Knights of the Dinner Table – FraimWorks – The Art of Brendon and Brian Fraim

Our first big comic book gig was with the fine folks at Kenzer and Company drawing the spin-off comic book Knights of the Dinner Table: Illustrated (K.ILL). As the regular KoDT: The Magazine deals with the characters sitting around the table playing the role-playing game HackMaster, K.Ill focused on the adventures in the RPG world of characters Knuckles, Teflon Billy, El Ravager and Zayre. The series stared as retelling of the classic KoDT misadventures, but as the series progressed, we introduced new adventures and new characters. The series also began as a bimonthly, but soon turned to monthly.

Though we didn’t start on the series until issue #4, we drew every issue after that until the final issue #41. We have nothing but fond memories of working on this series, as it was our first big break in the industry. It’s also interesting to look back at issues of the series and not remember a sequence or event (well, it was about 15 years ago!) that we drew.

“Brendon and Brian Fraim have worked as artists for KenzerCo for approximately twenty years contributing to the Knights of the Dinner Table magazine, the HackMaster Role-playing Game and Knights of the Dinner Illustrated.

“Their talents have been invaluable to the company and have elevated the quality of everything they illustrate. Not only is their art always topnotch, but also their work ethic is tremendous. We never have to worry about them turning in anything late. Their quick turnaround time is awesome and vital. We can always count on them whenever we need them. Whatever we need, all we have to do is describe it to them and it will be done with excellence.

“They are the most reliable and most talented artists I’ve had the pleasure to work with in my 30 years in the business.”

Jolly R. Blackburn
Creator of KoDT and Kenzer & Co. Vice-President