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Coming November/December
Here are some of the reasons I wasn't at the Cons this summer...these are all done or VERY NEARLY done, so, like...yay!

"Unruly" and "Kobolds" are gonna rock serious ass, Maynard, and I'm pretty darn pleased with Dork Tower 33, as well. Especially the cover, for those who get the none-too-subtle reference.

DSP 033
Dork Tower #33: All Mod Cons
FIRST PRINTING
Color 32 pages $3.49
ISBN 1-933288-50-7
Written and Illustrated by John Kovalic
Cover by John Kovalic
Shipping Date: December 1, 2005

DORK TOWER is the award-winning, fan-favorite comic book that's broken boundaries and shattered stereotypes of both fanboys and gamers! Mud Con is here, and who gave guest of honor Wil Wheaton one too many Tiki drinks? Plus, Dr. Blink: Superehero Shrink, Lethargic Lad and SnapDragons! This issue is a great jumping-on point for anyone! Counting down to the pivotal fiftieth issue!





DSP 6000
Kobolds Ate My Baby! Super Deluxx Edition
First Printing
Hardcover 48 pages b/w $14.99
ISBN 1-930964-62-5
Written by Chris O'Neill and Daniel Landis
Illustrated by John Kovalic
Cover by John Kovalic
Shipping Date: December 1, 2005

WHO'S FODDER NOW? It's the classic "Kobolds Ate My Baby!" roleplaying game, in deluxe, hardcover format, expanded and now illustrated by John Kovalic (Dork Tower, Munchkin, Chez Geek, Apples to Apples). Fast-paced and hilarious, the game puts the "Beer and Pretzels" back into "Roleplaying." In the spirit of Munchkin, Ninja Burger and Warhamster, "Kobolds Ate My Baby!" is the unique, uproarious, fan-favorite RPG that will leave you hungry for more! ALL HAIL KING TORG!





DSP 7000
UNRULY: A Comix and Literary Journal #1
First Printing
64 pages b/w $4.99
ISBN 1-933288-90-6
Editor: Scott Bateman
Featuring cartoons by Alex Robinson, Shannon Wheeler and Scott Bateman
Cover by Oh Yun Kwon
Shipping Date: December 1, 2005

It's time to get UNRULY! UNRULY breaks all the rules with a blend of comix and short fiction. It's like McSweeney's, only with more comix! Edited by controversial political cartoonist Scott Bateman, UNRULY #1 features new, never-before-seen comix by Alex Robinson (Box Office Poison), Shannon Wheeler (Too Much Coffee Man) and Scott Bateman, plus short fiction and letters to the editor from Naoko Yamano (of the band Shonen Knife), Paul Scheer (VH-1's "Best Week Ever"), Terry Bain ("You Are A Dog"), McSweeney's regulars J. Robert Lennon and Pia Z. Ehrhardt, and more, with cover illustration from "Pictoplasma" artist Oh Yun Kwon. Being UNRULY has never been so cool.






DSP 214
Go, Dork. Go!: The Collected DORK TOWER, Vol. VIII
FIRST PRINTING
TPB: B/W 160 Pages $15.99
ISBN 1-930964-70-6
Written, pencilled and inked by John Kovalic
Shipping Date: November 10, 2005

GO, DORK! GO! HUZZAH! The newest Dork Tower collection is in! Collecting comic strips from the fan-favorite web site, dorktower.com, as well as Dragon Magazine, Comics Buyer's Guide and Scrye Magazine, it's a geeky googleplex of gigantic laughs! Featuring an introduction by MARV WOLFMAN!





DSP 210
Understanding Gamers TPB: The collected Dork Tower Vol. V
SECOND PRINTING
TPB: B/W 134 pages, $15.99
ISBN: 1-930964-44-7
Written, pencilled and Inked by John Kovalic
Cover by John Kovalic
Shipping Date: November 10, 2005

Expanded and corrected, it's the critical- and fan-favorite "Understanding Gamers" from Dork Tower #18, back as a full-sized trade paperback! With all-new material AND also collecting the smash hit Dork Tower Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers special! Plus tons of never-before collected Dork Tower comic strips from dorktower.com, Dragon Magazine, Scrye magazine and Games Magazine, and a COMPLETE eight-page roleplaying game! The eight-volume Dork Tower collection now back in print at last, and this volume is a great introduction to the series for gamer and non-gamer alike - IT MUST BE MINE!





DSP 2021
Here Be SnapDragons!
FIRST PRINTING
TPB: B/W 104 Pages $12.99
ISBN 1-930964-52-8
Written by John Kovalic
Art by Liz Rathke
Shipping Date: December 8, 2005

HERE BE SNAPDRAGONS!
The Collected SNAPDRAGONS by John Kovalic and Liz Rathke Featuring an introduction by New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard! The Origins award-winning SNAPDRAGONS comic book is collected at last, with nearly 20 pages of new material! Catch the hilarious misadventures of Jake, Jody and their gang in an all-ages comic that really IS for all ages!

"Liz Rathke and John Kovalic have created, in SnapDragons, one of the first truly fresh ensemble of comic characters since the Rugrats." - Jacquelyn Mitchard




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Huzzah!
[info]ctrlalttabby
2005-08-23 06:55 pm UTC (link)
But shouldn't that be "who GAVE guest of honor Wil Wheaton one too many Tiki drinks?" *grin*

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Re: Huzzah!
[info]muskrat_john
2005-08-23 07:02 pm UTC (link)
Why yes. Yes, it should. :-)

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[info]scottbateman
2005-08-23 07:21 pm UTC (link)
Oh my god, those Dork Tower collection covers rock the house. Yes, the entire house, and the garden shed, too.

