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zchaira's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This was a fun ride. I really enjoyed this D&D themed adventure.
jacqattack94's review against another edition
4.0
I thought this was a pretty good comic. What bothered me a little bit was that towards the end of the deluxe edition, some of the art changed during a big battle scene. That kind of threw me off. The story was for the most part engaging and it didn't feel like it was all over the place. I just wish the art could have stayed a little closer to the original style.
blairmahoney's review against another edition
4.0
Great fun playing around with the sword and sorcery genre with a profane twist.
osborne2read's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
labunnywtf's review against another edition
1.0
Read for Book Roast's OWL's Magical Readathon 2019. Subject: Care of Magical Creatures - Land animal on the cover
I've been fighting to figure out what was bugging me so damn much about this series.
I love kick ass women. I like medieval fantasy well enough. I love fight scenes that involve swords. I am decently okay with gangs of hard partying marauders.
So, why did this bother me basically from page one?
Because these characters are fucking teenage brats, that's why.
These are not kick ass women banding together to go on adventures. They're spoiled 15 and 16-year olds smashing property and boasting about how cool it is to drink and smoke and fuck.
It's all well and good if you want to be so cool because you do mushrooms and want to bang orcs, but you're not actually doing anything productive for society? You don't even start fighting bad guys until you've decimated the town and they want to ban you. People are paying assassins to murder you because you're destroying their livelihoods.
I can't. I cannot. I hate all of them, and hope they get murdered in the last volume.
I've been fighting to figure out what was bugging me so damn much about this series.
I love kick ass women. I like medieval fantasy well enough. I love fight scenes that involve swords. I am decently okay with gangs of hard partying marauders.
So, why did this bother me basically from page one?
Because these characters are fucking teenage brats, that's why.
These are not kick ass women banding together to go on adventures. They're spoiled 15 and 16-year olds smashing property and boasting about how cool it is to drink and smoke and fuck.
It's all well and good if you want to be so cool because you do mushrooms and want to bang orcs, but you're not actually doing anything productive for society? You don't even start fighting bad guys until you've decimated the town and they want to ban you. People are paying assassins to murder you because you're destroying their livelihoods.
I can't. I cannot. I hate all of them, and hope they get murdered in the last volume.
geekwayne's review against another edition
5.0
'Rat Queens Deluxe Edition Volume 1' by Kurtis J. Wiebe, Stjepan Sejci, Tess Fowler and Roc Upchurch is a funny irreverent comic about 4 adventurers and the trouble they get in. I've read some before, but this book represents a pretty complete story arc,
The Rat Girls are Hannah the Rockabilly Elven Mage, Violet the Hipster Dwarven Fighter, Dee the Atheist Human Cleric and Betty the Hippy Smidgen Thief. They are just one group of adventurers in the town of Palisade, a city named after a short defensive wall. Other groups include the Four Daves, Peaches, Brother Ponies and Obsidian Darkness. There are a lot of gangs, so the city decides to send them out on tasks. Any group that doesn't complete the task will be forced to leave the city. It all seems fine for the Rat Queens, but they discover that it's a set up and all of the city's gangs fall into it. This leads to a bigger investigation and a very large problem. Before it's over there will be epic battles and parties, flashbacks and monsters. Along with the main story, there is a back up story about Braga.
It's a really fun series. It blends a lot of things that I've seen not work together in other things, but here the writing and pace keeps it all running along nicely. There is a modern sensibility that could be out of sync in a fantasy series, but it just clicks here. Included is a cover gallery and some fun shorter comics featuring individual characters. There is a hilarious recurring character named Gary ("shut up, Gary") and he even gets a nod at the very end of the book, kind of like the scene you get at the end of the credits in movies. Just a fun series all around.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributor and Image Comics in return for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
The Rat Girls are Hannah the Rockabilly Elven Mage, Violet the Hipster Dwarven Fighter, Dee the Atheist Human Cleric and Betty the Hippy Smidgen Thief. They are just one group of adventurers in the town of Palisade, a city named after a short defensive wall. Other groups include the Four Daves, Peaches, Brother Ponies and Obsidian Darkness. There are a lot of gangs, so the city decides to send them out on tasks. Any group that doesn't complete the task will be forced to leave the city. It all seems fine for the Rat Queens, but they discover that it's a set up and all of the city's gangs fall into it. This leads to a bigger investigation and a very large problem. Before it's over there will be epic battles and parties, flashbacks and monsters. Along with the main story, there is a back up story about Braga.
It's a really fun series. It blends a lot of things that I've seen not work together in other things, but here the writing and pace keeps it all running along nicely. There is a modern sensibility that could be out of sync in a fantasy series, but it just clicks here. Included is a cover gallery and some fun shorter comics featuring individual characters. There is a hilarious recurring character named Gary ("shut up, Gary") and he even gets a nod at the very end of the book, kind of like the scene you get at the end of the credits in movies. Just a fun series all around.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributor and Image Comics in return for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
deepinthedorkforest's review
adventurous
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
chloekg's review against another edition
5.0
With rip-rollicking fun, delightful banter, sexy connections and the power of friendship, Rat Queens delivers a DnD adventure tale that is both light-hearted and emotionally engaging. The deluxe edition comes with a bunch of art and short stories but no page numbers.
oddrid's review against another edition
3.0
Pretty cute. It was good to read a comic with four female main characters.
tiffani_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0