Queen of Wands

Queen of Wands is a webcomic that began on July 22, 2002, and ended on February 23, 2005. The comic is a loose adaptation of events in the life of the artist, Aeire. The story's tone shifts back and forth from comedic installments to more serious and dramatic chapters. In 2004, it won Outstanding Romantic Comic from the Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards.

The comic has three main characters, Kestrel, a no-nonsense red-headed woman with a low tolerance for sexism, Felix, one of Kestrel's ex-boyfriends, and Shannon, Felix's wife. The three are close friends and roommates.

The comic originally updated every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until its conclusion, though for a period it updated five days a week.

On Monday, February 28, 2005 the comic restarted, beginning with the very first strip; the intent was for comics to update daily, with a commentary by Aeire beneath each one. These rerun updates ceased in early March, and her only remark on the matter came via her LiveJournal community, after speculation as to where she was led to somebody linking to a comment she made in another LiveJournal. On April 13, she posted the following

In the words of the eloquent Granny Weatherwax: "i aten't ded".

More to come later, but please stop the following me around. It's slightly unnerving.

Between June 10, 2006 and July 12, 2006, Aeire posted updates as to her status, but no further information followed. However, as of October 23, 2006, commentary updates have again resumed.

On the October 24, 2006 Aeire posted in her LiveJournal that she has written comments for all remaining strips so they'll update automatically by Keenspace. She explained that her absence was due to her heavy work load, and that she'd like to start the QoW sequel if she loses her job.

On November 15, 2006 Chris Daily (Striptease) let slip in his LiveJournal that the QoW sequel would tentatively begin in January 2007 with Aeire writing and Chris doing the art. This was confirmed by Aeire in her LiveJournal. The comic, entitled Punch an' Pie, started on February 26, 2007. The strip, based around QoW character Angela, updated erratically throughout 2011, returning to thrice-weekly updates in April 2012.

Kestrel currently appears frequently in Something Positive by R. K. Milholland.