Epic FailThis week in Epic Fail: Tinuvielle gives Yoru a book about Demons.
Creator’s Commentary: Full colour! What a treat! It sort of needed to be for the book alterations to make sense. I was delighted at how well Ball / Balor worked.
Also, I now have an excuse for every time I draw Yoru waaay to young and cutesy: That’s the way Tinuvielle sees him.
This week in Epic Fail: Tinuvielle distracts Yoru from his awkward questions by (dramatically) explaining interrupting Martin’s story was bad manners. With a rapt audience Martin continues the fiery tale of his adventures with demons.
Webcomic Creator’s Commentary:
I love Tinuvielle’s hammy acting, the throwing up her arm and the “Woe! Woe!” I hope you found it as funny as I did. I’m nearly finished with the Elven Pussy now. Nearly.
Poor Martin does have a tendency to do what he’s told without thinking it through. In other news: Fire burns. Yes I did reference Labyrinth in the comic, not so much a tribute to the late David Bowie so much as because it’s my favourite movie so I possibly reference it too much. This joke may have been inspired by the Amanda Palmer Labyrinth with Sock Puppets version though.
You know that red thing the characters are standing on in panels 5 and 7? That is a platform painted with a symbol of chaos and you only keep seeing a fraction of it. I seem to keep redrawing the entire thing because I’m a dumb, dumb artist who wants it to be accurate and like making life hard on myself. Grr.
What I’m not too happy about is that big gap on the left og panel 7 actually. I think maybe you should see the second demon or some of the other adventurers standing there. Hmm, editing may occur.
Sorry I’ve not been playing Dungeons & Dragons so much lately as the One Night Ultimate Werewolf
This Week in Epic Fail: Martin continues his story with parental guidance from Tinuvielle.
Creator’s Commentary: You can find an uncensored version of this page here.
I’m a real fan of the unreliable narrator. Not only does it allow for great comedy it also allows me to tell Dungeons and Dragons stories without ‘spoiling’ the scenario for anyone. Sure, you may find some things familiar but they aren’t going to help your characters against those great big Demons!
Incidentally I do try to keep the comic PG because whilst I personally don’t have a problem with nudity I respect that others do.
This week in Epic Fail: Amuletts is taken aback by Yoru’s monstrous heritage and says things to offend both him and Tinuvielle.
Creator’s Commentary: Now the party are all back together again I feel like splitting them up again; there are far too many characters on this page!
I liked showing the reactions of the people in the Bar to the Heroes conversation. Although they take demons and such in their stride most people are shit scared of ’em. Yes, even little ones.
The Duergar joke is one only D&D folk will understand. Although I try to make the humour as accesible as possible I think it’s fair to slip a niche joke in now and then if it’s funny enough. A Duergar is basically a evil, dark-skinned type of Dwarf that lives underground and is rarely seen.
