Clandestinauts

by Tim Sievert

Overview

Hired to acquire the fabled Goblet of the Crimson Wizard, expert dungeoneering team, the Clandestinauts, enter the legendary Master Wizard’s formidable fortress with visions of unimaginable treasures in their futures. That is until, like most journeys through the dreary depths of blood-soaked sepulchers, things don’t go according to plan. Threats both external and existential stand ready to test the always frayed sinews that bind this team of bitter rivals together.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781941250259
Publisher:	Uncivilized Books
Publication date:	08/07/2018
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	16 Years

About the Author

Tim Sievert is a cartoonist in Minneapolis. His rst graphic novel, That Salty Air, was published by Top Shelf Productions in 2008. He is also known for contributions to Satan is Alive : A Tribute to Mercyful Fate, and Metal Gods: a Tribute to Judas Priest. Tim is currently working on a graphic novel detailing the wonderful world of Bigfoot hunting.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Like all great RPG campaigns, this story is crazy, over-the-top, compelling, and fun. Reading it will make you want to grab your dice and play!” — Monte Cook, Game Designer (3rd Edition D&D, Numenera, Invisible Sun)



“The Clandestinauts is like sneaking downstairs to spy on your older brother's mind-blowing D&D game - complete with demons, flesh-eating warlocks, shape-shifting monsters and squabbling player characters. This is weird fantasy, gonzo style: intense, inventive and hilarious.” — Dylan Horrocks, Hicksville, Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen

Editorial Reviews

02/19/2018
Giant bouncing eyeballs, monsters arising from spilled blood, goo-soaked warlocks, and deadpan transitions like “Meanwhile, back at the bloodbath” combine to create a disgustingly fun quest in the latest graphic novel from Sievert (That Salty Air). The Clandestinauts are a dungeoneering team seeking the Goblet of the Crimson Wizard, which takes them on a byzantine quest with so many layers, it could use its own Wikipedia page. Sievert builds a complex, Tolkienesque world, illustrated by cartoons as violent as Benjamin Marra’s and as silly as Sergio Aragonés’s. Distinctive character designs—such as the one-eyed Crimson Wizard and mummylike Ganglion—pop off the page, and Sievert gives every automaton and warlock, among the dozens of characters, memorable personality. The monochromatic color palette shifts with each scene, acting as a visual soundtrack to the mayhem and helping pace the narrative, which is parceled out in episodes of varying length. The simple color scheme also takes some of the queasiness out of the stabbings and bile puddles. Comics readers who enjoy sword and sorcery with a heaping helping of absurdity will get on board with this insane ride. (Jun.)

Publishers Weekly

Tim Sievert’s Clandestinauts is exactly this kind of fantasy comic. It’s gross, funny, brutal and rugged. There are no Aragorns here, just a bunch of bickering Boromirs trying to stay alive in a world that has been conceived entirely to kill them.” —Dylan Todd, Comics Alliance

“...if you like your adventure stories with slightly lower stakes and weirder locales, you’ll be hard-pressed to nd more bang for your buck than Sievert’s twisted tale of backstabbing and demon eating.”—Alex Borkowski, Heave Media

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