Comic #85: Shallows (Patreon)

Originally published:  Mar 25, 2007.

You guys know how much I shit on my work constantly, but oh man, this is one of my personal all time favorites.

This mechanic as far as I know is no longer in the game, gnome players can correct me if I'm wrong. Vertically challenged races used to have to swim in shallow water, while taller races could just run through it. This was especially challenging in the Black Morass instance, which was covered in shallow water and required you to run from spawn point to spawn point, leaving Gnomes especially slow.

What really makes this comic for me is the final panel. This was early on, so I really had a hard time trying to draw more complex things like a character being under water. I wanted to make sure people could tell exactly what was going on immediately. His expression, his open mouth with bubbles coming out, the floating empty vial. I love it.

I call back to this comic later in the final panel of #100.