Quests Aside #1
| Writer | Brian Schirmer |
| Artist | Elena Gogou |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
A skeleton, an apprentice mage, and an exiled princess walk into a bar... for another shift at Quests Aside, the local watering hole run by once legendary, now retired adventurer Barrow.
When the King privately explains that he plans to shut the place down, Barrow must find a way to hold onto his business and the family he's built around it.
It's always sunny in the realms!
CRITIC REVIEWS
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8.5
AIPT - David Brooke
May 03, 2022For $4.99, this issue costs a bit more than the usual comic, but it's also longer at 27 pages of content. Mostly this is a character drama with characters talking, but with the nice cut-aways, a mix of character types, and a mystery worth investigating it's worth a look. Quests Aside hits a pleasurable groove of comedy and fantasy with a great cast of colorful characters. Read Full Review
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8.3
Major Spoilers - Ingrid Lind-Jahn
May 05, 2022Quests Aside #1 has many of the tropes we love, but also enough subversion of them that they seem fresh. The story that is being revealed is serious, even dark, so the humor plays an interesting counterpoint to that. Read Full Review
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8.0
The Fandom Post - Chris Beveridge
May 04, 2022Quests Aside is the kind of property that has all kinds of places it can go and a cast that can easily do it. You can see how it can get serious, silly, romantic, and political in really big ways. The setting offers up a lot of potential and just the teases we get with the cast shows a lot of that as well. I'm cautiously optimistic with it because we get a solid enough foundation here but it takes a lot of work for a property like this to engage in the long run. And the fact that I'm hoping it has a long run to grow into says a lot. The book reads pretty well as a whole and is really going to make something of itself as Gogou only grows more comfortable with the characters and settings over the run and takes more chances with them. The flashes of brilliance are already there. Read Full Review
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8.0
Lotusland Comics - Hank Rea
May 09, 2022'Quests Aside' is an unexpected but delightful fantasy sitcom with so much humor and heart that it's hard to dislike the new series. Schirmer's love of the genre and his characters shows making them endearing right off the bat. Playfully illustrated by Gogou and Nalty, 'Quests Aside' is a good time where the stakes are low, the ale is flowing, and everyone knows your name. Read Full Review
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8.0
Bleeding Cool - Hannibal Tabu
May 15, 2022There's quite a lot to like here and a fully realized world established in just this first issue. This issue is a lot of fun and a great choice, even if you're not ready to bring out a big bag of dice. Read Full Review
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7.7
Multiversity Comics - Quinn Tassin
May 09, 2022A confident debut for a funny, creative idea Read Full Review
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7.0
Comics Bookcase - Clyde Hall
Apr 26, 2022As the sagacious bards intone, Dont sit there in your room all alone, come sample our ales then stay cause youre prone! Quests Aside #1 is just potent enough that a second round will be hard to resist. Read Full Review
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