New Gold Dreams
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| New Gold Dreams | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | R. K. Milholland |
| Website | http://www.newgolddreams.com |
| Current status / schedule | On indefinite hiatus since August 18, 2005 |
| Launch date | April 2, 2004 |
- New Gold Dream is also a Simple Minds album.
New Gold Dreams is a webcomic by R. K. Milholland, the writer of Something Positive. Completely in black and white, New Gold Dreams is a (so far) tongue in cheek comic that spoofs the conventions of the heroic fantasy genre. It also ties in with Milholland's interest in role-playing games, as the comic is portrayed as a game run by Pee-Jee, one of the SP cast members; some of the characters in New Gold Dreams have the same appearance and personality as regular SP characters. The comic started on April 2, 2004 but, due to the amount of time required for each strip, has been updated sporadically. Milholland wrote that, starting on June 6, 2005, he would update NGD three times a week, although the story has been entirely on hiatus since the 20th issue in August of 2005.
[edit] Characters
Eumaeus is a twelve-year-old boy who dreamed of becoming a hero, but was denied a Hero Permit due to high intelligence. The Heroes' Guild encouraged him to try to join the Villain's Guild. This didn't work for Eumaeus either, because his older brother is a Licensed Hero and the Villain's Guild declared it to be a conflict of interest.
Altaes is Eumaeus' father. A coffin-maker by trade, he is somewhat disappointed in the fact that his older son has saved so many people's lives (thus lowering the demand for coffins). He deeply cares for his younger son, but nevertheless rents Eumaeus out to a pair of travelers for 160 gold dubloons.
Gornaf (originally created by Josh Pritchard, ie the "real world" Jason from Something Positive) is one of the travelers that rents Eumaeus. He is a dwarf and claims to have been sold for half the price that Eumaeus was rented (apparently by Aubridawn, see below).
Aubridawn is a halfling. Her upbeat nature makes her a perfect foil for Gornaf. She resembles Aubrey Chorde of Something Positive, and indeed, Aubridawn has appeared as Aubrey's gaming character in at least one comic.
Umya is a creature that is half chameleon and half man. He spends most of his time trying to avoid being eaten by the ogres that power Gornaf and Aubridawn's ship, the S.S. Foglio.
The Grave Digger has thus far been friendly to Eumaeus, though he is mysterious, and seems to be more powerful---and possibly sinister---than he seems. He resembles Fred MacIntire of Something Positive.
