Podcasts about Dork Tower

We celebrated 4 years of Raised on DnD podcast with another amazing LIVE event! Our special return guests are listed in order of appearance: Rob Gruber of Good Times Games, Diogo Nogueira of Old Skull Publishing, Punk Rock Jenny of TikTok, Stephen Wendell of Donjonlands.com, Daniel Estes of ReturntoBrookmere, Jason Cassidy of Even Footing Games, John Kovalic of Dork Tower, Matt Davids of DiceGeeks, Bill Silvey the Dungeon Delver, Adam Davis of Game to Grow, Michael Low of Luck of Legends, and Morgan Dangerfield of Heroes of Evermore. Give away Prizes were available for Live Audience members.

This is the Play to Win Podcast from Aconyte Books. This first series of the podcast accompanies the book Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made by James Wallis. In this episode, James discusses tabletop gaming's Golden Age of the 1990s with two of its central figures – Peter Adkison, founder of Wizards of the Coast and the man who first published Magic: The Gathering, and John Kovalic, designer of Apples to Apples, creator of Dork Tower, and illustrator of the legendary Munchkin card game. If you enjoyed this podcast, visit www.aconytebooks.com for more information on Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made by James Wallis.

Captain Sternn goes under the microscope this week, as does the Tao of Igor, Do A Powerbomb #2, and Bloodborne: Lady of Lanterns #1. We talk Fire and Ice, Unbreakable Red Sonja, and more, on this week's Major Spoilers Podcast! (From Galoob) Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS https://majorspoilers.com/2022/07/19/fire-and-ice-celebrates-40th-anniversary-with-games-and-comics/ https://majorspoilers.com/2022/07/19/sdcc22-jim-zub-heads-new-red-sonja-series/ https://bleedingcool.com/movies/the-munsters-netflix-rob-zombie-september/ REVIEWS STEPHEN THE TAO OF IGOR Writer: John Kovalic Artist: John Kovalic Publisher: Dork Storm Press Cover Price: $22.95 Release Date: May 2022 DORK TOWER IS BACK! The fan-favorite, critically-acclaimed comic returns with the eagerly-awaited TAO OF IGOR! It's the big day - Mud Con! But is its new director, Igor, ready? Or even awake? And what of Matt, Gilly, and the rest of the gang? Great for new readers, sure to delight old fans, this is the Dork Tower collection you've been waiting for! [rating:4/5] MATTHEW DO A POWERBOMB #2 Writer: Daniel Warren Johnson Artist: Daniel Warren Johnson Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June 20, 2022 Lona Steelrose is brought to another dimension and given an opportunity that could change everything. Will she join the DEATHLYFE tournament?! [rating:5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3aOIpJN RODRIGO BLOODBORNE: LADY OF LANTERNS #1 Writer: Cullen Bunn Artist: Piotr Kowalski Publisher: Titan Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: 7/27/2022 New comic series based on the critically acclaimed gothic gaming hit, Bloodborne! Enter the city of Yharnam through the eyes of its citizens, when new hunters take to the streets to fight against the cruel and unusual epidemic that has gripped the city. In the black of the night, families and faith will be tested... Fan-favorite artist Piotr Kowalski returns to the series with Eisner Nominated writer Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun, Wolverine, Spider-Man: Season One)! [rating: 4/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3zioc8A DISCUSSION CAPTAIN STERNN First conceptualized in the late 1970s, Captain Sternn was developed by artist Bernie Wrightson during his time at The Studio. The character's first published adventure was developed for Tyrannosaurus Press in 1977, and was eventually published in 1980 in Heavy Metal magazine. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

