Guest Comic Annotations – Stephanie Harlow
If you’ve got fantasy comedy in mind, then LOTR, WoW, and D&D are always going to be your primary go-tos. Stephanie has a fun riff, rooted in Bandit’s character, that I hadn’t seen before (unlike that “whyyy didn’t they just ride the eeeeagles” business that everybody beat into the ground ten years ago).
We’re swapping the characters’ weapons of choice around a bit here (Gravedust: “Isn’t that MY bow?”), but I expect it’s because Best’s air of superiority is closest to Legolas’ and Frigg is the one you’d want to deliver the “And my axe” line with the proper gusto.
Curiously, Bandit’s character arc actually would end with her casting away a ring.
Also, this is one of only two pages, guest-produced or otherwise, that features all six heroes from Chapter One in an adventure together. We thought that might happen in our finale, but nope!
Though Stephanie Harlow’s moved her web presence since we did this story, she has a new gallery, and her art has evolved quite a bit.
Auraugu: “And my vuvuzela!”
*everyone gasps and slowly turns around, eyes widening in horror*
“GET HIM!”
That was the day Auraugu met his match.
And my jar of dirt!
Never occurred to me before that Gravedust and Best used each other’s racially stereotypical weapons.
Dwarves can also get away with hammers, thematically speaking.
I never quite got Bruenor Battlehammer. His clan’s symbol is not an image of a battlehammer, but of a foaming mug of ale, and his weapon of choice is an axe. Srsly, Bob, wtf?