Epilogue: Charlie and Trevor
Chapter: Season Ten
The thought of a Charlie & Clark series did cross my mind briefly.
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The thought of a Charlie & Clark series did cross my mind briefly.
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Thank you Brian. Thank you for all you brought to us.
Well, you know Charlie is an author of actual written books. You could be too. I’ve written three. It’s a different kind of work than doing comics, but your basic plot skills are obviously there. Think about doing a Charlie and Clark series of books. There’s a lot of stuff like that out there now. If it’s too much hassle to haul in the whole Mantle thing, they could just be part of a less complex wizard world. Whatever works. Lord knows you can build worlds, right?
That said, a Charlie and Clark comic series definitely wouldn’t suck.
I would read the hell out of a Dresden-esque series following Charlie and Clarke!
Seconded.
The idea of overly dramatic moments being punctuated by clarks amazing one liners… I am for this idea that said let Brain get some rest before we beg him to make more things. He does art work, free lance work, and this comic is his other thing that he is finally wrapping up….. That said I would totally buy that book series.
Seconded on both the Clark/Charlie comic, and any books that Brian chooses to grace us with. I’d buy the heck out of a series like that. My library is quite proof of that, and Brian is certainly quality enough to be in the top of that list.
As far as work load goes, I’m basing this on the idea that straight writing seems easier than producing a visual comic as far as story-per-effort ratio goes. I’ve see a lot of comic artists drift into straight text with a few illustrations, which seems to show that. For me, writing fiction is hard work, but some people can turn it out like hotcakes, and decent work at that.
Fourthed, fifthed, and sixthed!
Thirded, I’d read the hell out of a series like that in text or comic format.
I have always believed that a story strip should (eventually) come to an end.
That doesn’t make it easier when it does.
So far this year, Schlock Mercenary, Scurry, and Crimson Dark have ended (and Holocrash just…disappeared), and now D20Monkey.
Winter has come.
While there are many other webcomics I read, I looked forward to each installment of D20Monkey.
OK, enough of maudlin.
I would not look askance at a Charlie & Clark story in any form.
Thank you for this opus, And I hope you let us know of your next project(s).
Innsmouth Garden Society is, I believe, what he’s stated his next project is going to be. I’m just glad I know that he’s going to, well, keep going after this story’s done.
i think it is a lesson that the west took to heart when the anime/manga boom hit that it’s better for a series to end when popular then die slowly
Like the old showbiz line. “Always leave them wanting more!”
Better than following the example of a lot of TV series now, where they just go on and on and on… Weaving increasingly-incomprehensible and ‘tacked-on’ plot twists until everyone just gets fed up with trying to keep up with it.
Next thing you know, your main character is riding a rocket-powered Tinker Gnome conveyance jumping over a land-shark, and you know the horse is dead and the whole thing has just run its course!
(Though actually that stunt would be kind of awesome!)
Sad to see D20 Monkey go, but in a good way. It’s leaving us wanting more.
Besides, definitely up for more Innsmouth Garden Society! 😀
There are questions that need answering…
What is Baba Yaga plotting next?
What exactly IS Caldwell?
How many more epic hat ideas can Amy bring to the table?
Brian, I have loved everything that you’ve made and D20monkey has been second only to Schlock Mercenary on my wakeup browsing for a long, long time. Your comic actually inspired me to check out Call of Cthulhu and that led me to DMing a group of friends for almost two years now and it is one of the most wholesome elements in my life. Your art, creativity, and characterization have been an inspiration and a treat and I’ll leave a comment here when the Innsmouth Garden Society impacts my group of PCs walking around Arkham.
The d20monkey characters deserve their just rewards and each has definitely earned them and I legit haven’t cared this deeply about character for a long time. This is a significantly meta question but I’d like to know the impact of the yellow bubble/the Sam influence on things IU as he talks to his therapist. All of these end results seem appropriate and awesome and I love the hell out of them but…I’d like to question the…factor of that yellow border
Given that there was a flashback to the whole “you can have the narrative sam or you can be the narrative” thing, my theory is that sam has become one withe the narrative and uses it to ensure the lives of his friends are happy ones. Thus, the room he is in may be nothing but a manifestation in his mind, as he speaks to his ‘spirit guide’ so to speak.
