Curse Words, Vol. 4: Queen Margaret

Curse Words #16-20

by Charles Soule, Ryan Browne (Contributor), Joe Quiñones (Contributor)

The cult hit moves on to its fourth arc, "Them Blue Wizard Blues," in which the action returns to our world for an all-out assault on Wizord and his burgeoning sorcerous family. Wizord's made plenty of enemies during his time on Earth, and now the chickens have come home to roost. It's bad news for Wizord... but he probably (definitely) deserves it.

Collects CURSE WORDS #16-20 and the CURSE WORDS SUMMER SWIMSUIT SPECIAL.

Genres: Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics, Humor, Ebooks

152 pages, Paperback

First published March 6, 2019

About the author

Charles Soule is a #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist, comics author, screenwriter, musician, and lapsed attorney. He has written some of the most prominent stories of the last decade for Marvel, DC and Lucasfilm in addition to his own work, such as his comics Curse Words, Letter 44 and Undiscovered Country, and his original novels Light of the Jedi, The Endless Vessel, The Oracle Year and Anyone. He lives in New York.

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s all coming together now!

Also, SWIMSUIT SPECIAL!!!



As a child of the '90s this speaks to me, OK? You can still judge, though. Whatever.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

OMG! Margaret is back to best Margaret.

And breaking my heart.

Be warned some questions are answered, and more questions are raised because you know, they went you to keep buying the series. It isn't as funny as the earlier volumes, but far more emotionally honest and touching.

[CS · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bullet Review:

Funny, light-hearted and engaging, we continue to expand on the previous volumes - what does Jacques have in store for Wizord? What about Margaret's parentage? And What is going on with "Oh-One-One is Margaret"?

[Dev · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, this is just a really fun series. It has a good mix of action and character development, as well as balancing serious plot development with the sillier aspects of the world in which it takes place. I liked that we got to see more of Margaret in this volume [who doesn't love Margaret] and also learn a *little* bit more about her past [stop teasing!]. Also the big reveal in the last issue was great and I can't wait to see where the author goes with that. This is a series that I first picked up thinking it would be stupid but enjoyable, but actually has a lot of complex things going on.

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is easily the best volume so far. It is the first book in the series I haven’t been able to put down until it was finished. The character of Jacques Zacques, whom I really viewed in the previous volumes as a joke side act, gets his own little story here that makes him a credible threat and an interesting character (FINALLY!!) not to mention he creates his own villain team which was pretty interesting too.

The pieces are finally starting to fall into place and my gripes of earlier volumes just being ‘set up’ books are dissipating. Things are being revealed (though I wish a bit sooner) that genuinely make you go “ahh! That’s what that was..” there are some cool call backs to earlier volumes about things you wouldn’t have even known to look out for.

With 1 volume left, I hope they wrap the story off as strong as they made volume 4 - there are still a few big reveals I can see coming, but as penultimate stories go, this was action packed and full of nice twists

[Benji Glaab · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series continues it's hilarity, even if there are themes dark as hell at times. Turns out that's my kind of writing. The best part is this feels original and like it's a story the creators want to tell.

I love the vibrant colour pallet in this series also and any artist than can make me laugh with the ridiculousness of the character designs is doing something right.

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review is for the remainder of the series (vols 2-5)

It picks up speed after a confusing and muddled start, dips badly in the middle, but roars to a ridiculous conclusion. Just don't think about the inexplicably circular plot to hard and enjoy the ride.

[Jamie Connolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are always a lot of fun. Nothing particularly amazing or special about it but definitely fun to read. 4 stars.

[Josh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh...

I can't say I saw that coming.

This series is wild, and I continue to enjoy it very much.

[Alex Sarll]

I'd never thought to ask myself whether a quokka can catfish, but Ryan Browne books have a way of raising strange new questions in one's life. And that's not even the strangest search for love here. Meanwhile, Wizord himself is maybe getting back with his ex, unaware that a misinformed Jacques Zacques seeks a revenge which will make things worse for everyone... Soule remains maddeningly inconsistent, but this mix of weirdness, heart, and some astonishingly neat yet unexpected reversals is very much his good side.

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm torn on this rating, I am going with 3.5 rounded down. I love, love, LOVED Margaret's storyline. Fantastic writing. Great art. The rest of the threads felt like they were treading or re-treading ground as we move towards the final act.

The summer swimsuit special: A+ fun times, will read again. Like the best kind of anime special filler episode that is "essential viewing" despite being outside the normal sequence of storytelling.

[Noah Appelbaum · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of chickens coming home to roost here in not-entirely unexpected ways, but it's still just really fun. For being so damn goofy, Curse Words really manages better plotting and character development than most. I'm pleased that the narrative arc seems pretty solidly established and that we seem to be heading somewhere resolute.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

The series has really picked up, the world has been better defined (very well) bigger plots and mysteries unfolding, bigger stakes introduced, unlike some of the slower earlier issues, making it one of my favourite volumes so far can't wait for volume 5.

[June · Rating 4 out of 5]

You know, for a series that up until this point has leaned on the satire and humor element pretty heavily, this volume took a fairly dark turn. I really need to talk to someone about Jacques Zacques and his drink choices. Holy crap.

[Natasha]

Sorry to say this one left me feeling wanting more. Or less? I don't really know how I feel about it. I do know the next volume is the last so I'll read that soon, but if that weren't the case I'd probably be taking a break from the story.

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

The plot thickens where Wizord's and Ruby Stitch's memories are concerned, Jacques Zacques emerges as the latest of Sizzajee's magic warriors and poses a brief but real threat to Wizord, Margaret becomes a koala again, and we learn the origin of Hole World. Things are ramping up for the big finish!

[Brandon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Jacques does his training arc, Margaret wanders around, Wizord does nothing of note. We get some more backstory on Hole World, that's neat to finally receive. But I didn't really need the Margaret's Dating Life subplot and Jacques isn't actually that entertaining.

[Ed · Rating 3 out of 5]

Curse Words has a clear endpoint that's beginning to come into view. It's still super fun, but not quite as fresh as it was at the start.

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some questions are answered, some new ones asked. Setting up for the endgame. #teammargaret

[Aron · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 Stars. Things are progressing nicely, with some pretty interesting developments. Fun series.

[Max Washington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious!!!!!! And moving.

[Will Cooper · Rating 4 out of 5]

It all seems to be coming to a head and the origin of Hole World is revealed.

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

DPL hoopla

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Margaret has a more interesting story than her parents but at least this seems to be coming to a head finally.

[Adrian Bloxham · Rating 3 out of 5]

Getting sucked more and more into this

[Mirjam Celie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best volume till now... #TeamMargaret

[Laurian · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bit of a filler volume to get us to the end, but still sincerely enjoyable.

[James Hyman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A grand crescendo of everything falling into place!

[Ivan Chernov · Rating 5 out of 5]

История закольцевалась.

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy crap!
Bonkers, insane characters and a crazy good story. This is the exact kind of comic I like. This story couldn’t be told in anything but a comic because of the scope and strangeness of it.