RAT QUEENS PUT ON HIATUS!!
https://twitter.com/kurtisjwiebe/status/721772129356656640
https://twitter.com/kurtisjwiebe/status/721772202685652992
And nothing of value was lost.
>>81961786
More like Fat Queens lololo
>>81961786
The one on the left seems to like beatings?
>>81961786
On a side note, what about this upcoming RQ animated series I've heard about two-or so years ago? Was it a hoax, was it cancelled, were I drunk?
>>81961960
All three.
>>81961786
Also Tess Fowler will be out after #16, thank God.
Sauce: https://twitter.com/TessFowler/status/721920662625869824
>>81961957
>elves are pretty
>we can't have that, it's not relatable!
>>81961786
It was still coming out?
What is this? Is it good?
>>81961957
Well, the author is a convicted wifebeater...
>>81961991
The artist, actually.
>>81962000
The author hired a convicted wifebeater? Jeez.
>>81962000
>>81962008
He's the first artist. After he was accused Stjepan Sejic replaced him but because of delays due to health issues by that time Tess Fowler replaced him.
>>81962020
>Stjepan Sejic
That Serbian pedo who uses Poser? Man, no wonder this book is dead.
It's amazing how much people just stopped caring about this book. I mean, when it came out, everyone was acting like it was the next big thing. I remember at a convention panel, this guy went "When my daughters get old enough, I'll lend them Rat Queens!" and then...nothing. Everyone acted like this was gonna be the next Saga or something, and now it's pretty much forgotten.
It's really astonishing how this book slammed onto the scene and then just vanished.
>>81962050
>That Serbian pedo who uses Poser?
Yes.
Nowadays Sejic uses a different artstyle, and has a graphic novel series called Sunstone (he started Switch earlier as part of a "reboot" of the Top Cow universe but delayed so much because of work on that GN which also forced him to stop variant cover work, and the third issue will be out on Wednesday).
>>81962084
>Nowadays Sejic uses a different version of Poser
Fixed.
>>81962057
Didn't someone involved with the book get arrested for some domestic abuse charges? Kind of kills that feminist narrative they were banking on.
Was this ever good?
Only time i enjoyed this shit was when it was an RPG gag comic about guilds and the art was goodthat nigger that beat his wife forgot his name
>>81962050
whats poser
Sejic is a good artist if he ACTUALLY make efford in making backgrounds
he's not the type of guy doing monthlies
and he's also a bright stellar example of artists shouldn't be fucking writers
his writing is hot garbage
>>81962489
Poser is a software for drawing characters; lazy artists like Mike Deodato love it.
christ might as well tell people its cancelled
its like Peter Panzerfaust where its about to end with 3 chapters then the writer says its on hiatus
and Umbral
>>81962489
>whats poser
This is poser.
>>81962243
See >>81962008
>>81962212
>every year there's a new version of Poser
>>81961786
I enjoyed Roc Upchurch's art, though Stjepan Sejic was a pretty good choice forthe reveal that the leader was half-demon
I suppose the main problem with the comic is that it stars a group of females yet it's written by a guy, which might turn some people off? I mean those who have actually read the comic know that it's pretty gory and violent and not that much of a feminist "take that, men" work, but whatever.
I guess I'll read volume 3 eventually.
>>81962596
ah, I forgot to spoiler the image. Oh well.
>>81962608
Then delete it first.
>that Poser face on that nigga
>>81962489
I thought Sejic stopped doing that particular style, though. The majority of his current work doesn't have that vague Poser-y feel to it anymore.
>>81962645
>The majority of his current work
Do you mean Switch, Sunstone, and the upcoming Mercy, his post-illness work?
>>81961786
well.. . . . .it was droppable as soon as Fowler was brought on,
>>81962679
After the latest announced hiatus, she will no longer be artist on Rat Queens.
>>81961786
Thank god, the art became shit after the wife-beating nigga was fired. And the chicks got ugly as fuck. One has a beard, the other shaved her head.
Book's just a mess
>>81962671
>illness
Some STD caught in a Serbian brothel?
