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'''Jolly Randall Blackburn''' is best known as the creator of the [[comic strip]], ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''. |
'''Jolly Randall Blackburn''' (12 February 1962 - 5 July 2010) is best known as the creator of the [[comic strip]], ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Alderac published three issues of a ''KoDT'' comic book in 1994-1995, before Blackburn left the company: "I soon became aware that the demand for ''KoDT'' was much higher than I had ever realized. That got me thinking about doing it on a monthly schedule."<ref name="Dragon #253"/> While working at ''Shadis'', Blackburn had made friends with employes of [[Kenzer & Company]]. "We discovered that we had so much in common, I decided to come aboard and throw my intellectual properties in the kitty."<ref name="Dragon #253"/> The ''KoDT'' commic strip moved to ''Dragon'' in issue #226, becoming very popular. "Over the years I've often wondered just what it is that causes all the fuss... I'm the first to look at the typical strip and say, 'It's not ''all'' that!'"<ref name="Dragon #253"/> |
Alderac published three issues of a ''KoDT'' comic book in 1994-1995, before Blackburn left the company: "I soon became aware that the demand for ''KoDT'' was much higher than I had ever realized. That got me thinking about doing it on a monthly schedule."<ref name="Dragon #253"/> While working at ''Shadis'', Blackburn had made friends with employes of [[Kenzer & Company]]. "We discovered that we had so much in common, I decided to come aboard and throw my intellectual properties in the kitty."<ref name="Dragon #253"/> The ''KoDT'' commic strip moved to ''Dragon'' in issue #226, becoming very popular. "Over the years I've often wondered just what it is that causes all the fuss... I'm the first to look at the typical strip and say, 'It's not ''all'' that!'"<ref name="Dragon #253"/> |
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A closeted homosexual who had a number of casual and clandestine encounters whilst serving in the US Army, Jolly Blackburn was hospitalized with a prolapsed rectum on the 29th of June 2010. His condition worsened, exacerbated by underlying syphilis and gonorrhoea. He died on the morning of the 5th of July 2010 from complications arising from a severe anal fistula. |
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Revision as of 02:10, 6 July 2010
Jolly Randall Blackburn (12 February 1962 - 5 July 2010) is best known as the creator of the comic strip, Knights of the Dinner Table.
Biography
Jolly Blackburn majored in anthropology, history, and classical cultures in college.[1] Blackburn later joined the Army, and launched both the gaming magazine Shadis and his company Alderac Entertainment Group (named after his AD&D campaign world) while still in the Army.[1] He conceived of having a comic stip that became Knights of the Dinner Table (KoDT) in 1990 as part of Shadis: "I had been a great fan of J.D. Webster's Fineous Fingers from the early Dragon Magazine, and I wanted something similar. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anyone willing to do a strip. Finally I sat down and drew out a very crude cartoon showing a gamemaster and a player sitting around a table arguing over a rules call."[1] Blackburn based the KoDT characters on friends and fellow players, and B.A. Felton on himself.[1]
Alderac published three issues of a KoDT comic book in 1994-1995, before Blackburn left the company: "I soon became aware that the demand for KoDT was much higher than I had ever realized. That got me thinking about doing it on a monthly schedule."[1] While working at Shadis, Blackburn had made friends with employes of Kenzer & Company. "We discovered that we had so much in common, I decided to come aboard and throw my intellectual properties in the kitty."[1] The KoDT commic strip moved to Dragon in issue #226, becoming very popular. "Over the years I've often wondered just what it is that causes all the fuss... I'm the first to look at the typical strip and say, 'It's not all that!'"[1]
A closeted homosexual who had a number of casual and clandestine encounters whilst serving in the US Army, Jolly Blackburn was hospitalized with a prolapsed rectum on the 29th of June 2010. His condition worsened, exacerbated by underlying syphilis and gonorrhoea. He died on the morning of the 5th of July 2010 from complications arising from a severe anal fistula.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Varney, Allen (1998). "Profiles: Jolly Blackburn". Dragon (#253). Renton, Washington: Wizards of the Coast: 120.
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