#taz comic

[kradeiz]

I would’ve been so disappointed if this hadn't made it in.

#the adventure zone #taz balance #taz comic #taz graphic novel #the suffering game

[autocorrection]

personally i think magnus burnsides is afraid of spiders

after drawing this i realized actually taako is probably joining magnus so imagine it as lup

#taz #taz fanart #taz comic #sketch #sketchy comic #spiders #the adventure zone #magnus burnsides #fanart #my art

[sirislayer]

Zoox: "I miss her." Devo: "Me too. I miss her too." Sometimes, despite going seperate ways and having new duties, Devo and Zoox meet up at the coral spire. Thank you @demon-bobby22 for the suggestion.

#taz ethersea #ethersea #comic #taz comic #amber gris #devo la main #zoox #zoox anthellae

[galpalkirk]

Sizzle it up with Taako

official merch, limited edition, print 1/69 (nice)

#taz #taz: balance #taz comic

[computerything]

Opinions on The Adventure Zone [comic vers.]

I decided to, a while back, read up to book 3 of the comic version of TAZ along with skimming book 4 enough to get a good idea of it. And I've certainly got a few thoughts here in this noodle of mine.

Disclaimer: I have not listened to the original podcast the comic is based on. I've only read the books. So keep that in mind.

Also, spoiler warning.

Individual reviews:

Book 1: I rather enjoyed it! It was some silly guys going on silly adventures with a nice helping of drama and mystique, mainly from the flame glove thing and all the weird static talk. The characters were likeable in a doofus-y way, and I liked the implication that there was advanced tech in this universe in addition to magic. That's something I wished was in more fantasy.

I really liked Magic Bryan's over-the-top theatrics. I do find it odd that a supposedly high-level wizard lost to a bunch of random adventures, but okay, it's DnD. That stuff happens for the plot.

The magic fire glove was badass, and I like the concept of the guy using it being consumed by his own rage and going ham. Rather fitting.

Art wise, the style was very nice. I like the semi-sketchiness of it, it fits the narrative!

Book 2: I didn't like this one quite as much as book 1. We meet the Bureau of Balance, who immediately act suspicious. For heaven's sake, they have a damn otherworldly abomination that sucks the knowledge out of people's brains on a universal scale! Yet it's played off as "perfectly fine" and "nothing to worry about." Huh? Wha? It's... it's a giant brainwashing jellyfish thing... and that's not spooky? WHAT? And don't worry, I have more to say about these bureaucratic buffoons.

Garfield was great though. Very cool guy.

Anyway, the idea of a murder mystery on a train is absolutely awesome. Murder on the Oriental Express, anyone? But everyone clowning on the murderer [Jeeves, this butler-looking guy] made him feel like less than an actual threat, and his rather anticlimactic disposal felt contrived and forced.

I rather liked the concept of the Oculus, the idea of making an army out of illusions is kind of neat. A shame that not only was it never really used, the damn bureau destroys it.

This was when I began to realize that I hated the BoB. Rather than research the artifacts and try to find a way to safely use them, they just destroy them. Sure, they're dangerous, but perhaps there's a way to filter their power so that it is no longer corruptive? But no. Artifact bad, must destroy. Knowledge bad, must feed to big fish. Urgh.

Book 3: Kind of not super memorable to me. Uh... The car designs were pretty neat. I like the idea of underground racing, it's an old trope but it's a good one. The artifact was cool, though I wish it was more racing-based. Or the race was more plant-based, like in a giant tree or something. That would have rocked.

Overall, I really liked Hurley and Sloane's dynamic. They had nice chemistry and I actually felt for them! In fact, Sloane was definitely the star of this one. I always love a badass thief with a cool outfit, lol.

The one thing I didn't like was that it felt like Sloane being turned evil was just shoved in by the DM to go, "See? See? The BoB is good because the artifacts made this lady go all evil and kill her girlfriend! And she felt so much guilt she sacrificed herself too! The artifacts are totally evil guys! More evil than the BoB!"

And the random council guy turning all evil was kind of pointless. I felt nothing when he died.

Book 4: Oh boy do I have some words about this one.

Positive first... positive first...

Uh, the setting was nice. I like science facilities. The imminent demise of the world was a pretty good motivator, too.

The main guy trying to bring people back from the dead [cough cough his mom] in robot bodies was a little cliché but still a neat concept.

The art was pretty much at its peak here, I think. I love the robot designs!! I love guys with screens for faces so much. Especially Hodgepodge, he was such a silly smug bastard.

Hodgepodge...

Dear, sweet hodgepodge... he didn't deserve to perish. Him dying because of the jellyfish's meddling took my hatred for the BoB from mild annoyance to PURE UNBRIDLED LOATHING. Actually, this whole book kind of did, really.

As I implied before, TAZ has this weird underlying plot thread of "knowledge is evil" that has always bothered me, and it's on full display here, and even extends a bit into "scientists are evil" territory.

