Dork Tower is an online comic created, written and drawn by John Kovalic. It chronicles the lives of a group of geeks living in the fictional town of Mud Bay, Wisconsin. Mud Bay's design is strongly influenced by the author's home town of Madison, Wisconsin. Topics have included role-playing games (RPGs), comic books, video games, and fandom in general. The comic strip began in January 1997[1] and has made appearances in publications like Dragon magazine, Shadis, and Comic Shop News. Starting in 2000, the strip began web publication roughly three times a week and is featured in Pyramid. The bimonthly comic book made its first appearance in 1998 and features continuing storylines. It has recently gone to full color with issue #32, and it is collected in trade paperback.
During its first year in Dragon, Dork Tower was called Shop Keep, making the comics focusing on Bill Blyden and Pegasaurus Games a separate series from the comics focusing on Matt and his group that were published elsewhere (although the Dork Tower cast, especially Igor, also appeared in Shop Keep as customers). This was later discontinued, and subsequent Pegasaurus-based strips were also titled Dork Tower.[1] The name is a cacographic of the Judges Guild Advanced Dungeons & Dragons module Dark Tower.[1]
^ abcKovalic, John. "Dork Tower FAQs". Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
DorkTower is an online comic created, written and drawn by John Kovalic. It chronicles the lives of a group of geeks living in the fictional town of Mud...
and writer. Born in Manchester, England, Kovalic is best known for his DorkTower comic book, comic strip, and webcomic, and other humorous work set in...
Dorking (/ˈdɔːrkɪŋ/) is a market town in Surrey in South East England, about 21 mi (34 km) south of London. It is in Mole Valley District and the council...
invented by John Kovalic in the May 21, 2009 edition of his webcomic DorkTower. The comic includes references to units named for other celebrities, such...
futuristic battles between automobiles. DorkTower, a fantasy game that takes place in the world the DorkTower characters play their games in. Frag, "a...
original on April 11, 2009. Kovalic, John (April 8, 2009). "DorkTower April 8, 2009". DorkTower. Dork Storm Press. Archived from the original on April 11,...
Dork: While it has a similar name and play mechanic to Chez Geek, this is a completely different game set in the world of the comic strip DorkTower....
original) Alex's catalog at Top Shelf productions Guest Comic Strip (Done for DorkTower 2004) Lee, Humphrey. "ICN Comics Q&@ with Box Office Poison's Alex Robinson...
"jumbo-sized annuals" put out by John Kovalic's Dork Storm (publisher of the gaming satire/humor comic DorkTower). More recently, books collecting the online...
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Pontus Madsen December 20 — Yahtzee Takes On The World! by Yahtzee Croshaw DorkTower by John Kovalic switched from print to web Yim, Roger (2001-04-02). "DOT-COMICS:...
despite no obligation to do so. Nodwick, another roleplaying comic strip DorkTower, another roleplaying comic strip The Order of the Stick, another roleplaying...
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for IndiePressRevolution. He also contributed a guest comic strip for DorkTower in 2004.[1] Hite is also one of many contributors to the book Gamemastering...
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debuts. It will run until 2017. In Shadis magazine, the first strip of DorkTower, by John Kovalic. In The incredible Hulk 449 (Marvel Comics), the Thunderbolts...
Peabody Award winner Andy Katz, ESPN senior basketball writer John Kovalic, DorkTower cartoonist Karl E. Meyer, former New York Times editorial board member...
Box Publishing, John Kovalic, was also the illustrator for Munchkin and DorkTower. Arneson, Erik. "Out of the Box Publishing - Game Publisher". About.com...
org Original strip: see http://www.dorktower.com/2014/01/20/tabletopped-dork-tower-20-01-14/ Tournament of Roses volunteers Archived July 6, 2008, at the...
- A Recap | Gamegrene.com Kovalic, John (2007-04-13). "Ziggurat Con". DorkTower. Archived from the original on Sep 24, 2023. Martin-TT (13 April 2007)...
summit of the Greensand Ridge, approximately 6.7 km (4 mi) southwest of Dorking, Surrey and 40.5 km (30 mi) southwest of central London. It reaches 294 m...
- Brian Fraim, Brendon Fraim Nodwick, another roleplaying comic strip DorkTower, another roleplaying comic strip Order of the Stick, another roleplaying...
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