Order of Tales (comic)
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Order of Tales is a comic by Evan Dahm that ran online for two years, from July 2008[1] to July 2010[2][3]. Order of Tales spans sixteen chapters (split into three books), in 744 pages. It is Dahm's second long-form webcomic set in the world of Overside, after Rice Boy.
The story follows Koark, the last Teller of the Order of Tales, as he becomes entangled in an ancient, mysterious plot involving the Bottle Woman. The first chapter is set in Red 219, and the subsequent chapters are set fifteen years later, in Red 234,[4] which is roughly 600 years before the events of Rice Boy.
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Published Editions
Order of Tales will be published in three print volumes, although only Books I and II are currently available. The print editions include information not revealed in the online version, such as the names for each chapter. Each book also contains an Appendix, ostensibly composed by the historian Kerküsk, which includes written historical entries for each chapter. At first, Dahm had thought he would publish each chapter separately with its own Appendix and concept art, but in the end only Chapter 1 received a separate printing, in October 2008.[5]
Book I: The City of Shells
Book I was published in print in April 2009[6]. It contains:
- Chapter 1: "The Teller's Castle"
- Chapter 2: "The Tree Town"
- Chapter 3: "The City of Shells"
- Chapter 4: "The Bottle Woman"
- Chapter 5: "The Fallen Hornèd"
The Appendix has four entries: "The Order of Tales", "The Castle at Skystem", "Dorl", and "Tenshells".
Book II: The Hand of Stone
Book II became available for preorder in November 2009,[7] and after a formatting issue[8] was published at the end of December 2009.[9] It consists of:
- Chapter 6: "The Hand of Stone"
- Chapter 7: "The Fortress in the Trees"
- Chapter 8: "The Shadow"
- Chapter 9: "The Immortals' Plan"
- Chapter 10: "The Machines"
Its Appendix includes "Stonepalm", "The Colonization of Hornspine", and "The Black Teeth".
Book III: The Tower of Smoke
Book III of Order of Tales will likely be released in late July or early August 2010. It will contain six chapters (11-16) instead of the normal five.
Single-Volume Edition
Evan Dahm has indicated that Order of Tales will, in the future, be available in a version that combines Books I-III. However, this will likely not be available until Spring 2011 at the earliest.[10]
Translations
Unlike Rice Boy, there have been no major translation projects for Order of Tales. However, the first fifteen pages were translated into Arabic as a "learning exercise" by a member of the Koala Wallop forums.[11]
Reviews
- Storming the Tower: The Two Sides of Overside's Trippy Coin
- The Webcomic Overlook: Order of Tales
- Luprand's Webcomic Musings: Review: Order of Tales
- Digital Strips: Review - The Order of Tales (podcast)
- io9: An epic of mechanical men and a weaponized woman
Links
References
- ↑ http://riceboyart.livejournal.com/25789.html
- ↑ http://www.rice-boy.com/site/diskootend1.png
- ↑ http://twitter.com/evndahm/status/17679863466
- ↑ http://forums.koalawallop.com/viewtopic.php?p=173610#p173610
- ↑ http://riceboyart.livejournal.com/28914.html
- ↑ http://riceboyart.livejournal.com/36323.html
- ↑ http://riceboyart.livejournal.com/50686.html
- ↑ http://riceboyart.livejournal.com/52145.html
- ↑ http://riceboyart.livejournal.com/53619.html
- ↑ http://forums.koalawallop.com/viewtopic.php?p=190313#p190313
- ↑ http://forums.koalawallop.com/viewtopic.php?p=135387#p135387
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