Daily Archives: August 11, 2011

One Punch Reviews #51: Aikonia

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When I first started this site, one of the most exciting new artists to appear on the webcomics scene was Awkward Zombie‘s Katie Tiedrich. Even if you didn’t like video game comics, you had to admire her fun character designs, her sense of comic timing, and her unique character personalities. Marth and Roy, for example, were less the characters from Fire Emblem and more Teidrich’s own creations who just happened to look like somewhat familiar video game characters.

It made several of us wonder: how would Katie Teidrich be able to handle original characters? We sort of get a taste of that with Aikonia, a fantasy webcomic illustrated by Ms. Teidrich but is written and developed by a team from MADSOFT Games, LLC (who are working up to a game release based on the world established in the comic).

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The Trenches Begins

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Apologies for the lack of updates recently. I’ve been pretty busy up here in real life. A friend of mine was in the hospital, we’ve been helping take care of her kids and her mom, things at work have hit the wall, I’ve been training a little for a 200-mile cycling run … and, let’s face it, it’s Season Finale time at USA Network. Will Peter ever trust Neal again after the latest twist to the plot about the stolen U-Boat treasure? The mind boggles.

Which means I haven’t had that much time to read up on webcomics or check up on the latest going-ons. Good thing though that the readers have been keeping me honest! Algeya gave a bit of a low-down in the comments section, and perhaps the most interesting (to me, anyway) was that The Trenches finally debuted. This is, what I imagine, a gamer-centric comic created by long time webcomic creators Mike Krahulik, Jerry Holkins, and Scott Kurtz. All these guys have been running their successful webcomics (Penny Arcade and PvP) since 1998. While the devotion to their comics should be applauded, I also that theses guys appreciate the fresh start that The Trenches represents.

Thus far, The Trenches seems to be following a more mature take on the genre. (Description in the New Readers tab: “The Trenches documents the tribulations of software testing with the precision tools of ‘the office comedy.’”) Sure, it’s only two strips in. Odds are, though, that we’re not going to see some dude displaying his latent psychic ability. Inserting a random troll at some point in the comic is still up for grabs, though.