With humor, fantastic artwork, and the occasional parody gold for those lucky enough to notice them (discovering them is part of the experience so I am not going to point any out besides the obvious Conan/He-man vibe of our hero) our adventure starts from a little boy whose village was destroyed by one of the most terrifying things possible.*dramatic music* a gigantic baby seal! Being the last of his people this young man is captured and forced into hard labor for the fatman in the northlands and his elven hordes until such a time as when destiny has chosen for him to rise up and take a hold on the reigns of his fate.Īs told in the room of the mostly nude story teller to her two dog companions we see the last of the Kimmundian's meet his faithful Battlepug along with other allies who each have a their own part to play in the fate this lone warrior and his big but good boi must play to ruin the plans of those that world imbalance the world for their own greedy ambitions. Revenge, magic, mostly naked (but appropriately angled to avoid a higher age rating) seers, and a struggle to save the world. Too happy to go back to this vast universe Mike Norton has created.

It’s a book you read with a permanent smile on your face and I, for myself, preorder each issue of the new series. At long last, MIKE NORTONs award-winning fantasy/humor webcomic is collected in one volume Join the last Kinmundian and his faithful steed, The Battlepug. This parody of Conan-like fantasy is hilarious, and the adventures are engaging. He also meets a diverse cast of permanent and recurring compelling characters, some making a return in the new Image relaunch. On the way, he crosses path with a giant Pug he first mistakes for a monster, but who basically acts as a friendly pug (which seems himself to have a mysterious origin). Mostly on the sorcerer Catwulf, who has he power of invoking and controlling giant animals to reach his nefarious ends but also, for example, against Santa Claus who enslaved him (and hardened him in the warrior he became) when he was a kid. We follow the adventure of the last Kindmundian, whose tribe has been obliterated by a giant baby seal when he was a kid. Mike Norton’s webcomic epic compiled in one omnibus before the relaunch of the series at Image Comics.

Battlepug by Mike Norton