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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...

I mean, how could I not buy a comic called Head Lopper ?   So, what's this book's dea — Oh, this is that Head Lopper comic you mentioned two weeks ago . It is that. Specifically it's Head Lopper & The Island or A Plague of Beasts . It was written, drawn, and lettered by Andrew MacLean with colors by Mike Spicer, Andrew MacLean, Lin Visel, and Joseph Bergin III. How informative. Would you care to share anything else about it? Sure, it's a kind of swords and sorcery adventure comic about a wandering warrior by the name of— Let me guess: Head Lopper? No, Norgal, but everyone calls him the Head Lopper on account of his penchant for lopping heads off. Charming, so, just how much of a penchant for decapitation would you say that Norgal has? His sidekick is Agatha the Blue Witch's head. Fair enough. It begins with Norgal, recently summoned to the island of Barra in order to slay the Sorcerer of the Black Bog, who has plagued the island with beasts! Just like the title ...