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ORCS!: The Curse
After our heroes return from their travels and celebrate with a dance party, a prank gone wrong inadvertently unleashes something ancient and evil. Even worse, in a tower in the middle of a dark forest, the same necromancer that fought the legendary Drod One-Eye has sinister plans for the Orcish tribe.
Meanwhile, Pez finds an unexpected friend amongst the Elves, who have their own stories of a terrible presence long since slumbering. There’s trouble brewing in the wide Known World, and soon the Orcs might find that a necromancer is the least of their problems!
The fun and fantastical ORCS! series from creator Christine Larsen (Adventure Time) returns with a new installment featuring Bog, Pez, Zep, Utzu, and Gurh!
Collects ORCS! The Curse #1-4.
Meanwhile, Pez finds an unexpected friend amongst the Elves, who have their own stories of a terrible presence long since slumbering. There’s trouble brewing in the wide Known World, and soon the Orcs might find that a necromancer is the least of their problems!
The fun and fantastical ORCS! series from creator Christine Larsen (Adventure Time) returns with a new installment featuring Bog, Pez, Zep, Utzu, and Gurh!
Collects ORCS! The Curse #1-4.
222 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 30, 2023
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June 19, 2023
Orcs! is such a fun series. It is equal parts funny and touching, packed with big adventure and quiet moments. Fair warning, you’ll cry from both of these things. The artwork is colorful and fun and you can see the insane amount of work and effort she put into every single page and cover.
The second book picks up running from the first, turning up the ridiculousness of the first book to 11. The adventure is grand in this one, but down to earth. We meet new characters (the adorkable crows!), see others that were from the first book get more screen time (elves!), and watch the personality of the main Orcs! bloom and grow in interesting ways. Well, except Bog. He’s still a himbo.
The book is also delightfully queer and all kinds of accepting. Hell, Bernie Sanders would be happy with the Orcs’ work ethic! These folks know how to respect themselves and stand up for their rights.
I would’ve loved another issue in the story (the end seemed slightly rushed and a little anticlimactic), but with a third book coming out eventually it will absolutely be done right. I’m going to give it a second read after I let the story sink in… it’s not the end but a new beginning for this tribe of misfits!
The second book picks up running from the first, turning up the ridiculousness of the first book to 11. The adventure is grand in this one, but down to earth. We meet new characters (the adorkable crows!), see others that were from the first book get more screen time (elves!), and watch the personality of the main Orcs! bloom and grow in interesting ways. Well, except Bog. He’s still a himbo.
The book is also delightfully queer and all kinds of accepting. Hell, Bernie Sanders would be happy with the Orcs’ work ethic! These folks know how to respect themselves and stand up for their rights.
I would’ve loved another issue in the story (the end seemed slightly rushed and a little anticlimactic), but with a third book coming out eventually it will absolutely be done right. I’m going to give it a second read after I let the story sink in… it’s not the end but a new beginning for this tribe of misfits!
December 9, 2023
This had a much more serious tone with a few bits of comic relief, but it's very much a more straightforward adventurers fighting against a big bad. I wasn't as much a fan of this one mostly due to the more sombre plot and just not being as fun, but it did have some highlights. This volume also confirms some LGBT characters and has a male-female combo brave danger together all done without a bit of romance anywhere (exempting magic pheromone farts... yes, really... that I'd say were more intoxication rather than infatuation), which checks some rare-find unicorn boxes so I'll give it props for that.
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