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[Doctor Overlord]

I don't know how regularly I'll be able to do these comics but I'll post them as soon as I complete them.  
Please post any feedback if you like it.  And ignore them if you don't

Many thanks to Konig Des Todes for copying my original post so I put the comics all on the first page!

Early notes

Spoiler

Edit 9/27/10 - Whoops, haven't tried posting images on the forum before.   Let's try try *img* instead of attaching the file.  Sorry, one more thing to add to the learning curve.  
Edit 10/18/10 Hey, finally figured out how to remove that attachment, all the comics will be direct links now.
Edit 02/15/12 - Links changed to to my Deviant Art page since the original Imageshack ones are dropping.

Sept 27th 2010


(Typo edited thanks Tearsdale!  I can't seem to remove the original attached file with the typo - oh well)

Konig Des Todes also suggested the comic images should be put behind spoiler tags so the first page will load quicker.  I'll do that but leave the very first one and the newest one each week out.

Oct 4th 2010

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Double comic
I didn't think the square format would look like that resized.  Oh well.
Edit
http://invincibleove...ic-2-196227862?
http://invincibleove...mic-3-196228433

Oct 11th 2010

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Time for the sylvari to show up
http://invincibleove...mic-4-196228527

Oct 18th 2010

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Yes, I'm going to have the sylvari talk like that
http://invincibleove...mic-5-196228608

Oct 25th 2010

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More frames this time.  Standard formatting just isn't my thing  
http://invincibleove...mic-6-196231021

Nov 1st 2010

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Sometimes they're longer, sometimes they're shorter
http://invincibleove...mic-7-198755650

Nov 8th 2010

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I have no idea if sylvari can actually do that  
http://invincibleove...mic-8-198755783

Nov 15th 2010

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What do you think, do they make a cute couple?  

Also this one shouldn’t be seen as a jibe about the amount of GW2 info that’s been revealed.  See my comments in the thread.

http://invincibleove...mic-9-198755856

Nov 22nd 2010

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Good thing he's housebroken.
http://invincibleove...ic-10-198755936

Nov 29th 2010

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This idea came about when the cooking components showed up in the con demos.
http://invincibleove...ic-11-198755996

Dec 6th 2010
NFSW
This one is behind the spoiler.  There is nothing really naughty, just trying to be careful  

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This one is for the ladies!  Don't worry guys, I'll get around to some cheesecake, just be patient.
http://invincibleove...ic-12-198756080

Dec 13th 2010

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Double comic again!   The asura gets introduced.

There won't be a comic next week because I'll be going out of town for the holidays.

Maybe next year I'll plan it better and actually have a seasonal holiday pic     Well, there is still a chance with New Year's coming up.

Almost forgot, the comic reference does require familiarity with this cool feature ArenaNet revealed a while back:

http://www.arena.net...nded-experience

http://invincibleove...ic-13-198756175 http://invincibleove...ic-14-198756239

Jan 1st 2011

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Saturday update this week and something different for the New Year  
http://invincibleove...ic-15-199283588
http://invincibleove...s-Pic-196228095
Looking forward to another year here at GW2 Guru!

Jan 10th 2011

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Back to our post-holiday, regularly scheduled programming    
http://invincibleove...ic-16-199283700

Jan 24th 2011

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Sorry for the title pun.  It really didn't occur to me until I had finished the comic.
http://invincibleove...ic-17-199283803

Jan 31st 2011

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http://invincibleove...ic-18-203117332

Feb 7th 2011
NFSW.  It's not that bad, but just in case.

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Sorry this one is actually a week before the holiday.  And the fan-service is meant to make up for doing a Twilight joke.
http://invincibleove...ic-19-203118742

Feb 14th 2011

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No update next week.

My apologies to everyone.  I have a business trip so I'll have to miss next week's update but the comic should be back on track the week of Feb 26th.
http://invincibleove...ic-20-203118820

Feb 26th 2011

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Early update to make up for the skip last week.
http://invincibleove...ic-21-203118891

Mar 07 2011

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Can't believe got this one out on schedule even after my motherboard died this week.  
http://invincibleove...ic-22-203118946

Mar 14 2011

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Theo just keeps on making a good impression.  And my new motherboard is working nice.
http://invincibleove...ic-23-206295030

March 21, 2011

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I know I warned the comic might be late because my new motherboard died, but One ancient, out-dated PC + One harddrive + One USB/SATA adapter = One technically on time comic!  

Note - In the situation of the comic 'Organic' means free of any magical additives     And anyone whose owned a cat knows how innocently evil they can be  

http://invincibleove...ic-24-206295256

One other note - With my main, art-making PC getting repaired this week and my in-laws coming to visit this weekend, it is very likely next week (Mar 28th) will skip a comic update.  Really this time.  Just wanted to warn everyone.  I appreciate all the folks reading and enjoying the comic.

