Canonfire!

Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:03 pm

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip242a.htm

Also tune in next week for caption contest prizes.

Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:08 pm

Mort, as always, you're just too much! Happy

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Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:45 pm

Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:04 pm

Kirt,
Something tells me that the fact you picked up D&D in your school is more remarkable than mine. Razz

Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:44 am

Kirt learned about the time I was serving in the Army and the game was popular among my Army friends.

As an "International Community School" there could well have been "military brats" attending there, which could explain it.

But only Kirt would know that.
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Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:59 pm

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip243a.htm

Caption contest characters!

Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:12 am

You're too much, Mort. Happy

Bubbagump's going to love it! Laughing

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Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:57 pm Haha! Nose itches!

I laughed out loud at Bubbagump. On the public desk at work, no less!

~Scott "-enkainen" Casper

Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:33 pm

Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:19 pm

Mystic-Scholar: I am to please!

Scottenkainen: Yeah when I saw BG was a Tharizdunite I knew there had to be a cultist encounter. :)

Ashur: Your welcome and thanks! With your 'colorful' description it made it easier for me to nail that parody I guess. And I must say besides the attitude that character is kinda hawt too... ;)

Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:04 am

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip244a.htm
Chew on this one for a while...;)

Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:23 am

Dude! That took lots of patience! Way to go Mort! Cool

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Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:45 pm

There weren't that many US military in Saudi in the 80's - long before Gulf War I. Most of the school was the kids of foreign contractors working for either the petroleum or defense sectors of Saudi. My dad worked for Harris, a telecommunications company that did business with the Saudi military.
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Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:02 pm

Absolutely hilarious, mort. And yes, I read the whole thing 'cuz I just knew there was a punchline in there somewhere.

Oh, and thanks for the character portrait last week. Beautiful, man, just beautiful.

Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:34 pm

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip245a.htm

A selection of Greyhawk books :)

Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:42 pm

Nice job, Mort. I could hardly tell that you're biased towards The Codex. Laughing

Always enjoy your 'toons, Mort.

And thanks for those Dragon #'s. Happy

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Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:42 am

No bias, it's a stealth continuation of the cultist storyline. You'll see...;)

Fri Oct 16, 2009 7:09 am

Vecna needs work on his penmanship Laughing

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Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:13 pm

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip246a.htm

Yep.... rolleyes

Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:01 pm

Another nice job Mort. Love the "Gods (Lost) in Space" series. Evil Grin

Keep it up! Cool

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Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:54 pm

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip247b.htm

It really happened this way. Really...

Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:26 am

Ahhh! So, Yolande is really just a murderous @#$%&! Shocked

Well, that figures. Evil Grin

Just too funny, Mort. Another good job. Wink

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Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:19 pm

Pretty much. She should be tried in Greyhawk City for war crimes atrocities.

But while Yolande will take all the heat no one will notice and for good reason, that Cyndor and Tsolo' are the amoral instigators. Time traveling to them is not a field trip so much as it is a chance to make history happen from behind the scenes.

Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:15 pm

Thanks for the dog and phony show Laughing

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Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:49 pm

Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:05 pm

Wolfsire: Phony? What gave it away? The red headed elf?

Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:06 am

Ah! Enlightenment! Happy

Tharizdun and the Codex, holy Pelor preserve us! Evil Grin

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Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:10 pm

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip248a.htm

Time to sharpen your knowledge.

Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:40 pm

Heh. "I could've specialized in nice, quiet daggers. Or maces. Or thrown weapons. But nooooooo, I had to go and pick swords..."

Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:20 pm

Yeah, nothing like a nice envenomed dagger, BG! Shocked

Nice work Mort, as always. Wink

Like the various links to famous swords. Cool

How about one with the Cultists holding the Sword of Damocles thinking that its really the Sword of Kas! Evil Grin

Oooops!

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Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:59 pm

Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:30 pm

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip249a.htm

My eyes hurt. Razz

Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:04 pm

Come on Mort Wink

Give the basin some attention - you know you want to - harems and pit fighters need I say anymore.

The baklunish pantheon is ripe for some exploration and the lingerie possibilities...

One quibble; Daoud not interesting - A humility god commanding the loyalty of the Urzanies - Zeifan Orc Corps.

OTTOTH

Gruumsh and Daoud having a conversation about orcish philosophy.
Orc Corps begging permision to enter battle.

Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:47 pm

Nice work Mort and a great list. Happy

How about this: Geshtai meets the Shah of Waters for dinner. Wink

With Kundo supplying the background music! Evil Grin

Or Geshtai lying upon a divan, with Kundo playing in the background while the Shah of Waters and Hurakon vie for her attention! Shocked

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Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:53 am

What's up with all the linking to Wikipedia, when the Great Library of Greyhawk has so much more?

http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Zodal

Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:21 pm

Meh Touv Mor-te? rolleyes

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Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:30 pm

Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:01 pm

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip250a.htm

Incabulos, Nerull...and Cultists!

Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:40 pm

Another excellent job, Mort. Happy

Keep them coming! Cool

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Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:43 pm

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip251a.htm
I'm ahead of the game this week. And I must say this one is hilarious.

Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:33 am

Good find Mort, like the link. Wink

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Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:44 am

So that is why Heironeous changed from Axe to Sword it is so simple Exclamation

Will there be other installments since you mention eight...

Fine job Mort Smile

Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:30 pm

Crag: Thanks and it is a possibility I could parody all of the D&D ads but right now the one is fine by me. I chose it because of the action/content rather than start with #1 if you'll notice. Now if there were some other goofy D&D ads out there.... rolleyes

Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:15 pm

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip252a.htm

New characters to play with!

Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:34 pm

Sat Dec 05, 2009 6:08 am

Another fine comic Mort. Happy

In fact, its so good I won't even complain about the Plague Monks reference! Laughing

Your explanation at the bottom was nicely done too. Wink

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Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:27 pm

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip253a.htm

Some WoG action...sorta...

Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:54 pm

"Gods in Space" followed by "Gods in RPG." You're too much Mort! Laughing

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Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:28 pm

It's amazing how far Golarion has progressed already. Paizo is on their 4th AP I believe and they have entire World books, Deity books, etc. plus their own setting specific RPG set out. All that was once directed at making Greyhawk stuff. Tsk!

Sat Dec 12, 2009 6:14 am

Well, they've got Erik Mona over there running it and no matter what else anyone might want to say about him, Erik's good at design. Wink

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Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:39 am

I know I always keep complaining about the same thing, but figure what would have happened if Paizo managed to buy copyrights over greyhawk. The recently released Cities of Golarion which contains 6 detailed cities could have described in detail Hardby, Rel Astra, Rel Mord etc...
AND they would have done it with fan support, listening to our requests and complains.

I just shiver at the thought of Greyhawk in the hands on deisgners like Bruce Cordell (not attacking the person of course, just his professional works which, in my opinion, are among the worse in the history of D&D).[/b]

Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:58 am

Well as Bruce Cordell goes I think he was pretty good myself. He basically was responsable for the Far Realm in D&D and his niche since then had been Cthulhuian horror stuff. What has he done recently in 4e? I have no clue, but my finger is definitely off his pulse.

As to paizo and fan collaboration, not only do they listen to us, they also have been holding annual designer contests to find new talent, unlike WotC which since the Digital Initiative has increasingly been circling the wagons, staying inhouse and even doing their annual lay offs of D&D staff. What hope could a newb writer ever have getting published in Dragon/Dungeon now?

Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:31 am

You guys are just bound and determined to depress us, aren't you? Sad

Not happening! Evil Grin

Thank goodness for Canonfire! Well keep Greyhawk going on in hearts. I've no doubt we can outlast WotC and their insane business decisions. Paizo may end up with Greyhawk yet. Wink

There's always hope! Happy

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Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:55 pm

(*bubbagump gets depressed, just for spite*)

Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:39 pm

Don't do it, Bubbagump! Don't do it! Shocked

Surely that post about the female gnome servant of Tharizdun cheered you up!? Evil Grin

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Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:52 pm

Dude, she has a BEARD!!!

Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:54 am

Wow! I thought that was female Dwarves! Shocked

But I'll take your word for it! Evil Grin

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Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:21 pm

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip254a.htm

What do you want for Needfest, Greyfans?

Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:09 am

Not as long as the last few Needfest specials, but it does not disappoint. I loved it! Thanks Mort.
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Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:22 pm

Nice Mort! So, whose the hot chick? Laughing

Keep 'em coming Mort. Cool

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Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:50 pm

Wolfsire: That was not the Needfest Special. You'll know it when you see it.

Mystic: Now I had a choice between Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox and I went with Megan Fox thinking she was just as recognizable as Jolie. Guess not :P

Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:53 am

Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:55 am

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/needfest5/wogstrip255intro.htm

MERRRRRY NEEDFEST!

Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:12 am

Epic! Really, Needfest is a time for getting together, in Graz'zt's lair. Where'd you get the picture of Rary and Robilar, by the way?

Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:31 am

Mort, you out did yourself with that one. That was truly incredible! Happy

Now I'm going to spend the rest of the year wondering how you're going to out do that NEXT year! Evil Grin

Thanks Mort, outstanding stuff! Wink

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Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:13 pm

Rasgon: These things start out so innocent and then turn epic. Man I'm glad it's done. The Rary-Rob pic is from LGJ #21 I think. The first article of two about the Bright Desert by Creighton Broadhurst.

Mystic Scholar: Yeah I dread needfest evey year and it seems I procrastinate harder each time. When I say its a Needfest miracle I don't kid. These things are hard to get finished in time. Whew!

Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:25 am

Yay! Thanks for the Needfest cheer, Mort.

I especially liked the "colorized" versions of H, K, and V.
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Fri Dec 25, 2009 10:13 am

Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:09 pm

Just as a heads-up, Mortellan, your History of Greyhawk strip is a featured link on Nodwick.com :)

Sat Dec 26, 2009 10:16 pm

Thanks Pat! Good find. That is way too cool to see. I worked my butt off on that strip back in August so it's good to see it's still getting read. :)

Mon Dec 28, 2009 12:21 pm

Thank you Mort. I feal both naughty and nice all over!
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Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:06 pm

http://www.greyhawkonline.com/wogcomic/title/wogstrip256a.htm

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