About a month ago, I had the pleasure of experiencing the immensely original and fun series Princeless, from one of my personal favorite indie publishers Action Lab Entertainment. As a refresher, the series revolves around a princess named Adrienne, who finds herself locked away in a dragon-protected tower by her parents. Instead of waiting for a “knight in shining armor” to come and rescue her, she decides to take matters into her own hands and convinces her dragon guardian to join her on a quest to rescue her sisters, whom are locked away in their own towers, proving once and for all she is just a strong and capable as any man.
I just got my hands on and finished reading the second issue of Princeless and once again, I find myself blown away by the writing of Jeremy Whitley. In this issue, we are introduced to Adrienne’s only brother Devin, Prince of Ashland, who is much more timid than his sister Adrienne and has little to no interest it taking over the throne, a fate that is unavoidable unless a prince comes to save one of his sisters. We are also given a deeper look into the persona of Adrienne’s father, a typical chauvinistic alpha male who sums up his view on females by making the statement “It is not a woman’s place to rule, but to be ruled” when his son asks why one of his sisters can not rule the kingdom after mentally destroying his son’s self esteem with an endless barrage of insults. Even though this mini series is directed towards younger audiences, it features a level of character development that many more adult comics strive for but never achieve, one of many reasons this series has all the required ingredients to be a hit among every age range of comic fans.
The glimpse into the relationship between Devin and Adrienne and his other sisters as well really moves this series along perfectly. The heavy helping of backstory presented in this second issue also instantly sucked me in and left me once again dying for my next fix of Princeless. Between the beautiful artwork and high quality of storytelling found with in its pages, this series deserves to be in your collection and on the radar of every indie comic fan. Creating a story that is interesting to both young and old alike is not an easy feat, but is achieved effortlessly with Princeless. If you have not read the first issue just yet, wait no longer and be on the look out for issue number #2, this is one indie series that I cannot recommend enough.
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