April 4th, 2011

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Sorry for the skip last week everyone.  My PC is back up and so is the comic!

Thanks to Pear for posting the idea with Stingy  
http://invincibleove...ic-25-206295329

April 11th 2011

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Obvious comic is obvious.   To make up for the obviousness, it's a bit early and there's an extra one-frame I had to do after ArenaNet's April Fool's day joke.  (It's behind the spoiler because a single frame displays somewhat oversized)

Also thanks to draxynnic for the idea of Mawfang 's Tyrian-centric view the Interwebs.
http://invincibleove...ic-26-206295383

April Fool's bonus one-frame.
http://invincibleove...-26-5-206295504

April 18th, 2011

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Don't worry, this isn't a change in the comic's style (such as it is). It's just a silly idea that got a bit out of hand.

http://invincibleove...ic-27-207239586

April 25th, 2011

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(I have no idea how big hylek are.)
http://invincibleove...ic-28-208159320

May 2, 2011

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At last, the cast is complete.  
http://invincibleove...ic-29-209169535

Thanks to Baktwerel for the posting the idea that inspired the last frame. http://www.guildwars...p;postcount=191.

And I know that' s a different door than what Theo used back in #1.   It's a big house.  There's more than one entrance.  Lion's Arch must have confusing architecture, they make dwellings out of wrecked boats for pete's sake.

Also I should warn everyone reading that it looks like the comic will go on a hiatus of a week (or possibly two) because of the Ambassador Video Contest announced by ArenaNet.    http://www.guildwars.../video-contest/ I have a silly idea I really want to try to make.

May 9th, 2011

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It looks like this week's comic will be delayed while I work on ArenaNet's 'Become a Guild Wars 2 Ambassador' video contest.     Here are some images that will be used in the video.  You might recognize the players  
http://invincibleove...mages-297942568

May 11th, 2011

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Work on this week's comic has gotten supplanted by the stuff I was doing on my contest entry.    Apologies to everyone.   I guess the video will probably be the update for this week:

May 16th, 2011

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We'll return to our regularly scheduled plotline next week.  I just wanted to get the last bits of inspiration from the video contest out.  (That was a great community event ArenaNet!)

Originally I only meant to post the first comic (anyone else notice all the stretching NPCs do?)  The second one came to mind so I thought I'd quickly drum it out.   It helps keep Theo's character consistent.

http://invincibleove...mic-1-297943342

http://invincibleove...mic-2-297943602

May 23rd, 2011

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After that little diversion let's get back to our story still in progress.
http://invincibleove...ic-30-210924758

May 30th, 2011

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For this comic, I though I'd include a link to a larger image version.   I rather think my art is better if one doesn't see it in that much detail    But what the heck, let me know which format is best and I'll go with the popular opinion.
http://invincibleove...ic-31-212066633
Larger version
http://img194.images...kingagoodfi.jpg

Jun 6th 2011

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Some cats actually do eat cheesecake.  It's not good for them but then neither is whiskey. I figured if that didn't stop the charr from drinking, why not indulging in some desert too?

http://invincibleove...ic-32-213960182

Edit - It looks like I have to work this weekend, everyone, so next week's comic will be delayed.

Apologies!

Jun 20th 2011

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Big group shot to make up for the skip last week    
ArenaNet's lore is filled with so many amusing possibilities, particularly how the norn regard sylvari.  
(And no, Theo and Ellie haven't turned into questgivers)
http://invincibleove...ic-33-215198574

Jun 27th 2011

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I realized this is the first strip that actually shows Ellie and Almme exchanging words.  They would previously have done so, it just wasn't shown.    

I have another business trip this week, I'll let everyone know if it looks like it might interfere with next week's update.

http://invincibleove...ic-34-216547854

July 4th, 2011

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Happy Independence Day for the US and Happy Canada Day for Canada and happy new comic to everyone!

This is a bit of an experiment, the details are in the post linked below.  If you don’t want to worry about it, then let me still say thanks for reading!

Explanation post

http://invincibleove...ic-35-217811547

July 11th, 2011

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Theo takes a bit of initiative on his pest-control problem.

My company is doing a big meeting/gathering this weekend so there will not be an update July 18th, apologies to everyone.
http://invincibleove...ic-36-244497218

July 25th 2011

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And after last week's skip, we're back!    I still haven't found out whether norn can change into full wolves but it's too late now so I'm just going with it.  Enjoy!
http://invincibleove...ic-37-245755905

Aug 1st, 2011

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As I mentioned, I'm not sure if norn can even change into wolves in GW2 so I'm just going with the idea that it's a unique ability, which comes with other unique traits.    It's magic, yeah that's it!

http://invincibleove...ic-38-251643677

Aug 2nd, 2011

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Just had to do this quick little pic after reading a recent interview from Martin that he confirmed through Ree.   The answer to that first question seemed like something Ellie would celebrate    
http://www.guildwars...ein-t19669.html
http://www.guildwars...mp;postcount=81
http://invincibleove...-Jump-297946179

Aug 8th, 2011

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Finished this part of the story just in time for sylvari week!

