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John Kovalic (born Manchester, England, 1962, currently based in Madison, Wisconsin, USA) is a cartoonist, illustrator, and writer. He has worked as an editorial cartoonist, primarily for the ''Wisconsin State Journal,'' and his work has appeared in ''The New York Times'' and ''The Washington Post''; he also wrote the superhero {{parody}} comic ''ComicBook/DrBlinkSuperheroShrink''. However, he is primarily associated with the TabletopGames industry, both as a designer and illustrator for games such as ''TabletopGame/ApplesToApples'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'', and for his long-running comic [=book/Webcomic,=] ''Webcomic/DorkTower'', an amiable satire of the hobby and its enthusiasts.
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John Kovalic (born Manchester, England, 1962, currently based in Madison, Wisconsin, USA) Robert John Kovalic, Jr., 24 November 1962) is a cartoonist, illustrator, and writer. He has worked as an editorial cartoonist, primarily for the ''Wisconsin State Journal,'' and his work has appeared in ''The New York Times'' and ''The Washington Post''; he also wrote the superhero {{parody}} comic ''ComicBook/DrBlinkSuperheroShrink''. However, he is primarily associated with the TabletopGames industry, both as a designer and illustrator for games such as ''TabletopGame/ApplesToApples'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'', and for his long-running comic [=book/Webcomic,=] ''Webcomic/DorkTower'', an amiable satire of the hobby and its enthusiasts.
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John Kovalic (born Manchester, England, 1962, currently based in Madison, Wisconsin, USA) is a cartoonist, illustrator, and writer. He has worked as an editorial cartoonist, primarily for the ''Wisconsin State Journal,'' and his work has appeared in ''The New York Times'' and ''The Washington Post''; however, he is primarily associated with the TabletopGames industry, both as a designer and illustrator for games such as ''TabletopGame/ApplesToApples'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'', and for his long-running comic [=book/Webcomic,=] ''Webcomic/DorkTower'', an amiable satire of the hobby and its enthusiasts.
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John Kovalic (born Manchester, England, 1962, currently based in Madison, Wisconsin, USA) is a cartoonist, illustrator, and writer. He has worked as an editorial cartoonist, primarily for the ''Wisconsin State Journal,'' and his work has appeared in ''The New York Times'' and ''The Washington Post''; however, he also wrote the superhero {{parody}} comic ''ComicBook/DrBlinkSuperheroShrink''. However, he is primarily associated with the TabletopGames industry, both as a designer and illustrator for games such as ''TabletopGame/ApplesToApples'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'', and for his long-running comic [=book/Webcomic,=] ''Webcomic/DorkTower'', an amiable satire of the hobby and its enthusiasts.
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* PerkyGoth: Gilly, in ''Webcomic/DorkTower'', is the TropeNamer.
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* FunnyAnimal: Kovalic's student-years strip, ''Wild Life'', was a FunnyAnimal strip, and one of the characters, Carson the Muskrat, ended up on the otherwise all-human cast of ''Webcomic/DorkTower'', with no explanation ever offered.
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* FunnyAnimal: Kovalic's student-years strip, ''Wild Life'', was a FunnyAnimal strip, and one of the characters, Carson the Muskrat, [[TokenNonhuman ended up on the otherwise all-human cast cast]] of ''Webcomic/DorkTower'', with no explanation ever offered.
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* BitingTheHandHumor: Always done good-naturedly, but Kovalic has an insider's knowledge of his geeky audience's foibles.
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* TakeThatAudience: Always done good-naturedly, but Kovalic has an insider's knowledge of his geeky audience's foibles.
* ThisLoserIsYou: While Kovalic's characters are rarely ''complete'' losers, the likes of the semi-competent munchkin Igor, neurotic geek Matt, and ill-fated small furry animal Carson may be subjects for rather wry audience identification. Likewise, Kovalic illustrated ''TabletopGame/ChezGeek'', a card game about geeky slackers mostly wasting their time on activities such as playing hobby games -- with jokes that can best be appreciated by geeky slackers.
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* TakeThatAudience: Always done good-naturedly, but Kovalic has an insider's knowledge of his geeky audience's foibles.
* ThisLoserIsYou: While Kovalic's characters are rarely ''complete'' losers, the likes of the semi-competent munchkin Igor, neurotic geek Matt, and ill-fated small furry animal Carson may be subjects for rather wry audience identification. Likewise, Kovalic illustrated ''TabletopGame/ChezGeek'', a card game about geeky slackers mostly wasting their time on activities such as playing hobby games -- with jokes that can best be appreciated by geeky slackers.
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Kovalic is a co-founder and co-owner of Out of the Box Publishing, which publishes just some of his work.
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Kovalic is a co-founder and co-owner of Out of the Box Publishing, which publishes just some of his work.
work. [[http://www.dorktower.com/ The Dork Tower Web page]] is the place to go for news of his activities and publications.
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* FunnyAnimal: Kovalic's student-years strip, ''Wild Life'', was a talking-animals FunnyAnimal strip, and one of the characters, Carson the Muskrat, ended up on the otherwise all-human cast of ''Webcomic/DorkTower'', with no explanation ever offered.
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John Kovalic (born Manchester, England, 1962, currently based in Madison, Wisconsin, USA) is a cartoonist, illustrator, and writer. He has worked as an editorial cartoonist, primarily for the ''Wisconsin State Journal,'' and his work has appeared in ''The New York Times'' and ''The Washington Post''; however, he is primarily associated with the TabletopGames industry, both as a designer and illustrator for games such as ''TabletopGame/ApplesToApples'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'', and for his long-running comic [=book/Webcomic,=] ''Webcomic/DorkTower'', an amiable satire of the hobby and its enthusiasts.
Kovalic is a co-founder and co-owner of Out of the Box Publishing, which publishes just some of his work.
!Tropes associated with John Kovalic include:
* BitingTheHandHumor: Always done good-naturedly, but Kovalic has an insider's knowledge of his geeky audience's foibles.
* FunnyAnimal: Kovalic's student-years strip, ''Wild Life'', was a talking-animals strip, and one of the characters, Carson the Muskrat, ended up on the otherwise all-human cast of ''Webcomic/DorkTower'', with no explanation ever offered.
* SelfDeprecation: Kovalic sometimes couples this with BreakingTheFourthWall.
-->Ken: "Let's admit it, Kovalic's about as organized as a wet mound of marmots."
Kovalic is a co-founder and co-owner of Out of the Box Publishing, which publishes just some of his work.
!Tropes associated with John Kovalic include:
* BitingTheHandHumor: Always done good-naturedly, but Kovalic has an insider's knowledge of his geeky audience's foibles.
* FunnyAnimal: Kovalic's student-years strip, ''Wild Life'', was a talking-animals strip, and one of the characters, Carson the Muskrat, ended up on the otherwise all-human cast of ''Webcomic/DorkTower'', with no explanation ever offered.
* SelfDeprecation: Kovalic sometimes couples this with BreakingTheFourthWall.
-->Ken: "Let's admit it, Kovalic's about as organized as a wet mound of marmots."
