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15 Minutes of Fame: Gank Frank
15 Minutes of Fame is our look at World of Warcraft players of all shapes and sizes – both the renowned and the relatively anonymous. There's no easier way to introduce the subject of this week's 15 Minutes of Fame than this: If you enjoyed the movie Kill Bill, you'll love Gank Frank: A Raging Rumble of Retribution. Fenrix of Bloodhoof has crafted a quirky graphic novel that somehow blends Gnomes, Kill Bill, World of Warcraft and even a sprinkling of The Simpsons. Like most creative types, Fenrix has a lot to say. Here at WoW Insider, he lets fly on art, gaming and the World of Warcraft. 15 Minutes of Fame: What inspired you to create Gank Frank?Fenrix: My inspirations come from a lot of different sources: movies, novels, comic books, other video games, internet fads, etc. This all forms into a huge, hodgepodge clusterfuck of material swirling around in my brain. I love telling and reading stories, especially those dealing with revenge. There's plenty of classic literature out there dealing with the subject of revenge, something that has always fascinated me, so it kind of felt natural to me when I decided to tell a story based around that idea. Revenge is one of the most primal forms of justice; it's something that we're all familiar with.
Gank Frank parts 4 and 5 posted
Fenrix of Bloodhoof was nice enough to ping us and say that the next two installments of Gank Frank -- his awesome little graphic novel about a gnome with a taste for vengeance -- have been posted on the Funkytown forums. As before, the storyline continues to follow the movie Kill Bill, with a few extra gnomey (and WoW-related, although there's a Simpsons reference in there as well) twists and turns. And the graphics look terrific. Along with our own Tales from the Lion's Pride Inn, those crazy machinimists ain't got nothing on these graphic artists.Great job as always, Fenrix, and we can't wait to see the rest of the story.
Gank Frank: A raging rumble of retribution
Sweet three-toed sloth of Azeroth! We have a new contender for Best Fan-Produced Warcraft Feature of all time -- Fenrix of Bloodhoof's epic graphic novel Gank Frank. This story is loosely based on Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill saga, except that it features a gnome rogue who was left for dead by the mysterious Frank and a group of notorious Warcraft villains. Now he's out to kill off everyone on his list, recover his missing Mr. Wiggles, and look cool in a yellow jumpsuit. There are currently three chapters up, which corresponds roughly to the whole first volume of Kill Bill. You can see 11 (elite), Blood-Covered Gnome, and Showdown at the Pig and Whistle Tavern on the forums of the guild Funkytown. It's taken Fenrix nearly a year to finish up the first half of the saga, so you might not want to hold your breath waiting for the second part. I'm not exactly sure how they make things like this and Flintlocke -- a combination of screenshots, model viewers, and a lot of editing time? What do you think about Gank Frank?