I'm pretty sure there are no werewolves in Tyria.  I just thought it would be funny that even in a world filled with dragons and ghosts, people would still have stories about scary, mythical creatures that go bump in the night    

I thought it would be particularly amusing for a race of shape-shifters to worry about the curse of lycanthropy. Losing the ability to control their shape-shifting might seem like a scary story to them.

http://invincibleove...ic-39-252895151

Aug 11th, 2011

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With Sylvari Week in full swing, I'm interested in what DE readers think of the ideas for Eddard's new look!
http://invincibleove...gn-BW-252384427
http://invincibleove...gn-BW-252384467
http://invincibleove...gn-BW-252384198
http://invincibleove...Color-252383881
http://invincibleove...Color-252383817
http://invincibleove...Color-252383476
To see more, jump to this post: http://www.guildwars...2654#post842654

Aug 15th, 2011

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First,  could I please request that people look back at #39 (Aug 8th) and let me know if you cannot see the comic anymore.    I switched the link from Imageshack to my Deviant Art page and I'd like to know if I can use that or if I need to keep uploading the comics to both.  Thanks!

Now, back to the fun stuff.   Sylvari week is over and Dynamic Events will never be the same!  

I'd like to once more say thanks to Ree and Kristen and everyone at ArenaNet for such an AMAZING job with their race update.  There were so much cool information, I've never been more interested in playing and learning more about the sylvari.  All the details in the blogs really helped enormously when I went about giving Eddard an updated look.  

The other result of the new race design is that I get to pull out the comic ideas I've had stashed away ever since we first heard about the plans for the re-design.   Unfortunately I also get to move out of my apartment this month, but I'll try to get the comics out on schedule.  Enjoy!

http://invincibleove...ic-40-254331089

Aug 22nd, 2011

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I realized that apart from the New Year's pic, this is the first time all the roommates have shown up together in the comic.   It seems appropriate Eddard's re-design would be the reason for it.

I'm moving to a new apartment so there will be no comic update next weekend.  My apologies to everyone!    I hope I can get settled in my new place quickly enough that I won't miss two weeks in a row /crosses fingers.   There's still more fun to be had with Eddard's new look    

http://invincibleove...ic-41-257010811

Sep 5th 2011

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In before midnight (Central US time at least) so technically it's not late!  

There will not be an update for Sept 12th, sorry everyone.   Business trip kept me away from home.

http://invincibleove...ic-42-259128478

Sep 18th 2011

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Stingy has gotten a re-design too to make him look more like the devourers seen in the GW2 videos.    But he's still the same Stingy.

http://invincibleove...ic-43-259128678

Sep 25th 2011
Wow, has it really been a year of doing this comic?   How time flies!  

Thank you to all the regular readers of the comic and everyone who has posted kind comments regarding it!     The reaction Dynamic Events has gotten has made me very glad that I decided to start it a year ago.  You folks are the reason I've been able to keep doing it for this long.

There is a one-year anniversary surprise in the works, but in the meantime here is this week's comic.

Spoiler

http://invincibleove...ic-44-260265366

Sep 27th 2011
Special Anniversary Update!

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I asked a couple of fellow, Guru forum artists who previously had done Dynamic Event pics if they might donate their time to do something to celebrate the comic having run for one year.   I couldn't be happier with the results    

Many thanks to Qvi/Baktwerel and ActionJack!   You rock!
http://invincibleove...y-Qvi-257011523

Check out Qvi's Deviant Art page:
http://qvi.deviantart.com/

http://invincibleove...nJack-260455427 ActionJack has a DA page too:
http://actionjack321.deviantart.com/
(Some are kind of NFSW - It's ActionJack, would you expect anything less?)

Oct 3rd 2011

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Charr have really long tails!  (Which is why I usually have to cut them out of the frames)  This was inspired by a picture done by Tmaiken a while back    

http://invincibleove...ic-45-261472336

Oct 10th 2011

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If anyone was wondering, Almme is wearing a norn apron because charr don't have them  

http://invincibleove...ic-46-262656294

Oct 17th 2011

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Many thanks to CM Regina Buenaobra for asking Kristen Perry if norn were-forms follow the charr 'Six or none' rule.   ArenaNet is so awesome to provide an answer for something like this fan-made web-comic.    

