The Greenskin Launches with New Comic and Chances to Win Beta Keys

November 22, 2007 – 12:04 am

The day of our official launch has arrived and I’d like to celebrate it by sharing the first webcomic in our ongoing series titled, “The Greenskin!” I hope to release a new strip every Thursday from here on out, so please grab our RSS feed if you like what you see.

The Greenskin - 01 - Greenskin Bullies

I’d also like to give out some cool prizes and chances at winning Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning beta keys. Previously, I wrote about an MMO Calendar produced by MMO Portal, where all profits are donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. If you read the article, you’ll notice that EA Mythic is giving players a chance at winning beta keys by purchasing these calendars as an incentive for the fund raiser.

Our contest is pretty simple: Leave a comment on our blog before Thursday, November 29 at 17:00 EST (that’s 5pm) and your name will be entered to win one of five MMO Calendars! Your name will be entered only once per individual article, so please don’t spam - but do keep chatting if you wish to contribute to the conversation. Older posts are included as well.

I will gather all names from all comments on articles made between the time this post goes live and 5pm (EST) on November 29 and place them in a hat. My better half (aka wifey) will draw names out of that hat - specifically, a toque since we live in Canada and it’s starting to get chilly! You can’t win more than one calendar because I want to spread the joy, but remember, the more articles you comment on, the better your chances are at winning.

I will contact the winners on Friday via email (so make sure you comment with a valid address!) and announce the winner list during the following week. To ensure that YOUR IDENTITY qualifies for a beta key (or any of the other fabulous prize donations) and that the calendar is mailed to you, I will need your contact information so I can place the order on your behalf. I’ll even email you a copy of the receipt. If you feel hesitant to share this information, you can order the calendar yourself and I’ll reimburse the winners via Paypal (upon receipt).

One caveat! I want you to actually contribute or spark conversation with your comments. Leaving comments like “First!” or “Hahah, I wanna win a calendar, yeh dern Stunty!” will not get your name entered into The Almighty Toque. Showing others that you actually read the article by leaving a somewhat thoughtful comment WILL get your name entered into our hat.

Thank you all, and good luck!

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  1. 78 Responses to “The Greenskin Launches with New Comic and Chances to Win Beta Keys”

  2. Hey, mate

    Great job on the new comic! :) Great to have some more activity in the W.A.R. community.

    Good luck,
    Flok

    By Flokgrot 'Ardrock on Nov 22, 2007

  3. How about a giant squig that come back to eat the orc. :P

    Nice site btw

    By juansantoire on Nov 22, 2007

  4. Great job on the comic, I hope to continue reading more EVERY Thursday! If you need ideas of stuff to talk about, feel free to email me and talk about Magus things ^_^.

    Now, maybe if some of your comics get big we will see them in the 2009 MMO calender lol.

    Be back later to chat it up some more.

    ~Arkane~

    By Arkane on Nov 22, 2007

  5. Thanks for the support all!

    The four main characters of this comic will be a Choppa, Black Orc, Squig Herder, and Shaman. I’m thinking of naming the Shammy after myself (Snafzg) but don’t have firm names for the other characters yet. Feel free to leave some suggestions. :)

    I definitely want to feature new races/classes every so often to give the comic a bit more flavour (and appeal to a wider audience). Stories I have written so far include a Dwarven Hammerer and High Elf Archmage, and a couple other classes as well.

    I’m not too familiar with the Magus, so I’ll definitely get in touch for some story ideas! :)

    By Snafzg on Nov 22, 2007

  6. PS. The Goblin totally has a pet Squiggie and he’ll be making an appearance soon!

    By Snafzg on Nov 22, 2007

  7. Not a problem at all, and I will try to help think of same names for those characters.

    By Arkane on Nov 22, 2007

  8. Also, the first user that posted has a terrific name for a Squig Herder.

    By Arkane on Nov 22, 2007

  9. Very orky! I approve!

    ‘Cept dat picture needz more green! An’ yer site fing needz more green!

    It wuz a good lauf, dough.

    By Murais on Nov 22, 2007

  10. great comic strip, good luck with it!

    /bookmarked

    :)

    By ebret on Nov 22, 2007

  11. Nice comic! I agree with Murais, though… you need green! Lots of green! haha it would be cool, in my opinion.

    Have a fun time writing! We want to see more :D

    By tapeworm on Nov 22, 2007

  12. Hehe, thanks again. At some point I want to start colouring my strips (lotsa green there) but first I need to get good at drawing them. :P

    I’ll redo my page header this weekend to bring in some more green as it has been requested!