Unruly is going to totally um, unrule. :-)

And if you've got some sort of anecdote that's less than a minute long, record it and send it my way...

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[info]muskrat_john
2005-08-23 08:05 pm UTC (link)

Unruly is going to totally um, unrule. :-)


That it is!

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[info]rvdammit
2005-08-23 08:01 pm UTC (link)
First thought on the "All Mod Cons" cover:

Wow a triblle at the con!

*hides*

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[info]muskrat_john
2005-08-23 08:03 pm UTC (link)
Grin.

The tumbleweed will definitely be worked on...

:-)

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[info]karohemd
2005-08-23 09:17 pm UTC (link)
Heh, I was thinking the same thing! :o)

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Minor Edit
[info]delazan
2005-08-23 08:56 pm UTC (link)
KAMB is the Deluxx Addition, not edition.
-L. (Proofreader extraordinarily picky)

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Re: Minor Edit
[info]ctrlalttabby
2005-08-23 09:03 pm UTC (link)
*grin* You think he's going to let us keeping reading his LJ after we both caught stuff on this one?

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Re: Minor Edit
[info]delazan
2005-08-24 02:20 am UTC (link)
Oh, yes. Remember, John feels he doesn't eat enough "Humble Pie."

Of course, we all know he eats too much.

-L.

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Re: Minor Edit
[info]muskrat_john
2005-08-24 11:42 am UTC (link)
Actually, I'm wanting to keep it "Edition," now.

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Re: Minor Edit
[info]delazan
2005-08-24 01:01 pm UTC (link)
I don't know.... with all the jokes inside, Addition is funnier if less grammatically correct.

BTW: I meant that you eat too much Humble Pie, not that you eat too much in general.

-L.

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Re: Minor Edit
[info]muskrat_john
2005-08-24 01:10 pm UTC (link)
with all the jokes inside, Addition is funnier if less grammatically correct.

Yes, but on the front cover, it may have people thinking this is just a supplement, and not a core rulebook.

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Re: Minor Edit
[info]delazan
2005-08-24 02:56 pm UTC (link)
Good point.
-L.

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[info]djsnyder
2005-08-23 09:03 pm UTC (link)
How often are you expecting that Unruly will come out?

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[info]scottbateman
2005-08-23 10:10 pm UTC (link)
Currently, the plan is quarterly, although I think bimonthly will be feasible down the line.

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[info]muskrat_john
2005-08-23 11:49 pm UTC (link)
Quarterly.

I should havge put that in the solicitation info...

Nuts.

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KAMB ages?
[info]thomcope
2005-08-23 10:18 pm UTC (link)
What ages would Kobalds Ate My Baby! be appropriate for? Any naughty bits in there that my sister-in-law would freak out over?

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Re: KAMB ages?
[info]muskrat_john
2005-08-23 11:50 pm UTC (link)
There's a little bad language..."bastard" is used once of twice...

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Re: KAMB ages?
[info]thomcope
2005-08-24 02:02 am UTC (link)
That's not a problem... thanks for the reply!

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[info]thegreatjohnzo
2005-08-24 06:09 am UTC (link)
could someone please explain the reference to dork tower 33 to me? i'm not sure where its from, as my mind has drawn a blank. thanks!

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[info]thegreatjohnzo
2005-08-24 06:09 am UTC (link)
sorry, make that the cover of dork tower 33, not "to dt 33". my bad.

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[info]bibulb
2005-08-24 11:07 am UTC (link)
Look at the cover of DT 29, and see what else that band has done. Third album, specifically. (And one of my Mom's favoritest albums EVER, next to Black Sea...)


Also, is it so wrong of me to want to see Matt on cover parodies of early Joe Jackson albums?

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[info]muskrat_john
2005-08-24 11:41 am UTC (link)
Yup. The Jam's "All Mod Cons," which is one of my all-time favorite albums.

Y'know...Matt in "I'm The Man" might work...

:-)

Love "Black Sea" too...

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[info]hedgetrimmer
2005-08-24 08:08 am UTC (link)
Hey cool! Go, Dork. Go!: The Collected DORK TOWER, Vol. VIII is the colour of the Irish flag! Bring some over to Warpcon!!

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[info]muskrat_john
2005-08-24 11:44 am UTC (link)
Though a parody of an American kid's book cover ("Go, Dog. Go!"), I notice it also features a spiffy Irish-style hat and scarf, too. :-)

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[info]hedgetrimmer
2005-08-24 11:51 am UTC (link)
Now all it needs is a drunken Irish fairy!!

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[info]muskrat_john
2005-08-24 12:13 pm UTC (link)
Now you've done it!

I'm having Irish Oatmeal for breakfast!

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[info]hedgetrimmer
2005-08-24 12:55 pm UTC (link)
with a side of Powers to wash it down, I hope. I have a bottle of very nice Scotch which I got as a gift - I shall bring it to Warpcon for us to open and share around!

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[info]nolly
2005-08-25 05:20 pm UTC (link)
May I use this icon, cropped from the Kobold cover?

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[info]muskrat_john
2005-08-25 05:23 pm UTC (link)
Totally!

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