(The answer is that they do, at least at this point.   I really hope they stay that way   )

http://invincibleove...ic-47-263856851

Oct 24th 2011

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I guess I should have checked if the norn were-forms have tails.  Ah well    

http://invincibleove...ic-48-265020831

Oct 31st 2011

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I thought I'd do something truly horrifying and artistically maul those cool GW1 costumes    

I have a business trip to Chicago all this week so there will be no comic next week.  

http://invincibleove...ic-49-266306257

Nov 14th 2011

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I have no clue what the level of internal plumbing technology exists in Tyria.   I just wanted something that burns wood.    This will obviously be continued      

http://invincibleove...ic-50-268968294

Nov 21st 2011
NFSW - not to get anyone shocked, it's only PG-13.   Just playing it safe.

Spoiler

http://invincibleove...ic-51-270142399

Nov 28th 2011

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In case anyone was wondering, Mawfang is bringing some fresh fish for Almme.   Lion's Arch must have a terrific seafood market.   Fishermen just need to watch out for the aquatic zombies.

http://invincibleove...ic-52-271317278

Dec 5th 2011

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Long one this time, sorry for the loading lag  

I'm trying to decide whether to do Dynamic Events next week or wok on an entry for the GW1 Wintersday contest.    I'll post whichever one I end up doing.
http://invincibleove...ic-53-272445428

Dec 12th 2011

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No comic this week, sorry everyone.  Instead I thought I'd show the early draft of what would have been my entry into the Guild Wars Wintersday contest.

I've posted it over on the GWGuru Wintersday Workshop which seems to have become the contest for this year.  http://www.guildwars...-t10497641.html
Not that I expect to win anything looking at the past examples of entries, I just needed to take a break and do a single, detailed picture for a change (no text balloons either!)

Progress Gallery:http://imageshack.us...tch01drove.jpg/

I'm going out of town this week for a conference and then flying out to see family for the holidays which means I'll probably have to end up working on this right up to the Jan 1st deadline.    And that will cut out any work on the next comic.

My sincere apologies to all the Dynamic Event readers.   After the holidays I should be able to get back on schedule.   I'm looking forward to the New Year and continuing the story of Dynamic Events!

Edit - Jan 1st, 2012.  Final colored version done!
http://invincibleove...rsday-277257451

Jan 9th, 2012

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This installment includes a little experiment I wanted to try.  If it works this format could help me progress the story at slightly faster rate than the current snail's pace.

You'll need to click on it to expand it enough to read.
http://invincibleove...elude-278463962

Edit - It looks like my effort at formatting should have been more, shall we say horizontal.   My apologies to everyone for needing to scroll down so much.   You have to love experiments!

Please let me know what you think of the format.   It won't be used regularly but it could help with some of the story elements I like to try in the comic.

Meanwhile, here is the regular comic.   Last year I did a New Years party, I thought I do the morning after this year  

http://invincibleove...ic-54-278464318

Jan 16th 2012

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Please excuse the horrible attempt at perspective in frame 2    

http://invincibleove...ic-55-279855087

Jan 23rd 2012

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Really long one this time!  (Maybe it should have been done in the text format)

I'm making some guesses in the lore regarding the policing of Lion's Arch.  I have no idea if that's how it actually is, of course.

Also it looks like another business trip to New York this week so the next comic might get delayed.  Just wanted to let everyone know.

http://invincibleove...ic-56-281058426

Jan 30, 2012

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It turns out my business trip last week was cancelled so I could work on the comic after all and I thought I’d try another experiment.

ArenaNet's recent announcement really drove home the fact that we have less than a year until we will be able to play the GW2!  (Woohoo!)

This also made me face the fact that the game will likely be a serious drain on my time    If I want to keep doing the comic I realized I needed to do something different.

So I thought I would try to doing it in B&W since I believe that will move the story along at a better pace and allow me to do the comics after GW2’s release.   This week’s comics would have taken me three weeks to finish the old way and instead you get them in just one.   I still plan to do occasional color comics as specials too.

If you want more details, I’ll be discussing it in this thread.   Please let me know what you think.   You readers are why I’ve kept doing these Dynamic Events comics for this long.  

http://invincibleove...ic-57-282300645
http://invincibleove...ic-58-282300762
http://invincibleove...ic-59-282300880

February 6th, 2012

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The B&W format seems to be working.  I don't know if I can keep up 3 every week, but we'll see!  

http://invincibleove...ic-60-283561041 http://invincibleove...ic-61-283561204
http://invincibleove...ic-62-283561416

EDIT - It's looking like the next comic update might get skipped.  RL work rears its ugly head once again.  Apologies to everyone!

Feb 20 2012

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I have no idea if elementalist spells work like that (and I know Ellie doesn't have anything equipped   )

http://invincibleove...ic-63-286100475
http://invincibleove...ic-64-286100631
http://invincibleove...ic-65-286100836

I also did a little ret-con on the first frame in #55 when I realized Theo was walking around in the middle of winter.
http://invincibleove...ic-55-279855087

Update - Apologies to everyone, it looks like the next comics might be delayed as I work out some PC issues and upgrade to Windows 7.    I hope that thing is better than Vista

February 27th, 2012

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Last week inspired me to do this comic   (That and listening to all the press beta info)

The B&W format is nice since at least I can get out something in spite of the Windows 7 upgrade that ate up my time.

http://invincibleove...ic-66-287588989

March 5th, 2012

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I'm going to try something different again. I'd like see how it works to spread out  posting the comics rather than all on Monday.   I'm thinking of posting another one by Friday, I'll see how it works.

