Head Rest
Hey guys. Why don’t you have a seat? Mark and I need to talk to you.
Some of you may have noticed some tension on the site . . . Why are the undead being so nice to a human? Why would they ever call an abomination a Deady Bear? What is a Deady anyway? Where are all the Blood Elves, etc.? We’ve heard your voices and now we’re ready to address them.
Your moth-, I’m sorry, Mark and I would like to come clean. Sigh. Here we go. Do you want to tell them? No? Okay . . . WoW and we are getting a divorce. Hold on. Sit back down. Before you get too upset, let us explain.
As Rez Sick gains popularity (thank you, Tyler), we are more tempted to open a store, one filled with wonderful, breakable things, where you can buy Rez goodies to decorate your backpacks, hang on your ears, fuse to the hoods of your scooters, books to read or burn, a Willow plushy that you can stick in the microwave, cover in chicken broth and toss in a rat-infested junkyard, destroy in whatever ways you can dream up that we haven’t and send us pictures of your mutilations (how does buy one kill one free sound?).
But there’s a problem with a Rez Sick store: the shadowy monster called licensing. Much of the universe where we lay the ground work for our (literally) death-defying tales is owned by Blizzard. At first we thought we’d try to negotiate a golden seal of approval to use their brand name on our stuff. But the slavering giant, having gorged on the wallets of - what is it, eleven million? - players for years now has grown to such sky-scraping proportions, we are nothing more than a mosquito buzzing in its ear. Our voice would be slightly irritating at best. So . . . that idea is out. What about throwing caution to the wind? Just publishing the stuff anyway? I’ll bring you back to the first example: a mountain-sized giant vs. a tiny blood-sucking mosquito. One flick of a legislative finger and we are nothing more than a stain of pirated WoW plasma. We’d rather not be that.
So. We’re breaking off. Starting our own universe where Willow can thrive. We’ve already begun, swapping the Undead for Deadies, the infinitely clever change of Jenkins to Lenkins, and a few other things I’ve been shocked you guys haven’t pointed out yet. The changes won’t stop there. You, the reader, can continue to help us by pointing out inconsistencies (thank you, Vein), marveling our successes, and booing our less-strong choices. This is a work in progress, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be relentless about the ingredients of its foundation. I’m going to start posting Rez Sick Lore every Wednesday to get caught up. If you guys have any questions at all, send me an email or leave it in the comments section and I’ll try to address it head-on or incorporate it into that weeks’ history lesson.
You should know we love each and every one of you. We realize there’s going to be some disappointment . . . and if we’re being honest with ourselves, Blizzard will probably get custody. But we still want you to come visit when you can . . . Alright, I’ll drop the analogy. You guys are our lifeblood. It is incredibly encouraging to get your support, your comments. Each LOL, each Whoa!, is like music to our hearts. It keeps me scrambling for the pen and Mark for the Wacom tablet, so we can keep you in awe, keep you chuckling, and keep you begging (thank you, Adrian) for more Willow. A million thank you’s would be too little, so I’ll just promise to work as hard as I can to make Rez Sick flourish and keep you guys entranced.
Your humble servants and relentless gods of the Rez,
Mark and Christian
June 22nd, 2009 at 7:37 am
I thought Leeroy threw Willlow at an abomination, not a bear.
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:05 am
Hey Leann. Thanks for pointing that out. I’m going to be addressing that in a blog later today.
June 22nd, 2009 at 11:08 am
How’d they get to a desert? What happened to the army? Did Leeroy win?
June 22nd, 2009 at 12:44 pm
sooo….since blizz wont give u rights,u are gona avoid lawsuits by turning rez sick into a knockoff? least its not a cheap knockoff…just yeah,if ur gona changeit up,dont cheapen it please,and i noticed pig nose called the SW prince a diff name,was that to avoid lawsuits too?
