Rat Queens #3 – Review

by Kurtis J. Wiebe (Writer), Roc Upchurch (Artist)

The Story: The Rat Queens investigates a lead about the merchant guild as the readers learn a bit more about them.

The Review: Indie creators have it tough. Of course, any creators do have it tough as they need to sell readers their pitch and stories in order to make them buy their books, but there’s something rather endearing about those going all the way with an ambitious ongoing with a whole lot of unknown factors. It’s much easier to sell a book with Spider-Man or Batman in them, to say the least, as they are known quantities, with decades of previous works in various medias helping those that write them. Not to say that their jobs are easy, but the longevity of the title is never actually a part of the question when it comes to success.

It’s why it’s rather impressive to see that Rat Queens, in the span of three issues, did quite a lot in order to provide a lot of personality to its characters and setting. While the first two issues did help give readers a conflict and mystery to latch onto, Wiebe is able to juggle with a bit more character definition and development to set up a bit more likability to his cast, a job he actually does rather efficiently.