Meanwhile, more asura-ness.    
http://invincibleove...ic-67-288697735

March 9th, 2012

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Surprise Friday update!

Actually this plan didn't work as well as I had thought.  I'll probably just go back to posting 1-3 comics on Sundays/Mondays.
http://invincibleove...c-68-289503247?

March 12th, 2012

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Back to the usual schedule.  I think I'll be sticking with Sunday/Monday updates.

http://invincibleove...ic-69-289905439

March 19th, 2012

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Yes, those are clowns.   Evil clowns.

http://invincibleove...ic-70-291135972

March 26th, 2012

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Update - Got sick this weekend, but I should still be able to post a comic on Monday evening!
Updated update: Experimenting with a little color for effect even though RomanR147 is still coloring them.

http://invincibleove...ic-71-292535139

Late April 1st Joke

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http://invincibleove...Comic-293662340

April 2nd, 2012

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[http://invincibleove...ic-72-293664663

April 9th, 2012

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I always figured SMARTIE had a voice more like higher-pitched GLaDOS    

http://invincibleove...ic-73-295002561
http://invincibleove...ic-74-295002858

April 16th, 2012

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Looks like I got one in late Sunday afterall.  Doing (mostly) B&W is quicker.

http://invincibleove...ic-75-296375092

April 23rd, 2012

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I should warn everyone there's a good chance there won't be a comic next week.  Three words.  Beta. Weekend.  Event.

I would like to be able to balance playing GW2 and keep doing the Dynamic Events comic, but this is the first open beta so I have to spend an absurd amount of time in it!     Hope to see you in there!

http://invincibleove...ic-76-297943776

April 30th, 2012

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UPDATE - I can't seem to edit the main comic post unless I go through and remove all my emoticons which would take a while.   Kvinna is kindly looking into it.    

In the meantime, I wanted to share this screenshot with everyone.   I had to put it in this post because I can still edit this one.  

Many thanks to Konig Des Todes for finding this NPC in the beta this weekend and letting me know!

http://invincibleove...nshot-299266924

May 7th, 2012

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Bleah, finally got the comic posts back in order.   What a pain.   I'm really not liking the new forum editor, it's not friendly to posting images.

It seems that there possibly may be variable appearances for NPCs on different servers (or it's just a beta bug).  
http://www.guildwars...60#entry1409660

The version of Phil I encountered looked rather like Theo only with a rather smarmy mustache so I just had to go with that.   And I discovered moas are really fun to draw!

http://invincibleove...ic-77-300496752

May 14th, 2012

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The roommates go out for some spring activities.   I'll be honest, the last couple of comics have been giving me time to try to work out how to do the next part of the story that I'd like to do and I think I finally have a plan.  Things can move on now I hope.  

Naturally, next week the comic might be skipped because I have a business trip.  Oh and there's that GW2 stress test on Monday, I'll be playing Mawfang again.  (And maybe I've been getting distracted trying to get a few more HoM points)

Also there's now an emoticon limit on posts so I can never post them again here /sadface.  People were probably getting tired of them anyway.

http://invincibleove...ic-78-302013236

May 28th.2012

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Happy Memorial Day and sincere gratitude out to all our veterans!

So this represents a step in developing a bit of a story that I've tried to set up.  I'm not sure how it will go over but it has been in my plan since I thought up the comic.   Let me know what you think!

http://invincibleove...ic-79-304980184

http://invincibleove...ic-80-304980886

(I usually don't care much more esoteric puzzles but it seemed appropriate.   I'll post the meaning to the gibberish next week  /grin)  

http://invincibleove...ic-81-304981134

(Gurggle's nightjob was hinted at a while ago.)
http://invincibleove...ic-35-217811547

June 2nd 2012 update

UPDATE EDIT to the update - It looks like I'll be able to post the comic Tues/June 12th if all goes well.  Sorry about the delay!

This month is turning out to be absurdly busy for me with going to work on the weekend, a move to a new apartment, a last minute business trip to Michigan that will eat another whole weekend and now the BWE.

If I posted a comic this week it would be two whole weeks before I could get another so I decided that I'll skip this week, post next week then skip the next.  I figure this would be better than a large two-week gap.   My apologies to all the Dynamic Events readers, but I thought I should let everyone know.

