[Webcomic] Webcomic Appreciation Jamboree

Gusto

Gusto

In case it was missed on the site, the lyrics to My Belruel:

My Belruel

'twas the twelving day of Everfair
when fell my maid of raven hair
beneath her cloven standard of the wren
and damn that roiling goblin horde
we'd almost slain the overlord
but i could never roll an elf again

"The Queen of Bells and Battle-Downs"
she wore the title like a crown
Foes so deep a man would drown, but she still stood alone
a princess and a duchess both
and sworn to nine prestigious oaths,
her duties, they would take her to that twisting spire of stone

Against his tower, a silhouette
She called like a coronet
And the green sea of his armies burst from warrens far below
The pacts he'd made with demonkind
Had rent his thin and tattered mind
And hellish princedoms occupied the arrow he let go

They took her through the crowded square
And laid her at the temple stair
The sorcelled barb of Arudair beyond their healing arts
there stands a circlet on her brow
that turns the blades of men around
But if Belruel could hear me now
This song would pierce her heart

'twas the twelving day of Everfair
when fell my maid of raven hair
beneath her cloven standard of the wren
damn that roiling goblin horde!
and damn their hell-bound the overlord!
but i could never roll an elf again
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Dave

Dave

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I guess I was speaking to Allen specifically. Wish I'd have known. :wtf:


I agree that each has their own limited appeal. But there must be something more to Sand than just "Western" and more to "The New Kid" than just "har har! Human kid in school with aliens!". But I can't see how there's anything new about Queen. Yes, I get that it's a fantasy character run by someone, but that's been done. And high fantasy is (God help me!) getting tired lately. *shrug*
 
Gusto

Gusto

Fair enough, Dave. It's not like it was an easy choice, and I think all three new ideas (at least at the preview level) are below the caliber of both Lookouts and Automata.

Rest assured in the fact tat they will eventually write all three stories, and that Belruel will probably not be the first.
 
MindDetective

MindDetective

I voted for New Kid. I understand the interest in Belruel given the background information (which I had no knowledge of) but I think a story needs to be self-contained and not rely on outside info. They did not convey any of that in the first segment, I feel, so there is no sense of what the story is or will be on its own. I could not vote for it for that reason. I agree, none of them are particularly strong this time around. The western has a hook but it seems to be using it like a crutch. New Kid had less of a hook but gave us a little more depth than the other stories. If a good story is about the characters, New Kid is the one that conveyed them the best. It isn't a terribly new idea but it can still be told in an interesting manner. It seems like the most solid choice given the first segments of each story.
 
Gusto

Gusto

Yeah the Belruel comic didn't really give much info, which is why there's no way it'll win. If I was going on te strengths of the introductory comics and that alone, I would've voted for The New Kid too.
 
Allen who is Quiet

Allen who is Quiet

New Erfworld text update.

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Frank

Frank

The new Gunshow comic is probably one of the funniest things I've seen in forever.



Because in the end, no one gives a fuck about your problems.
 
Allen who is Quiet

Allen who is Quiet

Oh yeah, if anyone here reads Hanna is Not a Boy's Name, doesn't have it on an RSS feed, and hasn't checked it lately due to the slow updates over the summer, the comic has been updating quite a bit.
 
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