Courageous Princess by
Rod Expinosa is a brilliant work which breaks the trope of most fairy tales: Princess Mabelrose is the girl who rescues herself from danger. I bought the
Courageous Princess: The Kingdom of Leptia from
Antarctic Press in 2002. Rod and I use to see each other regularly in San Diego, but I stopped going in 2014 and Rod gave it up after 2015. We had a happy reunion when Rod signed at Brian Hibbs'
Comix Experience in San Francisco in January 2020. I was delighted to see originals for sale. Although I generally dislike women under threat images, I could not resist this artwork. I was meaning to look through my old comics, but a little online searching revealed this was the cover. The drawing is on heavy drawing paper, not art board. The gray area is a shadow from a gentle fold.
