Meat Shield (webcomic)

MeatShield is a Sword and Sorcery, Dungeons and Dragons-style fantasy comic strip that updates Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MeatShield centers on the adventures (or lack thereof) of Dhur, a mighty half-orc barbarian warrior, Ch'p, halfling monk and pastry chef extraordinaire, and Jaine, half-elven mistress of magic, music and sarcasm as they wander the world of Ardris.

MeatShield provides examples of:
"Borloth: You will have to be more specific. I have killed many friends."
 * Agony of the Feet
 * Becky Sourbottom, with the Be Quiet Nudge below.
 * Dhur, "Boot to the Door!"
 * Are We There Yet: Dhur, of course.
 * Ass Shove: "Papillon, I need some money..."
 * Awesome McCoolname: Clan Punchintheface
 * An Axe to Grind: Dhur
 * Back From the Dead:
 * Be Quiet Nudge: Dhur to Becky.
 * Big Bad: Disparoxus. At least according to the author.
 * Berserk Button: Don't ever mention "RULES" around Dhur.
 * But for Me It Was Tuesday: From Borloth the Necromancer:

"Ch'p: It's called "respect for the art", Day'l! Something I don't expect you to understand!"
 * Calling Your Attacks: Lampshaded in this strip.

"Becky: Mister, you talk too much."
 * Childhood Marriage Promise: Except Dhur didn't technically promise anything.
 * Compensating for Something: Ch'p wonders if the two huge snake statues at the entrance of the port of Vedris means the city is compensating for some shortcoming.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Jaine
 * Dope Slap: Jaine to Dhur, of course.
 * Face Palm
 * Fastball Special: Dhur is big and strong, Ch'p is small... It was bound to happen.
 * Four Fingered Hands: Any non-humans or non-elves (or non-hybrids) like dwarves, goblins, halflings, etc. Snake-people have three-fingered hands.
 * Half Human Hybrids: Dhur is orc/human and Jaine is elf/human.
 * I Call Her Vera: Dhur names his brand-new axe "Grinsplitter".
 * Idiot Hero: Dhur, in a standard joke, is exceedingly dim.
 * In the Back: Becky has no qualm against backstabbing bad guys.
 * I Think You Broke Him: "I think you broke her brain."
 * Its Pronounced Tropay: Word of God:
 * DHUR: pronounced as "durrr", as in "I don't get it, durrrr...."
 * JAINE: pronounced as "jane", such as the name.
 * MONA DHOHSWIF (Dhur's mom): Mo-nah Doe-swiff
 * CH'P IR'KELL: Ch-IP Ur-UH-kell
 * JONUS: Jo-NUSS
 * KILANIO: kill-ON-yo
 * NITSU'A: nit-SUU-ah
 * Killed Mid Sentence: This bad guy.

"No. I don't feel like drawing "D&D meets Moonlighting". Besides, think of what their kid would look like: part half-orc, part half-elf... my friends, that sounds like a one-way ticket to UglyTown."
 * Last Second Word Swap: Dhur tries one here, but he's not very good at it.
 * Let Me Get This Straight: A textbook example.
 * Literal Metaphor: Leonid doing a bit of soul-searching...
 * Luke Nounverber: Becky Sourbottom
 * Modesty Towel: Well, modesty blankets.
 * Naked On Revival:
 * Nerd Glasses: Stan the orc
 * Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Done deliberately and lampshaded. Also, provides the page image.
 * Our Liches Are Different: Leonid the pseudo-lich
 * Pass the Popcorn: The two drow watching the protagonist duo.
 * Punctuation Shaker: Ch'p Ir'kell; Day'l Ir'ket; the Nitsu'a monks in general.
 * Role Playing Game Verse
 * Ship Sinking: Word of God:

"The Church of Vasra, God of Serpents and Secrets, is headquartered here. Long ago, a fundamentalist movement in Vedris prompted the faithful to undergo magical transformations into snake-human hybrids to prove their devotion. This magical alteration has bred true and now nearly 50% of the population are snakepeople."
 * Shout Out
 * At least three in one panel.
 * And three more in this one. With Call Back to boot.
 * Sibling Yin Yang: Dhur and his brother Ghar.
 * Smoke Out: Day'l pulls out one.
 * Smug Snake: Day'l Ir'ket
 * Snake People: The inhabitants of Vedris, the City of Serpents. Extract from the Encyclopedia Ardrisia:


 * Spit Take
 * Jaine, here.
 * And then, her father.
 * Ungrateful Bastard: Prince Jonus of Westhame
 * Wall of Blather: Leonid isn't exactly listening to Disparoxus.
 * X On a Stick: Lich-on-a-stick. No, really.
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: