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Consult the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Idenau to learn about the different species found in the kingdom and how the world works!

Jul 04, 2012Encyclopedia of Idenau: Lurkins

Jul 11, 2012Encyclopedia of Idenau: Magic

Jul 18, 2012Encyclopedia of Idenau: Flish

Jul 26, 2012Encyclopedia of Idenau: Ghosts

Aug 01, 2012Encyclopedia of Idenau: Zombies

Aug 08, 2012Encyclopedia of Idenau: Demons

Apr 29, 2013Encyclopedia of Idenau: Salamandrians

May 15, 2014Encyclopedia of Idenau: Captain Silverskull

PART 1

In which the accursed villain Tiberius Skärva the Fourth attempts to outsmart and overpower his arch-nemesis Blank, beloved of the gods, and take over the kingdom of Idenau.

Chapter 1: Occupational Hazards

A normal business day becomes anything but, as a series of mishaps lead Lord Skärva and his loyal henchman Derk to a very special little girl.

Jun 03, 2011Occupational Hazards

Jun 04, 2011What's that? A cliche? WELCOME TO THE COMIC

Jun 06, 2011Because nothing inspires my religious devotion like the Temple of Terror.

Jun 08, 2011Fun fact: Broken pots are the largest source of waste in Idenau

Jun 10, 2011The rest of the rooms either have crumbling floors or giant, spiked, rolling logs

Jun 13, 2011The Lower Circles of Hell

Jun 15, 2011Kids 6 and under get in free!

Jun 17, 2011Occasionally, the hero might lose a heart or two

Jun 20, 2011The vault can only be opened by a secret combination, or the Boss Key

Jun 22, 2011I don't know if you guys are getting this, but the temple is pretty bad

Jun 24, 2011Wizard? More like HOBBIT HAHAHAHAHA

Jun 27, 2011And we never saw the wizard again, the end

Jun 29, 2011Plot twist: Derk actually has teeth

Jul 01, 2011They're never called baddies anymore, why is that?

Jul 04, 2011Defenseless hamlets have the worst luck

Jul 06, 2011Snowballs say "Plop" all the time

Jul 08, 2011But he had a welcome mat!

Jul 11, 2011The lushness was weird, but the eyeballs were perfectly normal.

Jul 13, 2011As we all know, villagers regularly just stand around looking into the distance

Jul 15, 2011Sammiches Sandwiches is a regional chain in Northern Idenau

Jul 18, 2011A wild little girl appears!

Jul 20, 2011The snowman had to go, but he promised he'd be back again some day

Jul 22, 2011Panel 9 - SCENE: Skärva begins eating again, but with intense sadness...

Jul 25, 2011Earth-shattering truths are revealed

Jul 27, 2011Derk is licking his fingers because it's a crime to let any of that sammichy goodness go to waste

Jul 29, 2011Little Girl has joined the party

Aug 01, 2011His way of thanking her for the arm is by using it to drop her in the snow.

Aug 03, 2011And then they were chased by the mob.

Aug 05, 2011SPOILER ALERT: The Sage's name is Lomurcio

Aug 08, 2011Also the town's name was Iceburg

Aug 10, 2011Derk wasn't paying attention, just imagining himself as a sage

Aug 12, 2011You are now imagining Derk figure skating

Aug 15, 2011Derk is reading the comics, obviously.

Aug 17, 2011I guess they don't get any hot chocolate

Aug 19, 2011THE MISSING PAGE

Aug 22, 2011And then Skärva didn't care, the end.

Aug 24, 2011Haha, a little girl is really sad! That's the joke.

Aug 26, 2011The worst part is, Frostbite Fortress doesn't even give away *that* many Ides

Aug 29, 2011In Panel 3 Skärva has his best "being kind to little girls" face on. It's not very convincing.

Aug 31, 2011The boss room doesn't even have any convenient pots

Sep 02, 2011Look at it this way: Free mug!

Sep 05, 2011Skärva just left the stove on. This has nothing to do with Blank.

Sep 07, 2011THIS. IS. SKÄRVAAAAAAAA

Sep 09, 2011Blank's sword didn't transform, he just put the old one back in his inventory.

Sep 12, 2011TAKE ON MEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Sep 14, 2011What, no giant shark?

Sep 16, 2011Awwwwwwwww!

Sep 19, 2011Skärva always keeps a spare cape around. ALWAYS.

Chapter 2: A Midsummer Night's Scheme

Little Lorelei has grown used to failure at Castle Skärva, but could the villain's unconventional new plan turn things around? While the lord plans to prey on a hero's passion, his minions on a mission become entangled in plant politics deep in the heart of the forest.

Sep 20, 2011A Midsummer Night's Scheme

Sep 21, 2011Happy comic funtimes!

