#the suffering game

[terezis]

THEY'RE GONNA KILL AMERICA'S FAVORITE WIZARD

#the cover has been uploaded to macmillan's website and sites like barnes and noble etc so i feel cool posting this LOL #taz #taz balance #taz graphic novel #the adventure zone #the suffering game #taz spoilers #taz gn spoilers #HELP IT'S SO GOOD #1k #5k

[careydraws]

I wanted to post this upset-cat elf as a mood and then realized every other part of the panel was a (goofy) spoiler so I tried mosaic-filtering it out but NOW IT SEEMS MUCH MORE GRIM LMAO.

anyway please look forward to TAZGN6, which is somehow out in less than 6 months. Happy suffering game summer?

#tazgn #tazgn6 #the suffering game #taz balance

[lithiumseven]

#taz #the adventure zone #the suffering game #taz gn #taz graphic novel #taz balance #tis i #griffin mcelroy #the adventure zone balance

[therealslimshady]

LUCRETIA WEARING RED AURGHHHHHHH

#LOOK AT HER AHHHHH #AHHHHHHHH #taz #Taz Balance #the suffering game #taz balance graphic novel spoilers #Taz balance spoilers #taz graphic novel #Taz graphic novel spoilers #taz lucretia #id in alt text

[into-the-clintoris]

Things that will be occupying my brain nonstop until the moment The Suffering Game releases

Lydia and Edward character design

Taakos face when he forsakes Rowan

Magnus giving up his memories of Governor Calen

Merle staunchly refusing to give up his memories of the birth of his children

Taako giving up his beauty

ARMS OUTSTRETCHED CAREY I JUST KNOW THOSE PAGES WILL BE FIREEEEEE

I just. I want to see Taako and Merles faces. I want to see their faces the moment Magnuss body is destroyed. When they see him in his mannequin form and there's nothing they can do. I wanna see their faces. (And Carey's face when she hears about Magnus dying)

DUPREEEEEEE

The magnet bomb

Lydia's face. When Edward dies.

IS IT?? IS IT REAL LOW?? IS IT ALMOST LIKE SOME LICHES OF YOUR IMAGINATION HAVE SUCKED MY HIT POINTS AWAY FROM ME, A WIZARD????

Cam. All of it.

THE PRINGLES HEIST???

Merle losing contact with Pan. So.

TAAKITZ DATE???? PRETTY PLEASE???

#taz #toby talks #the adventure zone #the suffering game #taz balance

[felicitywilds]

magnus and merle smiling and returning the sentiment while taako looks surprised and mildly uncomfortable..... resorting to his usual peacocking “yeah well we’re US” in the very next panel

#taz #taz gn #taz gn spoilers #taz balance #the adventure zone #the suffering game #suffering game gn #by me #i cant fucking WAIT #also like who wants to bet her 'scout' is lup??????????? eyes emoji #taako my beloved

[yardsards]

everyone excited to see taako get absolutely wrecked in the suffering game graphic novel:

#eliot posts #taz #the adventure zone #taz balance #taz graphic novel #taako taaco #the suffering game

[sealab2021]

the historical accuracy is sending me

it was 2016 you think america’s favourite wizard WASN’T wearing thigh-highs into battle like ???? open your eyes

#the adventure zone #taz #the adventure zone balance #taz balance #taako #the suffering game

[icarussrancidart]

BIG fan of taako's cunty little boots on the new cover

#edit hi there op here this is NOT a ship post do NOT comment ship related things please and thanks #taako #taz balance #taz #the adventure zone #taz gn #the suffering game #taz gn spoilers #kinda #digital art #favorites

[javasquats]

I can’t wait to see arms outstretched as a two page spread

#taz #taz gn #the adventure zone #taz balance #taz graphic novel #the suffering game #taako #magnus burnsides #merle highchurch

[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

[terezis]

ok here's the hot goss from the nycc taz gn panel

i don't actually know whether or not it was recorded/ if they're going to put it online so here is my summary. also if i miss anything and u were there pls feel free to chime in. spoilers obviously!!!

