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Here is a link to the opening chapter of a series of comic books that follows the adventures of "The Handlers", a stitched-together d&d campaign that I've been running for a few years.
The campaign takes place in Southern Vesh, in the County of Som, which I have placed at the edge of the Mourning Marshes. There are elements of Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (Homlet, Moathouse) although references/adventure focus sort of ends with these elements. There are some familiar faces, but their relationships and motivations have shifted substantially.
The artwork is by Nathan Marcel, who runs the character of Bilgorod (introduced in this issue). His elven bard/fighter Til-Gal died in what would be "Episode 26". How he found time to do illustrate & ink these 26+ page comics while also busting butt full-time on his masters degree in fine art is a mystery and a wonder.
The story is by Peter Pillegi, who runs the only currently active founding member of "The Handlers", Rasasi the Paladin. The dialog in the comic does a great job of dramatizing the themes and characters from the adventures.
I acted as the editor, massaging stuff to ensure that things that I (as dm) feel are important to the long-term story arc are included/emphasized. I also did the lettering & dialog balloons, managed the printing, and put the thin layer of html around things for this web-version of the comic.
There is a lot more of the story to be posted yet. If there is interest, I can continue to publish the story. I realize that this opening 'teaser' doesn't have any action at all, so I'll probably at least publish through the massive orc battle at the end of Episode 27.
If somebody feels this belongs in another forum, please let me know!
Here is a link to the opening chapter of a series of comic books that follows the adventures of "The Handlers", a stitched-together d&d campaign that I've been running for a few years.
The campaign takes place in Southern Vesh, in the County of Som, which I have placed at the edge of the Mourning Marshes. There are elements of Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (Homlet, Moathouse) although references/adventure focus sort of ends with these elements. There are some familiar faces, but their relationships and motivations have shifted substantially.
The artwork is by Nathan Marcel, who runs the character of Bilgorod (introduced in this issue). His elven bard/fighter Til-Gal died in what would be "Episode 26". How he found time to do illustrate & ink these 26+ page comics while also busting butt full-time on his masters degree in fine art is a mystery and a wonder.
The story is by Peter Pillegi, who runs the only currently active founding member of "The Handlers", Rasasi the Paladin. The dialog in the comic does a great job of dramatizing the themes and characters from the adventures.
I acted as the editor, massaging stuff to ensure that things that I (as dm) feel are important to the long-term story arc are included/emphasized. I also did the lettering & dialog balloons, managed the printing, and put the thin layer of html around things for this web-version of the comic.
There is a lot more of the story to be posted yet. If there is interest, I can continue to publish the story. I realize that this opening 'teaser' doesn't have any action at all, so I'll probably at least publish through the massive orc battle at the end of Episode 27.
If somebody feels this belongs in another forum, please let me know!
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