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Finally, it’s time for me to do a profile on everybody’s favorite buff bisexual first mate, Katie Kling. First, there’s this cover:

You okay? Well then, let’s talk Katie.

Katie is an altruistic pirate. She sees piracy as an opportunity to fight systematic oppression, the same way Raven’s family has done traditionally.

She left her family seeking the opportunity to do good on the high seas and make a difference.

And what she ended up finding was a world full of men who wanted nothing more than to take advantage of others.

But because of the hardships she’s had to face and the crews she found herself rejected from, Katie has gotten tough.

And while she wasn’t able to find a pirate crew that she was willing and able to join, that didn’t stop her from putting together her own kind of crew…though what exactly her group is can be a little hard to explain.

This seems like a reasonable place to go ahead and say that Katie is a socially awkward nerd.

She tends to delight in geeky things and has attracted a like minded group of women around her.

And while she’s hesitant to give herself any sort of credit in this regard, she inspires those woman and brings out the best in them, be it the urge for adventure

Or facing down the odds when the ship is boarded.

And when the time comes, Katie knows how to fight, both with swords and hand to hand.

And she’s not above hurting someone when it’s called for.

But as a rule, Kate much prefers to be constructive, be it saving her crewmates:

Or helping around the ship

Or carrying her captain when she’s in bad shape.

Katie is all about lifting up the women around her.

Even if she’s oblivious to the fact that some of them might have a crush on her, just like she does on them.

Ultimately, Katie lives by a theory that one of her mentors passed to her not long before she took off on this adventure.

Katie may be a physically strong female character, but she’s also a woman of strong character and a complicated one at that.

Come join the fight alongside Kate and Raven the Pirate Princess each month!

There are four volumes out right now and one available for pre-order, so check it out physically at your local comic shop or

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!

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