DM Of The Rings

Re-live the magic of Lord of the Rings here.

Basically, this guy has taken screen-caps (captures) of scenes from the amazing trilogy, and made a comic out of it.

In this comic, the Dungeon Master (the voice in the narrative), has created a game campaign for a bunch of players, who are role-playing the characters of the Fellowship. And he's frequently frustrated by his players in ways only a DM can relate. All the time and effort to create a rich campaign setting, and writing dialogues, but the only thing the players want is killing Orcs and getting XP.

It might take some RPG-ing experience before you can appreciate some of the humor. But the strips are still funny even if you've never gone geek. And the author has a real knack for finding just the right screen-cap for the punchlines.

Stupid, Stupid Rat Creatures!

Just re-read Out From Boneville, again, this morning.

This is book 1 of 9 of the Bone series by Jeff Smith.

Got into this comic a few years ago, when I won my first and only slogan contest for World Book Day, and got rm500 worth of Kinokuniya Vouchers. Also bought Death: The High Cost Of Living and The Time Of Your Life by Neil Gaiman.

The comic is like, Tolkien doing Calvin and Hobbes.

It's an incredibly brilliant and funny fantasy story. And the art is beautiful.

Some time back, there was some discussion about Bone being made into a movie. The whole thing fell through cos a block-head producer insisted that the Bones have kid voices, and that's bound to be the first of many other changes to make the story "fit for children".

Pity pity pity.

Still missing a few of Jeff Smith's books... Need to do some Christmas shopping for myself.

Brain Damage

I can't remember what it was that pointed me to http://superdickery.com, but the evil must be shared.

It's a collection of really retarded comic book covers during the days before their prices inflated 2000%. The bulk of these stories have Superman in it, in really, ridiculous plots.

It boggles the mind to think that someone can write things this bad... And be PUBLISHED!

There are so many gems here, that I don't know how to pick a favourite...

Seeing Superman cry?

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Seeing him state the Super-Obvious that we all have wondered over the decades?

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Or him as a witchdoctor?

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Or Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure?

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Brain........... Damage................................There are also some propaganda stories that's not very politically correct anymore, after we've all forgiven and forgotten.

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But at least Superman isn't alone in this crime... There are some nasty Archie covers as well.

Click on the pictures if you don't understand why they are wrong.....

These are hours of my life I'll never get back....

I must quit this while I still can...