Owen Gieni

The Rat Queens get a new artist and a soft reboot of their story that sweeps previous unresolved storylines under the rug. It's rather subdued and a bit touch-feely compared to previous books. But, hey, I'm here for the characters, so I'm okay with the two nowhere adventures offered up.

I was very excited to see that another volume in the Rat Queen’s series was released; I was worried that this series was done for good. While this wasn't as good as previous installments, it as still a fun continuation of the Rat Queen's series.

I am a bit disappointed in the switch in artists; I like this artwork even less than the previous artwork and I liked that less than the first couple volumes. I know there has been a lot of controversy around the artists doing this series. Although show more this artwork was okay, I felt like the a lot of the characters (especially Violet) suffered from the change in artist. It just feels more unfinished and doesn’t convey the story as well.

I feel like this series is going downhill, which is a pity because it is very fun concept. This story also feels very disjointed from the last book which left us at a cliffhanger. The last book implied that Violet was turning seriously evil, however that whole storyline is dropped here. Suddenly now we start back in town with all the Rat Queens there and it seems like a lot of time has passed. The Rat Queens are trying to get back together for some new adventures.

Overall this was an okay addition to the Rat Queens series. I still found it entertaining but was disappointed both in the artwork and the disjointed story. I would recommend if you are a huge Rat Queens fan and just hope that the series improves in the next volume. I have been such a huge fan of this series that I am willing to stick with it for one more book, but if the next one is as mediocre as this one I might be setting this series aside. show less

I was pleased to see this at the library, as there had been conflict and controversy around this series and I wasn't sure that it would make it to a fourth volume.

I was perplexed from page one. It seemed kind of like a reboot? but not? The events in this volume clearly take place after some of the events in previous volumes, but it felt like it completely ignored about 70% of volume three. Was there some good Rat Queens fun in this one? Yes. But ultimately, the amount of time I spent trying show more to guess what had and hadn't happened in this new time line left me very irritated.

I hate to say it, but I'm probably done with this series. show less

In this issue we learn the origins of the Aliens, the Evorah and how they came to this planet, how they created a system to track human emotions and how they formed a pact with a small number of influential humans. This group, Kindred Corp. harvests the emotions to keep the aliens at bay and in return make trillions of dollars at the very nasty expense of innocent human lives. Guy stumbles into Woody's house after his was destroyed by Kindred Corp. to demand answers and finds Woody show more dissecting an Evorah in hopes of using it's brains as a weapon against the rest of the Swarm. I cannot wait until issue #3 is released, this is getting interesting! show less