Sep 23, 2011Good thing Derk was just about to wake her up and wasn't just watching her sleep

Sep 26, 2011Look, he's alive! And you were worried...

Sep 28, 2011FORESHADOWING

Sep 30, 2011He's MC Derk and he's here to say, bacon

Oct 03, 2011Fish are minions, not food

Oct 05, 2011Ecta totally isn't a lame ghost name, nope

Oct 07, 2011Making dreams come true

Oct 10, 2011Skärva used SonicBoom! It's super effective?

Oct 12, 2011What else could happen? Door-to-door salesmen

Oct 14, 2011Back by popular demand

Oct 17, 2011Actually, Davis is selling magazine subscriptions

Oct 19, 2011Lorelei has absolutely no idea what's going on

Oct 21, 2011Necktie Derk is not amused

Oct 24, 2011Derk only wears his tie in the most business of times, so he takes it off between panel 4 and 5.

Oct 26, 2011Slice just hates confrontation

Oct 31, 2011He's only tried it eight times, actually, making this Love Potion Number 9

Nov 02, 2011What do you have to say to THAT, Floyd?!

Nov 04, 2011His Skärvy senses were tingling...

Nov 07, 2011Looks like the cat isn't in the cradle after all

Nov 09, 2011Hours later, Lorelei emerges from under Davis's cloak

Nov 11, 2011Speaks for itself

Nov 14, 2011We almost called it Crown Town

Nov 16, 2011Love is in the air. Get it? Because they're flying fish

Nov 18, 2011No trees were harmed in the making of this comic

Nov 21, 2011Slice's last name is Finnegan, of course

Nov 24, 2011Chomp Chomp Chomp

Nov 28, 2011GHOSTS DON'T DIE

Nov 30, 2011Of course, there has to be a tavern

Dec 02, 2011Skärva is totally drinking apple juice, we promise

Dec 05, 2011Now Cyril has root beer...

Dec 12, 2011Don't ask how he did it.

Dec 16, 2011Best Vacation Ever!

Dec 19, 2011Sorry Skärva, your princess is an another - wait no she's right here

Dec 21, 2011Where did he get such a tiny newspaper?

Dec 23, 2011See, we told you the snowman would come back!

Dec 26, 2011Of course, Derk means "grape juice"

Dec 28, 2011And he was never heard from again, the end.

Dec 30, 2011A necessary item is difficult to obtain? WHAT A SURPRISE

Jan 02, 2012And then Davis snapped

Jan 04, 2012Davis is just happy that his feet touch the ground

Jan 06, 2012We think Ecta just broke

Jan 09, 2012Davis is so eloquent

Jan 13, 2012He's a pecan

Jan 16, 2012HANDSHAKE

Jan 18, 2012She's a nice lady

Jan 20, 2012Because it's midnight

Jan 23, 2012Obligatory Stealth Segment

Jan 25, 2012You can never eat baby carrots again

Jan 27, 2012Slice can only hover

Jan 30, 2012Ecta will just have to hang out for a while

Feb 01, 2012Nuts are just misunderstood

Feb 03, 2012Slice is an avid gardener

Feb 06, 2012Today is Cute Day apparently

Feb 08, 2012They can't just leave her there to die

Feb 10, 2012Lomurcio isn't trying to be creepy, we promise

Feb 13, 2012Who's that shark guy?

Feb 17, 2012A Little Birdie Told Her

Feb 20, 2012He has cooties, anyway

Feb 22, 2012Sure, Lomurcio, we'll pass on your message.

Feb 24, 2012Cleanest Dorm Room Ever

Feb 27, 2012Davis is indecent without his bowtie

Feb 29, 2012And to think, he was just dreaming of water temples

Mar 05, 2012Derk just feels guilty about his nap

Mar 07, 2012How did she get under the covers so fast?

Mar 09, 2012Oh, the humanity

Mar 12, 2012Because that's the only possible source of a lawsuit

Mar 14, 2012THE FLOOR IS LAVA

Mar 16, 2012Realism

Mar 19, 2012Scientifically, this is actually pretty impressive

Mar 23, 2012At least he values honesty

Mar 26, 2012Nothing could go wrong

Mar 28, 2012Yeah they are going in through a window I guess

Mar 31, 2012The Day Ecta Learned What Happiness Is

Apr 04, 2012Magical Floating Question Mark

Apr 07, 2012Says the guy who exploded in the second comic.

Apr 09, 2012BLANK STARE!

Apr 11, 2012Vicious Flishes

Apr 13, 2012So close, Slice. So close.

Apr 16, 2012Magic Pockets

Apr 18, 2012Davis is blasting off again

Apr 20, 2012Someone ate his bacon this morning

Apr 23, 2012Don't judge a Derk by its cover

Apr 25, 2012Good thing Skärva was looking out that window

Apr 27, 2012Skärva gets hungry waiting for Blank all the time

Apr 30, 2012Skärva regrets buying those fridge magnets

May 02, 2012It's a Boy!

