Second issues = twice as awesome
HELENA CRASH #2
Helena Crash receives a message from the notorious crime lord known as WHITE DEMON. White Demon wants Helena to track down a rare, hard to find movie for her, on VHS no less. Helena begins her hunt, only to find herself in hot water for her association with White Demon’s chief rival, EL ROJO.
RAT QUEENS #2
“CAT KINGS AND OTHER GARYS,” Part Two Giant goose dragon eat your friend? Best go down in a bloody battle the bards will lament in years to come! The Queens face a terrifying monster while Betty makes a startling discovery about a smidgen gut merchant that threatens her very life! Featuring an original Rat Queens backup comic by acclaimed novelist PAT ROTHFUSS, writer of the internationally best-selling Kingkiller Chronicles!
POWERLESS #2
Billy Bannister lives in a world without superheroes. Not because powers don’t exist. But because everyone has them. As PRV spreads, ripping away those abilities, Quarantine ratchets up its propaganda war. Soon violence erupts. With his brother caught in the insurgents’ next plot, Billy may run out of the one thing he always thought he had enough of…time.
AMERICAN GODS #2
Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed story now in comics!
Fresh out of jail, Shadow Moon finds himself recruited as a bodyguard for the enigmatic Mr. Wednesday, only to be interrupted and kidnapped by the dangerous Technical Boy, who wants answers as to Wednesday’s plans.
The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award–winning novel and upcoming Starz television series by Neil Gaiman is adapted as a comic series for the first time!
A Starz TV show by Bryan Fuller (NBC’s Hannibal) based on the novel will debut this spring.
“The American Gods comic is going to be an astonishing, faithful, and beautiful adaptation.”—Neil Gaiman
GRASS KINGS #2
Robert takes in the mysterious woman from the lake and opens up to her about his missing daughter…a daughter that would be about the same age as the woman in front of him.
Hannah is my spirit animal.
(from Rat Queens #10)
Absolutely LOVED Rat Queens Special: Braga #1!
Didn’t realize how much I missed Rat Queens, and I’m glad to see it back on comiXology.
Y'all know that kurtiswiebe & johnnyrocwell graced us with a new Rat Queens today, right?
We couldn’t wait any longer so we started our imagecomics SDCC Sale a day before the con even starts!
Featuring
East of West by Jonathan Hickman & nickdragotta
Lazarus by ruckawriter & Michael Lark
Nowhere Men by Eric Stephenson & fetorpse
Pretty Deadly by kellysue & steinerfrommars
Rat Queens by kurtiswiebe & johnnyrocwell
Saga by Brian K Vaughan & fionastaples
Sex Criminals by mattfractionblog & zdarsky
The Manhattan Projects by Jonathan Hickman & nickpitarra
Zero by aleskot & jordiecolorsthings
(Plus a whole lot of other people)
Fifty gold to kill things completely outclassed by us? Classic Rat Queens.
Rat Queens #6
(Source: climbhigher, via kurtiswiebe-deactivated20170725)
A comiXologist Recommends:
Kara Szamborski recommends Rat Queens #6 by kurtiswiebe & johnnyrocwell
In just six issues, Rat Queens has become everything I never knew I needed from a story. With the first story arc wrapped, it’s time to assess the damage—their world is wider than we thought, and Dee is actually [spoiler removed so you’re not spoiled, duh]. But there’s no time for the Queens to indulge in their morning after hangover; there are mushroom people to defeat!
If there is a group of characters who embody the hashtag mantra “sorry not sorry,” it’s the Queens. They fight, they party, and they curse a mean streak, but they love each other and their friendship feels real and interesting. Often compared to Skullkickers for its RPG roots, I’ve found the Rat Queens to be more reminiscent of gailsimone’s current run on Red Sonja for their unapologetic, barbarian behavior, and of Lumberjanes for the engaging action and snappy dialogue.
The Rat Queens are that one night stand you still think about, that bar crawl you’ll never forget (or remember), that punch you wish you’d thrown, that time you threw up in your purse after running from the cops. You know these girls; they’re like your friends after someone’s given them swords and a free rein. Betty just wants to see you smile, you wish Dee would enjoy the dang party already, we’re all running from something like Violet, we’re all angry at something like Hannah. You’d hate them if they ran your town, but you’d never, ever be bored. What are you waiting for? Step up and join the Queens.
For fans of: comedy, team books, female leads, diverse characters
Kara Szamborski supervises the International Production team at comiXology. She unironically loves the song “Sugar, Sugar” by The Archies.