D'Orce, Dungeon Crawler Carl’s Spiritual Sequel, Officially Rushes Back To Print

Image via Simon & Schuster Published Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT Jason is an award-winning journalist whose writing career dates back to when he developed the ability to use a crayon. He, most notably, worked previously as a "professional fan," as he likes to call it, at CinemaBlend, for which he wrote about anything and everything under the pop culture umbrella... especially Batman. His passion for the art of cinema began even earlier, stemming from repeat viewings of The Wizard of Oz. This initially led him to pursue a career in filmmaking -- and even work briefly in the industry as an extra in the straight-to-video family film, Alice Upside Down -- before deciding that his talents would be better served discussing and showing appreciation for the various forms of entertainment he is passionate about. The fusion of the high-fantasy adventure genre with absurdist comedy has proven to be a surprisingly rewarding mix in the past. One of the most popular examples as of late is the Dungeon Crawler Carl books, the popularity of which has resulted in a wave of more stories of a similarly silly and epic tone. One such title is a recent comic book series called D'Orc, which has been fl...