>>81961786
The original artist Upchurch had all the juice he was the star of the book, and people read the book for the art not the story and everyone knows it.
Wiebe is probably just too cheap to keep Fowler on board and is clearly unable to write a book that caters to any artist strength with the basic panel layouts he gives them in every issue.
clearly firing Upchurch for a personal transgression that should have remained private and embarrassing Wiebe has been a gaping wound to this book that's never healed, Wiebe took the moral high ground and the book continues to suffer for it.
Why are some guys here calling Sejic a pedo?
>>81962510
Poser is not a drawing characters software. Poser is 3D modelling software which the 3D characters already available. All you have to do is just put a clothing on them and posing them to your heart content.
Corel Painter, Adobe Photoshop, Manga/Comic Studio, GIMP are drawing softwares.
>>81963606
He is not a pedo. He loves drawing kinky BDSM.
Just typical American prudes.
>>81963606
>Eastern Europeans
>not pedos
>>81964230
>the 3D characters already available
That's even worse.
>>81964230
Artist like Deodato, Sejic and the guy who draws Grayson just traces superhero costumes over 3D models.
>>81963602
>personal and private
I agree that his art was so much better but that nigga was on the news for being arrested for beating his wife. Even if Wiebe wanted to continue to use him, I doubt Image would've ok'ed it
>>81961786
We're just scared of strong, female character-centric stories
>>81964545
>I doubt Image would've ok'ed it
They've released books done by drug addicts and pedos. I doubt it's a major concern to them.
>>81962596
>dick on page
>no baps or vag
FEMINIIIIIIIIIIIIIISM!!!!
>>81961786
Well, it sure is a shame to see a comic take such a rough beating. I bet the artist has seen some abuse trying to create such hard-hitting action scenes. I guess they were just beat to the punch by other female-centric comics?
I guess the punchlines in Rat Queens just aren't as good.
>>81962050
Isn't that the guy who does the bondage lesbians comic? Since when did /co/ stop liking him? I mean, bondage lesbians tend to buy you a lot of good will.
>>81964914
Badly drawn bondage lesbians.
>>81964869
>this guy
>>81964962
>badly drawn bondage lesbians
Since when did that matter?
>>81964997
When you grow up, you demand higher quality content, my boy. And that applies to pornography.Which is why I go for vintage nowadays.
>>81961786
It went to shit after volume 1, so I'm glad he knows when to stop.
This is actually a major bummer for me. This last arc was kinda crazy and it made me really want to see where they were going.
Then again, it's an image book, hiatuses are kinda the norm. I hope they come back some day. I liked the mean little bastards.
>>81964422
I don't like Deodato's art, but I prefer Sejic and Janin to a shitload of artists DC and Marvel currently have.
>>81965222
What are the odds that it will start back up before the year ends?
>>81965429
Who can say? The original artist beating his wife and going to jail, the fan reaction, the replacement artist getting deathly ill, comic sales getting worse. It's a fucking lot to deal with. Maybe they just need a BREAK, ya know. Just put this shit outta their head for awhile so they can come back fresh.
Also, >>81963143 Violet looks way cooler with the beard.
>>81961786
This has been on hiatus since Roc got arrested
>>81965690
>That Fucking Art
Absolute Disgusting
>>81965690
> The state of Dee's booty
>>81964748
Boobs only if are a trans...
I shit you not
>>81966413
That's factually wrong. We see Hannah tits in #6 and #9 and #15. Also trans isn't a noun.
>>81962596
>sooo... this is me
>you are... beautiful
>>81966685
> Also trans isn't a noun
Say that to any Tranny, i double dare you motherfucker.
Why did they they boot Fowler? Did they realize she wasn't a good artist.
>>81967942
Okay. Done and done.
Trans isn't a noun. It's an adjective.
>>81968017
The creator had nothing but good things to say about her. I think they just needed to stop in general.
>>81966685
Thinking about it, we've seen Hannah's tits drawn by all three different artists. That's kind of an odd coincidence.
