History Webcomic / DorkTower

* {{Mondegreen}}: Carson thinks the lyrics of his favourite U2 song are "I still haven't found Walter's cookie jar".

* {{Tsundere}}: Kayleigh, much to Matt's dismay.
* TVTropesWillRuinYourLife: [[http://www.dorktower.com/2011/01/18/dork-tower-tuesday-january-18-2011/ Demonstrated here.]]

''Dork Tower'' is the name of a comic series by famed game creator, illustrator, and writer Creator/JohnKovalic. Set in the fictional town of Mud Bay, Wisconsin, it focuses on the gaming adventures and personal lives of the four main characters, a group of {{geek}}s whose hobbies and interests include tabletop roleplaying games, video games, miniature games, collectible card games, science fiction and fantasy, comic books, computers, anime and manga -- in short, anything and everything dorks (and {{Geek}}s, and {{Nerd}}s, and {{Otaku}}) would enjoy.

[[http://www.dorktower.com/ The official site is here.]]

''Dork Tower'' began as a four-panel comic in print format, published in various gaming-oriented periodicals such as ''Magazine/{{Dragon}} Magazine'' and ''Pyramid''. In 2000, it became a four-panel webcomic published approximately three times a week. Later, a monthly comic book was published by Dork Storm Press, and featured a mix of single-page strips, multi-page stories, and ongoing character development story arcs. The comic book had been on hiatus as of issue #36 due to personal affairs, but will resume publication in 2011 in annual mini-series releases. A series of TPB collections reprint the web and print strips. The strip has won several Origin Awards, and the comic has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.

* CarTripGames: Igor's HouseRules for 'Licence Plate Bingo' are so complex that by the time he has finished explaining the, the road trip (across multiple states) is over.

* ShoutOut: To the "[[MiseryPoker Four Men of Yorkshire]]" sketch [[http://www.dorktower.com/2001/01/29/comics-archive-68/ here]].

* CrossOver: One story arc featured a crossover with ''PvP'', where the two casts attended a convention and entered a gaming competition. Matt ran a game with the [=PvP=] players, while Cole ran a game with the ''Dork Tower'' group. [[spoiler:The winning team was an all-girl squad with Gilly, Jade, and Marcy]].

** Also "TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons".

* IntoxicationEnsues: Happens to Ken after he tries one of Igor's sugar-overloaded "[[http://www.dorkstock.com/IgorBars.html Igor bars]]". He passes out four seconds later...

* HustlingTheMark: After [[http://www.dorktower.com/2004/04/26/comics-archive-534/ hearing]] that Igor has never played poker, Ken eagerly invites him to join his poker game. At first, Igor frustrates the other players with his naive questions and obvious tells, but by the end of the evening he makes off with all of the winnings. The final strip shows Igor talking to someone on a cell phone about how he fooled everyone... while being pursued by a ''very'' angry Ken.

* HustlingTheMark: After hearing that Igor has never played poker, Ken eagerly invites him to join his poker game. At first, Igor frustrates the other players with his naive questions and obvious tells, but by the end of the evening he makes off with all of the winnings. The final strip shows Igor talking to someone on a cell phone about how he fooled everyone... while being pursued by a ''very'' angry Ken.

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: In one strip describing comic book convention tips, an artist has just drawn a sketch for a fan, who remarks "Wow, if you die on the way home, this'll be worth LOTS!"

->''"Hey, Marcia! Come and see the satanist!"''

* FakeHigh: Matt's stoner brother thinks he is high after mistaking Matt's basing floc for pot and smoking it.

** Gilly's [[http://www.dorktower.com/2006/10/04/comics-archive-840/ letter to Igor]] asks him to "[[{{NewspaperComics/Peanuts}} say 'Hi' to the funny-looking kid with the big nose]]."

* LethalChef: [[http://www.dorktower.com/2006/11/06/comics-archive-854/ One story]] featured an "IronChef Ramen Noodle" cook-off between Igor and Carson. Igor carefully crafts a concoction with tom-yum paste, rice wine, and fish sauce, while Carson's entry consisted of generic turkey dogs. Igor's dish is unbelievably aromatic, while Carson's prompted the question "This used to be organic?" from the judges. [[spoiler:Carson wins anyway, despite Igor's entry being "like tasting clouds", because his entry reminds the judges of college dorm food -- "The best years of our lives!"]]

* MirrorUniverse: A story arc once sent Carson into a mirror universe in which [[ForWantOfANail roleplaying games had never been invented]] [[spoiler:and GeorgeLucas had gone into porn rather than directing ''StarWars'']]. In that alternate reality, Matt was a pretentious male model, Igor a sports celebrity and Ken a gangsta rapper.

* TakeThatCritics: Invoked for a gag when GeorgeLucas pummels Ken for criticizing the changes to the original ''StarWars'' trilogy.

->"Hey, Marcia! Come and see the satanist!"
-->--Bookstore clerk, after Matt asks if they have RPG books

* CelebrityLie: Inverted in [[http://www.dorktower.com/2007/12/28/comics-archive-975/ this]] comic strip with StanLee.