Another Castle #1 Review

Writer: Andrew Wheeler/ Artist: Paulina Ganucheau/ Oni Press Editor’s Note: Oni Press is releasing a handful of #1’s of comics this week including COURTNEY CRUMRIN #1, THE MIGHTY ZODIAC #1 and SPACE BATTLE LUNCHTIME #1 which will be available at your local comic book store with a price tag of $1. We thought this was a perfect opportunity to review a comic or two and introduce something new to put on your pull list. This comic originally caught my eye because as a magical girl enthusiast (and real life magical girl who is apart of the resistance. Yes. You can do both.) I was familiar with the artist of Zodiac Starforce, Paulina Ganucheau. Even the title, “Another Castle” proved to be intriguing as it’s a play on a number of several tropes: Save The Princess, Girl in a Tower but most importantly the Your Princess Is In Another Castle trope.  I knew I was in for a treat because I had a feeling this comic would put all those tropes in a one arm suplex submission hold and give me something fantastic to read and I was NOT wrong. The hero(ione) of this comic is Princess Artemisia aka Misty of Beldora, where her father, Thomas The True, reigns. She does dream of more, more excitement, more flair–just about more of anything to her boring life as a Princess. There’s only so much etiquette lessons and primping sessions she can stand. Within the first five pages, we learn a whole lot about her as she slays a changeling, sent to spy on her as she’s getting her Nails done, hair done, ever…