tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post3924407590485374807..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: Wi+ches & Wiz_rds, part 2: The Centaur FilesJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-73641879818670308422007-12-21T14:33:00.000-06:002007-12-21T14:33:00.000-06:00Yeah, that's Stinz. Stinz is some pretty cool stu...Yeah, that's Stinz. Stinz is some pretty cool stuff - the Centaurs live in a tiny area of Germany, and are interesting mixes of human and horse society. She's a pretty good storyteller, and a fantastic artist as well. I highly recommend it!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14934359516519013740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-86553187211354241082007-12-17T20:44:00.000-06:002007-12-17T20:44:00.000-06:00It's Donna Barr's work, but I think it's from a co...It's Donna Barr's work, but I think it's from a comic she did called "Stinz," which featured Restoration-era centaurs as the protagonists.Theronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816454819854018824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-84058943539099941572007-12-17T13:14:00.000-06:002007-12-17T13:14:00.000-06:00I remember reading a review of Lace and Steel in D...I remember reading a review of Lace and Steel in Dragon way back in the day. Think it involved satryrs as well. Never even seen a copy of it, not even at Gen-con. Think I'll try RPGnow.skelerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915816887020537340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-32582885494593904212007-12-17T10:18:00.000-06:002007-12-17T10:18:00.000-06:00Is this art from that old centaurs & swashbucklers...<B>Is this art from that old centaurs & swashbucklers RPG? What was that called, Lace & Steel?</B><BR/><BR/>It definitely looks like Donna Barr art, at any rate (the "large" version isn't any larger than the thumbnail, so I can't be 100% sure). And I'm also reasonably sure Donna Barr did all the Lace & Steel art.<BR/><BR/>I really loved her stuff in GURPS Ice Age, and a few of her old Traveller cartoons.S. John Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12284417121877141161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-85374842229246893692007-12-17T10:13:00.000-06:002007-12-17T10:13:00.000-06:00I have mixed reactions to anthro stuff (and I gues...I have mixed reactions to anthro stuff (and I guess I'm odd in that I never include animal-derived fantasy races in that category unless they're clearly meant to <I>replace</I> humans and demihumans in the setting ... if a Pantherman can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with a Dwarf and a Human and kick ass, then he's not a "furry," he's just a badass Pantherman ... ditto a Minotaur, etc). Similarly, I don't consider TMNT an "anthro" comic because they're animal mutants in a world of humans, not animal-people as human proxies.<BR/><BR/>And I'm fine with <I>some</I> pure anthro stuff. In the 80s and 90s I appreciated Omaha and Albedo and Usagi Yojimbo. None of those had the slightest bit of creepy-vibe to me. I'd still read any of them if a copy were lying around (Albedo got a little dry now and then, but had its moments).<BR/><BR/>But, by contrast, Shanda the Panda wigged me the fuck out and made my skin crawl. So does that creepy squirrel-chick thing you posted from the CD the other day, and so does the bottom centaur image.<BR/><BR/>I've never given a lot of thought to what the trigger-factor is, but from writing this post I'd guess that it's the <I>combination</I> of overt sexualizing with overt cartoony preciousness. Either element, on its own, I'm cool with (especially the sexy!), but the sexy/precious combination seems to be what sets off little alarms in my head.<BR/><BR/>So I guess I'm fine with Cheetah Temptresses as long as they're sufficiently serious and badass Cheetah Temptresses. If they have Disney-eyes, though, I ralf. Go fig.S. John Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12284417121877141161noreply@blogger.com