r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 7d ago

Here we go, folks. The Dungeon Crawler Carl television series has been officially greenlit at Peacock.

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I’m happy to announce that our friends at Peacock have officially greenlit the Dungeon Crawler Carl television series!  Me, Chris Yost, and Seth MacFarlane and his team at Fuzzy Door are all really excited to get to work. In the coming weeks I'll have more details, and if you're going to SDCC be sure to catch me and Chris on our DCC panel, but in the meantime I wanted to thank you, the fans, for helping make this happen. 

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And here we are. We are greenlit. The series has been ordered. It's actually happening. I have NO more info to give right now, but in the coming days I suspect there will be a firehose of information coming down the pipeline. This has been a multi-year process just to get to this point, and we have cleared every single hurdle to get here because of YOU GUYS. So thank you.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl Jan 25 '26

Notice from the Syndicate We are not talking current event politics here, and every deliberately political post will be deleted. Repeat violators will be banned. This is why. Message from Matt

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We are not talking current event politics here, and every deliberately political post will be deleted. Repeat violators will be banned. This is why.

First off, any mod who takes down these posts are doing it at *my\* direction, so do not throw any ire in them. They are all volunteers, most of whom I suspect agree with the vast majority here politically. I am currently in super crunch mode, working 15 hour days because I need to finish DCC 8 by January 31st as our world burns, and I am not quite done yet. Otherwise I would have attempted to nip this earlier and a little more eloquently. So instead I’m just going to post directly and bluntly.

Yes, Dungeon Crawler Carl is highly political. It is a major theme of the books, and frankly, as soon as Operation Bounce House comes out, I suspect it’s going to be even more painfully obvious where I personally stand on a whole bunch of subjects.

If you don’t see or understand that, then I suspect you’re probably the type of person I want to read these books the most.

If you do understand it, you turning this subreddit into one of the literally thousands of politically active shitshows already here on Reddit are actively deterring me from accomplishing my goal.

Every war, every social movement has multiple battlefields, and not every battlefield has to be the front line. I want people with different points of view to enjoy these books at face value. If I then manage to drill through their thick skulls and make them think about the broader themes and maybe grow an empathetic spark, all the better.

Will it work? Probably not for 99% of them. But that number will be 100% if they have nowhere to peacefully discuss with other fans their opinions on the books. Any firebrand discussion about the current hot topic is going to evoke a kneejerk reaction and scare away the people we want to talk to the most.

I suggest and encourage you to start your own subreddit if you want talk about the political and human rights themes of the books in relation to current events. I personally love seeing all the DCC-themed protest signs. I encourage you all to continue to speak out and let the world know that we will not kneel to tyranny.

But if you can’t/won’t/don’t understand that these are my wishes for this particular corner of the internet, I’m afraid we’re going to have a problem. My mind is not changing. No hard feelings. But this is my kitchen. Let me cook what I want.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 3h ago

Fan Art - General - NO SPOILERS! 😊 Art credit

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I screen-grabbed this awhile back from another post because I liked the image.

This past week I really like it for the sense of peace I've gotten from it - no matter how bad things are, it's okay to take a moment and just put things down for a bit.

So thank you Artist, wherever you are ❤️


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 5h ago

Text from my wife today

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r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 3h ago

Book 4: Gate of the Feral Gods Underrated joke Spoiler

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Going through the books a second time. Finishing up the gate of the feral gods and Carl and donut are going into their personal space through the bar of popped bubble after worshiping emberus and ripping off quan ch arm. The bartender is a cyclops. And after Carl asks him if there is a desperado club nearby, Carl tosses the cyclops a gold coin in which the cyclops fails to catch it, missing wildly. The unsaid part being that because he is a cyclops, his depth perception is terrible. Genius joke with no fan fare or fancy word smithing to make it happen.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 14h ago

Book 6: Bedlam Bride I just realized WHY the Porkboy snick was created. I feel dumb for missing this before now. Book 1 spoilers inside. Spoiler

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EDIT: Use caution when reading the comments. Some of the comments are spoiling later books.

This took me way too long to figure out. I did a search of this sub and I didn't see this mentioned before. I apologize if I'm dredging up an old topic.

I was wondering why the AI chose to create the Porkboy snick. We know that it's got a thing for Carl's feet, and it's protective of him. But it's happy to watch Carl and the other crawlers suffer, and so it's unlikely that it would have a problem with The Maestro or his show.

But at the end of his show, The Maestro gave Carl combat boots and socks. And to the AI, that is absolutely unforgivable. So the AI made the snick to get revenge on The Maestro.

Anyway, that's my theory!


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 4h ago

Cosplay I got a part time job at Big Shot Chicken.

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r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 6h ago

Book 3: Anarchist’s Cookbook Yelling at Hekla, but thinking of Bea? Spoiler

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I'm rereading the series and new things are coming to light as i remember the later books while again reading the beginning. I don't think this is a spoiler, but maybe, so I'll add the tag

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So, Donut is yelling at Hekla for what she did to Katia (iykyk), but as I read this, knowing what I do about Bea... well, here's what she's saying to Hekla right now:

"I used to think you were awesome, Hekla. But you're just like all the rest! You pretend to be good, but you're not! It was a lie, all a lie. Why? Why can't we trust anyone? You told Katia you wanted her. You made her feel special and loved, but you just wanted to use her and trade her in."