>>81965690
>tits and ass
I find it interesting that the earlier covers (by artists who were male) were much less sexualized with more realistic bodies and less T&A than the work by the new girl.
Also, as someone said upthread: this was never a terribly well written book. It was an exceedingly generic AD&D style fantasy with an Elf, a Halfling, a Dwarf, and a Wizard with the twist being that they were foul mouthed women rather than men. So, Buffy by way of Xena.
I enjoyed the first two arcs (which were quippy, genre winking, and fun); but it really went to shit when the writer went full Guggenheim and started sucking up to tumblr.
The writing was on the wall when they put out a "special one shot" staring a side character that was poorly drawn (by Fowler who was even worse here than she is on the main book because she did her own colors and it was a muddy fucking mess) AND poorly written. It's a paint-by-numbers "my father wants me to follow the tribes traditions BECAUSE HE JUST DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ME, MAN!" story with the twist that at the start and end of the story (but not during the flashback middle) ... the character is a woman. So She's "trans" with absolutely no explanation as to how, why, or when. It has nothing to do with the story and was just naked pandering because "trans" is the progressive flavor of the month. And then the writer gushed about how it was his favorite issue and she was his favorite character (even though she'd just been a side character with a few lines prior).
It wasn't exactly a shock when the whole thing imploded shortly after.
>>81961786
The first arc was interesting and fun, the second was decent, but the third became blank and forced.
Also overused swearing.
>>81968303
>Also overused swearing.
It's basically the South Park problem: it was hilarious the first few times you saw some elementary school kids go off swearing like sailors but you quickly get desensitized to it and there's only so far you can turn the dial till you hit 11.
Same deal here: it's amusing that it's an all girl gang like The Pink Ladies in Grease (and the art in the first arc was really really good); but then the novelty wears off and you have to actually tell a fucking story.
Still: the character designs and the basic setup were golden so if they bring in a decent creative team I could see an adaption being awesome.
>>81961824
This.
>>81965690
The dwarf chick was hot in OP's image. Here? Looks gross.
Sorry, dwarven women don't have beardson the top.
This seems like a good comic, i like the art a lot. Without the SJW comments, how is it? Is it actually a good read? Should i pick up a volume?
>>81968947
Someone else said it earlier, but it's really nothing special. It's a pretty typical "violent fantasy" book where all the characters swear and there's gratuitous violence. It's been done plenty of times before. The main draw was the art, which was pretty good until the first artist got bootedfor good reason honestlyand after that there's not a lot of appeal.
>>81969039
Thanks for clearing it up.
>>81968947
I have the deluxe hardcover and I'd recommend it. Apparently its right after that when it starts getting bad.
>>81969094
I mean, if you're interested go ahead and check it out. I'd recommend pirating the first few issues at least, and if you like it buy volume 1.
>>81968947
First arc was fun, I lost interest somehwere in the middle of the second one and then they changed the artist
>>81968870
She had a beard in flashbacks due to some family tradition, though apparently she grows it back for whatever reason
>>81968870
>dwarven women don't have beards
>>81968947
I had fun with the first 2 volumes. Apparently people in this thread say it just keeps going downhill after that.
>>81968870
>dwarven women don't have beards
There is a joke made in LotRs (that also made it into the movie):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip5T89jfJoA
It was a running joke in D&D as well.
>>81969443
Yeah, I get it. It's a funny joke. But I can't take anyone seriously when they pull the bearded lady thing.
>>81969186
So sorry to hear that your weird fetish isn't being catered for.
>>81969185
>She had a beard in flashbacks due to some family tradition
The idea is that she's rebelling by shaving it off (which isn't how a "proper" Dwarven Lass should behave). Basically think of it like a boy growing his hair long in High School or growing out a hipster beard in College mostly just to annoy his conservative 'rents when he goes home for the holidays.
She grew it back out later on because she only shaved it off to assert independence and thumb her nose at 'tradition" ... but since she doesn't live in a Dwarven Mine (and, in fact, is pretty much the only Dwarf around town) it's sorta pointless and more trouble than it's worth. Also it shows that she's more comfortable in her own skin/with who she really is now.
