įollowing on the success of the Order of the Stick Kickstarter project, in February 2012, author Rob Balder launched the Erfworld "Year of the Dwagon" Kickstarter, seeking funding for a motion comic project. Additionally, Erfworld was reviewed by Webcomic Overlook, receiving four stars out of five, and was profiled by NPR. Reception Įrfworld was recognized as one of the top 10 graphic novels of 2007 by Time magazine and received positive reviews and promotion from webcomics authors, and Time author/journalist Lev Grossman in his articles "Webcomics are the New Blogs" and "Erfworld: It's a Boopin' Good Webcomic!" The addition of Erfworld to GiantITP was noted in "First Watch", Dragon magazine's monthly section on new developments in gaming and entertainment. Selections from the end of book 2 were animated, Ken-Burns-style, with voice-over work by Arthur Chu.
Book 5, Temple Tantrum was written by Rob Balder and illustrated by Xin Ye, Lillian Chen, Connor Cercone, and Rob Balder. Book 4, Lies and Dolls was written by Rob Balder and illustrated by Xin Ye. Book 3, Hamsterdance versus the Charlie Foxtrot was written by Rob Balder and was illustrated by David Hahn and Xin Ye, with colors and inks by Lauri Ahonen and Lillian Chen. Book 2, Love is a Battlefield was written by Rob Balder and illustrated by Xin Ye. Book 1, The Battle for Gobwin Knob was written by Rob Balder and illustrated by Jamie Noguchi. Also, characters are unable to use profanity, and feel pain when hearing the word "die".Įrfworld's plot, setting, and characters were released under a Creative Commons Attribution, Noncommercial, ShareAlike license. Injuries draw no blood in Erfworld, and damage is cured overnight. The webcomic's distinctive visual style countered the theme of unending violence with an artistic sensibility (described by the creators as "cute" ) in which characters are drawn to look like dolls, or anime characters, or toys. Įrfworld followed a graphic novel format, with a new page added with each update. It featured contemporary memes and pop culture references. Erfworld was a story-driven fantasy/comedy webcomic and independently published graphic novel about a master strategy gamer summoned into and stuck inside a wargame running from December 2006 to its abrupt cancellation in October 2019.
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