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Erfworld
''Erfworld'' is a story-driven fantasy/comedy webcomic and independently published graphic novel. The series follows Parson, a master strategy gamer summoned into a wargame by a desperate faction desiring a warlord- leaving him trapped in the game. It was written by Rob Balder, who worked with many illustrators over its run. ''Erfworld'' began publication in December 2006 on the website Giant in the Playground, better known for hosting ''The Order of the Stick''. It moved to its own website with the completion of Book 1, as had originally been intended, and was highly popular in the early 2010s. It continued until its abrupt cancellation part way through Book 5 in October 2019. The comic heavily features contemporary memes, pop culture references, and mechanical references to war games. In juxtaposition to its warlike themes, the visual style is deliberately "cute". The characters resemble dolls or toys and are unable to use profanity. The plot, setting, and characters were rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Balder
Robert T. Balder is a professional cartoonist and singer-songwriter. He graduated from Roanoke College with a major in English in 1993 and, after a variety of jobs, entered a seven-year career in IT, starting as a manager of database development, which he left for his current career. Comics As a comic author, he was first published in ''Scene'' magazine in 1998. Page 93 and on. In 2001, he started ''PartiallyClips'', a social commentary clip art webcomic also featured in the '' Anchorage Press'', '' Cleveland Free Times'', ''Concord Mirror'', ''East Bay Express'', ''Houston Press'', ''Manchester Mirror'', '' Metroland'', ''Nth Degree'', '' Salem Observer'' and the '' Other Paper''. He is also the writer for the '' Erfworld'' webcomic, which was listed as one of ''Time'' magazine's "Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2007". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hahn (cartoonist)
David Hahn is a western Montana-based comic book artist born in 1967. He is best known for his work illustrating the comic book mini-series ''Bite Club (comics), Bite Club'' and its sequel ''Bite Club: Vampire Crime Unit'' for DC Comics, where he also illustrated stories for ''Robin (comics), Robin'', ''Fables (comic), Fables'', ''Batman: The Ultimate Training Guide'', and ''Lucifer (DC Comics), Lucifer''. Career Much of his early work was published by Antarctic Press in ''Fun and Perils in the Trudyverse''. Hahn later moved his work to Slave Labor Graphics and restarted the series under the name ''Private Beach'', which garnered him an Eisner Award nomination. He has also written an X-Men story for ''Ultimate X-Men'' #11 for Marvel Comics and drawn a story for Michael Chabon's ''The Escapist (character), The Escapist'' #5, written by Howard Chaykin, drawn several issues of Marvel Adventures:The Fantastic Four, as well five issues of ''Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane''. In 2011, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Chu
Arthur Chu (born January 30, 1984) is an American columnist and former contestant on ''Jeopardy!'', a syndicated U.S. game show. Chu first became known for the unusual style of play he adopted during his eleven-game winning streak on ''Jeopardy!''. When the shows aired, Chu attracted criticism from many for jumping from category to category rather than selecting clues in sequential order, a strategy known as the "Forrest Bounce", named for former champion Chuck Forrest. Chu prepared extensively before his ''Jeopardy!'' appearance by reviewing tapes, study guides, game theory and ''Jeopardy!'' strategy. He made his debut on January 28, 2014, winning $37,000 in his first game. After winning 11 games, he lost his 12th game (which aired on March 12, 2014) to Diana Peloquin. Chu is the tenth highest-earning ''Jeopardy!'' champion in non-tournament gameplay, with a grand total of $298,200. Chu also won an additional $100,000 for taking second place in the 2014 Tournament of Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Noguchi
Jamie Noguchi is a Japanese/Chinese-American artist and webcomic author who currently publishes ''Yellow Peril'', an Asian-American office romance comedy webcomic,Brigid Alverson"The Kickstand: Celebrating Office Romance" ''Comic Book Resources'', 13 May 2013 and ''Sherlock Holmes' Seriously Short Mini Mysteries'', with Steve Napierski. The first ''Yellow Peril'' compilation, ''Back to the Grind: A Yellow Peril Collection'', was published in 2011 and the second, ''The Client is Always: A Yellow Peril Collection'', was published in 2013."Yellow Peril Book Kicker!" ''KickStarter'', 5 June 2013 Noguchi was also the first in the series of illustrators for the '''' webcomic. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptomining
A cryptocurrency (colloquially crypto) is a digital currency designed to work through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it. Individual coin ownership records are stored in a digital ledger or blockchain, which is a computerized database that uses a consensus mechanism to secure E-commerce, transaction records, control the creation of additional coins, and verify the transfer of coin ownership. The two most common consensus mechanisms are proof of work and proof of stake. Despite the name, which has come to describe many of the fungibility, fungible blockchain tokens that have been created, cryptocurrencies are not considered to be Currency, currencies in the traditional sense, and varying legal treatments have been applied to them in various jurisdictions, including classification as Commodity, commodities, Security (finance), securities, and currencies. Cryptocurrencies are generally viewed as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