>>81969221
I'd say by the end of the second volume I was ready to leave the series. It was fun for a while, but the constant clash of cliched AD&D set pieces (Orcs invade, an eldritch horror comes to town, etc.) and modern lingo, styles, and attitudes got somewhat jarring. I thought the whole "magic cellphone" thing at the very beginning was pretty clever. Dee explains that it requires a human soul to work, which is a nod to our current culture's dependence on foreign labor to sate our gadget lust. Unfortunately the cleverness in that area makes an abrupt halt.
I dunno. I think most of the criticisms levied against Rat Queens are pretty sound which makes it a pretty non-amazing book. If volume three is good, though, I'll pick it up.
>>81969515
>It's a funny joke. But I can't take anyone seriously when they pull the bearded lady thing.
This pretty much sums up the problems with the comic succinctly, anon.
>>81961968
I know she's insane and all but wasn't she also, at one point, paid to do a cover for some indie/self-published comic and then never actually produced any art and wouldn't refund the guy his money or am I thinking of another crazy female artist?
>>81964545
He was cut loose the second it came out, before any investigation had been done, and according him it was in self defense. Wiebe is scum and just acted out of fear of his own readerbase.
>>81969714
>or am I thinking of another crazy female artist?
Nope, same chick:
https://tim-byrd.com/2013/12/29/tess-fowler-why-she-is-no-longer-the-artist-for-doc-wilde/
Nigger that writes this comic must have been fucking Hitler in another life with all the problems he's had with artists.
I'm saddened by this. But i wanted a long time for berserk to come out with a new chapter. I'll do the same for rat queens. Smigin is forever queen.
>>81969740
Yeah because any product likes to be associated with wife-beaters, regardless of guilt.
Acting like him being let go is a special circumstance that would only happen in comics is silly.
>>81969830
I didn't say anything about comics, it would be scummy no matter who did it.
>>81969903
How? It's fucking stupid to continue associating your product with a dumbass who was on the news for beating his wife.
Fuck that standing by a co-worker for their stupid choice bullshit
>>81961786
Anything related to this title reminds me of the sensitive toujours-triggered Storm fans on CBR who loved it, so seeing it canceled and knowing they will suffer brings me some pleasure :)
>>81961786
Is this one of those fat girl comics?
>>81962596
>only women can write female lead comics
this are the times we're living
>>81970004
Nah. None of them are actually fat. All the "alternative body styles" featured are still generally considered quite desirable. You got the skinny bitch with big boobs, black girl with dat ass, short'n'squats, and lolibait.
Though if by fat girl comics you mean a comic read by fat girls then yeah, there's a pretty good chance that's accurate.
>>81969959
Again, he let him go before any information about what actually happened came out. The guy wasn't convicted, he was arrested. There is a difference. He was legally innocent at that point in time.
>>81970127
But anon
Lolibait is best girl.
>>81970187
>I have no idea what the fuck I'm on about
>but when has that ever stopped a RedPiller?
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/11/18/comics-artist-john-upchurch-arrested-on-charges-of-battery-misdemeanor/
>>81970217
THIS
>>81961786
Why'd they ruin the hot dwarf chick with a beard?
>>81970187
Why do people act like someone has to justify their actions as if they were a court of law before deciding not to associate with someone professionally or personally anymore.
If i knew someone who was charged with beating his wife. And I knew what that person might be like, and maybe knew the wife and saw her and knew she wasn't a filthy liar I wouldn't wait for a jury's decision before telling that person to fuck off.
>>81973658
Because those evil beings called "men" felt some horrible feeling called "lust."
>>81970018
just a suggestion. Saga's kinda preachy and that's written by a guy.
>>81976443
>Saga's kinda preachy
As in SJW bullshit?
>>81976746
>As in SJW bullshit?
I'll let you be the judge (pt 1 of 3).
>>81977097
(pt 3 of 3)
>>81977097
OK, who plagiarized who? Sejic or BKV?
>>81977286
>who plagiarized who?
Sejic has a comic with a tranny side character?
