Time for another long one! This one was inspired by a conversation about this very topic with Nth Power on AIM. He had ranted about wanting to see water coolers and office buildings as the dungeons for a U.S. themed town. I took it and ran with it, and this is the result. Props to you, Nth!

And props to RagnaINFO, too! They're the ones where I first read about this, not to mention they're on top of all the new updates and developments going on in the RO world. This is just a lil' shout-out to them. You guys rock!

That newspaper gag you see there - I did that with my non-writing hand. Har. Hell, with as much drawing as I do with my non dominant hand, I might wind up being ambidextrious! (I'm a lefty, so when I write or draw away from the computer, I use my left hand. My left hand has difficulty using mice and my right hand has difficulty writing. Yar!)

Aside from the instances where I rehashed images from previous RWs, I think that the panels here - epseically this third panel with Nth gettin' all nuts with the background - are some of the better drawn ones I've done for RW. They also took a hell a lot of time. For example, the Nth Power panel took an hour to draw, and then another hour or so to color. And it's not even a really well done color job like some of my other stuff, but it does get the job done. I would have wanted to give the alchemist coat the same color job I did in "Harpy Tar."

He looks like a psycho. I LOVE IT.

And yes, this comic brings back the dudes you saw in "RO in Real Life!" I figured, hey - if this is going to be a comic about a dungeon themed after corporations, why not bring back the people of SumBig?

Like this office guy here. He should be easily recognizable. As is the chairman of SumBig, infamously talking in netspeak and reminding you that you are improperly instructed in how to cook bacon.

You know, when I look at how I redrew the SumBig employees in #20 and here, it's amazing how much better they look after... what? Not even a year's time? Maybe a year's time? I dunno. All I know is that Ragnarok Wisdom really HAS improved my drawing skills!
I've gone from Sucky to Not So Sucky!
IT'S A SUCCESS! IT'S A SUCCESS!!

And here's the infamous water cooler MVP that Nth was obsessing about. I'd actually LIKE to see a water cooler hat, you know? I mean, heck, we've got apple hats, birthday cake hats, WE NEED A WATER COOLER HAT.

If anyone doesn't get it there, I'm hiding in a tree for fear of the coming storm of water coolers and downsizing.

LOOK OUT, NTH! THE WATER COOLER IS REAL! IT'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!! IT'S GONNA TIGHTEN YOUR TOAST!! ;0;