Tiana

2008-09-05 17:53:17

Holy--! I follow two comics by the update, and this is one of them. Goblins. The story starts out funny, and as it progresses, there are still jokes, enough to keep the people reading for the gaming humor entranced. What caught me was the ability to tell a story. The story told in Goblins is astounding, moving, sometimes enough to bring you to tears. It's violent, brutal, showing the pain and suffering of innocent goblins slaughtered mercilessly for the EXP of adventurers just looking to level up. It was a good idea. And the writer and artist pulls it off well. The art doesn't develop all that much, most of the archives are in the inked, nearly flat color. But it suits well, where the art isn't necessarily beautiful it serves to pack the punch. These people are SUFFERING. They're in PAIN. The author is just brilliant with drawing expressions. Just brilliant. There's a huge archive. I read it all in one shot and stared depressedly at the screen, wishing for more. I've never read a story so entrancing before. Wonderful art only goes so far. But Goblins gets it right: the art is pretty good to look at and the story combines elements of humor, drama, action, excitement, and grief in all the right ways. Either you'll care for this team of Goblins by the end or you have no heart! ...Or, you know. You just want the EXP. It's one of the better known gaming/Dungeons and Dragons parodies on the web, and for good reason. Goblins does it very well.

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