Captain Sternn goes under the microscope this week, as does the Tao of Igor, Do A Powerbomb #2, and Bloodborne: Lady of Lanterns #1. We talk Fire and Ice, Unbreakable Red Sonja, and more, on this week's Major Spoilers Podcast! (From Galoob) Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS https://majorspoilers.com/2022/07/19/fire-and-ice-celebrates-40th-anniversary-with-games-and-comics/ https://majorspoilers.com/2022/07/19/sdcc22-jim-zub-heads-new-red-sonja-series/ https://bleedingcool.com/movies/the-munsters-netflix-rob-zombie-september/ REVIEWS STEPHEN THE TAO OF IGOR Writer: John Kovalic Artist: John Kovalic Publisher: Dork Storm Press Cover Price: $22.95 Release Date: May 2022 DORK TOWER IS BACK! The fan-favorite, critically-acclaimed comic returns with the eagerly-awaited TAO OF IGOR! It's the big day - Mud Con! But is its new director, Igor, ready? Or even awake? And what of Matt, Gilly, and the rest of the gang? Great for new readers, sure to delight old fans, this is the Dork Tower collection you've been waiting for! [rating:4/5] MATTHEW DO A POWERBOMB #2 Writer: Daniel Warren Johnson Artist: Daniel Warren Johnson Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June 20, 2022 Lona Steelrose is brought to another dimension and given an opportunity that could change everything. Will she join the DEATHLYFE tournament?! [rating:5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3aOIpJN RODRIGO BLOODBORNE: LADY OF LANTERNS #1 Writer: Cullen Bunn Artist: Piotr Kowalski Publisher: Titan Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: 7/27/2022 New comic series based on the critically acclaimed gothic gaming hit, Bloodborne! Enter the city of Yharnam through the eyes of its citizens, when new hunters take to the streets to fight against the cruel and unusual epidemic that has gripped the city. In the black of the night, families and faith will be tested... Fan-favorite artist Piotr Kowalski returns to the series with Eisner Nominated writer Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun, Wolverine, Spider-Man: Season One)! [rating: 4/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3zioc8A DISCUSSION CAPTAIN STERNN First conceptualized in the late 1970s, Captain Sternn was developed by artist Bernie Wrightson during his time at The Studio. The character's first published adventure was developed for Tyrannosaurus Press in 1977, and was eventually published in 1980 in Heavy Metal magazine. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest Stephen King adaptation, scratch that, the latest adaptation remake. The film sparking our interest this time is ‘Firestarter'. We've long been supporters of remaking bad films, and John Lester's original is far from a classic. So does ‘Firestarter' light us up? Then CageFest continues with ‘Vengeance: A Love Story'. Nic Cage is a cop on the edge, who crosses the line when of punks get off. Sounds awesome. So is it? There's the rambunctious rundown of the big releases Physical Media, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week! Then Matt and Chris close out the show by sharing their 5 Favorite Stephen King Movie Scares! Haunted cars, rabid dogs, and demonic clowns. Will The Dark Tower make the list? More like Dork Tower. It's The First Run!00:00-13:41: Intro/Firestarter13:42-16:39: Happening16:40-32:41: Physical Media Picks32:42-43:48: CageFest: Vengeance: A Love Story43:49-56:16: 5 Favorite Stephen King Scares56:17-58:29: Wrap Up Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey

This episode I'm joined by cartoonist legend, John Kovalic, the creator of Dork Tower. John takes us through his life as a gamer, introducing his family to ttrpgs, and the return of Dork Tower in book form with the Tao of Igor coming this May! 

John Kovalic returns for a record tying appearance on CC2C to sit down with Brian Dunaway, Joel Duggan and Matthew Ducharme to talk his new Kickstarter Project The Tao of Igor: A new Dork Tower Collection CC2C Guest History: John has never been on the show 3 times before! https://comicscoasttocoast.com/podcast/ccc-294-john-kovalic-interview-part-3/ […]

With the king apprised of the dangers to his domain, our heroes take matters into their own hands to catch a traitor. Azlo and Tokas combine vertically. Shabba and Stripey share a moment.

Failed astrophysicist John Kovalic certainly landed on his feet, becoming not only a fantastic cartoonist and board game designer, but the creator of Dork Tower and Apples To Apples, illustrator of Munchkin Shakespeare, the crafty current chronicler of geek culture. On our recent trip to Madison Wisconsin, we got to sit down and talk with John about the rise of geek culture, apologies to former professors, humble roots at the UW-Madison student newspaper, the wonders of crowd-funding, skipping Advanced Micro Economics, multiple interests across the arts and the sciences, how autobiographical comics aren't, being directed by Dominic Dromgoole, the horrible dangers of Monopoly, and the startling and slightly bittersweet success of Apples to Apples. (Length 26:27)

A special guest this week, my friend Michael joins me and we talk Star Wars and The Dark Tower. A special My Top Five things people love that we hate. Email the show at vagueandunconvincing@gmail.com On Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/unvaguepod On Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/vagueandunconvincing

This week on FC3 Monkey Business, C. and the gang talk to John Kovalic, cartoonist, illustrator and writer, best known for his work on the webcomic, Dork Tower, and his work on games such as Munchkin, Chez Geek and Apples to Apples. After that, stick around for our Everyday Heroes Shout Outs and what is making our geeky hearts happy this week!

This week on FC3 Monkey Business, C. and the gang talk to John Kovalic, cartoonist, illustrator and writer, best known for his work on the webcomic, Dork Tower, and his work on games such as Munchkin, Chez Geek and Apples to Apples. After that, stick around for our Everyday Heroes Shout Outs and what is making our geeky hearts happy this week!

