The Guild

Felicia Day is so hot right now. I stumbled upon The Guild web series only just recently, but all four seasons are delightful, particularly (or maybe exclusively) if you're a World of Warcraft gamer. This TPB collection of the 3-issue comic series from Dark Horse, written by Day with art from Jim Rugg, is a prequel to the show, so it totally stands on its own if you haven't seen the webisodes. But you should see the webisodes. And you should read the comic.

Day makes an easy transition from internet to comics. I mean, she wrote both, so I guess you'd expect that, but it's refreshing to see her bring the same narrative voice and characterization to another medium without any hiccups. I love Cyd's sassy repartee with her therapist, and the Knights of Good are, if anything, even more entertaining. Also we get pretty pictures of in-game questing, so there's that.

Rugg does a nice job on art - he switches between two different styles for real life and in-game scenes, and I especially like his line work on the real life stuff with Dan Jackson's coloring. The in-game art is an interesting combination of digital and sword & sorcery fantasy styling, which is totally fitting. I do like the interior illustrations by guest artists best, though. There are contributions from Cary Nord with Dave Stewart, Juan Ferreyra, Paul Lee, Jason Gonzalez, and Jon Adams. All righteous.

So yeah, time to quest.