If Ben has one flaw, it’s that he’s always eating stuff Winslow gives to him. You would think that after living with the guy for as long as he has, he would have learned his lesson. But no, here he is once again, tasting something he really shouldn’t be tasting.

Contrary to what some might think, this comic is not belittling the artistic abilities of comic strip artists.

As a husband, father, writer, artist, magazine editor, and general ne’er-do-well, I have a lot of stuff on my plate on a day-to-day basis. I’m always looking for ways to budget my time more effectively. This is what I’ve come up with: a way to spend time with my son AND get a new Ben & Winslow comic drawn up by Friday every week.

This is what happens when Winslow is allowed to be Dungeon Master.

The party here consists of Laura (a valkyrie), Apsara the Attention Whore (a barbarian), Kurt the Cynic (a necromancer), Ben (a warrior with kickass sideburns), and Psychic Rob (who is not, in fact, a psionic and is instead a humble archer).

Every gaming night, Ben, Kurt the Cynic, Apsara the Attention Whore, and Psychic Rob head over to Laura’s house to play RPG for Cool Dudes, one of the greatest role playing games of the late 90s. They eat junk food, talk about bad movies, and raid the dungeons of the dreaded Dark Viscount for gold, magical artifacts, and exotic weapons. And tonight, they’re doing all of that again. But with Winslow in the mix.