such a great pitch to Marvel for a new Ms Marvel character, they made her (Carol Danvers) the new Captain Marvel.

Kelly Sue's first creator-owned book Pretty Deadly has been developed with artist Emma Rios. To be published in October after a long gestation, it's already receiving industry acclaim.

Broadcast from the Brisbane Writers' Festival.

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