Knights of the Dinner Table
In "Shadis" #2 (March/April 1990), Jolly Blackburn began to run a comic that
he had written called "Knights of the Dinner Table", which depicted the humorous interactions of a gaming group. When Blackburn published that first "Knights" strip, he thought that he was just filling a blank page but when he tried to replace it with more professional strips beginning with "Shadis" #6, there was an outcry; because of that outcry "Knights" soon returned. Blackburn also published "Knights of the Dinner Table" as a comic book, the first three issues of which appeared from his company Alderac Entertainment Games over the next year (1994-1995). As a result of diverging interests with his partners, Blackburn left Alderac in 1995, with "Shadis" #21 (December 1995) being his final issue; he kept the rights to "Knights of the Dinner Table". Blackburn formed a new company called KODT Enteractive Facktory, which was to publish the "Knights of the Dinner Table" comic monthly. While he was working on getting that new company together, Blackburn received a call from the editor of TSR's "Dragon" magazine, asking if the "Knights of the Dinner Table" strip was now available; although Blackburn originally planned to continue the strip in "Shadis", he accepted the offer and "Knights of the Dinner Table" thus began appearing beginning in "Dragon" #226 (February, 1996). While working on "Knights of the Dinner Table" #4 (1996), Blackburn concluded that he really did not want to go it alone, and David Kenzer and the staff of Kenzer & Company wanted to get Blackburn to join their company. In November 1996 when David Kenzer and others were visiting Blackburn over the course of a local con, and Blackburn decided that Kenzer had the sort of business sense and integrity that he was looking for in a partner. Starting with issue #5 (February 1997) "Knights of the Dinner Table" was the work of the "KoTD Development Team" which consisted of Jolly Blackburn, David Kenzer, Brian Jelke and Steve Johansson.
Children of the Lamp
Children of the Lamp is a series of fantasy novels for senior children as well as adolescents and adults written by the British author P. B. Kerr. It tells the story of twins John and Philippa, as they discover how to act in the world of djinn (genies). The story has a variety of themes, family, adventure, and loyalty being a few. The first book, "The Akhenaten Adventure", was published in 2004. The second book, "The Blue Djinn of Babylon", was published in 2006. The third book, "The Cobra King of Kathmandu", was also released in 2006. The fourth book was published in August 2007, and is named "The Day of the Djinn Warriors". The fifth book came out in 2009 and is titled "The Eye of the Forest". The sixth book, "The Five Fakirs of Faizabad", was released on November 1, 2010. The seventh and final book, "The Grave Robbers of Genghis Khan", was released on November 1, 2011. The film rights are held by Paramount.