Vincent Macropod in “As Classy As It Gets”
Reverend Matt
No, I’m sorry. It doesn’t get any classier.
By now, it’s a cliche to talk about how much the late Gary Gygax changed one’s life, at least among the people with whom I associate. But that doesn’t make it any less true. I shudder to think what manner of productive member of society I might have become, were it not for his invention. I didn’t agree with his philosophies about the hobby much while he was alive, but still I owe him a debt of gratitude. A debt of gratitude manifesting as a ludicrous cartoon.
Annotations!
- Gloriously, or horrifyingly, if you prefer, I didn’t have to look up any of the references in this cartoon. It’s all in my brain, and presumably will be forever, long after the Alzheimer’s has robbed me of my memories of friends and family. I did look up the spelling of “Farastu (Tarry) Demodand,” though. Also, the first Neo-otyugh picture is copied from the Monster Manual. Smile and all!
- They’d be on Dungeon Level 7, by the way, if there’s a Neo-otyugh. That, I did look up.
March 12th, 2008 at 11:04 am
I always thought of the “Tarry” demodand as hanging out places long after he was late for something else. Which I guess probably isn’t the definition of “tarry” they were going for.
March 12th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Also, I love this comic infinitely.
March 12th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Loved it, old school.