It had to be fate. I saw these books at the library and they looked like they might be good BUT... they didn't have the first one. I'm a completist, I could NOT start with volume 2 so I gave up. A week later, digging through a box of comics a friend had given me to sell more than a year ago, I find the first 8 comics in the series (the first 2 graphic novels). The dark, most-likely unclean, hand of some god of comedic fantasy had obviously reached into my life.

I grew up reading Finieous Fingers and What's New and have read some of the newer stuff like Knights of the Dinner Table etc... but it's been a while sense I enjoy funny fantasy comics as much as I enjoyed this. I love the "crappy" art, the zany and unpredictable laws of physics, and the occasional social commentary. I can definitely see myself hunting down and collecting this entire series.

On a side note the individual comics (not the collections) are in black and white, I can't wait to read the others in color.

Recommended for ages 8 to 108. This 45 year old child is enjoying them as much as, if not more than, he would have so many years ago before adult life shackled him to a desk and crushed all (okay just some) of his dreams. ( )

I liked the various spoofs they did of the D&D set, as well as the medieval pauper rescuing a princess trope. ( )

If you've grown up on D&D, you'll love it. Might love it otherwise, too. ( )