Muskrat Ramblings

First things first: there are two cool new games from Out of the Box out there: Blink and My Word. And though I didn’t do much in the way of illustration for them (the basic artistic direction was it: the graphics and design are mine…but no cartoons), I think they’re both a blast. Blink in […]

First off, there’s only a week to go, as far as voting for the Origins Awards goes. Dork Tower’s up for a couple of awards. But it doesn’t matter WHO you vote for, just vote, and support the Origins Awards! And speaking of awards, CHEZ GEEK won an InQuest Fan Award! The game won the […]

Let’s see if I can get comics up here every day… MONDAY – John’s Sketchbook (The Unspeakable Oaf) TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY – DORK TOWER SATURDAY – John’s Sketchbook (Murphy’s Rules) Lemme know how you like the new daily lineup! John

In case you missed it, I’ll be signing books and hanging with some other real cool folks at Lost World of Wonders this weekend in Milwaukee. Here’s the lowdown: Celebrate the grand re-opening of Lost World of Wonders with their 3 guests, John Kovalic of Dork Tower, Jolly Blackburn of Knights of the Dinner Table, […]

First up: here’s the full, finished cover of Scrye 8.5 (dated August, but on sale this week). Pardon me for geeking out about having the Dork crew on the cover. Grin. Secondly, while the Dork Tower comic strip takes a few days to look at the D20 phenomenon (the series starts HERE if you’re just […]

I’m still amazingly busy here. Lot’s of stuff going to press this week. DORK SHADOWS, The Collected Dork Tower Vol. II, for example. And The Best of Dork Tower #1, a 32-page comic packed with the very best strips from the first six issues of the comics. (Note: there is NO new material in this […]

I posted this on an industry forum. But then, I thought, what good is it there if the people I wanted to share it with most don’t see it? John ———————————– General Discussion (6m) – Helpful Relatives I don’t want anyone to take this the wrong way, but I’m a little curious: how may people […]

OK, the DORK STORE is slowly getting back into shape. Finally up are the near-complete set of Apples to Apples products, a very nearly up-to-date selection of Dork Tower comic books (only the Swimsuit Special is missing) and some cool T-shirts and stuff…not least of which are the much-demanded Perky Goth T-shirt in BLACK, and […]

I’m back from a brief trip to Seattle, to visit friends at Cheapass Games and Wizards of the Coast. It was a spectacular time, and ended with a wonderful trip to the Chateau Ste. Michelle winery with Dragon magazine Editor Dave Gross and his terribly significant and utterly charming other, Barb. Well, a winery and […]

I met Douglas Adams once, in 1981. He was signing books and cassettes of The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy at the Forbidden Planet, when it was just a small store on London’s Denmark Street. I was studying Astrophysics at Queen Mary College, University of London (a vital course for anyone wishing to seriously pursue […]