Next week I’ll be finishing The Warcraft Hero. It’s hard to believe that what started out as a poorly drawn comic about World of Warcraft ended up being a slightly better drawn comic about World of Warcraft.

Since November 22, 2009, I have made a hundred Warcraft Hero comics (counting the final one). I thought it would be fun if I dug deep into the archive to select my ten favorite cartoons. This ended up being a lot harder than I thought, but I did come up with a list of (in no particular order) my 10 favorite Warcraft Heroes.

The Warcraft Hero in: Super drunk

Every great hero has to hit their lowest moment, and Wilhelm’s came shortly after Squi’s death. Depressed and lonely, our hero used his massive fortune to drown his sorrows in ale.

Wilhelm is always such a bright, happy-go-lucky character. It was fun to show him as a bitter, angry drunk. “Quest accepted” also has to be one of my favorite punchlines.

The Warcraft Hero in: Just act natural

I love Subject Eight! He was based off a real World of Warcraft quest where you had to help Subject Nine, a super-intelligent raptor, build a spaceship so he could find a world to call his own. Unsurprisingly, it was hilarious stuff.

Subject Eight was reduced to a babbling moron, which allowed for a lot of lowbrow humor. Him mooing still brings a smile to my face.

The Warcraft Hero in: Squire for hire

The introduction of Squi! I almost forgot there was a time when he wasn’t a part of the comic. Actually, I originally wanted to have no recurring characters at all. I’m not sure why...I’m sure I had some dumb reason.

I quickly found out that I needed someone to play off of Wilhelm. Since he was a happy man-child, I decided to pair him with an easily annoyed kid. That combination helped the comic go on as long as it did.

The Warcraft Hero in: A very serious comic

This is my favorite episode that I don’t think anyone else likes. Well, at least they certainly don’t like it as much as me, but I live for dialogue like this. Wilhelm says something stupid, Squi tries to put up with him, and then the punchline.

That’s 90 percent of the comics right there.

The Warcraft Hero in: Deathwing's demand

Confession time: The whole “apple pie” thing is something of an in-joke between my friends and me. Basically, professional wrestler Hulk Hogan once fought Ric Flair in a “Yapapi Indian Strap Match,” but anytime they said the word “Yapapi,” it sounded like “apple pie.”

Also, I loved turning Deathwing, the most sinister and threatening of all Warcraft villains, into a pretty silly character who really just wants some good pie.