[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.


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