Rat Queens Vol. 1

04/07/24 • -1 min

In this episode of Waiting on the Trade, guest host Suzanne Payne casts foresight, as we discuss the first volume of Rat Queens.

Explanations, Observations, and Links of Note

Seriously, read the Wikipedia entry on Rat Queens if you want to get some sense of how wild this book’s publication history is. It’s a topsy-turvy mess, at least partially because ...
Artist Roc Upchurch was arrested for domestic assault during the book’s initial run. You can learn a bit more about that here and here.
Upchurch and Wiebe did eventually come back for a Rat Queens finale. All published Rat Queens stories (including the “never-to-be-reprinted” issue 16) are collected in the Rat Queens Omnibus, which has a stupid tentacle cover because of course it does. It’s like the creators didn’t even read their own book.
On a more upbeat note, here’s Sawyer IRL.
Rat Queens did win a GLAAD award. I didn’t make that up!
And finally, you have Pat to thank for the additional bit of audio at the end of this episode.

Follow-Up Recommendations

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In this episode of Waiting on the Trade, guest host Suzanne Payne casts foresight, as we discuss the first volume of Rat Queens.

Explanations, Observations, and Links of Note

Seriously, read the Wikipedia entry on Rat Queens if you want to get some sense of how wild this book’s publication history is. It’s a topsy-turvy mess, at least partially because ...
Artist Roc Upchurch was arrested for domestic assault during the book’s initial run. You can learn a bit more about that here and here.
Upchurch and Wiebe did eventually come back for a Rat Queens finale. All published Rat Queens stories (including the “never-to-be-reprinted” issue 16) are collected in the Rat Queens Omnibus, which has a stupid tentacle cover because of course it does. It’s like the creators didn’t even read their own book.
On a more upbeat note, here’s Sawyer IRL.
Rat Queens did win a GLAAD award. I didn’t make that up!
And finally, you have Pat to thank for the additional bit of audio at the end of this episode.

Follow-Up Recommendations

If you liked Rat Queens Vol. 1, we think you might also like:

You can also find us on:

As always, thanks for listening!

Previous Episode

A Guest in the House

In this episode of Waiting on the Trade, guest host Kathryn Prince busts out her murder board, as we discuss Emily Carroll’s A Guest in the House.

Explanations, Observations, and Links of Note

Here are links to the three Carroll webcomics we mentioned at the start of the episode: The Prince and the Sea, The Worthington, and When the Darkness Presses.
A picture of Kat preparing her notes pre-recording.
And that brings us to our first murder board moment. Does Sheila not look noticeably different in these two versions (one real, one in Abby’s head) of Crystal’s photo of her? (Also, compare to Abby’s mental image of her sister.)
Pictured: A dragon breathing fire.
Our next murder board moment: Does this picture depict an embrace or a pained struggle?

Follow-Up Recommendations

If you liked A Guest in the House, we think you might also like:

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Next Episode

Grafity’s Wall

In this episode of Waiting on the Trade, guest host Jonathan Gurney joins us for a bittersweet trip to Mumbai, as we discuss Grafity’s Wall.

Explanations, Observations, and Links of Note

Here’s that great deep-dive into Grafity’s Wall from critic Ritesh Babu, which hits on many of the points we discussed and several we did not.
And here are a couple different interviews with Ram V, in which he discusses Grafity’s Wall and his other work: Interview 1, Interview 2.