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The webcomics community seems like a pretty cool bunch, specially when they all pitch in and help each other out. One of my favorite webcomics, PvP Online, often features guest artists to fill in for creator Scott Kurtz when he’s away at some convention or just down with some bad bug. Just recently, he coralled the immensely talented Ramón Pérez, the genius behind Kukuburi, to do a guest strip while he was down with the flu.

That’s nice, you say, but what’s this got to do with World of Warcraft? Well, see, Gabe from Penny Arcade (aka creator Mike Krahulik’s alter ego) apparently picked up some kind of bad bug during their PAX or Penny Arcade Expo, and some well-known comic folks such as Bill Amend and Kris Straub stepped in to help. The highlight is that World of Warcraft’s art director, Samwise Didier, the man largely responsible for the look and feel of many of Blizzard’s games also pitched in his contribution.

It has nothing to do with our favorite game, but it’s freaking Samwise doing a freaking Penny Arcade strip! I mean, I don’t really have to explain why I’m posting this, right? One of our favorite WoW icons doing a guest strip on one of our favorite webcomics (that occasionally tackles WoW) is so full of win it almost makes Saurfang cry. These sort of crossovers are so cool, you almost wish these webcomic creators would get sick more often. Ok, not really, but you know what I mean.

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When I’m not playing WoW, I’m usually found indulging in manga and have been devouring the Warcraft series ever since the Sunwell Trilogy came out. Of all the characters introduced through comics and manga, the most tragic next to Anveena has to be Trag Highmountain. I’ve watched over the last year as more characters from the print franchises began to appear in-game, and there’s something about seeing them translated into the game which gives me an amazing thrill.

We’ve met Anveena and her soul mate Kalec, Tyri and Jorad as well as Broll and that Blood Elf chick whose always hanging around Varian, so I’ve often wondered when Trag would turn up. It’s inevitable given how his quest to Icecrown is in keeping with Wrath of the Lich King. Imagine my surprise when I logged on to the PTR for the first time this morning to find one Tauren Death Knight standing guard over one of the incapacitated forms of one of the Coliseum bosses.

Yes, it’s our old friend Trag, now a level 80 NPC. While seeming hostile, he makes no move to attack the Alliance or speak, he just seems to stand near Gormok the Impaler. I’m sure he’ll get some lines by the time Patch 3.2 goes live though. Having not yet read Warcraft: Legends’ final volume, I’m curious to find out what happened to him but it’s nice to know he’s finally free of the Lich King’s thrall.

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