Knights of the Dinner Table Illustrated (a.k.a. ''K.ILL'') is a
comic book
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created by
Jolly R. Blackburn and is published by
Kenzer & Company
Kenzer & Company (KenzerCo) is a Waukegan, Illinois based publisher of comic books, role-playing games, board games, card games, and miniature games.
They are known for the ''Kingdoms of Kalamar'' campaign setting and for their own ''HackMaster ...
. It portrays many of the same stories as
Knights of the Dinner Table
''Knights of the Dinner Table'' (''KoDT'') is a comic book/strip created by Jolly R. Blackburn and published by Kenzer & Company. It primarily focuses on a group of role playing gamers and their actions at the gaming table, which often result in ...
(KODT) but from the point of view of the player characters.
The first monthly issue was published in June 2000.
The comic was suddenly cancelled seemingly mid-story with issue #41 when suddenly (in strip) the "set" which the characters were "acting" on was knocked over. The "director" then informs the "cast" that the series was cancelled due to a lack of sales. There was no other explanation listed within the book other than the movie set parody listed in strip.
Characters
The comic centers on the ''Untouchable Trio (plus one)'': the battlemage Teflon Billy, the fighter El Ravager and the thief Knuckles, King of the Wallclimbers. Initially the ''plus one'' was the barbarian Zayre, who eventually departed and was replaced by Thorina.
The comic occasionally follows the adventures the Black Hands and other characters from KODT, sometimes in other universes (e.g. Cyberhack).
K.ILL is strictly and humorously faithful to the concept that its characters are experiencing reality, and are not merely characters in a role-playing game. Some of the humor stems from the explanations that the characters give for events that, in KODT, stem from the gameplayers' mundane commitments or, in reality, from the comic's business decisions. For example, when Bob (in KODT) is unable to game for a while, Knuckles (in K.ILL) is unavailable due to commitments to his Guild. When K.ILL's artists changed in issue 4, the characters experience and comment on the alteration in their appearance as the result of a ''
Hazenberg's Dimension Shifting Portal of Chaos''.
K.ILL is noticeably more graphically violent than KODT, even while depicting the same event, since in the latter the in-game violence is represented only by dialogue.
Contributors
* Development Team:
Jolly R. Blackburn,
Brian Jelke,
Steve Johansson
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* Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people
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,
David S. Kenzer
* Writer: Issues 1-4 -
Aaron Williams,
Jolly R. Blackburn,
Brian Jelke,
Steve Johansson
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Notable people with the name include:
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* Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people
* Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people
* Steve ...
,
David S. Kenzer
* Writer: Issues 8-41 -
Mark Plemmons. Earlier issues in this run are often based on ideas by
Jolly R. Blackburn and other members of the development team, with more original stories as the series progressed.
* Art:
** Issues 1-4 -
Aaron Williams
** Issues 4-41 -
Brian Fraim,
Brendon Fraim
See also
*
Nodwick
''Nodwick'' is a comic strip created by Aaron Williams, based around the conventions of fantasy role-playing games, in particular ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''). It debuted in '' Dragon'' magazine issue No. 246 (April 1998), first with short ...
, another
roleplaying
Role-playing or roleplaying is the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' offers a definition of role-playing as ...
comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. Traditionally, throughout the 20th and into the 21st ...
*
Dork Tower
''Dork Tower'' is an online comic created, written and drawn by John Kovalic. It chronicles the lives of a group of geeks living in the fictional town of Mud Bay, Wisconsin. Mud Bay's design is strongly influenced by the author's home town of Ma ...
, another
roleplaying
Role-playing or roleplaying is the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' offers a definition of role-playing as ...
comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. Traditionally, throughout the 20th and into the 21st ...
*
Order of the Stick
''The Order of the Stick'' (''OOTS'') is a comedic webcomic that satirizes tabletop role-playing games and medieval fantasy. The comic is written and drawn by Rich Burlew, who illustrates the comic in a stick figure style.
Taking place in a mag ...
, another
roleplaying
Role-playing or roleplaying is the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' offers a definition of role-playing as ...
comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. Traditionally, throughout the 20th and into the 21st ...
External links
Official KODT homepage
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Comics publications
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