It felt a bit like Sex and the City, but with less shoes and more swords. There’s a lot of swearing going on so if you are a person with a profanity filter-preference, by all means, don’t buy this book! Even though there aren’t any explicit sex scenes in it (a couple of kisses here and there is all), you can tell these girls are very open when it comes to their sexuality. Each of the girls has her own distinct personality and skill but they all have one thing in common: they can kick some motherfucking butt! This is one crazy, sexy and cool graphic novel! Four bad-ass women who are fighting monsters, crime and idiots within the boundaries of the city of Palisade by using a mixture of magic and amazing physical combat skills. This modern spin on an old-school genre is a violent monster-killing epic that is like Buffy meets Tank Girl in a Lord of the Rings world on crack!” It’s also a darkly comedic sass-and-sorcery series starring Hannah the Rockabilly Elven Mage, Violet the Hipster Dwarven Fighter, Dee the Atheist Human Cleric and Betty the Hippy Smidgen Thief.
Whether it’s the crinkled eyebrows of a hangover, or Betty’s innocent smile spattered with troll blood, there’s so much expression in the pages you can almost forget that you’re looking at static drawings and word balloons.A pack of booze-guzzling, death-dealing battle maidens-for-hire, and they’re in the business of killing all god’s creatures for profit. He wields such minor mannerisms - a snarled lip, a dubious squint, a mischievous smirk - to massive effect. His storytelling is dynamic, as characters often bound beyond panel borders, but he truly excels at facial expressions. That’s not to say that this volume is light on plot: someone has hired assassins to kill the Rat Queens, and they encounter some precarious situations as they try to uncover the culprit.Īs engrossing as the plot is, Roc Upchurch’s art brings all of these personalities to life.
It doesn’t matter if they’re fighting trolls, stabbing mercenaries or just angering the townsfolk, watching them interact with the world is where the fun is.
Wiebe has crafted a cast that’s rowdy, sarcastic and intensely loyal, like a magic-infused roller derby squad bashing its way through Middle-earth. While there’s no shortage of action, the personalities of the Queens drive the book. Collecting the first five issues of the acclaimed new series, trade paperback Sass and Sorcery is a solid introduction to the group’s raunchy, sword-swinging escapades, and with a comic this fun to read, the larger dose is welcome. There’s Hannah, the spell-casting hot head Violet, the beardless warrior dwarf Dee, a divine sorceress who left the squid-worshipping cult that raised her and Betty, the cute-as-a-button thief with a penchant for candy and magic mushrooms. Meet the Rat Queens, a group of foul-mouthed badasses who brawl as hard as they party, and they do both with style.
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