Former child queen Elida was driven from her throne at age ten and forced to wander the galaxy, evading the revolutionary forces that wanted her dead. When an old frenemy claims to know the whereabouts of Elida’s long-lost mother, she is forced to return to her former kingdom and stage a rescue.

Brought to you by Eisner-nominated and GLAAD Media Award-nominated author Magdelene Visaggio, illustrator Jason Smith, colorist Harry Saxon, and letterer Zakk Saam, this is one wild ride.

Vagrant Queen will be available everywhere February 26, 2019 from Vault Comics. Check out our interview with author Magdelene Visaggio below!

For those who are not familiar, could you tell us what Vagrant Queen is about? What kind of experience do readers get when they pick up this book?

MV: The book stars Elida Al-feyr, who used to be the child queen of the planet Arriopa before she was pushed out in a spate of revolutionary violence. Now, fifteen years later, she’s on the run from the revolutionaries that overthrew her and her own loyal, worshipful supporters; she just wants to move on from a conflict that has defined her entire life, but finds she just can’t get away from it. And now she not only has to return to the world she once ruled, but has to go deep, deep into enemy territory to rescue the most important person in the world to her: her long-captured mother.

What was the inspiration behind Vagrant Queen?

MV: Mostly Star Wars, I guess, and Cowboy Bebop. On the Road. Really anything about skuzzy cowboys in space doing their best to get by. I’m also a giant history nerd, which is why this whole thing is set against the backdrop of an ersatz French Revolution. There’s so many princesses who need rescuing; I wanted to do one who was just on the run, who wasn’t trying to be restored to anything. So much of space opera is about restoring some kind of proper order during a period of disruption, while Vagrant Queen is much more about moving on and recognizing that the past wasn’t perfect. Everyone in that story is trying to escape their past.

Vagrant Queen is a self-contained story, but is there hope for more adventures in the future?

MV: As Spock would say, there are always possibilities.