For starters, apparently none of the science guys' ideas are theirs, they're just stolen from other dimensions. Which is stupid as hell. If this is supposed to be "no idea is original" again, it does a poor job.

For another, the science guy's mom goes crazy from, you guessed it, knowledge, and would rather die than have said knowledge. Which really pissed me off because I'm the kind of freak who would read all the forbidden texts which drive people mad.

And for yet another, the BoB is portrayed as heroic all over again. The comic literally ends with them all agreeing to trust the director of the BoB and called stupid for having any doubts about the organization. So remember: don't think, don't seek to learn things, just blindly follow your superiors!

Overall:

TAZ has wonderful art and pretty neat characters, settings, and scenarios, but is deeply undermined by it's uncanny promotion of blind trust, discouragement of thinking, and hatred of knowledge. It's weird and creepy.

Also, I will not forgive them for killing hodgepodge. Look at this smug little feller:

Poor guy. Rest in pieces.

#taz #taz balance #taz comic #review #ramblings #sorry for how poorly structured this is I'm not a great reviwer

[dreamsy990]

codename

(taz persona au is gonna kill me i love it)

#fanart #art #persona 5 #the adventure zone #taz balance #taz p5 au #more taz p5 au stuff #taako taaco #magnus burnsides #merle highchurch #im so sorry merles designs so inconsistent #i have a rough idea for magnus and a finished taako #but merles just whatever #ive got like no idea for him #comic #taz comic

[actionyak]

this guy 💙

#taz comic

[reineydraws]

this is a scene from opla s2, black leg gazpacho told me himself!!!

src by @op-trash-blog-of-hell

#one piece #black leg sanji #roronoa zoro #opla fanart #opla #zosan #one piece fanart #one piece live action #vinsmoke sanji #sanzo #comic #op comic #incorrect one piece quotes #did yall notice mackenyu has slight dimples. i cant stop noticing them now. 🥲💖 #and taz skylar's smile... ah. 🥰🥰 #anyways i saw this post and thought it was perf for opla bc zoro was like 'why are we bringing the waiter' lol #and i wanted to draw mackenyu's zoro a little bit bc he is so!! pretty!!!!!

[cottoncandyofterror]

Thriller Bark but OPLA and a wee bit more homoerotic touching!

#fanart #artists on tumblr #digital painting #gay #fandom #comic #opla #one piece #Sanji #zoro #zosan #Netflix #rorona zoro #vinsmoke sanji #taz skylar #mackenyu #luffy #thriller bark #one piece live action

[sawdustandsprig]

The cast of TAZ is reading the comic live right now!!!

#taz #taz animated #taz comic

[whimsyyart]

Hey taz fans, how we feeling?

#am I excited for suffering game? #yes #am I FOAMING AT THE MOUTH for stolen century? #YESSIR #the adventure zone #taz #taz balance #blupjeans #lup #barry bluejeans #fan comic #fanart #my art #your honour i love them

[anonbeadraws]

At least he read it? 💜 First Taz comic in AGES, I missed my boys, based off this great post 💜commission info in source!💜

#anonbeadraws #comic #the adventure zone #taz fanart #taako taaco #magnus burnsides #taz balance #goth #fanart #digital art #digital comic #digital drawing #art

[nebulaeyedfish]

Okay, so I guess I'm... sprinting at it, just like "AAAAH" with Beacon extended, and I think there's a moment just before we collide where Beacon sort of like, almost half-whispers like,

Doing some comics practice with Episode 11 of Amnesty :)

(Tag list: @swanofstorie @raise-me-up-take-me-up @imflyingfish)

#TAZ #taz amnesty #the adventure zone #the zone cast #Taz:a #Duck Newton #Taz Duck #Taz Beacon #comic #fan art #fan comic #MOTW #monster of the week #justin mcelroy #h2whoa #nebulaeyedart #Guess whos relistening to amnesty bois #its me im relistening to amnesty #its been what 6 years and i still love Duck Newton #and his terrible terrible sword

[umbraastaff]

47 years of this

#taz balance #the adventure zone #lup #taako #barry bluejeans #mine #balance #short comics #my art #barry #decay mention

[orykorioart]

Quick mood test for an upcoming Blups comic I have in mind.

#taz #the adventure zone #taz balance #tazb #lup taaco #barry bluejeans #blupjeans #illustration #This is part of the blups comic I mentioned wanting to do in the previous Lup post #Probably won’t work on it right away bc I have other things I want to do first #but I took a little break and limit myself to one hour to do a vibes piece

[allynabean]

Comic adaptation of a scene from Episode 3 of The Adventure Zone: Amnesty!! Re-listened to Amnesty while drawing these pages and I forgot how much I love this campaignnn

Script taken near-directly from the podcast, all credit goes to the McElroys! <3 @mcelroyfamilystaff

#allydraws #art #taz amnesty #the adventure zone #the zone cast #duck newton #aubrey little #ned chicane #barclay taz #mama taz #comic #comic art #this was so fun to drawwww im so proud of these pages ngl