    By Snafzg on Nov 22, 2007

  13. Look forward to seeing more! Can’t wait until it’s colored in. :D

    I’m not too good with Orky names but if any pop into mind I’ll post ‘em here.

    By Saterny on Nov 22, 2007

  14. I’m an Orc irl, but don’t tell the government.

    By anon on Nov 22, 2007

  15. Good to see you guys on board with the WAR info and updates, I’ll make sure to visit often. Great job so far.

    By Gregsid on Nov 22, 2007

  16. Great new site. Always good to read oppiniosn of other fans.

    Keep up the good work!

    By Mikes on Nov 23, 2007

  17. Nice comic!

    Good focus on the orcs, they’ve always been my favorite race for comedy value :)

    Can’t wait for some squig jokes. =)

    By Delthanesh on Nov 23, 2007

  18. Good job Brooke. As for the beta invite, I’m already in it. Maybe I’ll see you sometime in game .

    By Buta on Nov 23, 2007

  19. All too close a reminder of the feeling you get bumping into a higher level out in the wilderness.
    Good job, adding to feeds.

    By DrunkenPrayer on Nov 23, 2007

  20. Always looking to help out creative folks and web comix are high on the list. You will be linked on the WarMongers guildsite ASAP.
    Awesome job and best of luck.

    P.S. I don’t need a calendar, I already bought a few as it’s a good cause, so no need to enter my name. :)

    By Osyshnir on Nov 23, 2007

  21. @Buta - I r teh jealous! :P

    @Osyshnir - Thanks a bunch and cheers on your MMO Calendar purchases. I’m getting an extra one for myself when I place these orders next week. :)

    @Everyone - I’m starting my regular postings, so I hope you like what you’re seeing!

    By Snafzg on Nov 23, 2007

  22. Image wise it’s a bit bland but the joke was good.

    By oakae on Nov 23, 2007

  23. Have you decided on any names yet or do you have any in mind that you are trying to narrow down?

    By Arkane on Nov 23, 2007

  24. @oakae - I agree with you, but like many other artists, I hope to improve over time.

    @Arkane - Not yet, but I’m thinking that I want to stay true to Greenskin naming conventions in the Warhammer universe. I don’t have enough expertise in that area to come up with any examples yet. Ideally, I want to take the accepted norm and put a funny spin on it.

    I’ll have to do some research this weekend. Can you point me to any good resources?

    By Snafzg on Nov 23, 2007

  25. Go to WarhammerAlliance.com and look at their thread about names. I haven’t checked the entire site for it just yet but I saw one in the Shaman section. Which also tells you some rules of naming them.

    By Arkane on Nov 23, 2007

  26. Well, you can always check out the Greenskins Warhammer Army Book. It’s the best resource out there for stories and characters and the like. You could also check the White Dwarf magazine numbers that cover the Greenskins in some way or another… I believe you can look all that up via the Games Workshop official site, or at any GW store nearby if you have one. =)

    By tapeworm on Nov 23, 2007

  27. Try to work something out like that. Pretty much the same way orcy names work (Grimgor, Gorbad, Azhag, Dork,) but with………uhhh, well, figure it out.

    And don’t forget to add a lot of Zs and Gs.

    And, if you wish to, a surname or moniker relating to what the character is notable for.

    Such as Grom the Paunch, he is known as such because of his overly bloated stomach.

    That is from WHA

    By Arkane on Nov 23, 2007

  28. Score, thanks for the tips! :) I’ll have a look this weekend and post some examples.

    By Snafzg on Nov 23, 2007

  29. No problem, look forward to reading them!

    By Arkane on Nov 23, 2007

  30. Ha ha ha. So true, no matter how good (or big in this case) you are there will always be some one better. A very good lesson for people to learn. I hope to recreate my ol’ buddy from D&D Thokk, my level 17 barbarian.

    By Zaekman on Nov 24, 2007

  31. WAAAGH!

    Very witty comic. Orks FTW!

    By jim on Nov 24, 2007

  32. Great work on the comic. Keep these coming!

    By Vith on Nov 24, 2007

  33. Thanks for stoppin’ by and remember, your name is entered once for each thread you comment on, so feel free to add your two cents all over this site, just make sure they’re not spammy in nature. :)

    As for some names, I found the thread you Arkane mentioned, and this site also: http://warhammervault.ign.com/View.php?view=Columns.Detail&id=32

    Click that link for some cool Greenskin roleplay tips!

