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What's New with Phil & Dixie is a gaming parody comic by Phil Foglio. What's New was Foglio's first comic, and was published in the magazines Dragon and The Duelist, as well as in print collections and online.
| What's New with Phil & Dixie | |
|---|---|
 The characters of What's New, Phil Foglio (left, an author self-insert) and Dixie Null | |
| Author(s) | Phil Foglio |
| Website | airshipentertainment |
| Launch date | 1980 |
| End date | 2003 |
| Publisher(s) | Dragon Magazine (1980-1984, 1999-2003) The Duelist (1993-1999) |
| Genre(s) | Parody |
Premise
editThe comic stars Phil Foglio, along with Dixie Null, as they explore the world of gaming, particularly tabletop RPGs, with a mixture of reportage and advice to the reader. Strips created for The Duelist magazine focused on Magic: The Gathering.[1][better source needed]
A long-running joke revolved around the often promised and often delayed "Sex in D&D" segment.[# 1][# 2][# 3] This segment never appeared in magazine printings, but was finally written[# 4] and included as additional material in one of the strip's book printings.[citation needed]
Original magazine publications
editIn an interview, Foglio said that What's New was his start in comics, and was first published in Dragon magazine in 1980.[2] In another interview, he said that he had done some covers for Dragon, and noted he could earn much more for similar effort if he added jokes.[3]
The comic first appeared in Dragon shortly before issue #50 and ran until issue #84, when Foglio stopped the comic to work on other projects.[4] According to Wizards, characters from What's New appeared in issue #5 of another Foglio work, a comic book adaptation of Another Fine Myth.[4]
What's New was revived for a run in The Duelist magazine, also published by Wizards of the Coast.[4] It ran in The Duelist from 1993 to 1999,[citation needed] ending when publication of The Duelist ceased.[4]
After the end of The Duelist, the comic returned to Dragon and ran there from 1999 to 2003 (issues 265–311), plus a final "farewell" installment Dragon #359, the last issue of Dragon in print.[citation needed]
Book printings and online publication
editThe entire run in Dragon, plus additional material, was published in two print collections by Palliard Press.[4]
In 2001 a third volume was published by Studio Foglio collecting all the Duelist magazine strips, along with some bonus content.[5]
From 2007 to 2010, What's New was republished on Foglio's website as a weekly webcomic.[# 5][6] This has been offline since February 2016, along with webcomic republications of Buck Godot and MythAdventures, when Airship Entertainment's old website broke down.[7]
Reception
editThe author and blogger Cory Doctorow has said he loved What's New when he was a kid.[8]
References
editCitations
edit- ^ Rothschild, D. Aviva (2000). "The Comics Get Serious--Review of What's New with Phil and Dixie 3". www.rationalmagic.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ Xerexes, Xavier (October 31, 2008). "It Takes A Genius To Draw One: An Interview with Phil Foglio". Comix Talk. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ Maliszewski, James (2020-11-06). "Interview: Phil Foglio". Grognardia. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ a b c d e "Dungeons & Dragons FAQ". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
- ^ "What's New with Phil and Dixie #3: Magic Years". Previews World. 2001. Archived from the original on 2022-07-22.
- ^ Alverson, Brigid (2010-02-02). "Unbound: Talking with Phil Foglio". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ "Wayback Machine". Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ Doctorow, Cory (2008-01-22). "Live phone-in with Phil and Kaja Foglio this Sunday". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
Comic references
editSource dates in these references refer to the original printing date. These comics were reprinted on Foglio's website between 2007 and 2010.
- ^ Foglio, Phil (1981). "What's New with Phil & Dixie". Airship Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2015-04-28.
- ^ Foglio, Phil (1982). "What's New with Phil & Dixie". Airship Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2015-04-28.
- ^ Foglio, Phil (1984). "What's New with Phil & Dixie". Airship Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2015-04-28.
- ^ Foglio, Phil. "What's New with Phil & Dixie". Airship Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2015-04-28.
- ^ Foglio, Phil. "What's New with Phil & Dixie". Airship Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
External links
edit- Archive of all What's New with Phil and Dixie at Internet Archive
- "What's New books". Archived from the original on 2007-07-06.