First Steps

First Steps in the Corporate World - Comic

First steps in the corporate world:
welcome to your new job, bro.
Study, work, make sure to kiss-up
to the ones who run the show.

First steps in the corporate world:
trust no one, you understand?
Keep your focus on promotion,
this is what you really planned.

First steps in the corporate world:
you’re promoted? Good for you!
Manage them with kindness, but still,
make sure you are ruthless too.

First steps in the corporate world:
fire every guy you can.
and get new folks to replace them,
they’ll be loyal to you, man.

First steps in the corporate world:
Dracarys! Burn it all!
From the ashes there shall rise
the great phoenix, proud and tall.

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Want another comic? Here’s a real oldie with some Job Searching Tips

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Speaking of first steps, I’m making my first steps on Youtube (you can subscribe here). Here’s a video of me speed drawing a cute unicorn. And then drawing a not-so-cute unicorn

British Accents

Don’t you know your history?
Let’s solve a big mystery:
Romans? They had British accents.
Ancient Greeks? British accents.
Pharaoh’s Egypt? British accents.
Let’s all cheer for British accents!
Hollywood makes actors speak
this way so they’d sound antique.

This is almost an addiction,
also works in fantasy fiction:
Game of Thrones? British accents.
Hobbits? Elves? British accents.
(Only Dwarves have Scottish accents,
sharp and deadly like their axes)

This is quite a famous trope
“Queen’s Latin” the name’s , and nope,
it’s not likely to fade soon.

So, did you like the cartoon?

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Fancy some more comics, do you?
Here’s an old one about Meme Stars Game of Thrones characters.

Speaking about Scottish accents, there’s this one about types of English.

Dothraki Language Curve

Graph - Dothraki Language v. Chance of Getting Laid

“Athchomar chomakea, friends! …. What’s that? No habla Dothraki? Ok… here are some quick facts about the Dothraki language.

  • The Dothraki language was initially constructed by George RR Martin in his “A Song of Ice and Fire” series.
  • It was later further developed for the “Game of Thrones” TV Series by language creator David Peterson.
  • Peterson was chosen to construct the Dothraki language after winning an internal contest in the “Language Creation Society” organization.
  • “TV Dothraki” consists of more than 3000 words, roughly the same as “Klingonese”, Star Trek’s Klingon language.
  • Most words in Dothraki were never used in the series or books.
  • Dothraki is quickly gaining popularity among geeks such as myself.
  • The Dothraki language joins a respected group of fictional languages such as Star Trek’s Klingon and Lord of The Ring’s Elvish, Dwarvish and Orcish.
  • (Finally, the red curve above for Dothraki could easily be substituted with any of those languages. The blue curve? Not necessarily…)

Want more? Here’s a previous cartoon comparing Dothraki and Klingons , and here’s our entire collection of Game of Thrones cartoons, including the one above.

Dothraki vs Klingons

Dothraki vs Klingon - cartoon by Idan Schneider

Dothraki vs Klingons – why are they so similar?

The Klingon race was introduced in the original Star Trek series (TOS) during the 1960’s but since then their appearance changed significantly. The initial inspiration for them was Japan of World War 2, and indeed at first Klingons had a certain “Asian” look to them, with slightly slanted eyes and bronze skin. Later in the series, the inspiration for the “evil empire” changed from Japan to Russia, in the spirit of the cold war. In the Star-Trek movies of the 1980’s the Klingons went through a makeover, and got the appearance they have until today: big, muscular, usually bearded, with long hair and a ridged forehead. While the reason for the appearance change was primarily budget related (the 1960’s series didn’t have enough budget for make-up), fans and material such as the Star Trek Role-Playing Game provided plot-related explanations to this obvious appearance change. E.g. they claimed there are different races of Klingons. When looking at Klingon culture, it is depicted as a somewhat barbaric warrior culture, similar to the warrior nations we know in our own history: violent, clan-based, idolizing strength, with its own honor-based system.

The Dothraki are the fictional creation of author George RR Martin. They were created as part of the universe described in “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels, which was later adapted to the television series “Game of Thrones”. The Dothraki are inspired by the nomadic horse tribesmen of central Asia, namely medieval Mongols and the early Turks. Even their leaders are called “Khals”, similar to the Mongol title “Khan”. They are described as barbaric, militaristic, extremely violent, yet also with their own code of honor.

So as we see, both Dothraki and Klingons are based on the militaristic empires of Earth. Both races are considered as “Others” in their respective universes. On one side they are the enemy everyone loves to hate, because of their barbaric tendencies and their inherent violent nature. Maybe this is also the reason why in both TV shows, they made Dothraki and Klingons speak in their own guttural language instead of “English” – with the purpose of further alienating them. On the other hand, especially as the plot advances, you learn to relate to at least several members of those races. On Star Trek The Next Generation, Worf, a Klingon, becomes one of the main protagonists (and he’s undoubtedly one of the most beloved characters in STTNG). In “Game of Thrones”, there’s a slight shift in the way we view Dothraki. In my opinion, it’s best reflected in the shift of our view of Khal Drogo: from the initial contempt following his literal purchase of Daenerys Targaryen as a brides.

In any case, when it comes to measuring Dothraki vs Klingons in terms of popularity, both races are equally popular among their series’ respective fans. After all, everyone likes barbarians (as long as they’re far enough, and nothing’s farther than a different, fictional universe). Even their languages, Klingon (“Klingonese”) and Dothraki, are considered popular languages among geeks such as myself. In fact, geeks speaking Klingone has become a kind of a trope, but let’s leave that topic to a different cartoon (stay tuned).

So, “Valar morghūlis, mirre cartoons ēdruta sagon pikībagon!” – That’s High Valyrian for “All men must die, all cartoons must be read!(*)” . In that spirit, here are some additional Game of Thrones cartoons, like the one asking what if Meme stars were cast for Game of Thrones? or the one about how FRIENDS are viler than Lannisters?. And here’s the complete list of our Game of Thrones cartoons (including the one above).

 
(*) Translated via the High Valyrian translator. Go check it out!