The Lovecraft Tapes is a real-play Call of Cthulhu 7th edition RPG campaign podcast recorded using roll20.net, Audacity and Adobe Creative Cloud. Episodes are available on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher and Podbean. For more information and advertising/sponsorship opportunities please contact podcast@thelovecrafttapes.com   In This Episode: The investigators have been plagued by a series of hallucinatory images while digging deeper into the mystery of Stuart Portman's diary. They visit Arkham Independent Realty and manage to sweet talk Phyllis Gagne into giving them the address of the estate sale from where the book originated at 42 E Arkham. Roy decides to head up to South Walpole with Bugsy and arrange to meet George Portman in prison. Meanwhile, Samantha and Dan discover Katelyn is now secluded with the FBI as they track her husband and children. Luckily, Officer Tina Quillan knows all about Emily Schumaker...   This Week's Sponsor: Rent-A-Clown   Recommendos: Bendy And The Ink Machine; Dork Tower; AJIN: DEMI-HUMAN; I DON'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE   Website: http://thelovecrafttapes.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/lovecrafttapes Facebook: https://facebook.com/thelovecrafttapes YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Thelovecrafttapes Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheLovecraftTapes Wiki: http://thelovecrafttapes.wikia.com

More boardgames you guys. It’s John Kovalic (@muskrat_john and ), artist to the stars of game design (Apples to Apples and Muchkin) … has a love of Warhammer, DnD, boardgames and all nerdy dorky things. He’s a local Wisconsin dork luminary and he is great. Read his comic, Dork Tower. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because my soul is in it. You can download it here:  or get the DVD on my site. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

yay!! been wanting to interview John for a While! Steven talks to John Kovalic about drawing for Steve Jacksons munchkin Series, his online Comic book series Dork Tower, going to conventions, how he got started in the business, his love of games and his experience being on tabletop! Super fun!!! you can find john on twitter @muskrat_john and at www.dorktower.com to see his comic book series!!! follow us on twitter @Geek_apocalypse for all things GA!

On this episode we talk with John Kovalic. John is the illustrator behind games like Apples to Apples and Munchkin. He’s also the creator of the award-winning comic strip Dork Tower.

Mur Lafferty and John Kovalic join us to discuss electrocution, toys that kill, funerals, burns, motor vehicle accidents, sleep disorders, and sports injuries. Plus - which is the lesser of two evils: being electrocuted in a pool or killed trying to park your Lexus? Music: "The Penguin" by Raymond Scott Charity: Healapalooza - our t-shirt maker got hit by a car! Images Links Murverse John Kovalic's Dork Tower

Munchkin is a dedicated deck card game by Steve Jackson Games, written by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Kovalic, that has a humorous take on role-playing games. In this installment: It's the World of Dorkness! The Munchkins are now vampires . . . and werewolves . . . and changelings. Bash through the haunted house and slay the monsters. The OTHER monsters. You can't slay your fellow munchkins, but you can curse them, send foes at them, and take their stuff. Of course . . . This is a stand-alone game, which (of course) can be combined with other Munchkin games. And it's illustrated by John Kovalic. OF COURSE. See Igor, Gilly, and all the other Dork Tower characters in their munchkin-vampire finery . . . So bring along your Coffin (+3!) and wield The Sword Of Beheading People Just Like In That Movie. Face foes like the Banshee, the Heck Hounds, and the dreaded Were-Muskrat. Smite them all, and be the first to Level 10 . . . Now in Full Color! The material presented here is my original creation, intended for use with the Munchkin system from Steve Jackson Games. This material is not official and is not endorsed by Steve Jackson Games. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

Munchkin is a dedicated deck card game by Steve Jackson Games, written by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Kovalic, that has a humorous take on role-playing games. In this installment: It's the World of Dorkness! The Munchkins are now vampires . . . and werewolves . . . and changelings. Bash through the haunted house and slay the monsters. The OTHER monsters. You can't slay your fellow munchkins, but you can curse them, send foes at them, and take their stuff. Of course . . . This is a stand-alone game, which (of course) can be combined with other Munchkin games. And it's illustrated by John Kovalic. OF COURSE. See Igor, Gilly, and all the other Dork Tower characters in their munchkin-vampire finery . . . So bring along your Coffin (+3!) and wield The Sword Of Beheading People Just Like In That Movie. Face foes like the Banshee, the Heck Hounds, and the dreaded Were-Muskrat. Smite them all, and be the first to Level 10 . . . Now in Full Color! The material presented here is my original creation, intended for use with the Munchkin system from Steve Jackson Games. This material is not official and is not endorsed by Steve Jackson Games. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.