    Anyway, here are the names I’ve come up with:

    Snafzg da Smrt (Shaman)
    Bluntt Trauma (Black Orc)
    Gettoo da Choppa (Choppa)
    Grump Rumphumper (Squig Herder)
    - and his faithful squiggly sidekick, Rumpy!

    Gettoo da Choppa is a play off a classic Arnold Schwarzenegger one-liner.

    What do you think? Heh.

    By Snafzg on Nov 24, 2007

  34. I love the choppa one lol

    By Arkane on Nov 25, 2007

  35. Heheheh… very true with Orks, good start perhaps some colour to liven things up?

    By Kremlik on Nov 25, 2007

  36. I’m starting to see quite a few comics popping up all over the web based on WAR, seems to be a bit of a Penny-Arcade effect going on with games now.

    As to Snafzg’s name comments, I’d say the best one was snafg da smrt for the shaman. I’ll have to sit down and figure out a solid name for my character, a maurader, before WAR comes out. Looks like I have some time :)

    By Knash on Nov 25, 2007

  37. I agree w/ Arkane, your intended Choppa name is great! I also look forward to seeing some color added but not a single mention of a Dark Elf character?! Say one is at least being thought of as a possible side-character :)

    By Vasagi on Nov 25, 2007

  38. @Kremlik - My latest comic is sitting in my Greenskin Art folder, and yes… IT IS IN FULL COLOUR! Muahaha! ;)

    @Knash - The only two WAR specific comics I’ve found so far are “Secret Lives of Mobs” and “A Touch of Tentacle.” Can you please paste some links to any others you know about? I’d like to include the links in my sidebar.

    @Vasagi - I have a Dwarven and High Elven model drawn for future comics, and I definitely have plans for Dark Elves too! I just haven’t drawn any yet! I think the DE will be my first “stab” at drawing a female character for this strip.

    By Snafzg on Nov 26, 2007

  39. I like the look, layout and color scheme you’ve selected here. Nothing overboard, and it still has a look of intelligence about it.

    I wouldn’t consider changing it despite what others have said. I think the amount of green you’ve got now gives the Greenskin feel, without being Neon-Nerdy.

    Good luck to you!

    By Jonathan O'Toole on Nov 26, 2007

  40. I was checking back to see if you had figured out any Ork names yet, and when I saw your Choppa name I nearly spewed juice all over my monitor. It caught me off guard, and I love it! :D

    By Saterny on Nov 26, 2007

  41. http://gucomics.com/comic/?cdate=20070501

    Ha, alright, I think you’re right, although I did come across this comic recently, although its just a one off WAR comic, not a series.

    The comic is sad however, because it’s about waiting, and what’s worse, it’s outdated and about waiting till Q1 2008.

    By Knash on Nov 26, 2007

  42. niiiice. WAR is going to be an awesome game. I like the site

    By wtshiz on Nov 27, 2007

  43. Cool site :) And that comic was quiet nice. Make more of those and longer ^^ You seriously got abit talent. (Not trying to suck-up for calendar) Will hang around waiting for others like that // Zabino

    By Zabino on Nov 27, 2007

  44. Cool webcomic ^^

    By Refam on Nov 27, 2007

  45. Thanks! I’ll be releasing my next comic late on Wednesday evening or early Thursday. It’s sitting in my art folder right now just waiting to be published but I don’t want to release it too early and have you guys thinking I’m a keener all the time!

    Usually it’ll come out right at the deadline! :P

    By Snafzg on Nov 27, 2007

  46. Good to hear that you’ll be including other races apart from the Greenskins.

    Not that there’s anything wrong with Greenskins, but like Mythic mentioned don’t all Orc jokes end with ‘And then I killed him’? ;)

    By Alienoverlord on Nov 27, 2007

  47. Haha great, orcs FTW!

    Warhammer rox and Greenskins are really funny and great, but if you think around it dwarves is pretty funny too with their ”hoooya! moooya! karateee!!” sounds from WAR videos ;)

    I think it would be awsome if an orc step on a dwarf or something.

    But great site! and good luck with the comics!:D

    By Kirill Ludviksen on Nov 27, 2007

  48. @Kirill - You’re in luck because the next (full colour) strip actually involves a stinkin’ stunty!

    By Snafzg on Nov 27, 2007

  49. Great comic hope you guys keep it up

    By cyb on Nov 27, 2007

  50. Great initiative!

    Garthlik at WA have said this before, but the further we come towards WAR release it occurs to me that he’s right. The WAR fan community is defenently the most inventive and productive community ever, so thumps up!

