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A unexampled audience with Clint and Griffon McElroy has revealed half a dozen raw pages of the nextThe Adventure Zonegraphic novel , and the podcast ’s world has never looked more alive . The Adventure Zone : The Crystal Kingdom , the fourth graphic novel in the serial , is go down for a release in July , and adapts the Crystal Kingdom arc of the podcast , which originally ran across 11 episodes from December 2015 to May 2016 . The arc represented a turning degree in the show , introducing many of the complex and fascinating elements thatmadeThe Adventure Zone ’s Earth unique , and fans have been anticipating its version .
The Adventure Zoneis as a comedy podcast in which brothers Justin , Travis , and Griffin McElroy and their dad Clint playDungeons & Dragonsand other character - play secret plan . The graphic novel adaptation , a collaborative effort between the McElroys and artist Carey Pietsch , have had a inviolable story , with each prior discharge reaching # 1 on theNew York Timesbestseller list . In the interview conducted by GamesRadar+ ’s Newsarama , Griffin , Clint , and Carey discuss the difficulties of foreshorten the story down to check one bulk , as well as expanding other scenes and capturing the telling atmosphere the arc wield to naturalize .
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Of the six pages revealed in theGamesRadar+piece , fans intimate with the podcast can get a common sense of precisely what they mean . The Crystal Kingdom arc had many battles and puzzles which had to be digest or cut to improve the flow of the graphic novel ’s write up . For case , one pageshows popular NPC twain Carey Fangbattle(named for the artist , a retentive - time fan ) and Killian colligate their battle with tardigrade monsters ; what was an lengthy sequence is now shrunk down to a single panel , but it ’s still highly effective at getting the critical info across . The graphic novel adaptation has also given Griffin and Carey the chance to discuss and expand upon some other NPC who would go on to become very important , such as the Bureau of Balance ’s Director Lucretia and Grim Reaper / bounty hunter ( and Taako ’s eventual love interest ) Kravitz .
The Page also show the lead - up to one of the arc ’s swelled moment , relating to Merle ’s hand . The dwarf ecclesiastic Merlespeaks to his god Pan , who hire the form of a ball of lighting and on the face of it goads Merle into trouble over heal the crystallize fictional character Boyland . While the prevue varlet stop short of reveal the full consequences , fan will like a shot recognize the substance - stopping decisive failure , which is just as tense of a moment in comic form . Carey Pietsch ’s artwork really accentuate some interesting points , draw a contrast between the colorful , crystalline look of the laboratory where most of the electric arc takes place , and the unbelievable peril that it represents . In many shipway , the preview page are evocative of the beloved animated seriesSteven Universe , which similarly featured an expert blend of colorful sketch trend and darker subject matter .
WhileThe Adventure Zone : The Crystal Kingdomis the next major release for the ever - growing enfranchisement , the McElroys have other projects still in development as well , including an animated pilot burner for NBC ’s Peacock streaming service anda fourth political campaign storylineon the podcast , which is say to be set aboard several ship and will continue to use theDungeons & Dragons5th edition ruleset as a base .
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