PvP: The Dork Ages [Paperback]

Scott Kurtz (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Series: PVP (Image Comics) | Publication Date: March 16, 2004

Collecting the hard-to-find six-issue run of PVP originally published by Dork Storm Press for the first time. This trade paperback includes over ten pages of dorky extras, including preliminary artwork and gaming stats to play the PvP characters in your Mutants and Masterminds d20 campaigns (from Green Ronin Publishing).

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Image Comics (March 16, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582403457
• ISBN-13: 978-1582403458
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 6.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,921,870 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The first six issues of a great comic, March 6, 2004

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Blake Petit "Novelist, columnist & reviewer" (Ama, Louisiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PvP: The Dork Ages (Paperback)

Scott Kurtz's wildly funny PVP is the best of the current crop of webtoons, those comic strips that never would have found distribution in a newspaper but thrive on the Internet. Kurtz did six issues of a comic book based on his strip for Dork Storm Press before moving over to Image Comics -- this paperback collects those six issues.

Kurtz was still in the learning stage when he started this comic -- the first three stories are quite short, although entertaining. The third issue, a take on Manga and Anime, is particularly wild, but may be confusing for people not into that sort of thing. Starting with the fourth issue, the "PVP Christmas Special," Kurtz hit his stride. The Christmas story is a send-up of everything from "Miracle on 34th Street" to "It's a Wonderful Life," to "A Christmas Carol," with jokes from sources as various as Superman comics, the Battle of the Planets cartoon and Isaac Asimov. Issue five, a Matrix parody, pokes just as much fun at the current state of comic strips as it does of that movie, and the last story in the collection is a gut-busting yet oddly sweet tale about Skull the Troll trying to reunite estranged lovers Brent Sienna and Jade Fontaine. The book also gives us several pin-up pages and, for those of us who are into that sort of thing -- a roleplaying module that will allow you to game as the superhero characters the PVP crew plays in the comic.

This is a great packaged and a great value for a pretty good price. PVP is a wonderful strip, and it's impossible for anyone with a heart not to find something to love in this collection.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PvP now in convient bathroom form!, March 31, 2004

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Cody Womack (Chesapeake, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PvP: The Dork Ages (Paperback)

Pvp was the first Webcomic I had ever started reading when I first browsed them 4 years ago. It has grown into a terrific series, and still makes me chuckle daily. These six issues of the dork storm series of comics condensed into one TPB is a great value and a must have for the PvP fan, and I would recommend it for anybody that enjoys comics. The comics poke fun at a variety of modern happenings, and somewhat revolve around video game and dork culture as a whole. Congratulations to Scott Kurtz on his success.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good collection, March 31, 2004

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James Donovan "JD" (Arlington, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PvP: The Dork Ages (Paperback)

This trade paperback collects the main stories from the first 6 issues of PVP that were originally published by Dork Storm Press.

I own virtually everything that Scott Kurtz has done, including the 6 original issues, and still bought this book. It's too great to miss, and great to be able to read them all at once.

The book also includes special items including art from the issues, inused art, and stats to use in playing a super-hero role-playing game using the characters.

If you like the online comic, or have never heard of it, make sure to pick this book up!