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Dork Tower
Series · 8 books · 2000-2005

Books in series

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#1

Dork Covenant

2000

Release your inner nerd with Dork Covenant, the first collection of the critically acclaimed comic book by cartoonist John Kovalic. From dragon-filled dungeons to star treks, from comic book conventions to internet naughtiness, Dork Tower is the comic that put the "cult" back into sub-culture. Join Matt, Igor, Ken, Gilly the Perky Goth and Carson the Muskrat in their uproariously dorky adventures.
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#2

Dork Shadows

2003

Give In To The Dork Side! Lurking in the dork shadows, you'll find Matt, Igor, Ken, Gilly the Perky Goth and Carson the Muskrat. Whether you're a goth, a gamer, an SF fan, a comics fanboy, a computer wonk or a mundane, you'll recognize them all! Dork Tower is a worldwide hit amongst geeks and non-geeks alike! Make Dork Shadows the brightest spot in your comics collection! Meet the characters from John Kovalic's Dork Tower in their second sellout collection . . . and welcome to the world of Dorkness!
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#3

Heart of Dorkness

2002

Midnight in the Garden of Lawful Good and Chaotic Evil! Bask in glorious geekdom at a new low price, celebrating the 10th anniversary of Dork Tower! From goths, gamers, and Trekkers to Renaissance Fairies and mundanes, Dork Tower covers the world of Dorkness like nobody else! So have another heaping helping of geekdom that anybody can enjoy as the Dork Tower gang tries to discover the Heart of Dorkness!
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#4

Livin' La Vida Dorka

2003

Meet the Global Village Idiots From computer gaming and online flaming to dot-coms and dot-bombs, Livin' La Vida Dorka celebrates the techno-geek life and puts the "pulse" back into "obsessive compulsive." Join Matt, Igor, Ken, and Carson the muskrat in the comic strips collected in print for the first time! Straight from the pages of Interactive Week, Gamespy.com, Pyramid Online, and Scrye, they're all Livin' La Vida Dorka.
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#5

Understanding Gamers

2003

Expanded, and with new material, it's "Understanding Gamers" from Dork Tower #18, back as part of a full-sized trade paperback! One of the most hilarious comic books of the year just got bigger and better, with lots of NEW pages expanding "Understanding Gamers", as well as tons of never-before collected Dork Tower comic strips from dorktower.com, Dragon Magazine, Scrye magazine, and Games Magazine. Also includes "The Death of Gandalf Part III" (from the Dork Tower Lord of the Rings special), and the Unspeakable Oaf, from Dragon Magazine!
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#6

1d6 Degrees of Separation

2003

Huzzah! It's the first major collection of Dork Tower comic books in more than a year! Compiling Dork Tower issues 19-24, this is a perfect collection for newcomers to Dork Tower or its many die-hard fans alike! With Matt and Kayleigh split up, each issue focuses on a different Dork Tower character! Includes the infamous Igor Bar recipe, as well as the Gamer's Celebrity cookbook!
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#7

Dork Side of the Goon

2004

The seventh and largest hilarious collection of the multiple award-winning Dork Tower includes the 25th issue spectacular, as well as the continuing issues from the comic book series, a free Cheapass Game "Dork Wanderings" from James Ernest, and the Origins Award-nominated Dork Tower short story by New York Times bestselling author, Mike Stackpole! Oh, yeah...and much, much more! IT MUST BE MINE! Join the Dork Tower gang as they take to the streets of Mud Bay one more time, looking for love (and their purple shiny dice) in all the wrong places! Will Matt and Gilly find peace of mind, or even each other? Will Kayleigh find a way to make life even worse for them? Will Igor find a clue? Pick up John Kovalic's seventh Dork Tower collection, and find out for yourself!
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#8

Go Dork Go

2005

Huzzah! The newest Dork Tower collection is in! Collecting comic strips from the fan favorite website, as well as Dragon Magazine, Comic Buyer's Guide, and Scrye Magazine, it's a geeky googleplex of gigantic laughs! The Dork Tower gang take on everything from The Lord of the Rings to Star Wars Episode III to Alton Brown to the iPod and the internet, proving no dorky diversion is sacred!

Authors

John Kovalic
John Kovalic
Author · 11 books

John Kovalic’s cartoons have appeared everywhere from his hometown WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL (Madison, WI) to the NEW YORK TIMES and DRAGON MAGAZINE. His creations include the sell-out comic book sensation DORK TOWER and “DR. BLINK: SUPERHERO SHRINK,” as well as SNAPDRAGONS, NEWBIES, WILD LIFE, BEACHED, and panel cartoons including MURPHY’S RULES, THE UNSPEAKABLE OAF and others. A co-founder and co-owner of Out of the Box Games, and a cartoonist for Steve Jackson Games, John has illustrated over 100 games and game supplements, and is at least in part responsible for best-sellers like APPLES TO APPLES (A GAMES Magazine Hall of Fame inductee), MUNCHKIN, CHEZ GEEK and BLINK. He is closing in on 4,000 MUNCHKIN cards drawn, and boy, are his arms tired. He was the first cartoonist inducted into the Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) Hall of Fame. In his spare time, John searches for spare time. You can also read about how he got his wife into the National Enquirer. The lovely and talented JUDITH, BTW, is world-famous now that she works at Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know.

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