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Encyclopedia > John Kovalic

John Kovalic (born November 24, 1962, in England) is a cartoonist and illustrator. November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... A cartoonist at work. ... An illustrator is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing written text by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text. ...


Kovalic is best known for his Dork Tower comic book, comic strip and webcomic, and other humourous work set in and about the fantasy role-playing game genre, such as The Unspeakable Oaf. He has illustrated several board and card games such as Pokéthulhu, Apples to Apples, Chez Geek, Chez Dork and Munchkin, and was also an award-winning editorial cartoonist for the Wisconsin State Journal, and his work appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post. He is a co-founder and co-owner of Out of the Box Games, and is the company's art director. Dork Tower, the comic written by John Kovalic, chronicles the lives of a group of geeks living in the fictional town of Mud Bay, Wisconsin. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Webcomics, also known as online comics and web comics, are comics that are available on the Internet. ... For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art, literature, film, television, and music that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of either plot, theme, setting, or all three. ... A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create narratives. ... A board game is any game played on a board (that is, a premarked surface) with counters or pieces that are moved across the board. ... The Klondike Solitaire game that comes with Gnome. ... Pokéthulhu, or more properly, the Pokéthulhu Adventure Game, is a parody of both the Pokémon Junior Adventure Game published by Wizards of the Coast, and of the Call of Cthulhu role playing game published by Chaosium. ... Apples to Apples is a fast-paced party game published by Out Of The Box Publishing. ... Chez Geek is a popular card game by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Kovalic that has a humorous take on geek culture and cohabitation. ... Munchkin is a popular card game by Steve Jackson, illustrated by John Kovalic that has a humorous take on role-playing games, based primarily around the concept of Munchkins. ... The Wisconsin State Journal is a newspaper printed in Madison, Wisconsin. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... ...


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Splendid: Departments: Bookshelf: 1D6 Degrees of Separation: The Collected Dork Tower, Vol. 6 (1277 words)
John Kovalic is a British American cartoonist who earned his stripes by doing magazine illustrations and selling strips where he could during the nineties.
Kovalic does a good job of putting everything together into story lines -- better than many comic book writers -- but in the end, for this kind of gag book, you're less interested in the soap opera continuity than you are in the gags on each page.
Typically, Kovalic puts together a collection of great gag strips from his publications over the course of the year (many from www.dorktower.com), a series of comic books, and then some fun extras (like DVD bonus materials, almost).
The Dice Tower - John Kovalic (2476 words)
John: I started gaming through some friends, in school (in Glastonbury, England in the mid-70's) who were into historical wargaming.
John: I was the primary designer on Whad'Ya Know, coming up with the main mechanics and doing the chief development on that (the game is quite different from the Radio Show, but was designed to try and capture the *feel* of the radio show).
John: When I first started playing games, I was a huge fan of Redmond Simonsen's graphics on all those classic SPI games.
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