June 22nd, 2009 at 12:46 pm
also since ur gona change things u can still open a rez sick store since the stuff wont be using WoW name,and i wouldnt destroy my willow plush,id hug him every night lol,u can sell him in 2 ways,human,and undead,and u can call the un dead version undead cuz blizz only owns the right to the term if ur refering to the forsaken in WoW
June 22nd, 2009 at 12:47 pm
cant wait till wed’s comic
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Adrianmad, you think WAYYYYYY too far in depth. Just take it for the good laughs it is.
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Leann, I hope the post cleared things up. We’re gonna go back and change some of the monsters to line up with our new universe.
(//.-), the army is still on the march. I might magic a line in there that clears that up.
Adrian, yes, we changed the Prince’s name. And I’m just as excited as you are to see what happens next.
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm
sounds good
will you be finnishng off wings of twilight anytime soon or is that it over ???
June 22nd, 2009 at 3:12 pm
The Dark One, Wings is on hiatus right now. As Mark and I traverse the twisted woods of adulthood, we find little time for epic creations. That story is too large in scope and especially in art-demand for us right now. But I can tell you the story is far from over.
June 22nd, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Awesome comic, guys! You two are awesome. First time I’ve commented, although I have been reading since January. I wonder if Mini will come back…alive? Meh. I’ll find out.
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:51 pm
You could replace the murlocs with fishmen…
June 22nd, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Hey, good for you guys, breaking off and such. I’ll buy some merchandise for sure- if I can convince my mom to let me.
June 22nd, 2009 at 7:47 pm
ha! stick that blizzard!
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June 23rd, 2009 at 6:56 am
:O i need a willow plush
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:31 am
I want a Lenkins head plush. So I can test how fast it burns. Muahahahah.
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Ok what i am reading here is making a bit no sense so this is what i think is happening your changing everything that’s blizzard related in the comic and saying there’s only 1 comic a week?
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:31 pm
here’s an inconsistency, Pignose, whose name I was to lazy to look back for, called the prince Benji in one comic, but in the recap Lenkins called him Jeoffry. I’m amazed I noticed that, I never notice continuity, an awesome continuity mistake had to be pointed out to me in a Black Books episode (Heres a hint, it involves a muffin)
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Vein, yes on the first part, no on the second. We will keep doing three comics a week for the foreseeable future.
Remolay, thank you. I’ll check into that.
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:02 pm
So.. will we be seeing “xyxis hortyle II” anytime, or was that an empty plot part?
He must be the one going to save them from the army…
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:41 pm
merchendise ideas:willow plush,living and undead,willow inflateable punching bag,willow dart board with a picture of willow with a bullseye on his face,lenkins plush head,mini plush,plushes of willow’s “freinds”,and a bunch of t-shirts with willow and other rez sick ppl,also hats,and maby some posters,and when u hit comic 100,sell a book with the 100 comics in it.
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:42 pm
boosh!
June 24th, 2009 at 6:46 am
A few things you might want to fix:
In the very first rez sick, Willow says he lives in Goldshire.
In cold shoulder you mention the Horde.
In the bully you mention the Undercity.
When Willow first meets Lenkins, you called him Leeroy Jenkins.
Also, a thought for merchandise. Make a Lenkins plush with a detachable head.
June 27th, 2009 at 5:58 am
I’m curious as well - will you go back and change the old comics or leave them as-is?
Of course, if I understand correctly, as you are no longer promoting it as Warcraft-universe, leaving the old comics the same shouldn’t have any legal issues. Changing a few names, in fact, should cause you to fall into the ‘parody’ category, thus allowing you a certain amount of legal protection, yes?
(I slept through my of my Business Law class, though… it was a summer semester, what can I say? :P)
June 27th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Hey Dresden,
Yes, we’re going to change them. It will be a slow process though. Mark and I are busy (when we’re not working or socializing, that is) creating the Rez Sick universe tailored to the events that already happen. It will be far removed from Azeroth in many respects.
August 9th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Lenkins face in panel 3 fits so perfectly xD