by Reinder Dijkhuis

About Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan

Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan is an epic, character-driven humorous fantasy comic. If you like Elf Life, Clan of the Cats or the work of Terry Pratchett, you'll probably enjoy Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan as well. As you can see on the front page, it's a subscription comic - but before we get to that, let's talk about the current storyline and the free stuff.

Webcomics history returns

The latest storyline is a very old one. It was first published online between 1994and 1996. Those original installments were all in Foreign, though, and the scan quality wasn't too hot. So now we're trying again.

In "The Stone of Contention", a forthcoming solar eclipse is making the members of the gang jittery. The witch Atra wants to go to a large Sabbath on the occasion of the eclipse, and Jake the Gnome is building some sort of infernal machine. Are there forces at work that they can't control?

Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan has no fixed format between stories, but in these particular sequences I've gone out of my way to take the opportunity to try out some different styles, methods and forms. So the format varies more than usually; some comics are hand-coloured, some are in pencil, some have layouts or colour schemes that I wouldn't normally use. It will settle down again eventually.

Earlier stories

There are some other free chapters in the archives. Take a gander at the 2001 storyline Dolphins and Dragons in which Kel seeks the aid of a dragon to help cure her nightmares. Or at the storyline Brewery, guest-drawn ten years ago by the very talented Remco Polman. This comic has been going on for a long, long time...

If you've read all the free comics and are hungry for more, subscribe to Modern Tales - home of 40 of the best cartoonists on the Web. For $ 2.95 per month, or $29.95 per year, you get to read the archives not just of Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan, but such gems as Narbonic, Pewfell, Ice and Hotel Fred, to name but four. There are over 870 installments of Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan comics in the archives, by the way. That's two Cerebus collections' worth of comics!

The cast of Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan is huge. Let the comic's cast pages be your guide.

The artist of Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan has also got some other comics online:
Courtly Manners (on Modern Tales)
Little Cottage in the Woods
Tips for Lazy Buggers
The Eye of the Underworld
White House in Orbit

The banner advertisement for Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan that ran on the Clan of the Cats website was drawn by ROCR artist Reinder Dijkhuis, but colored and designed by COTC artist Jamie Robertson. A full version of the drawing used for the ad can be found in Reinder's weblog.

Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan and Clan of the Cats have exchanged art a few times over the years. Jamie Robertson drew two guest comics for ROCR: 1. 2. Reinder Dijkhuis drew two guest comics for COTC: 1, 2. Reinder also drew a a Gothic Chelsea for Jamie.