June 12th 2012

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We're honored to bring on a special guest.

http://invincibleove...art-1-308056460

Cue dramatic music - http://invincibleove...-Pt-2-308056605

JUNE 25th UPDATE
I haven't been feeling well this weekend so the next comic will be delayed.   Apologies to everyone.   I will see about getting it updated as soon as possible.

Edit - okay I failed miserably getting the comic out.  Sorry everyone, I'll get the next one out back on schedule!

July 2nd 2012

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I'm still excited over hearing about the release date last week!   Great to have a solid date for it and I'm planning my characters.  And how I'm going to keep doing the comic while playing.

I'm also thinking about starting up a guild of Dynamic Event readers since we can belong to multiple guilds.   Let me know what you think!

http://invincibleove...ic-83-312015024

July 7th 2012

Spoiler

Thing got unexpectedly busy, my apologies everyone.   The comic will be late this week if I get it done.

July 11th, 2012
I actually intended this to be two separate comics.  This week has been so chaotic I already drew the second comic before I realized I needed to do the other first lol  The next comic might get impacted from work, I'll have to see how it goes.   Toll isn't done expousing his theories yet.

http://invincibleove...ic-84-313952417

July 16th 2012

Spoiler

Yup.  Late again.   (It is being worked on so there should be one this week)

July 17th, 2010
Long exposition I'm afraid.   And I decided to slightly alter Toll's design after seeing the cool asura character creation videos.   I'll have to decide if I want to modify more than just his limbs.

http://invincibleove...llery/#/d57ry29

July 23rd 2012

Spoiler

Three words. Beta. Weekend. Event.   Hopefully comic will be out later this week.
July 26th, 2012
Sorry for the tardiness!  I'll keep this comic out of the spoiler tag for a bit longer so people won't miss it.
http://invincibleove...ic-86-317220482

July 30th, 2012
Second verse, same as the first.  Looks like the comic will be late again.  I don't want to get behind by a whole week again, but we'll see what happens.

August 6th, 2012

Spoiler

This was the original idea behind the entire comic when I first thought of it (was it really two years ago?)

ArenaNet had said how cooperation between the races was a central theme to GW2 and the idea for Dynamic Events was simply taking that theme and applying it to one of those roommate reality shows  I guess it's appropriate to finally do a comic explaining basic idea behind it right before the game starts.

http://invincibleove...ic-87-319289752

August 13th, 2012

Spoiler

No comic this week, instead I made an entry for rue-bot's Great Charr Collaboration.  Plus I thought Almme and Mawfang deserved a little time by themselves away from the rest of the cast.    

They're both armed because I figured a charr picnic would likely involve shooting something to add to the basket.  /grin
http://invincibleove...ssion-320845980

August 20th, 2012

Spoiler

I couldn't get the comic up late-night on the 19th, but a new one should be up on the evening of the 20th.

The International Section with the translated comics and colored B&W comics has gotten eat by the forum for some reason.  I've PM-ed Khajila and she is helping formulate a work-around.

Edit - Comic is up and the International Section is back!

Edit edit - By complete and utter coincidence, this comic happened to be posted right before the Stress Test that introduced the /dance emotes.  Neat!
Comic 88
http://invincibleove...ic-88-322448988

August 27th, 2012
I'm usually apologetic about missing a comic update but not this week!  /grin  Headstart all the way!   And the game is as fun I had hoped!   Although my leveling is somewhat slow because I'm constantly side-tracked exploring and listening to NPC conversations but I'm loving it.  

Actually I would like to do a quick GW2 art project that I had in mind, but that login screen is calling me with its siren song......

Sept 3rd, 2012
What?  You know where I've been /grin.   I think I've gotten the first rush out of my system, now begins the balancing act of playing and continue doing creative stuff (I hope!)

Sept 12th, 2012

Spoiler

Hi everyone, I finally pulled myself away from the game to do a design for a card I'm planning on printing and sending to ArenaNet as a way of saying thanks for making what is proving to be a very fun game.  

And I had this silly idea that I just needed to draw lol

I still have things I'd like to do with Dynamic Events so I'll see about getting back on a comic producing schedule.   As long as I can avoid that little GW2 icon on my desktop that keeps calling me.  

Thank you card
http://invincibleove...esign-326726998

Sept 24th, 2012I sent the card last week.   Here's a nice blurry pic (which also shows why I never became a photographer)

Thank you card picture.
http://invincibleove...-Card-329081128

FYI - The comic is now being posted over on the official Guild Wars 2 forum as well, please feel free to post comments over there well! *grin*:

Official forum thread link
https://forum-en.gui...first#post64510
I'll keep posting here on GW2Guru so people can choose where they want to read it.

Oct 15th 2012

Spoiler

I haven't vanished!  Well, I have but it was vanishing into Tyria.  I finally managed to get another comic done but I realize that I'm going to need to do something different if I intend to keep telling the story of the characters while playing Guild Wars 2.

