Roleplaying comics (12) - Thrud issue 5

From January 2007 comes the 5th and final issue of Thrud.


Subtitled 'Bungle in the jungle' this issues sees our hero travel deep into the jungle to battle a sun god (Hotlwotlbotl, geddit, geddit?), lizard men, a man who is part Jaguar plus all the usual assorted jungle creatures.


Front and rear covers are shown below.

Roleplaying comics (14) - Thrud bits and bobs 2

Two final postcards from Carl Critchlow advertising his self-published Thrud comics.

Roleplaying comics (13) - Thrud bits and bobs

ok, so to (very nearly) finish up with Thrud we'll have a quick look at some Thrud 'extras' that are out there.


The first is the volume that Titan books published in September 2013 (see below)

This reprints all 5 of Carl's comics plus you also get:

• Thrud shorts - reprints from 'Valkyrie Quarterly' role playing game magazine
• some White Dwarf reprints
• a coloured Bloodbowl strip from The Citadel Journal
• 2 pages of Thrud sketches from Carl's sketchbook

Here are 3 promotional postcards that Carl issued

Last Thrud post is tomorrow, sob!

Roleplaying comics (11) - Thrud issue 4

From June 2005 comes Thrud issue 4, this story is called 'Thrud Rex' and sees our pea-brained hero temporarily become king of the fabled city of 'Shazza-n-Gazza', since time immemorial a shimmering beacon of high culture in an otherwise savage landscape. Needless to say Thrud's reign is short, brutal and destructive.


Front and back cover art are shown below.

Roleplaying comics (10) - Thrud issue 3

Thrud issue 3 from June 2004, front over and a typical page of interior art mixing Carl Critchlow's incredible detail with slapstick humour.

The story is entitled 'Lava Louts' and sees Thrud do battle with both the dreaded 'Black Currant' (seen falling off his horse below) and a lava god. Chaos, and beer, ensure. A fantastic read.

Roleplaying comics (9) - more Thrud

Back in the early 2000's Carl Critchlow revived his barbarian hero for a series of comics, eventually running to 5 issues.


This is issue one from June 2002 and is called 'Carborundum Capers' and features some of Carl's most excellent puns - the magician To-Me Ku-Pa anyone?


Front cover

Back cover

This is issue 2 from January 2003, the story is called "Ice 'n' a Slice" and features beer, woolly mammoths, ice pixies and Luddi-Ell (the great ice wyrm).

Front cover

Interior art

Roleplaying comics (8) - Thrud the barbarian graffik novel

Bit of a change of direction here as we look at comics that came from a roleplaying background but which weren't actually roleplaying comics themselves. Make sense?


That leads us to the one, and only, Thrud the Barbarian, Carl Critchlow's hilarious tale of a pin-headed, muscle-bound oaf and the (mis-)adventures he gets up to. I always though this was quite the best thing about White Dwarf magazine. This is 48 pages of Thrud lunacy (reprinted from White Dwarf) and is well worth seeking out.

More Thrud to come!




Carl's website is here


http://www.carlcritchlow.com/