In October 2020, by total accident, I saw that Moonquill Publishing was looking for a scripter to turn the popular light fantasy novel Lord of Goblins into a webtoon. (Webtoons are vertical webcomics designed for easy mobile reading in the Korean style.) Looking for a fun creative challenge, I signed on, and as they say- “the rest is history!”
The basic story is about a revolutionary leader from a future European setting who is assassinated and wakes up in the body of a goblin mining slave in a fantasy world. As you might suspect, he has no intention of remaining a slave, and sets out on a long quest to transform the world he’s found himself in.
With gorgeous art by award winning Vietnamese comic artist Vu Dinh Lan and his team, the webtoon has been a blast to work on, and it’s great to see it finally released. Working on a comic you can’t tell anyone about for nine months is no fun, but when you see the final product in glorious color, it’s all worth it.
I’ll write more about the process of turning a novel into a webtoon later, but for now go check out the Lord of Goblins on Webtoon for free! And, don’t forget to subscribe at the end of chapter three, because it’s an amazing ride from here on out!
Rob