So let me introduce Dynamic Events Mk II!  This new style may be quicker and allow me to keep sharing mis-adventures of the Dynamic Events cast while playing Guild Wars 2.  

Please let me know what you think!  You readers of the web-comic have been the main reason why I've kept doing it for this long.

Comic 89
http://invincibleove...ic-89-332496126

New method test
http://invincibleove...t.com/#/d5hyk5b

Oct 22nd, 2012

Spoiler

Almme reminds everyone that she is a charr.  

And here's another test with the new style.  The 3D models allow perspective and background props which I never had time to do (as if I could even with the time).   Unfortunately, the lines will probably never be really clean but I'm happy as long as the visual idea is conveyed.

As always, let me know what you think!
Comic #90
http://invincibleove...ic-90-333698990
Another test
http://invincibleove...t.com/#/d5ioc70

Nov 30th, 2012

Spoiler

"It's been a long time."
-GLaDOS

Hi everyone!   I'm sorry I haven't done a comic in a while and this isn't exactly a comic but there are DE cast present.  

I promised to do this pic for Aaron Demonsniper here on the GW2 forum.   Aaron was kind enough to help me get a good chunk of HoM points for which I am grateful.   I plan on coloring the pic and I'll post that here as well.


I do intend to have Dynamic Events comics return!   (After I do my contribution to Perynne's Wintesrday calendar).

Dec 17th, 2012

Spoiler

Well, I'm not getting any better at avoiding playing GW2 rather than making comics but I was able to put together a contribution for Perynne's Wintersday Calendar!  
http://www.guildwars...rsday-calendar/

http://doctoroverlor...ution-343383538

Feb 18th 2013

Spoiler

Sometimes there are neat coincidences in life.  I come back to finally post again on this tenacious, old thread and it's on the very same day the kind folks here at GW2Guru vote Dynamic Events as a winner in the GW2 Biggest Fan contest!   Many thanks to everyone who voted and congratz to all the other winners!

I'm sorry if anyone was expecting a Dynamic Events comic.  I'm doing something a little different now that I can make some time for creative stuff.  I sort of wrote myself into a artistic corner with the Dynamic Events story but never fear, I will be returning to the story.

In the meantime, I always thought it would be fun to have Toll do a podcast. This will be one-shot jokes based on gameplay experiences in Guild Wars 2 and separate from the storyline of Dynamic Events. I'll show what I mean in the next one.

I'm still trying that art technique I've previously used.  It utilizes 3D models and I'm hoping this will allow quicker turn around and more interesting (and far more accurate) use of perspective.

I expect people here will remember the source of the name for Toll's podcast?

Feb 22nd, 2013
This won't be the normal rate for updates on these comics I regret to say. I just needed to get this done before next Tuesday and the Living Story update. I won't have time this weekend so I did the grind to get it out *grin*

And I know the analogy to those Mastercard commercials is not correct, but it's Toll podcast and he doesn't know any better.

Edited by Doctor Overlord, 22 February 2013 - 03:18 PM.

[Doctor Overlord]

Dynamic Events Webcomic International Section

Deadkid and RomanR147 have teamed up to make Dynamic Events available for Russian GW2 fans
Colored Dynamic Event Comics by artist RomanR147


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RomanR147 is not only coloring the Russian translations for DeadKid, they are coloring the English versions of B&W Dynamic Events comics as well!  Check out his great art on his Deviant Art page (along with the back Dynamic Events Comics he's colored)http://romanr417.deviantart.com/http://romanr417.dev...allery/35220206

Dynamic Events Russian Translation by DeadKId258
DeadKid has translated the entire DE series into Russian including the text story experiment I did! It is really awesome to think that someone would take the time to make Dynamic Events available for people all the way in Russia http://desmond.image...nt.png&res=crop

Spoiler

The rest of the cool Russian Dynamic Events comic can be seen on his Deviant Art page:
http://deadkid258.deviantart.com/
Or on this thread on the Russian Goharu forum:
http://forums.goha.r...ad.php?t=701248

Dynamic Events Hungarian Translation by Fubenalvo
Fubenalvo on Guild Wars 2 Guru has translated several of the Dynamic Events comics into Hungarian.  He was the first to translate Dynamic Events into another language

Spoiler

Check out his Variance Guild Wars 2 info blog
http://gw2.variance.hu/
There are more Hungarian DE comics in this section:

This place in the thread was originally the first comment posted to Dynamic Events by Tommy's who kindly donated his post when the original International Section post vanished when GW2Guru switched to a new forum.   For posterity's sake,  here is Tommy's original post below.
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They'll be introduced more properly later

Good, that means there will be more Had my fair share of laughs

Edited by Doctor Overlord, 19 February 2013 - 06:28 AM.

[C410V1370]

lol charr roommate!

I like this webcomic.

