Alright, here we go. An hour for lunch and I'm going to try and cram in most of what I've wanted to write about for the last two weeks...
First off, I am so very excited that yesterday was the beginning of COMMISSIONATHLON 2009. For those of you not in the know, Obsidian of Commissioned Comic has this mad plan to do one commissioned piece of art a day for the next month. All of this is to fund his trip up from Colombia to Conneticon at the end of July. O's first piece was Scott Johnson's WoW character Gerp and his tiger pet Henry. It looks awesome. It may be my favorite of the WoW character drawings I've watched O do so far. I was fortunate enough to get to see the whole thing, and I am not so much more excited for the commission that I have coming. Brian and my piece is scheduled for next Tuesday, June 9th. I'll be sure to tweet about it when it's happening and I'll put the finished piece up here when I get it.
Along those lines, I got a wedding invitation from two of my good friends, and their wedding is on the first of August. This is squarely in the middle of Conneticon, solving my on-going questioning as to whether I was going or not. I'm sad I won't get to go see O, but maybe the 'con means that more awesome stuff will be going on sale in his store.
E3... It deserves it's own post, but I want to at least get my initial impressions out in case I don't get another chance to write. The big news: I'm going to have to buy a PS3. I don't really want to. But I must. Team Ico announced The Last Guardian, which I have been waiting for years to hear about. It's nice to have an actual trailer (even if it is only a teaser) rather than whisperings, hopes, and the occasional blurry screen shot. Shadow of the Colossus is very likely my favorite game ever, and now I'm trying to get my hands on Ico. Along with Little Big Planet, that I've wanted since it came out, and God of War 3, Brian and I just can't fight it much longer.
I'm sure my WoW characters have been weeping uncontrollably at my absence. I miss them, too. Daniora is working on getting her last Champion city, Orgrimmar. She's also gathering up enough Champion seals to get her hippogryph. Amelinda of Earthen Ring is leveling... slowly. She's still in the Ghostlands, but I have got to tell you, I am loving AIE. It's really nice after a hard day at work to be able to surround yourself with a wall of friendly green text. I think people have the impression that there are so many jerks on the internet because all the nice people are tied up playing in the guild.
Scott Johnson's got a new podcast, this time pairing up with Eric, otherwise known as SkyHawk. It's called AppSlappy and covers apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Very nice. I can't officially review it here until there are at least 5 episodes, but expect something soon.
Brian Dunnaway of Mission Deep, ELR, and Comics Coast-to-Coast has said he's been working on a few new things for the site. I can't wait for that!
Phew. That was quite the linkfest. Hopefully I'll be able to get more regular and less insane posts out in the near future.
Also, I'd like to give a big internet shout out to Beth, the greatest office manager any company could hope for.
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
[Webcomic Wednesday] Dungeons and Dragons
Today I've decided to do three themed comics, all based around Dungeons and Dragons (or tabletop gaming in general). Enjoy!
Commissioned Comic
Alright, so this comic isn't exclusively about gaming. O tends to have several story lines going at once, alternating between them as he sees fit. One such story line is "The Adventures of Dwarf & Elf ('n' Weretiger)". It's the ongoing campaign of three D&D characters and the people who play them.
O has been extremely prolific with this comic. It used to be a daily webcomic and is now a far more reasonable Mon-Wed-Fri posting. In addition to the D&D story line, the other ones are nerd based or centered around the business of trying to make a living as an artist. O has produced so many of these comics that his art style is strong and consistently wonderful.
DM of the Ring
This comic is different in that it has a definite beginning and end. There is talk of a sequel, but as far as I know, nothing has been done to that end yet.
The comic covers the storyline of the Lord of the Rings movies from the perspective of a DM and players playing each of the characters. Instead of original art, it uses screenshots from the movies with speech bubbles. Some of the facial expressions that are captured are just fantastic. A great read.
Order of the Stick
Arguably one of the best stick figure comics, it has become so much more than that. This is another long-running comic that has become very comfortable in its style and, as a result, puts out a really good product. I'll admit, I haven't been keeping up with story of late, but from the few recent ones I checked on before this post, it's still high quality. It also makes a lot of references to the mechanics of playing a table top game rather than just the story of the characters, aiming for its target audience squarely in the middle of the dice-rolling masses.
So, nerd it out with a few great comics. Click sponser links, support awesome people. Go forth!
As a bit of an addition, I'm throwing in Mission Deep by the fantastic Brian Dunaway of ELR and Comics Coast to Coast fame. I'm tacking it on to the end of this post for two reasons. First, while he has promised us that he'll be updating more regularly, he hasn't started yet, so there's not a whole lot there to see for now. Second, he rounds out the cast of ELR and finishes my Podcasters-I-love-who-also-have-web-comics collection.
Commissioned Comic
Alright, so this comic isn't exclusively about gaming. O tends to have several story lines going at once, alternating between them as he sees fit. One such story line is "The Adventures of Dwarf & Elf ('n' Weretiger)". It's the ongoing campaign of three D&D characters and the people who play them.
O has been extremely prolific with this comic. It used to be a daily webcomic and is now a far more reasonable Mon-Wed-Fri posting. In addition to the D&D story line, the other ones are nerd based or centered around the business of trying to make a living as an artist. O has produced so many of these comics that his art style is strong and consistently wonderful.
DM of the Ring
This comic is different in that it has a definite beginning and end. There is talk of a sequel, but as far as I know, nothing has been done to that end yet.
The comic covers the storyline of the Lord of the Rings movies from the perspective of a DM and players playing each of the characters. Instead of original art, it uses screenshots from the movies with speech bubbles. Some of the facial expressions that are captured are just fantastic. A great read.
Order of the Stick
Arguably one of the best stick figure comics, it has become so much more than that. This is another long-running comic that has become very comfortable in its style and, as a result, puts out a really good product. I'll admit, I haven't been keeping up with story of late, but from the few recent ones I checked on before this post, it's still high quality. It also makes a lot of references to the mechanics of playing a table top game rather than just the story of the characters, aiming for its target audience squarely in the middle of the dice-rolling masses.
So, nerd it out with a few great comics. Click sponser links, support awesome people. Go forth!
As a bit of an addition, I'm throwing in Mission Deep by the fantastic Brian Dunaway of ELR and Comics Coast to Coast fame. I'm tacking it on to the end of this post for two reasons. First, while he has promised us that he'll be updating more regularly, he hasn't started yet, so there's not a whole lot there to see for now. Second, he rounds out the cast of ELR and finishes my Podcasters-I-love-who-also-have-web-comics collection.
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