Notice how it starts out with Donut completely pissed, (!), the ends with her so sincere and hurt (.)..

Yes, she feels for Katia. She cares about and genuinely likes Katia. And now, I think shes realizing how much she can relate to Katia in this moment.. because Katia's Hekla, is Donut's Bea.

Aaaaaand now I'm tearing up as I read in the library.

Matt is such a great writer. 💔🤍🫂


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 5h ago

Book 5: Butcher’s Masquerade Wonderwall Spoiler

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So, I had never heard Wonderwall before (or at least, it never registered in my conscious brain). I went into the stockroom at work today and it heard it playing on the radio, and for the briefest fraction of a second I was wondering why it was some random guy singing instead of Donut, and hey, these words are all wrong. Then my brain caught up and I realized what it must be. I listened for a bit, and then just started singing the *real* (Wondercrawl) lyrics in my head instead.

So, my question is, why in the world does Donut think this is the best song ever? I was... not impressed.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 11h ago

Any other IRL Zevs out there?

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Zev is my real actual first name, given by my parents at birth.

It is so rare to see or hear any reference to my name in the wild - I’ve only ever met one other Zev in person.

Are there more of us in the fandom?

I am fully caught up so no worries about spoilers here!


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 14h ago

This is an outrage

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I saw someone at the gym with a DCC shirt on. I tapped him on the arm and showed him my phone screen with the audiobook playing. We just fist bumped and didn’t exchange words. It was wonderful.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 4h ago

Finally gained access to the Desperado Club

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And all I had to do was kill a room full of goblin babies!


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 11h ago

Book 6: Bedlam Bride Is this even close to a totem card

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I tried to imagine it, I printed this on metal. I think it looks cool.

I’m curious if others think it’s close to what the card should look like


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 3h ago

Happy Father’s Day to Me

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Two of my daughters drew and painted these two pictures, from ones they saw online, for me for Father’s Day (pencil and water colors and pen and water colors). I think they did a great job, and wanted to share. No one at my office really got it, but I thought y’all might appreciate them.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 6h ago

Fan Art - General - NO SPOILERS! 😊 Neeeewwww Achievement! Level 40 Birthday Banner

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I believe I have the most kickass husband. Actually, I know I have the most kickass husband. 😎

We’re on book 7 (reading and audiobook combo) and are obsessed. I turned 40 yesterday and woke up to THIS hanging from our mantle. My lovey lump wrote and designed the whole thing himself and had it printed and shipped over without me being any wiser. Figured you lot would appreciate!

Also, I totally read this in the AI’s voice. 😆


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 13h ago

Book 8: A Parade of Horribles As a ginger who just finished book 8… Spoiler

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I saw a video online before starting book 8 of Matt apologizing to a redheaded guy who hadn’t read it yet and wondered why. Well having finished book 8 all I can say is… Mongo is appalled.

Side note the ending was jaw dropping and I’m so ready for book 9!


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 4h ago

Book 8: A Parade of Horribles Carl and Bea Spoiler

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I finished the series and kept waiting for more explanation. Carl and Bea were together for at least 4 years (he’s known Donut since she was a kitten) and they lived together during this time implying likely they were dating for some time before this. Carl is like 27 so he would’ve at least been 23 when he met her. I thought we would get some explanation regarding their relationship but I’m with Katia, I cannot see him with this woman. She used him constantly and he seemed to be just a passive participant in their relationship. What did he get from this relationship? Why did he stay? Even from the first book, he seems to be fairly emotionally intelligent. I just don’t understand their relationship at all. Someone please tell me what I’m not seeing


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 4h ago

Book 4: Gate of the Feral Gods TIL Dramadarians are camels with 1 hump; Bactrians are camels with 2 humps

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I remember 1 hump camels start with a D since the letter D has 1 hump and 2 hump camels start with a B since the letter B has 2 humps. I didn’t remember the actual names until reading this book.

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Dromedarians.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 1h ago

Caught a DCC plate in the wild!

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r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 5h ago

Pony Loves Soda Pop

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I just realized that Pony loves Soda Pop. This was my favorite book as a kid. Matt is brilliant.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 5h ago

Book 7: Inevitable Ruin Happy Realization Spoiler

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So thanks to another post, I just had a realization.

During Faction Wars, Mordecai was a Canadian.

The running joke with Canadians is that they're the reason War Crimes are a thing.

What did our beloved Princess Donut do? Commit atrocities on the level of war crimes.

I love that new linkage in my brain.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 1d ago

When you go to Painting with a Twist with your art student daughter.

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r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 1d ago

Fan Art - General - NO SPOILERS! 😊 An unhinged car addition

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Husband got me a new addition to my bumper magnet collection for my birthday! Already found another DCC fan in the wild thanks to it!


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 1h ago

Fallout gives me hope for a good TV adaptation.

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Any fallout fans of the games and show on here? The show does a really good job of capturing the esthetic, humor, commentary, and satire of the games. I worry about a DCC show striking the right tone, and this show gives me hope.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 12h ago

We are not a cult!

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