tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post1502335771136584895..comments2024-03-28T08:34:35.111-05:00Comments on The Newest Rant: I Attempted to Read Two Graphic Novels Inspired by Minecraft and Was Hopelessly ConfusedDavid Charles Bitterbaumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00112993605550278929noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-77179300359868754442022-09-30T15:43:46.991-05:002022-09-30T15:43:46.991-05:00My wife is a teacher and the school bookfair is al...My wife is a teacher and the school bookfair is always a treat. I saw two comics there dealing with, Minecraft," in an unofficial context, and bought one there I was unable to reserve at the library and put the other on hold to get next time I stopped by the book depository. The books were, "Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal," and, "Chasing Herobrine."<br /><br />"Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal," is written by the popular Youtube streamer DanTDM who plays, "Minecraft," a lot and will apparently concoct stories with characters such as the ones we see in the comic.<br /><br />Dan apparently has over 10 million followers on Youtube and is a huge deal if you're a fan of streamers especially to kids.<br /><br />I personally would have be unable to tell him from anyone else up until I read this comic.That said, "Trayaurus," is indeed cute and has some solid artwork that looks Minecraft-esque while also standing on its own. "Chasing Herobrine," was written by Cara J.<br /><br />Stevens actually uses screenshots from, "Minecraft," and little captions.It actually is the continuation of a previous story it seems so that didn't do me any favors in following along with plot.<br /><br />From what I could gather it was basically a way to tell people how being a griefer/negative to other gamers is bad.It was pretty ugly though as screenshots from a a blocky game like, "Minecraft," don't exactly make the best art.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-22665219290714651592022-02-14T10:32:22.307-06:002022-02-14T10:32:22.307-06:00Both of the stories drew from, "Minecraft,&qu...Both of the stories drew from, "Minecraft," in different ways, with DanTDM's story working a lot better in terms of entertaining me than, "Chasing Herobrine," did.<br /><br />I don't think more familiarity with, "Minecraft," would have impacted my enjoyment of the stories, but it is hard to say for sure (maybe I would have gotten more in-jokes.<br /><br />I mean, I didn't know who DanTDM was before his book and I still liked it plenty. Anyways, I won't give the books an exact rating as I don't feel especially qualified to do so.<br /><br />That said, I will state that I'd read more from DanTDM and would pass on comics that use, "Minecraft," screen-shots as, "Chasing Herobrine," did--it was just too fugly for me.<br /><br /><a href="https://thehellerapproach.com/" rel="nofollow">The Heller Approach</a>Nathan Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05963288381378336863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715841815733826438.post-62729853189414445162022-02-14T10:31:01.869-06:002022-02-14T10:31:01.869-06:00My wife is a teacher and the school bookfair is al...My wife is a teacher and the school bookfair is always a treat. I saw two comics there dealing with, Minecraft," in an unofficial context, and bought one there I was unable to reserve at the library and put the other on hold to get next time I stopped by the book depository. The books were, "Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal," and, "Chasing Herobrine."<br /><br />"Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal," is written by the popular Youtube streamer DanTDM who plays, "Minecraft," a lot and will apparently concoct stories with characters such as the ones we see in the comic.<br /><br />Dan apparently has over 10 million followers on Youtube and is a huge deal if you're a fan of streamers especially to kids.<br /><br />I personally would have be unable to tell him from anyone else up until I read this comic.That said, "Trayaurus," is indeed cute and has some solid artwork that looks Minecraft-esque while also standing on its own. "Chasing Herobrine," was written by Cara J.<br /><br />Stevens actually uses screenshots from, "Minecraft," and little captions.It actually is the continuation of a previous story it seems so that didn't do me any favors in following along with plot.<br /><br />From what I could gather it was basically a way to tell people how being a griefer/negative to other gamers is bad.It was pretty ugly though as screenshots from a a blocky game like, "Minecraft," don't exactly make the best art.<br /><br /><a href="https://thehellerapproach.com/" rel="nofollow">The Heller Approach</a>Nathan Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05963288381378336863noreply@blogger.com