kiki12278 · 7 years ago
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Raven the Pirate Princess is Sinking
I despise doing posts where I ask for help, but here we are.
About two years ago I started a new creator owned project.  It began as a spin-off of Princeless, but the reality is this - Raven The Pirate Princess is its own thing altogether.  I knew this from the first issue and if you’ve been reading, so have you.
Sure, the first few issues of Raven: Pirate Princess had that heroic lady feminist banter for which Princeless has become known both among its fans and detractors.  I mean, Raven had this scene:
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and issue 1 had this scene:
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But perhaps much more importantly, the first issue of Raven had this:
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but that wasn’t where that ended.  This is a book about a community of diverse queer women actively claiming their place in the world and taking what’s theirs.  It’s about Raven, who is desperately in love with her childhood best friend Ximena
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It’s about Ximena, a girl who was held captive for years by a pirate king who pretended to be her liberator.  Who fell in love with the pirate’s daughter, only to be left behind by that father when she outlived her value.
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About Sunshine, the thief that chose the wrong target and ended up falling in love with a woman already hopelessly in love with somebody else.
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It’s about Katie, the bisexual second in command who’s motivated by honor…and occasionally beating the snot out of a dude or two
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Oh and in case I forgot to mention, Katie is also incredibly muscular:
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And Jayla, the asexual science genius who’s tired of being treated like a little sister
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and Cid, the deaf engineer who quietly keeps the ship running
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and of course, these two:
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The socially awkward poet and the angry sword fighter who couldn’t stand her who have somehow become these two:
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But here’s the thing: this comic is failing.  It has a very dedicated and exuberant but at this point SMALL fanbase.  Today I had a hard conversation with Action Lab about the reality of the numbers on this book versus what it costs to produce this book and, suffice it to say, Action Lab isn’t ready to cancel the book, but they aren’t ready to greenlight year 3 either.  After Year 2 #13, Raven is set to go on the shelf until numbers can support continuing it.
This is where I need your help
If you care about this book full of queer pirate ladies and you want it to continue, we need to find a way to spread the word about it.  We don’t need to sell single issues (it would be nice) but ultimately we need the trades sales that back up the continuation of this big YA Pirate/Revenge/Adventure/Romance thing.
Digital copies can be bought instantly right on Comixology: https://www.comixology.com/Princeless-Raven-The-Pirate-Princess/comics-series/46971
You can buy the physical volumes on amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B01BF7U91Q
In fact, if you’ve already purchased volumes 1-4, volume 5 is available for preorder there right now! 
Maybe you’ve bought all the issues already.  Thank you!  If you still want to support Raven, you can review the books on Amazon or other retailers, you can share, reblog or retweet this post.  You can tell a friend about the book! 
If you have a comics review site or, say, a blog where you talk about LGBT media, contact me for review links or interviews.  Please, help us save our ship.
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kiki12278 · 7 years ago
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NEW Lena Luther illustration.
https://www.redbubble.com/people/kirab122/works/28803319-lena?asc=t
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kiki12278 · 7 years ago
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Can’t wait to be back in Artist Alley at ClexaCon again next year :)
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Happy almost Halloween, everyone!
Also, only 23 weeks left ‘till ClexaCon! Thanks for the extra flamey reminder, Kira Beaudoin (who will be at our artist alley, duh!)
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kiki12278 · 8 years ago
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I am not going anywhere. ❤️
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kiki12278 · 8 years ago
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I loved you from the second we met.
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We should kiss the girls that we wanna kiss.
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New Wayhaught illustration.
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New Cophine illustration.
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Recent Root and Shaw illustrations.
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kiki12278 · 8 years ago
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New Clarke illustration. ENJOY.
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... and I wanna kiss you.
NEW Sanvers illustration. ENJOY.
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kiki12278 · 8 years ago
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New Lexa illustration.
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kiki12278 · 8 years ago
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Stranger Things’ Eleven illustration.
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kiki12278 · 8 years ago
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Next 6,742
again and again
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kiki12278 · 8 years ago
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Wynonna Earp Illustration.
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