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Too bad Norgal doesn't have a van, he would look sweet air-brushed on the side.   So, what's this book's dea—oh, more Head Lopper . That's right, it's Volume 3: Head Lopper & The Knights of Venora . So, as you may recall, in Volume 2 , Norgal, aka, the Head Lopper, caught feelings for Zhaania in the Crimson Tower, only for her to die. So he's been drowning his sorrows in drink and bloodshed and is in a pretty sorry state when he's forced to rescue Arlenfor and Balan, the Third and First Swords of the King of Venoriah, respectively. See, they were sent out to parley with the goblin army that's been laying siege to the city. As it turns out, the goblins think that the giant egg-shaped stone within the city's walls is going to hatch their fire-breathing toad god who will then devour the sun and the moons. As fire-breathing toad gods are wont to do. Exactly. In gratitude Arlenfor vouches for Norgal who had previously been turned away from Venoriah fo...

Is that Bill Cipher? So, what's this book's deal? It's the second volume of Andrew MacLean's sword and sorcery comic, Head Lopper. This particular volume is entitled Head Lopper & The Crimson Tower . It picks up more or less where Volume 1 left off: Norgal, the eponymous decapitator, and Agatha, the blue witch's head, have joined Zhaania and her apprentice Xho in a quest to discover what happened to Zhaania's mother when she entered the Crimson Tower. If you can master the Tower's challenges you may find yourself its new master. This is also kind of a big deal to the Fonga, a dimminutive, roughly humanoid species who share an island home with the Crimson Tower and are preparing their champion, Harpo, to claim the Throne of the Master. However, Harpo's younger brother, Twerpal, isn't convinced that the supposedly enchanted sling-bow is going to be enough to protect his brother from the tower's dangers. Meanwhile, Ulrich, the current Master ha...