[Eanny]

good start. I want more ;)

[Jonny10]

Hahaha, that was clever. The drawings are very qualitative as well.

ps: that guy is a mesmer!

[Tearsdale]

Nice start, looking forward to more! :)

EDIT: You might want to fix the double "did" in the ele's speech bubble though. ;)

[TriggerSad]

Nice bro, that was pretty funny,  I hope that we'll be able to see more of your comic soon. :)

[Arthedain]

One strip and I already like it, keep up the good work :)

[grey_foxx082]

nice work! I want to see more!

[muisje33]

more more more :D
it looks fun :D

[Doctor Overlord]

Thank you everyone for the kind words!  I'm really glad people are enjoying it.   That's the best motivation to do more.    

I'd like to get these done on something resembling a schedule, but I've never tried that before so I'll have to see what I need to do to make that work.  

Tearsdale said:

EDIT: You might want to fix the double "did" in the ele's speech bubble though. ;)

Argh!   Thanks for that.   I showed it to a friend before posting and he missed that too.  I'll go back and re-do that.

Jonny10 said:

ps: that guy is a mesmer!

Heh, honestly his outfit was just based on the Fashion in Guild Wars 2 blog from a while back.    Since we only know half the classes, aspects of some of the characters are going to have to be a bit nebulous for now :o
(Nice forum avatar BTW!)

Edited by Doctor Overlord, 27 September 2010 - 06:40 PM.

[actionjack]

Good stuff!

Want more!

[Eragon Zarroc]

lol, funny :)  very nice ;)

[IDarko]

Great start! I'm very interested in the next one! :D

[Dartus]

This could turn into an online sitcom quickly.

[Qehb]

Dartus said:

This could turn into an online sitcom quickly.

lol ''2 and a halfcat-men'' :P

[Doctor Overlord]

Dartus said:

This could turn into an online sitcom quickly.

That is the plan :)

It looks like I might be able to manage updates once a week.  I'll shoot for Mondays.  We'll see how it works out, but I'm hopeful right now ;)  Again thanks for all the comments everyone!

[Frizz]

What a crap (good) comic, it leaves you wanting more, and you get addicted to it by the first strip. And what's more you have to wait a week for the next! ZOMG!

You better update fast or else. :p

[Doctor Overlord]

Frizz said:

You better update fast or else. :p

Threats to continue.  I take that as a good sign lol

In honor of the ArenaNet double blog post this week, this will be a double comic post!   Actually I planned on posting these two comics anyway to introduce the Charr character Almme so it's just a coincidence, I don't know if I'll be compelled everytime ArenaNet does a double blog.

I'm still experimenting with the format and please excuse the messy borders, I'm working that out.  If anyone was wondering, Elisa's waiting outside while Theo makes his introductions.   Enjoy!

Edited by Doctor Overlord, 04 October 2010 - 03:45 AM.

[Konig Des Todes]

Gwen Thackery? Sorry, it's Thackeray. Fix the typo or I call for a lynch meeting. :P

[Doctor Overlord]

Konig Des Todes said:

Gwen Thackery? Sorry, it's Thackeray. Fix the typo or I call for a lynch meeting. :P

Argh.  Sorry about that.  Fixed.   Typos seem to be my bane.

Edited by Doctor Overlord, 04 October 2010 - 04:58 AM.

[Trusty]

This webcomic is awesome!! :D Coming back to check for new ones every time.

[Darcy]

This looks great, Overlord.  Keep the strips coming.

[Kysio]

One question. Charr is male or female? Because when it's (I will use "it" till you explain if it's male or female :P) showed from front it looks like female to me, and from side looks more of a male to me. Might be just me but I`m wondering.

[Tearsdale]

Love it, awesome! :)

[Tommy's]

Fun times, has been some wait, but it was worth waiting for ^^ Can't wait to see more.

[Doctor Overlord]

Thanks for kind comments everyone!  I really appreciate people taking the time to post them.  

Kysio said:

One question. Charr is male or female? Because when it's (I will use "it" till you explain if it's male or female :P) showed from front it looks like female to me, and from side looks more of a male to me. Might be just me but I`m wondering.

Heh, I'm glad you noticed that.  I was actually trying for a little bit of ambiguity with my attempt at the Charr design but I didn't know how it came across.  Given the fact I'm going off what screenshots and concept art I've seen, I'm just glad the character can be recognized as a Charr at all lol

Almme (Alm-may) is female, but your perplexity will be shared by one of the characters in the comic  ;)   I've always thought that Charr gender could be something for potential fun and you'll be seeing some of that.

Edited by Doctor Overlord, 04 October 2010 - 05:31 PM.

[Lisletbh]

I love it <3 Excited for the next :D

[Konig Des Todes]

The charr always came off as female to me. Especially the quick temper - so woman like. Just kidding! Please don't kill me, feminists!

[grey_foxx082]

I thought the charr was female because of the lashes :p