May 04, 2012Just Say No!

May 07, 2012Return of the Orange Fury

May 09, 2012Don't YOU talk to your stuffed animals?

May 11, 2012Did I say "you all"? I meant "you three"

May 14, 2012The Wonder Drug

May 17, 2012HAH, I'm still laughing about that bacon - oh... oh what is this

May 21, 2012Tough Love

May 23, 2012Unstable in more ways than one

May 25, 2012Don't worry, he's a doctor

May 28, 2012But really he is hurt

May 30, 2012Sunny side up?

Jun 01, 2012END OF ARC

PART 2

Lord Skärva decides to take his battle to the realm of the gods themselves... but first he'll have to find a way there.

Chapter 1: The Book

Skärva and company learn of a book that could guide them towards a gateway to the gods. Of course, it's not as easy as checking it out of the castle library. A frightening fetch quest to a town of the dead is bad enough, but an enigmatic new hero turns their mission into a mystery. With "help" from a zombie butler, can the trio survive the night?

Jun 04, 2012Happy Anniversary!

Jun 05, 2012The Book

Jun 06, 2012Of course, Skärva actually still cares about water temples. A lot.

Jun 08, 2012A Sound Plan

Jun 13, 2012Derk... HATES READING

Jun 15, 2012That is a small key by Idenau standards

Jun 18, 2012REAL MONSTERS

Jun 20, 2012No, you don't look normal. You have a black eye.

Jun 25, 2012The next few comics will simply continue to zoom out of that frame

Jun 27, 2012Tell me a story, grandpa

Jun 29, 2012Inconvenient

Jul 02, 2012Page 150!

Jul 06, 2012He's grown fond of the drawer

Jul 09, 2012Floyd in his natural element

Jul 13, 2012Ecta hates the beach

Jul 16, 2012The nooooo heard round the world

Jul 20, 2012What a horrible night to have a curse.

Jul 25, 2012NOW I'll answer your silly little girl questions.

Jul 28, 2012But can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?

Jul 30, 2012It's even bigger on the inside

Aug 06, 2012Well, but, it's historic at least

Aug 10, 2012Mostly Armless

Aug 13, 2012Panel 5 censored due to violence

Aug 15, 2012The silent comic

Aug 17, 2012MY PARENTS ARE DEEAAAAAAAD!!!

Aug 20, 2012We're still rated G, right? (Or E)

Aug 24, 2012I warned you about the clichés

Aug 27, 2012Not again

Sep 01, 2012Nauuughtyyy

Sep 03, 2012Starch, she wrote

Sep 05, 2012Sad but true

Sep 10, 2012Manfred von Skärva

Sep 12, 2012Happy Birthday, Victor

Sep 17, 2012Private Eye

Sep 19, 2012Not an unreasonable request

Sep 24, 2012Band-aid

Sep 28, 2012What you don't know can't hurt you

Sep 30, 2012Commission - let them eat cake

Oct 04, 2012High Concentrations of Derk

Oct 10, 2012Disco is Dead

Oct 17, 2012She isn't used to that face failing...

Oct 19, 2012ORANGE SUPERNOVA

Oct 22, 2012ZOINKS

Oct 29, 2012Final bosses don't do hugs.

Nov 02, 2012Lorelei, Child Genius

Nov 11, 2012Believe it or not, that isn't a real ghost.

Nov 14, 2012Come on, it's never that obvious!

Nov 20, 2012This isn't how mysteries are supposed to work!

Nov 25, 2012Skärva totally called it (just, mentally)

Dec 06, 2012No punchline. Only despair.

Dec 10, 2012CLIFFHANGER!

Dec 12, 2012To be fair, that face would haunt anyone.

Chapter 2: The Compass

The boss and his minions split up to retrieve the mystical compass. Along the way, familiar faces are encountered - including one Skärva would prefer never to see again - and the lord finds more in the old book than he had bargained for.

Dec 12, 2012The Compass

Dec 14, 2012Shut up Davis, dying never stopped ME

Dec 17, 2012We really phoned this one in

Dec 19, 2012PILLOW FIGHT!

Dec 21, 2012Hell hath no fury like...

Dec 24, 2012Holiday Card 2012

Dec 25, 2012It's gonna be a long day. Again.

Dec 28, 2012Crafty little demon!

Dec 31, 2012Nahh, that carpet is just really soft

Jan 02, 2013Derk and Pals in: Steamboat Shenanigans, now in Technicolor

Jan 04, 2013Derk really likes making announcements

Jan 07, 2013It's Frozio THE Magnificent, please...