Emma Ríos

Ríos and Deconnick joined forces for Pretty Deadly, an award-winning and ongoing western/fantasy series published by Image Comics. Deconnick and Ríos collaborated previously at Image for “Railbirds”, a graphic reflection and tribute written by Deconnick for her friend, the late slam-poet Maggie Estep a year after her death. This appeared in Island magazine, a monthly comics anthology published from 2015 to 2017, which Ríos co-edited and contributed to with Brandon Graham. Although the magazine has since ended, Ríos has spoken favorably of her work with the magazine. Her own solo story in Island, I.D, was also released as a solo graphic novel.

She has several ongoing titles: Mirror with Malaysian artist Hwei Lim and Pretty Deadly with American writer Kelly Sue Deconnick. The latter earned Ríos Eisner award nominations for Best Penciller/Inker/Artist and Best Cover Artist in 2014 and a win for Best Cover Artist in 2020. She is also a rapier fencer specializing in La Verdadera Destreza.

Ríos began drawing as a child and is a self-taught artist. As a young adult, Ríos attended University of A Coruña for architecture and afterwards worked as an architect for a few years while publishing comics on the side in fanzines. In 2008, she refocused her career on comics.

Ríos debuted in American comics in 2008 with Hexed, a fantasy/horror title under Boom! Studios she illustrated for Michael Nelson.

Emma Ríos Maneiro (born April 1, 1976, Vilagarcía de Arousa) is a Spanish comics artist, writer, and editor with an international presence in the comics industry. She has worked for some of the largest American comics publishers, including Marvel, Image, and Boom! Studios.