''What's New with Phil & Dixie'' is a gaming parody

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. ''What's New'' was Foglio's first comic, and was published in the magazines ''

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'' and '' The Duelist'', as well as in print collections and online.

Premise

The comic stars Phil Foglio, along with Dixie Null, as they explore the world of gaming, particularly tabletop RPGs, with a mixture of reportage and advice to the reader. Strips created for '' The Duelist'' magazine focused on '' Magic: The Gathering''. A long-running joke revolved around the often promised and often delayed "Sex in D&D" segment. This segment never appeared in magazine printings, but was finally written and included as additional material in one of the strip's book printings.

Original magazine publications

In an interview, Foglio said that ''What's New'' was his start in comics, and was first published in ''

'' magazine in 1980. In another interview, he said that he had done some covers for ''Dragon'', and noted he could earn much more for similar effort if he added jokes. The comic first appeared in ''Dragon'' shortly before issue #50 and ran until issue #84, when Foglio stopped the comic to work on other projects. According to Wizards, characters from ''What's New'' appeared in issue #5 of another Foglio work, a comic book adaptation of ''

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''. ''What's New'' was revived for a run in '' The Duelist'' magazine, also published by Wizards of the Coast. It ran in ''The Duelist'' from 1993 to 1999, ending when publication of ''The Duelist'' ceased. After the end of ''The Duelist'', the comic returned to ''Dragon'' and ran there from 1999 to 2003 (issues 265–311), plus a final "farewell" installment ''Dragon'' #359, the last issue of ''Dragon'' in print.

Book printings and online publication

The entire run in ''Dragon'', plus additional material, was published in two print collections by

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. In 2001 a third volume was published by Studio Foglio collecting all the ''Duelist'' magazine strips, along with some bonus content. From 2007 to 2010, ''What's New'' was republished on Foglio's website as a weekly

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. This has been offline since February 2016, along with webcomic republications of ''

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'' and ''

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'', when Airship Entertainment's old website broke down.

Reception

The author and blogger Cory Doctorow has said he loved ''What's New'' when he was a kid.

References

Citations

Comic references

Source dates in these references refer to the original printing date. These comics were reprinted on Foglio's website between 2007 and 2010.

External links

Archive of all ''What's New with Phil and Dixie''
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