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#1 Doctor Overlord

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Posted 27 September 2010 - 06:20 AM

*****Updates Early Monday/late Sunday (I hope!) ******

Now most comics will be listed as direct links to allow faster loading.

Ones with longer comments will still be behind the 'Spoiler' tags.

Click the Yellow 'Resize' bar above each comic to see it full size


I decided that I'd give a shot at doing a GW2 web-comic. I can hardly match some of the excellent examples of fan artwork seen here in the Library so don't expect much. But I've been having fun coming up with characters and ideas.

It's meant to be a comedy so please excuse any fourth-wall breakages or lore deviations that are taken in favor of a cheap laugh :)

The Cast

Theodore 'Theo' Thackery - A young man who just moved to Lion's Arch. He has a family name that makes many jump to incorrect conclusions. He's somewhat naive when it comes to non-human races. He'll have much to learn in order to adjust to his new home.

His profession has not yet been revealed.

Elisa 'Ellie' Thackery - Theo's sister. An elementalist who has been living in Lion's Arch for some time and thus she is more cosmopolitan than her brother. Like many siblings, they may argue and fight but they really do care for each other.

Almme (Alm-may) Bloodfeaster - A female charr ranger who has moved to Lion's Arch for her own reasons. Theo does not realize her gender at first.

Eddard, born of the Cycle of Night - A sylvari eager to add the experience of being a roommate to his race's shared knowledge.

Mawfang Bloodclaw - A human-hating charr and Almme's rather protective, future life-mate.

Toll - An asura who seldom leaves his room because his research has made a sinister discovery.

Hilda - A norn. Norn have no need for intros.

It should be mentioned that she has more than caught Theo's attention.

Stingy - Almme's pet devourer. Deeply loyal to his mistress and always looking for entertaining things to do.

S.M.A.R.T.I.E. - A golem created by Toll called the Synthetic Mental Autonomous Reaction Talisman Intelligence Experiment. (Has a voice rather like GLaDOS from Portal).

Gurggle - The boarding house's hylek handyman/manager.

I have an page on Deviant Art with some additional stuff but it's mostly the comics that are here on GW2Guru. Still feel free to visit and leave a comment there!

http://invincibleove...deviantart.com/

Edited by Doctor Overlord, 14 May 2012 - 09:17 PM.


#2 Doctor Overlord

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Posted 27 September 2010 - 06:20 AM

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!

General Info
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Sept 27th 2010
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(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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Oct 11th 2010
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Oct 18th 2010
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Oct 25th 2010
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Nov 1st 2010
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Nov 8th 2010
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Nov 15th 2010
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Nov 22nd 2010
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Nov 29th 2010
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Dec 6th 2010
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This one is behind the spoiler. There is nothing really naughty, just trying to be careful
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Dec 13th 2010
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Jan 1st 2011
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Jan 10th 2011
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Jan 24th 2011
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Jan 31st 2011

Feb 7th 2011
NFSW. It's not that bad, but just in case.
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Feb 14th 2011
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Feb 26th 2011
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Mar 07 2011
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Mar 14 2011
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March 21, 2011
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April 4th, 2011
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April 25th, 2011
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May 2, 2011
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Jun 27th 2011
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July 4th, 2011
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July 25th 2011
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Aug 1st, 2011
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Aug 22nd, 2011
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Sep 5th 2011
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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.

Sep 27th 2011
Special Anniversary Update!

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
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Oct 3rd 2011
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Oct 10th 2011
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Oct 17th 2011
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Oct 24th 2011
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Oct 31st 2011
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Nov 14th 2011
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Nov 21st 2011
NFSW - not to get anyone shocked, it's only PG-13. Just playing it safe.

Nov 28th 2011
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Dec 12th 2011
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Jan 9th, 2012
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Jan 16th 2012
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Jan 30, 2012
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February 6th, 2012
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Feb 20 2012
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February 27th, 2012
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March 12th, 2012
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March 19th, 2012
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March 26th, 2012
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Late April 1st Joke
April 2nd, 2012
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April 16th, 2012
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April 23rd, 2012
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April 30th, 2012
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May 7th, 2012
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May 14th, 2012
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.

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#3 Doctor Overlord

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Posted 27 September 2010 - 06:20 AM

Dynamic Events International Section

Deadkid and RomanR147 have teamed up to make Dynamic Events available for Russian GW2 fans! :D
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! http://desmond.image...eq.png&res=crop
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
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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 http://desmond.image...ul.png&res=crop
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Check out his Variance Guild Wars 2 info blog
http://gw2.variance.hu/
There are more Hungarian DE comics in this section:
http://gw2.variance....ry/fun-posztok/

Edited by Doctor Overlord, 14 May 2012 - 09:24 PM.


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Posted 27 September 2010 - 07:18 AM

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They'll be introduced more properly later

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

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Posted 27 September 2010 - 07:36 AM

lol charr roommate!

I like this webcomic.

#6 Eanny

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Posted 27 September 2010 - 07:54 AM

good start. I want more ;)

#7 Jonny10

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Posted 27 September 2010 - 10:59 AM

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

ps: that guy is a mesmer!
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Posted 27 September 2010 - 02:11 PM

Nice start, looking forward to more! :)

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

#9 TriggerSad

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Posted 27 September 2010 - 02:19 PM

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

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Posted 27 September 2010 - 02:39 PM

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

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Posted 27 September 2010 - 03:05 PM

nice work! I want to see more!

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Posted 27 September 2010 - 05:09 PM

more more more :D
it looks fun :D

#13 Doctor Overlord

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Posted 27 September 2010 - 06:37 PM

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.


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Posted 28 September 2010 - 01:06 AM

Good stuff!

Want more!

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Posted 29 September 2010 - 06:05 PM

lol, funny :) very nice ;)

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Posted 29 September 2010 - 07:41 PM

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

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Posted 29 September 2010 - 08:20 PM

This could turn into an online sitcom quickly.

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Posted 29 September 2010 - 10:05 PM

Dartus said:

This could turn into an online sitcom quickly.

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

#19 Doctor Overlord

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Posted 30 September 2010 - 04:05 PM

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!

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 12:30 AM

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

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 03:37 AM

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.


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Posted 04 October 2010 - 04:05 AM

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

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#23 Doctor Overlord

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 04:08 AM

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.


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Posted 04 October 2010 - 11:00 AM

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

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 12:28 PM

This looks great, Overlord. Keep the strips coming.

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 01:12 PM

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.

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 01:55 PM

Love it, awesome! :)

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 02:54 PM

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

#29 Doctor Overlord

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 05:15 PM

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.


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Posted 04 October 2010 - 06:24 PM

I love it <3 Excited for the next :D





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