Princeless, Volume 1 (originally: The Arduous Business of Getting Rescued, later subtitled Save Yourself)
writer: Jeremy Whitley
art and colors: M. Goodwin
letters: Jung Ha Kim
ISBN: 9781939352545
Spunky Princess of Color discovers a sword under her bed in her tower, and rides her dragon guardian (who is of course her friend) off to rescue her other sisters from durance vile in their own towers.
Princess Adrienne is introduced as a child, repulsed and analytically rejecting her mother's recitation of a traditional fairy tale of a "fair princess" getting rescued from a tower by a prince who slays the evil dragon. Fast forward a few years, and dad (King, and really imposing and grumpy) has drugged her and stuck her in exactly that same situation. Adrienne's not having it, so she co-opts her dragon and sets merrily off on adventure, stopping first to rescue her youngest sister from her room in the palace home. Of course, things never go according to plan, and there are some interesting digressions along the way (including an extended running gag about "women warrior" armor as fashion clothing rather than as practical armor, visually-checking several iconic designs along the way.)
This softcover volume includes issues 1-4 of the comic, along with a few short excerpt comic pages about various secondary (and maybe to-be-important-later?) characters and their own unfortunate experiences.
Suitable for kids, but maybe not for reallly little ones, or for sensitive ones. Safe bet would be 2nd grade and up.
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