>>81977055
>>81977097
>>81977225
The line between weird fetishes and bullshit gender politics has become incredibly blurred
>>81977055
>>81977097
>>81977225
I will never understand the people that get all triggered and pissed off simply because a work of fiction includes a trans or gay character. I just don't understand the reasoning, honestly. Must be hard going through life angry all the time.
>>81977350
Yep: >>81962596
>>81977460
>bait this weak
0/10 you didn't even remember to call him a Serb
>>81977430
Seriously, if the 'Game of You' arc of Sandman came out today people would call it SJW trash.
>>81977520
Hey, all Imagay shit looks the same to me, Slav subhuman.
>>81977430
>being this fucking oblivious
It's not the fact that there's a trans character in a story as whacked out at this (compared to the shit that went down on the brothel-planet it's pretty tame); it's the fact that they literally had a 6 year old little girl walk in on a penis just so the owner could give her some talking points. It's ham-fisted as all fuck.
>>81977055
>>81977097
>>81977225
...I think I'm going to delete my Saga folder.
>>81961786
This is what happens to every image series
>>81977545
SJWs today call Wanda a problematic character.
>>81977655
>think I'm going to delete my Saga folder
The very next page her granny (who was in the next room drying off) drags her off while giving her an earful for talking to strangers. Although that's sorta the whole point: this scene serves exactly no purpose whatsoever other than scoring some points because "tranny bathroom privileges" are the progressive flavor of the week.
>>81977746
>this sells a lot as a trade
>>81977683
Why?
>>81977871
Because everything is problematic.
>>81977871
because in the story line the ancient moon goddess has no time or patience for modern gender politics so she tells Wanda to fuck off when she tries to participate on the witchery
>>81977225
And here what I've seen are the furious trans people who hated this because it introduced the character as the object for the education of the little girl and that's dehumanizing blah blah blah.
>>81977871
Because she's not a perfect character who everyone treats like she's perfect.
>>81977430
Because it's pandering to the SJW demographic I suppose. And in its own minor way it is. It's saying 'look at the progressive shit im writing, you like this right'. And people hate pandering except in the cases where it is pandering to them.
Which is what I find annoying. Nobody bitches endlessly about girl heroes in slutty costumes cos its what they like to look at and they think its hot. Noone goes on and one about 'ugh frank cho draws his women ridiculous would he stop pandering to me with these hot bitches'. Cos they dig the way he draws hot bitches. Nobody gives a fuck when punisher does something inhumanly violent and badass because they enjoy that form of entertainment. Which if you ask me is much the same as slipping in a little something for some SJW who likes seeing faggy progressive bullshit. But despite it being a little silly moment of fluff like any other silly moment of fluff comics are rife with it becomes the downfall of the medium and all the shit they like being taken away.
In other words someone should post that picture of the hipster with the mask imitating mras or whatever saying 'were' just as bad as sjws. cos honestly its a bunch of fags bitching because its other fags that arent them being placated. But in the end theyre all just a bunch of fags.
>>81978740
>trans people who hated this because it introduced the character as the object
Because that's *exactly* what's going on? She's not a character, anon, she's a fucking PROP.
>>81968020
Check your gramatical spelling privlige.
>>81969777
If author dude goes into politics, I'd be a little scared.
>>81977286
I'm not in the mood to check publishing dates, but there's historical precident, sort of.
>>81979090
What? People bitch about all of those things. The biggest difference I see is that the other shit doesn't get cast as some sort of civil rights crusade, unless you count /k/ and the second amendment with the punisher.
I'm disgusted that there are people out there that actually think that this is a worthy successor to Fell's Five or even better in some cases.
>>81980808
I'm disgusted that people keep bringing up Fell's Five as if these two comics are in the same world or that this comic's existence prevented Fell's Five from continuing.
>>81978676
That's actually pretty fucking hilarious. That has nothing to do with Wanda as a character though
>>81981379
I've never seen someone saying like that before. What has happened is a friend recommended Rat Queens to me after reading Fell's Five and now I can't trust his taste in comic anymore.- He legitimately thought Rat Queens was better.
