Metapost: RIP Gary Gygax
March 5, 2008 at 12:04 am | Posted in metapost, webcomics | 3 CommentsTags: Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax, Penny Arcade, The Order of the Stick
I’ve never been an AD&D gamer, but I read a lot of Dragonlance novels when I was younger, and I sure played a lot of Baldur’s Gate video games.
The webcomics react:
The Order of the Stick sees Gary Gygax wandering the planes of the afterlife.
Penny Arcade does one of the best puns I’ve seen in a while.
EDIT: I’m adding two more. I’m getting some unusual traffic for people searching for Gary Gygax webcomics. I might as well post the rest to cover everything. Credit goes to both the Tad Williams’ Message Board and the SomethingAwful.com forums.
Something Positive portrays a fan’s reaction to Gary’s death.
xkcd sees Gary rolling his dice in the afterlife.
Full Frontal Nerdity sees gamers playing a game in tribute.
GU Comics sees Gary being Dungeon Master from the beyond.
Finally, I break my longstanding war against LOLCats to post this.
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