10′x10′ Toon
10′x10′ Toon first appeared in 2007 as a comic in Kobold Quarterly #1 and has (as of this writing) appeared in every issue of the magazine. Long may it be so!
In early 2010, Stan! found he was enjoying the comic so much, and generating more worthwhile ideas than a quarterly magazine could handle, that he decided to test out 10′x10′ Toon as a webcomic.
“This is still just an experiment,” Stan! said. “I’m starting small, attempting to do just one cartoon a week and stick with that over the whole of 2010. If things go well, though, I’m certainly open to increasing the frequency of the comics and continuing into 2011 and beyond.”
Why 10′x10′?
The comic has hardly been around enough to garner a list of frequently asked questions, but there is one that has cropped up fairly often, that being: What does the name mean?
It’s meant to be a bit of a pun on that most ubiquitous of adventuring locations … the “10′x10′ room” found in so many of the early D&D modules. Not much of a pun, we’ll grant you, but there you have it. Mostly we just hope it’s catchy and easy to remember.
Stan!
Stan! is the award-winning author of 2 novels, 15 short stories, more than 50 gaming products, and innumerable cartoons and comics. In his time, he has been an Associate Art Director for West End Games, an Editor and Game Designer for TSR, Inc., a Senior Designer and Creative Director for Wizards of the Coast, and a Creative Content Manager for Upper Deck Entertainment. Stan! is a founding member of both The Game Mechanics, Inc. and Super Genius Games. He also has done freelance writing and design for companies ranging from Green Ronin and Malhavoc Press to Viz Media and Harper Collins Children’s Books.
Stan! lives in Vista, CA, where he hopes one day to be the owner of a Sony Aibo robot dog. You can find him several places online including Doodle-A-Day.com (where you can find daily excerpts from Stan!’s sketchbooks), StoryTimeWithStan.com (where you can find Stan!’s new and classic comics, cartoons, and fiction), and Stannex.com (which remains the Home of All Things Stan!). You can also follow Stan! on Facebook and Twitter (@stannex) and email him at stan at stannex dot com.