Queen of Wands is a webcomic

Webcomic

Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....

 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

Comedy

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 installments to more serious and drama

Drama

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tic 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

Red hair

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 woman with a low tolerance for sexism, Felix, one of Kestrel's ex-boyfriends, and Shannon, Felix's wife.