Premiere webcomic platformWEBTOONhas partnered with the streaming service Dropout to create a brand-newDimension 20webcomic series calledFantasy High, based on the popular table-top role playing game (TTRPG) streamed on Dropout. The series is set to debut on WEBTOON in Spring 2025, and promises to bring the game to “a new global audience.”
As announced in a press release, WEBTOON and Dropout will be adaptingDimension 20,a popular series, which features various comedians and professional gamers engaging in the TTRPG campaign led by the actor/comedian, Brennan Lee Mulligan, who serves as as the Dungeon Master (DM).The upcoming WEBTOON webcomic,Fantasy High, is based on the webseries’ first season/campaignplayed in 2018, also titledFantasy High.
TheFantasy HighDimension 20 webcomic will consist of 61 episodes and transport fans of Dimension 20 to a brightly animated world filled with high magic, mayhem, and mystery.
WEBTOON & Dropout Partner To Bring “Dimension 20” To New Fans With The Webcomic “Fantasy High”
Fantasy HighJoins the Spring 2025 WEBTOON Lineup
In the same spirit of the firstDimension 20campaign, theFantasy Highwebcomic will focus on:
a group of misfit teens as they navigate the high-stakes drama of high school and the perils of a magical world. When students at their school mysteriously go missing, the ragtag group bands together to uncover a sinister plot, embarking on an unforgettable adventure filled with intrigue, humor, and heartfelt moments.
Speaking about the upcoming webcomic, David S. Lee, an executive at WEBTOON Entertainment who is involved with the project, said:
Just like the most compelling comic storytelling, tabletop role-playing games offer incredibly rich worlds, dynamic characters, and boundless creativity. We’re thrilled to bring Dimension 20’s magic, humor, and adventure to WEBTOON, delivering immersive world-building and a visual experience fans will love.
In other words,Fantasy Highwill have all the thingsthat have madeDimension 20a major phenomenonsince 2018. By expanding into a new medium, the series will also hopefully appeal to new readers, and get them interested in classic role-playing games in the process.
Like much of what has traditionally been relegated to “nerd culture” over the past several decades, table-top roleplaying games have become increasingly chic over the past few years. Prominently featured in Netflix’sStranger Things, the iconicDungeons & Dragonshas enjoyed a resurgence of popularity, and in fact could be on its way to a true Golden Age, as new generations discover it in both analog and digital form.Dimension 20is a celebration of the form, andFantasy Highwill expand that into another medium.
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Prepare For The Adaptation
Available exclusively on theDropoutstreaming service,Dimension 20is an innovative hybrid of a game show, a video game playthrough, a comedy show, and much more, and so it will be fascinating to discover how the unique program can be adapted into the webcomic medium. However, fans of the franchise are already eager to find out,suggesting that the upcomingWEBTOONincarnation ofFantasy Highwill be a success, leading to moreDimension 20expanded content in the future.
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Here’s everything you need to know about Dimension 20, the actual play series on Dimension 20 that turns D&D into a hilarious comedy anthology.
Dimension 20
Cast
Produced under the Dropout TV banner/service, Dimension 20 is a Dungeons & Dragons-based television show that brings together a group of players for comedic adventures in the classic tabletop game. Campaigns last several seasons and switch back and forth between them, with many cast members returning to take on new roles, all hosted by creator Brennan Lee Mulligan as the show’s Dungeon Master.