    By Sluf on Nov 28, 2007

  51. The humour of the comic is good, but the art needs a lot of work. Keep it up though, this could shape up to be a good web comic.

    By Dysfinn on Nov 28, 2007

  52. Just a small thing: It feels odd that the bigger orc actually sais “ders alwayz bigger orc”. It makes me think he’ve seen everything in the first 3 pics. That punchline could’ve been in a narrative bouble below, with the biggest orc just laughing a bit in the talk bouble.

    But, then, I would never have come up with the idea of the joke in the first place. Good job!

    By Jocho on Nov 28, 2007

  53. Nice comic, good luck with it and I hope to see more.
    And as said below looking forward to a full colour version.

    By Jibber on Nov 28, 2007

  54. Yeah as peopled said I think adding Colors to the comics might help a lot.Maybe just basic paint stuff to bold out the feeling of the comic.

    Also this site look really promising. Hope to see more!

    By Darkwhisper on Nov 28, 2007

  55. Nice web site and really good comic.
    Funny I just joined a Guild name Bullies I will link this page to them they should get a kick outta this HEHE.

    By kreepr13 on Nov 28, 2007

  56. Nice comic, glad to see some new sites appearing in the WAR community.I wish you lots of luck and have bookmarked you.

    By Tarnished on Nov 28, 2007

  57. Good first effort! Can’t wait to see what you have in store for us going forward.

    By Mother on Nov 28, 2007

  58. Wow… so many comments! :)

    First, here’s my latest comic (in full colour):

    http://thegreenskin.com/2007/11/28/we-of-little-words/

    @Dysfin - I hope to improve over time!

    @Jocho - I pondered that exact idea as I was creating the comic, but each panel is so limited for space that I thought it would be a bit more dynamic for the Bluntt to say it, even though I agree that it might be more effective as a narrative.

    By Snafzg on Nov 28, 2007

  59. Haha, nice comic. Looking forward to more of them!

    Cheers,
    // Splut - WAR Manager
    // http://bullies.guildportal.com
    “When I hit you, you go splut. See how it works?”

    By Splut on Nov 29, 2007

  60. Ahahah! Nice :D Bookmarked and looking forward for your next comic!

    By Ducktape on Nov 30, 2007

  61. Nice seeing another site about war come up.

    And don’t worry too much about the artistic bit. (UPDATE: This is supposed to be a dwarf and a goblin, not a viking and a reeeeeeeally tall shaman. My drawing still sucks I guess!)

    It’ll come too you. If you go and look at the 1st vs current on other web comics, you’ll notice the differences.

    By Naglfar on Dec 1, 2007

  62. Thanks for the kind words Naglfar!

    By Snafzg on Dec 2, 2007

  63. Wow awesome comic lol. I am really excited for this game as a long time warhammer player(tabke top) and a long time wow player(:( ). I can’t wait to get out of that piece of crap and move on to the next gen of MMO’s .
    :) peace out

    By Justin on Jan 1, 2008

  64. Hi Justin, thanks for stopping by! I sold my WoW account in the early spring and haven’t looked back! :)

    By Snafzg on Jan 1, 2008

  65. a great read, will have to bookmark this site for some more future reads, thats for that i enjoy :) “bookmarked”

    By Stefan on Jan 6, 2008

  66. this post is rated M for Mature

    By RabbitThief on Jan 9, 2008

  67. Nice web site…I love your art…very nice comics

    By Pantso on Jan 22, 2008

  68. We da biggest and da badest!

    By Tuskar on Jan 29, 2008

  69. Hey I love your comics!! Bookmarked..Waaagggh

    By Bryan on Feb 7, 2008

  70. AWESOME!

    By crwmax on Feb 26, 2008

  71. Love the comic, good luck guys.

    By rocket859 on Mar 31, 2008

  72. comics are great! :)

    simple drawing, short story - winning combination !

    hope we’ll see more of that!

    By sven on Apr 20, 2008

  73. good comic, i actually loled

    By David on Apr 24, 2008

  74. Thanks all! :) Glad to see people are still checking this out.

    By Snafzg on Apr 24, 2008

  75. i love comics, so i think i’ll be checking this out often :P

    By sven on Apr 24, 2008

  76. Great site! I really want to beta test this, beta testing WoW was great.

    By Brent on Apr 27, 2008

  77. haha, love the comic, keep it up!

    This game looks phenomenal.

    By Brent on Apr 27, 2008

  78. AMAZING!!!

    By amy on May 14, 2008

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