>>81981848
Well that's your friend's stupidity. I just know that every time a Rat Queens thread pops up, people complain that it is no Fell's Five and they get mad that this exist and not Fell's Five.
>>81982148
It's more Rat Queens gets all the critical acclaim while Fell's Five gets ignored. It's hard not to compare them when they're both basically fantasy campaigns translated to comics and poke fun at stereotypes. The only difference is Fell's Five does it well.
>>81982148
Rat Queens has nothing to do with Fell's Five. That's what is annoying about it on all counts. People want to say it's a worthy successor or people say they can't believe this exists instead of more Fell's Five. They're two different comics.
>>81975884
And Dwarf Girl hit pretty much all my fetishes pre-beard.
>>81979090
>Noone goes on and one about 'ugh frank cho draws his women ridiculous would he stop pandering to me with these hot bitches'.
Plenty of betas do this, though.
>>81977055
>>81977097
>>81977225
To be fair, the grandmother treats the trans woman with disdain. I can see the logic with putting her in the female prison since she'd probably get killed on her first day in the male prison.
The trans lady sympathizes with the little girl since she's also a half n half of sorts. It's very likely she'll sacrifice herself during the prison break next chapter.
>>81983611
Why is the young child in an adult prison? That's dumber than the whole trans debate
Issue #16 is in production when the hiatus is announced. Will this issue will eventually published?
#17 may be cancelled and then resolicited.
Since when in the hell did /co/ start liking this? I read the first four or five issues, and the majority of /co/mrades who commented in the threads agreed with me that it was pretty terrible.
>>81987167
What was so bad about it? The drugs? The sex? The violence? The feels?
>>81987167
Because it was popular. It's been hated due to its popularity long enough that its gotten past the 'people dont wanna bring it up cos itll get nothing but constant shit' stage and is now 'hated' enough to be safely enjoyed and looked at sensibly.
Me personally....really enjoyed the first two story arcs like many here have stated. Loved the characters, thought they were funny and charming and just nasty little shits. Liked the jokes, the dirtiness, the action, the D&D stylings. Thought it was a cool comic. too bad it was fucking doomed.
If only that shitbird could have kept from popping his wife who knows what could have been.
>>81970369
Did you even read the article you posted? Arrested. Arrested. And it includes two conflicting sides of the story, neither of which could Wiebe possibly know was the truth unless he was there.
>>81975475
This is all speculation though. If you didn't know what this person might be like and didn't know the wife, would you still end his career for the sake of looking good to your fans?
>>81987455
>This is all speculation though. If you didn't know what this person might be like and didn't know the wife, would you still end his career for the sake of looking good to your fans?
If I didn't know the person. Nah i wouldn't do that. But is that the situation we had. Cos i figure these two working together on a creator owned comic might engender some knowledge of who the other person is.
>>81983686
female prison with adults and children. She goes class with other little girls during her time in prison.
The comic didn't spend a whole lot of time explaining the prison system, and the heroes are about to break them out soon anyway.
>>81989122
Sure, but a working relationship doesn't show you all sides of a person. I'm not saying Wiebe definitely didn't know about a darker side of Upchurch but we can't assume that.
>>81964727
Redpill me on said people.
>>81992566
Also they managed to publish books written by self-admitted sexual harasser Brian Wood.
>>81992597
Didn't Wood try to rape the artist of this very book? Or was it someone else named Flower?
>>81983686
>>81989507
It's more like an internment camp for enemy combatants.
>>81977055
>>81977225
I don't see the issue here. There's a trans character and she's got a dick.
This is pretty far from retorting with: "Well I'm Trans" to your friend revealing to you that an immortal killer clown has been haunting her and her family across all of their incarnations and all their version in all of the multiverse.
>>81993410
>I don't see the issue here. There's a trans character and she's got a dick.
For /co/, the issue is that there's a trans character at all.
>>81961786
Wiebe got lucky with this title.
Everything else he's done as flopped so it'd only be a matter of time before interest waned too much on this title.
