History Comicbook / Princeless

** A loving jab comes in issue three, where Bedelia shows Adrienne three wildly impractical suits of armor designed for female warriors. They strongly resemble the costumes of Franchise/WonderWoman, Series/{{Xena|WarriorPrincess}}, and Comicbook/RedSonja respectively, and a major source of humor comes from Adrienne pointing out how little protection they'd actually offer in battle.

''Princeless'' is an Eisner award-nominated comic book series written by Jeremy Whitley and drawn by Creator/MiaGoodwin. Set in a relatively standard fairy tale setting, the series stars Adrienne, a young black princess who has, since childhood, thought that the tradition of sticking princesses in towers to be rescued is stupid. She especially hates that the princesses are all helpless and can't help themselves. Adrienne swears she will never be one of those pitiful princesses stuck in a tower to wait for some guy to "deserve" being her husband by slaying a dragon.

* CoolPet: Sparky, Adrienne's former dragon guard.

* ShoutOut: To Myth/ClassicalMythology: A maze and a minotaur [[spoiler:guard Appalonia]].

* SymbolicBaptism: In Book 5, Chapter 0, Adrienne and Bedelia fun in a lake, swimming around. As they play, Adri talks about her experiences with her hair and how she was insecure about it and how it hindered her. She convinces herself to cut it all off and feels much better about herself and her journey.

* OutnumberedSibling: Devin has seven sisters.

* HumanMomNonhumanDad: Bedelia's father is a dwarf while her mother is a human, and she takes [[GirlsWithMoustaches mostly]] after her mother.

''Princeless'' is an Eisner award-nominated comic book series written by Jeremy Whitley and drawn by M. Goodwin. Set in a relatively standard fairy tale setting, the series stars Adrienne, a young black princess who has, since childhood, thought that the tradition of sticking princesses in towers to be rescued is stupid. She especially hates that the princesses are all helpless and can't help themselves. Adrienne swears she will never be one of those pitiful princesses stuck in a tower to wait for some guy to "deserve" being her husband by slaying a dragon.

** A lot of Raphael and Angoisse's story in Book 4 is designed to lampoon and deconstruct ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' and it's BoyCrazy fanbase.

* TakeThat: A loving jab comes in issue three, where Bedelia shows Adrienne three wildly impractical suits of armor designed for female warriors. They strongly resemble the costumes of Franchise/WonderWoman, Series/{{Xena|WarriorPrincess}}, and Comicbook/RedSonja respectively, and a major source of humor comes from Adrienne pointing out how little protection they'd actually offer in battle.

The series is set to end with its tenth volume, with the final two volumes abandoning the series' monthly issue format in favor of releasing as graphic novels.

The series is currently available in trade paperback, and the first issue is [[https://ionenewsone.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/14327941703489.pdf available for free in digital form.]]. A new series, ''Princeless: The Pirate Princess'', began in 2015, in which Adrienne and her {{Sidekick}} Bedelia befriend and rescue Raven, an Asian pirate princess.

After parting ways Raven decides it's time to start her own pirate crew and take back the title of Pirate Queen. That adventure is covered in a spinoff, ''[[ComicBook/PrincelessRavenThePiratePrincess Princeless - Raven: The Pirate Princess]]''.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Several princes call Adrienne "fair," clearly under the mistaken impression that it means "beautiful." As Adrienne points out, it means ''white'', which she is not.[[note]]For the record, though, "fair" ''could'' generally mean "beautiful", as shown by [[https://www.etymonline.com/word/fair the word's etymological history]].[[/note]]

* ActionGirl: Adrienne, who busts out of her castle prison [[spoiler:by befriending the dragon who's supposed to be guarding her, mind you]], her sidekick, Bedelia, and Princess Raven.

* SamusIsAGirl: Happens several times in the first few issues, first when Devin realizes who she is after she breaks into the castle and then again when Bedelia makes her remove her helmet.

* ShoutOut: [[spoiler:[[Myth/ClassicalMythology A maze and a minotaur]]]] guard Appalonia.

* TakeThat: A loving jab comes in issue three, where Bedelia shows Adrienne three wildly impractical suits of armor designed for female warriors. They strongly resemble the costumes of Franchise/WonderWoman, [[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess Xena]], and Comicbook/RedSonja respectively, and a major source of humor comes from Adrienne pointing out how little protection they'd actually offer in battle.

** She inherited [[GirlsWithMoustaches one distinctive feature from him]], however, and she's not too happy about that one.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Several princes call Adrienne "fair," clearly under the mistaken impression that it means "beautiful." As Adrienne points out, it means ''white'', which she is not.

* HateSink[=/=]HeManWomanHater: You could count on one hand the number or men who aren't these tropes in this comic.

* HateSink=/=HeManWomanHater: You could count on one hand the number or men who aren't these tropes in this comic.

* WouldntHitAGirl: Some knights are more hesitant to fight Adrienne upon realizing she's a girl, usually with a misogynistic edge
to the trope. Gahiji stops because he recognizes her as the thought-dead princess and leaves to claim his reward for finding the truth.