Narrative doesn’t need a mind palace, as I understand it. Sam’s probably got himself a (human) therapist, and is taking the opportunity to lace his friends’ fate with some good old-fashioned “happily-ever-after.”
Sad that D20 monkey is ending but i am interested in the Innsmouth. though i would love a once in awhile slice of life of random Characters from D20 monkey to see what they are up to.
Like one random page of Charlie and Trevor sitting down having Brunch with Betty White. and Trevor Geeking out about the Golden Girls
nothing to make a story out of stuff. just to keep up with the humour and personalities we had grown to love of the characters you have made
for the Sad that D20 monkey is ending but i am interested in the Innsmouth. though i would love a once in awhile slice of life of random Characters from D20 monkey to see what they are up to.
Like one random page of Charlie and Trevor sitting down having Brunch with Betty White. and Trevor Geeking out about the Golden Girls
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For the Innsmouth is it always going to be In world or would there be Peeks behind the Veil at the players playing the Characters?
I’m curious regarding the outline on the speech bubble for Sam. Might have been answered already but is it conveying emotion, is he somehow tapping the narrative as he speaks (color seems the same as when they were using it), or is it just a stylistic choice?
DAMN TangerINA is an A+ pun.
IDK kinda sad Officer Clarke gave up being a police officer to become a personal body guard..
yea but lets be fair how does she explain what happened to the bike to her superiors in an area where 2 gamign shops exploded without saying “trolls did it”
There was a threat, she handled it? Certainly doesn’t mean she has to turn in her badge…
I think it’s more that the day job wouldn’t work well with her working for the Mantlebearers and King of Seasons doing the Magic Hunting work with Charlie.
“Officer Clark, you didn’t respond to the all hands on the bank robbery. Where were you?”
“Uhhh.. I was out of cellular range to get that call?”
Totally fair to feel this way, Reaver. I went back and forth a little bit when I was writing the story, and ultimately I decided that when faced with the option of remaining an officer or becoming a bodyguard for a wizard and see the things very few people get to see, she chose the later. Clark is a paladin at her core. Unconventional, maybe, but she is all about keeping people safe and knowing that there are literal monsters out there made the choice easier for her.
Heh it’s just that she was such a good, strong police officer not afraid to do the right thing, and we need as many of those as we can get!
I mean I don’t blame her for the switch, I’d do it too, I just am sad that in D20land there’s one less awesome cop.
DEFINITELY talking to a therapist One who knows about magic but yea finally getting soem help and i’m glad for him
The big question there is, is it the lich therapist who helped with gm problems or a new one.
Be very funny if he brought the lich back after not seeing him for years.
Okay question… What mantel did Clark get
Thought anyone wanna bet that’s Larry he’s talking to?
Charlie and Clark are not mantlebearers. They’re wizards. Sam literally says they’re studying under Talbot.
He says Charlie is studying under Talbot, I see no clarification about Clark and last I checked there were several empty slots that need filling
*gracious
you can always fall back on Charlie & Clark if you need a break from IGS
and can we get that recipe for dan-dan noodles?
…still can’t say I enjoy Trevor and Leo’s end.
Charlie and Clark is cute tho.
I’m curious. Why are you unsatisfied with the Trever/Lee epilogue?
I mean you can read my last comment when we saw Trevor in the hospital.
I’d rather Brian not “shoo” at me again lol.
I don’t think Brian was actually shooing you lmao
Brian already said shoo over your comment and you doubled down in a separate strip. That’s 2.
I see, I thought he was kidding around himself. I’ll keep that in mind.
Brian,
I will miss this series. There are only three that I have followed closely. This one, Go get A Roomie, and Zombie Roomie. I just hope that thee are more stories to come with both your skill and art.
Thank you for years of entertainment and story telling!
Hmm. Who is Sam talking to?
Be funny if it was that lich who became his therapist a while back and was never seen since.
Make the Charlie and Clark series a thing, Brian. MAKE IT A THING!!
Also, is that a baby sasquatatch? Or at least a yeti?