got eight new preview pages (four two-page spreads), not the pages on the macmillan website!!!

ok i will tell u about those pages but the main thing discussed at the panel was how they went about adapting this arc into gn form. the actual time spent in wonderland has been trimmed a lot bc they had to think about what was actually important to the narrative as they are building to story and song.

basically in planning out the suffering game they also really had to decide what the rest of the series would look like, bc whatever they include now is seeding the stuff that's going to happen later.

cam is not in this book. it was implied there's less wheel spins. rowan/ash/sterling get much less screen time

almost half of this book is lunar interlude stuff (pre and post suffering game, INCLUDING REUNION TOUR!!! no word on where it ends but they made it clear that a LOT of thought went into what to include and where to end it, and what that would mean for the next book)

ok so about those preview pages

first one was post-taakitz date with kravitz sensing a lich and the umbra staff shooting at him <3 <3 <3

i thought they were going to show us the preview pages that were on macmillan so when i saw kravitz i was so shook

second spread was magnus visiting the voidfish, which now happens right before they leave for wonderland; the whole beginning of tsg from magnus trying to talk to pringles to him kidnapping those guards to the chimera fight was cut LOL bc it never really got… addressed again in the podcast

angus comes to get him for the mission but magnus has been going Through It (outright stated, they were like. he found out he's a red robe. he would probably not be handling it well. he has eyebags now. LOL) and snaps at angus when angus presses him on what's wrong.

more angus content, he will be investigating what's going on at the bureau more (his scene w magnus ties into this)

same for lucretia! more content/ stuff for her to do

third spread was merle w his kids getting saved by the red robe, is at a carnival instead of a random street this time LOL

last one was the boys arriving just outside of wonderland

wonderland looks fuckign cool

what else… oh confirmed like eighty panels of bare ass naked magnus after he gets his body back. so i think we really are getting the full reunion tour this book???

ALSO NAKED BARRY COVERED IN SLIME. WHEN HE GETS OUT OF THE POD. CONFIRMED. CANON. LOL

omg ALSO!!! ben (editor) said he campaigned REALLY HARD to have the umbra staff break during the suffering game, freeing lup early, bc he really wanted more time with her, but griffin campaigned really hard NOT to do this, and in doing so his arguments solved a lot of other problems they had been having at the time LOL

travis is the fans' champion when the others get too edit-happy. he's the one who has a good idea of what moments are important to the readers so he's like hey… too far. don't cut that. and then they don't

justin leaves great notes and when they couldn't figure stuff out ben would often say "no it's fine justin will solve this." and he ALWAYS DID

this was news to justin

??? i think that's all the main points honestly i'm v picky about adaptations but overall i feel like these are good changes that make sense when translating the podcast to gn

that said i do hope taako still gets a washing machine dropped on him <3 do this for me carey <3

#taz #taz balance #taz gn #taz gn spoilers #the suffering game #sorry it's long it was just SO juicy #didn't even mention them talkign about all the like technical art stuff carey also talked about color/panel composition to convey #info and mood

[fuckin-georg]

I am nervous 🫡

#taz #the adventure zone #the adventure zone graphic novel #taz gn #taz eleventh hour #taz suffering game #the suffering game #the eleventh hour

[lithiumseven]

Taako during the Suffering Game

#they dropped a washing machine on Americas favorite wizard #taz #taz balance #the suffering game #the adventure zone #the adventure zone balance #tis i #taako #taako taaco #taz gn

[macaronimars]

i’m late to freaking out about suffering game graphic novel cover taako with everyone but,,, lord he is SO good. messed tf up ! angry ! bit feral ! but still absolutely serving !

#the adventure zone #taz balance #taako adventurezone #taako from tv #taako fanart #the suffering game #taz graphic novel #taz fanart #the adventure zone fanart #macaroni art

[into-the-clintoris]

LYDIA AND EDWARD REVEAL

#toby talks #taz #the adventure zone #taz balance #taz gn #taz Lydia #taz edward #the suffering game